Cossette
Description
A veteran fighter, Cosette has become cautious, defensive, and bitter after being crippled in the arena.
Stats
- Name: Cossette
- Age: 39
- Specialty: Space Station Design
- Power….: 14
- Agility..: 8
- Endurance: 8
Manual
Fifteen years ago, a sport called The Arena was the most popular event of the day. Similar to HAR's, The Arena placed humans INTO a robot frame, usually ten or fifteen meters in height. The Arena players used various controls to fight their opponents while the crowd looked on. Cossette fought in The Arena until a tragic accident left her crippled from the waist down. Now she enjoys the feeling the HAR gives her, and her success in designing two space stations has given her the possibility of Ganymede. Cossette also was instrumental in the design of Electra, a 'bot designed from an electromagnetic crystal found on Venus.
Cossette is very bitter about her injury, since so many have treated her as inferior since the accident. She is still very defensive in combat, but should never be underestimated.
VS
 | Why don't you go home and hide under the covers? | Huh? I'll show you! |  |
| | Even paralyzed, I am stronger than you. | Babe, you are nothin' but sparks. |  |
| | Ganymede will soon be mine! | You'll have to get past me, first. |  |
| | With your mind so troubled, you cannot win. | My hatred will be my strength. |  |
| | We shall see who laughs last. | Your injury was to your body. You have moved it to your mind. |  |
| | Now you will see a real mind in action. | Yes, after I reply your defeat. |  |
| | Your legs won't help you in this contest! | Please, your injury has nothing to do with this fight. |  |
| | If you have no experience on these machines, why are you here? | For Ganymede, I must be victorious. |  |
| | I am guaranteed to win. | Yes, but which one! | |
| | Perhaps you can be my bodyguard after I win… | I am bodyguard only as long as it suits my purpose. |  |
| | You called me weak once. You will never do it again. | Your injury was tragic. Too bad you didn't stay down. |  |
Ending 1
You awaken in your own body. For a few moments, you come down from the adrenaline high you've experienced. Your body seems so frail now. The team is already celebrating, and you welcome their congratulations.
The time to party is short-lived. Your mind takes in the last few hours events and the knowledge that an entire moon is now yours to command.
“Wait a sec!” comes a panicking voice from a vidmonitor. “Everyone! Listen!” he turns up the volume and everyone in the room is quiet.
“…was found dead today. We repeat, Hans Kreissack's body was found at 18:00 hours tonight in a garbage bin outside the Nova labratories.”
Everyone is holding their breath as the news reporter continues. “We have been handled this notice that was to be read when Kreissack won the fight tonight. It reads:”
“Notice to all humans: A new day has begun! Nova, a project started by WAR., will give new life! This process can take a human brain and place it inside a robotic body.”
“What you saw tonight was me, Hans Kreissack, directly connected to a new form of H.A.R. The human race will now see its ultimate evolution!”
The announcer lays down the digipad containing the message. “Tragically, all the scientists close to the project have been killed in a fire which broke out shortly after the last match tonight. All records of the Nova project were destroyed.”
“In other news…”
A crew member switches the display off. “Well, looks like we'll be lookin' for a new boss now…”
Ending 2
Of course you won. That old fool never understood your abilities. And he paid for his mistake, didn't he.
Immediately you assign what engineers you can muster to finding out how Kreissack was able to successfully place his brain inside a machine.
How wonderful it would be to finally say good-bye to this chair and spend eternity in the perfect body of a robot. You look down at the scribbling and design specifications for the Cossette robot.
“I will soon walk again.” you say, “and then I will see what kind of WAR president I can make…”
Ending 3
As you fly towards the moon, the limitations of your handicap seem to fade away.
With your dreams within reach, you feel stronger and more alive than ever.