Post by beastbot on Mar 11, 2010 0:03:34 GMT -5
Name: Scalpel
Race: Cybertronian
Gender: Neuter (though it speaks with a male voice and the male pronoun is used when referring to him)
Age: Unknown
Origin: Cybertronian-created; details unknown
Allegiance: Decepticon
Description: Scalpel is a very unusual Transformer, both in size and shape. He has several "crab-like" legs, a body that's longer than it is tall, and two tiny forelimbs. He has large optics with small magnifiers sitting in the front, and a mandible-filled mouth. He is also extremely tiny for a Transformer, measuring less than one foot high. Derrick Wyatt drew him for "kicks" in 2009-- his robot mode can be seen here:
tformers.com/ig.php?mode=view&album=11984&pic=DoctorScalpel.jpg&dispsize=600&start=0
As such, he is extremely fragile, but also extremely agile. He can climb up sheer surfaces and fit into places pretty much any other Transformer can't.
Scalpel's robot mode comes with a variety of medical tools, and he's been programmed with just about everything known regarding Transformer anatomy, which he's particularly good at performing delicate surgery on given his size. As such, he's a master doctor... but not nearly as gentle as Ratchet or even Red Alert.
Scalpel's alternate mode isn't a vehicle, nor an animal. Instead, it resembles a long, slender drill. It doesn't really look like anything mobile, but that's not its purpose-- as opposed to disguise, Scalpel, in alt mode, burrows into the base of the "skull" of a Transformer, taking over its mental faculties and motor control center. The Transformer can still see, hear, and remember everything that goes on, but they can't do anything about it. The presence of Scalpel keeps them a prisoner in their own body. Only the slightest tip of the end pokes out from the back of the Transformer's neck when Scalpel has "nestled in", so to speak, so only a 'bot who knows what to look for AND is looking very closely can see any sign that Scalpel has taken over a Transformer.
His unique appearance and abilities aren't merely some freak of nature, however-- Scalpel wasn't "born" by the Allspark, he was built. He doesn't have a spark of his own, and as such isn't a "real" Cybertronian. He doesn't have free will, but is instead an extremely sophisticated drone who resembles a "normal" being, but only within certain programmed limits. (Think the Diagnostic Drone from Season 1 of Beast Machines.) As such, he literally has no choice when it comes to serving the Decepticons. It was programmed into him.
Scalpel's general personality is a bit "oil-thirsty" and gleeful when it comes to maiming and torturing, though he follows orders to the letter. He has a fairly commanding, confident presence that belies his miniscule size. He also has a German accent-- he likely got it from the same place Blitzwing got his.
Past: Only a select few know about Scalpel's existence-- some of the highest-ranking Decepticons, and the few Autobots who have been his mind-control victims (after he's done with using a Transformer he's never foolish enough to let them live). Scalpel was created an indeterminate period of time ago by an as-yet-unrevealed (by this author-- some Decepticons know) creator. All the details known are that he was created sometime after the Great War was over. He's mostly remained hidden inside various Autobots since then.
That's about to change, however.
Other:
Strength: 1
Intelligence: 10
Speed: 7
Endurance: 1
Rank: 4
Courage: 8
Fireblast: 1
Skill: 10
Race: Cybertronian
Gender: Neuter (though it speaks with a male voice and the male pronoun is used when referring to him)
Age: Unknown
Origin: Cybertronian-created; details unknown
Allegiance: Decepticon
Description: Scalpel is a very unusual Transformer, both in size and shape. He has several "crab-like" legs, a body that's longer than it is tall, and two tiny forelimbs. He has large optics with small magnifiers sitting in the front, and a mandible-filled mouth. He is also extremely tiny for a Transformer, measuring less than one foot high. Derrick Wyatt drew him for "kicks" in 2009-- his robot mode can be seen here:
tformers.com/ig.php?mode=view&album=11984&pic=DoctorScalpel.jpg&dispsize=600&start=0
As such, he is extremely fragile, but also extremely agile. He can climb up sheer surfaces and fit into places pretty much any other Transformer can't.
Scalpel's robot mode comes with a variety of medical tools, and he's been programmed with just about everything known regarding Transformer anatomy, which he's particularly good at performing delicate surgery on given his size. As such, he's a master doctor... but not nearly as gentle as Ratchet or even Red Alert.
Scalpel's alternate mode isn't a vehicle, nor an animal. Instead, it resembles a long, slender drill. It doesn't really look like anything mobile, but that's not its purpose-- as opposed to disguise, Scalpel, in alt mode, burrows into the base of the "skull" of a Transformer, taking over its mental faculties and motor control center. The Transformer can still see, hear, and remember everything that goes on, but they can't do anything about it. The presence of Scalpel keeps them a prisoner in their own body. Only the slightest tip of the end pokes out from the back of the Transformer's neck when Scalpel has "nestled in", so to speak, so only a 'bot who knows what to look for AND is looking very closely can see any sign that Scalpel has taken over a Transformer.
His unique appearance and abilities aren't merely some freak of nature, however-- Scalpel wasn't "born" by the Allspark, he was built. He doesn't have a spark of his own, and as such isn't a "real" Cybertronian. He doesn't have free will, but is instead an extremely sophisticated drone who resembles a "normal" being, but only within certain programmed limits. (Think the Diagnostic Drone from Season 1 of Beast Machines.) As such, he literally has no choice when it comes to serving the Decepticons. It was programmed into him.
Scalpel's general personality is a bit "oil-thirsty" and gleeful when it comes to maiming and torturing, though he follows orders to the letter. He has a fairly commanding, confident presence that belies his miniscule size. He also has a German accent-- he likely got it from the same place Blitzwing got his.
Past: Only a select few know about Scalpel's existence-- some of the highest-ranking Decepticons, and the few Autobots who have been his mind-control victims (after he's done with using a Transformer he's never foolish enough to let them live). Scalpel was created an indeterminate period of time ago by an as-yet-unrevealed (by this author-- some Decepticons know) creator. All the details known are that he was created sometime after the Great War was over. He's mostly remained hidden inside various Autobots since then.
That's about to change, however.
Other:
Strength: 1
Intelligence: 10
Speed: 7
Endurance: 1
Rank: 4
Courage: 8
Fireblast: 1
Skill: 10