[Trip Dering]

(Well, here it is... character number 3 of 5. I think I'll be stopping here, as 3 characters is reaching the limits of my concentration. Anyway, here goes!)

Name: Shakahn'ti

Species: Reploid

Affiliation: Maverick Unknown

Physical Description: Shakahn'ti form is very imposing. He stands 10 feet tall at full height, but most of the time he slants slightly forward to increase his bulk for attacks, and only reaches 8 feet. His head resembles that of a beetle, with twin pincers and a single large horn on top. His legs conceal twin turbojets that can provide speed boosts if needed, and thus are slightly cone-shaped. His torso is very thin, but has fold-out wings concealed inside. His main distinguishing feature is his twin blades, which are always pulsing with energy.

Equipment: Shakahn'ti has a ton of equipment. His head (helmet) contains the standard Repliforce-issued communications equipment. His leg-boosters can emit a continuous boost force, which combined with his wings, enables flight - IF he has enough room to launch himself (see below). His best equipment though is his twin blades. These "standard" blades are based on actual swords, which is a rarity in the age of beam sabers and the like. However, these swords have a secret: they contain a beam-enabled pulse unit, one uses "shadow" energy and one uses "light" energy. (These are legal energies (I hope) since they've been used many times in many X games.)

Skills or Techniques: Shakahn'ti (oh I love that name) is skilled in close combat with the twin blades, and has the aforementioned flight capabilities. Other than that, his sheer bulk allows him to withstand many more attacks than smaller reploids would, however, he presents himself as a HUGE target, literally, for air strikes.

Hyper Mode(s): Chaos Beetle: Shakahn'ti loses his flight ability in this form, but makes up for it by tripling his speed and power. He becomes as agile as a... well... a very fast beetle. He can no longer fire beam pulses, but he still has advanced sword skills and his reflexes are honed to near-perfection. This does come with some drawbacks, however, since sometimes he cannot control his speed and shoots right past where he wants to be, also he can be thrown off balance with ease, due to his bulk, if his target were to simply dash out of the way at the right time. Also, homing attacks as well as broad range attacks would hinder him.

Background: (Firstly I realize this is almost copying MMXCM. Blame Capcom for having the same idea as me... I thought of it first.) Deep in the basement of an old Repliforce hangar, five reploids had been under mainenance for years. Four of them were working fine, but were fated to never awake (since Colonel and General had been defeated and Repliforce was basically disbanded). The fifth, however, encountered a serious glitch. This prevented the auto-shutoff from operating correctly, and when the other four reploids shut down permanently, Shakahn'ti's capsule opened. Shakahn'ti didn't really wake up until years later (about a year before the current arc)

Personality: ??? Shakahn'ti doesn't have much personality. His demeanor is all business, save for the fact that his system has malfunctions. This causes him to (sometimes) "freak out" and go on a rampage.

Dreams: Blind destruction.

Reasons for Dreams: Why?

Miscellaneous Information: This character is actually based on a Bionicle figure I custom made. Image follows.


EDIT: After conversing with Zero_v2.0, IWe have determined that Shakahn'ti can only enter flight after boosting for at least 1000ft, either on flat terrain or from a high enough hover so as to not hit anything. Also, this would require a 30min recharge time, ~on average 6 posts?~ before he has enough energy to launch any kind of attack.

EDIT: 7/8/11 Shakahn'ti has encountered Takashi, and they have formed a sort of truce for now. It is unknown whether Shakahn'ti will revert to Maverickism.