OC Application: Marcus Hacker

Name/Identification/Alias: Marcus Hacker. OPs name: Agent Dragon

Age: 25

Appearance: 6'3, lean, muscularly built. Wears his straight black hair long and tied back in a simple ponytail. Firm face and features, often wears stubble and occasionally is seen with a full beard after long campaigns abroad. His left arm glows a faint green and is visually made of a human-Fusion Matter mix. Has four general outfits of wear.

Operations Outfit


Extreme Weather Ops Outfit


Casual Outfit


Formalwear



Alignment: Chaotic Good

Affiliation: Dexlabs, None

Origins: Majority human, slight Fusion-hybrid

Powers: Fusion Matter arm (left). Abilities with arm include nullification of very small amounts of Fusion Matter poisoning (requires direct contact to the afflicted area and severe concentration), access to minimum-security Fusion technologies and communications. The joint Fusion DNA allows Marcus to pass as a basic-level Fusion individual and thus is given default permissions for low-level Fusion security access, such as Fusion-modified devices and tech, access to low-level lairs, Fusion-originating messages, etc. Also provides individual immunization to Fusion Matter poisoning to Marcus' individual person. None of these powers can be extended to others in any way, shape, or form and often require extreme concentration and exertion on Marcus. Removal of the arm in any manner results in rapid regeneration with no further changes.

Nanos: Prefers Scavenge, Heal, and Sensor powers

Uses two different loadout sets:
Megas (Sneak), Buttercup (Scavenge), Numbuh Four (Heal: Self/Area)
Grim (Heal: Group), Buttercup (Scavenge), Swampfire (Sensor)


Strengths: Through Marcus' background as a freelance security worker who passed through many different corporations and firms, he has extensive basic knowledge of various Earth-based techs and is very proficient in many forms of self-defense, combat, and is very comfortable in almost any environment. Marcus is very calculating and strategic as well, waiting for as long as he deems necessary before striking. He holds a firm hand and commands with confidence, making him a good leader when put in charge of others and in making sure things get done.

Weaknesses: Perhaps he is too calculating and strategic, often taking matters into his own hands and going off-book or directly disobeying orders in order to get the job done to the best as he sees fit. He is very stubborn and set in his ways as well, and can be hard to sway from a plan once he's set one. This often causes fights between him and those who are in higher status or may try to defy his plans and ideas. Marcus refuses to leave any man behind if assigned to work with others for an assignment, which has occasionally put him and his mission goals at risk. His Fusion arm also puts him off from others very easily, earning plenty of mistrust from some Heroes. His few limited powers through this arm he rarely uses as well, as they often leave him too exhausted to move. Suffers from both OCD and PTSD/anxiety.

Likes: Cooking, reading (usually survival, tactical, and technology books for learning), animals, strategy and order, cold and mountains, rain and snow.

Dislikes: Incompetence and ignorance, disorder, spiders, heat and deserts, junk foods.

Personality: Marcus has always been generally quiet and calculating, with a side order of demanding  and impersonal. He lived to work, moving from job to job, and did whatever was necessary to fulfill his required tasks. He is a realist, neither optimistic nor pessimistic. He is a listener rather than a talker, but can go on about niche categories of interests if goaded enough. He has a rugged charisma, who often comes off as either cold and hard to others, or as a dependable rock of stability. First impressions are very important to Marcus though, and what he thinks of a person in first interactions can be very hard to change without a lot of effort. Marcus very clearly keeps a hard line between the time for being serious and the time for fooling around, and the latter is rarely necessary during a war like the one against Fuse.

Though overly serious and with a large presence, this does not mean Marcus is not a kind person, either. Once the shell has been broken, he is a very caring individual, who is willing to do whatever is necessary to protect those who are under his care. Once he starts to open up, Marcus is found to be a very quietly cheerful person who is simply very comfortable with his lot in life. His composure is also a life necessity in order to keep his Fusion infection under control.

Biography: Before the invasion, Marcus was a freelance security worker having worked security at such firms as Dexlabs, Mandark industries, Morbucks Banks and Loans, and other industries on varying degrees of levels and positions. He picked up many tips, tricks, and information on various forms of self-defense, weaponry, and Earth-based technologies and mega-corporations and companies. When the invasion first occured, Marcus was among some of the front lines and worked up to special corps. He was present during the battle of Hero's Hollow and witnessed the fall of Dexter and Mandark's armies. Since then, the Agent Dragon has been stationed in the Darklands, between the Precipice and Forsaken Valley.

Marcus was assigned a small group of special ops soldiers to hold down small forts within the Darklands. One day during a routine venture through the Green Maw, his group was surprise attacked. Two of five were taken, and another was snatched up into a Terrafuser. Marcus attempted to pull out the soldier, but it was too late. The team member was already being absorbed and Marcus barely escaped with his life and arm, the Fusion Matter having begun to integrate with his DNA and body structure in attempt to take over his body. With some special help training under Samurai Jack who was stationed nearby, Marc was able to learn how to keep the infection under control and prevent it from spreading. Jack helped hone Marcus' body and mind through intensive physical and mental training that Jack himself went through on his own path to becoming a samurai in ancient times. This allowed Marcus to obtain a better control of his own emotions and body in order to contain the bio-psychological invasion of the Fusion DNA convergence occurring in his body through increased strength externally and internally, sheer will, and self-control. Dexter took to light experimentation on the phenomenon, starting with trying to amputate the arm. This resulted in rapid re-growth of the limb exactly it had been with absolutely no differences.

Since then, Marcus has remained in the Darklands, riding solo on missions in the area. He is also called on occasionally to train intermediate Academy graduates as well as handle guide missions from both Dexter and Ben Tennyson. He remains under general employ of Dexlabs, though this is more to be monitored in case of any changes in Marcus' state than anything else.

Inventory:
-Basic survivalist's camping kit
-Tweaked PM-1 Energy Rifle, changed slightly to fire extreme-distance rounds for sniping and close-combat gunfire.
-Planetary Commander shattergun rifle
-Binoculars and basic surveillance equipment
-Nanocom
-Small one-way radio
-Wallet and IDs

"He holds a firm hand and commands with confidence"

how is this a strength, explain it please.


"He is very stubborn and set in his ways as well, and can be hard to sway from a plan once he's set one."

This doesn't tell me how it affects him as a weakness at all, so please expand on how it will.

zerowing21 wrote:"He holds a firm hand and commands with confidence"

how is this a strength, explain it please.


"He is very stubborn and set in his ways as well, and can be hard to sway from a plan once he's set one."

This doesn't tell me how it affects him as a weakness at all, so please expand on how it will.

Alright, expanded on those particular points a little more. Please let me know if those suffice, and if not, I'll remove and/or move them if that would be a better course of action.

Kaiser wrote:

mild control of simple Fusion technologies and interception of minimal-security Fusion transmissions/communications

Can you explain that one a little?

He is not without compassion and kindness, either.

How does he use it as a strength? Just being compassionate and kind are personality traits. What about them makes them strengths?

With some special help training under Samurai Jack who was stationed nearby, Marc was able to learn how to keep the infection under control and prevent it from spreading.

How did Jack help with this? What exactly did he do?

Added the specific edits requested. You were right on the second point and simply removed it. Explained and elaborated on the other two.

well you answered what concerns and what not. *stamps approved on characters forehead*

Awesome, thanks!

And duly noted about guides.. I'll just keep that he's currently under emply by Dexlabs loosely to keep station in the Darklands and handle various tasks/missions.