App for Breakdown
Breakdown
Species: Transformer
Faction: Decepticon
Function: SCOUT
Rank: 3/ Elite Soldier -
Quote: "Keep your optical sensor to yourself."
Note: Thinks everyone is staring at him, even Earth cars and stoplights. His self-cons ciousness hurts his performance. Finds heavy traffic nerve-wracking. When stationed on Earth, he sometimes wishes he were human, to blend in better. In car mode, engine emits vibrations that cause mechanical failures in other vehicles; prone to leaky fuel pump. In robot mode, carries a concussion rifle which also causes mechanical failures. Combines with fellow Stunticons to form Menasor.
My name: Matthew Karpowich
Character Name: Breakdown
Email Address: hyperion@mail.gte.net
4) How would you RP this character?
*The camera in the room activates, and shows an image of a closed door. After about a minute, it slides open, revealing a Protocol Droid, Breakdown walking in behind it.*
**Change of view** Breakdown looks nervously around the nearly bare room, the only thing in it the camera. He jitters, looking as frightened as a petro-rabbit.
"W-why am I here, again?" he says, stammering.
The droid turns his head, and beeps, replying, "You have been randomly selected from the entire Decepticon Empire to participate in the first offical troop inquery. The camera in here is voice-activated, and once I leave this room, it will begin to ask you the questions. You shall answer them, and your answered will be included on a datafile, somewhat resemblant of an Earthern..physchological profile, I believe it's called. If a question refers to a person, then that person shall be kept uninformed of your answer...to protect your interests, of course. You should feel honored, being the first selected..."
Breakdown shakes slightly, and pans his head around the room. "L-lucky me.." he mutters to himself. He thinks to himself, *W-why did they choose /me/ a-as the first? R-random, my optic s-sensor..I /know/ I w-was picked f-for this specifically..a-are they trying to s-see if I'm s-still Decepticon material? I-I'll probably end up scrapped if I answer any of these wrong..heh..I-I'll show them I've still got the stuff that makes 'con..stunt, or otherwise..*
"Heh, y-yeah, I'll answer y-your questions for y-you...." The Droid nods, and exits. The camera activates afterwords.
The camera beeps, "Loading initial query for selected subject: Breakdown: Interfaction relations category. Begin with subject: Wildrider. Proceed."
Breakdown thinks to himself, *W-wildrider?! /That/ maniac? He's a menace on t-the road...h-he drives worse than the rest of us combined, a-and I'm /n-not/ talking a-about Menasor...w-whenever I c-can, I j-just try and fly in robot mode w-when he's driving..c-charr, I'd r-rather take a P-PLANE when he's driving..h-he's nearly driven me off the r-road several times...maybe he's d-doing that o-on purpose..m-maybe he's t-TRYING to run me off tge road...n-no, not a fellow Decepticon..I-I'd better keep an o-optic on him, just in c-case..*
"W-Wildrider? Oh, well...h-he's..uh...*v-very* good at his job..heh..s-someone should tell h-him to keep up the g-good work..yeah..h-heh.."
The Camera beeps, "Data acquired. Next subject on interfaction relations: Dead End."
Breakdown grumbles slightly, shivering a little. He thinks to himself, *D-Dead End...h-he has the charm of a dead turbo-rat, i-if any at all..*
"D-Dead End? Oh, h-he tells me t-that people are l-looking at me, so I guess that's helpful..."
*Y-yeah. T-Too bad I KNOW e-everyone is looking at me a-anyway, but he says it j-just to be annoying..I'll have to go with Wildrider next to he t-tries to stir Dead End up..heh..I know he /hates/ that..*
"H-he keeps himself very well kept.."
*E-either I'll g-go with Wildrider, o-or I'll just scratch Dead End's paint..h-he cares more about his looks than most Autobots do..*
"O-oh, and h-he tries to avoid fights, as well...saves wear and t-tear on the Medical bays, that does.."
The Camera beeps, "Data acquired. Next subject on Interfaction relations: Drag Strip."
Breakdown rolls his optics. He thinks to himself, *O-oh..HIM..h-he's got an ego t-TWICE the size of Menasor, if n-not bigger...h-he's not much more than a l-loud mouthed braggart..we would've scrapped him a-ages ago, if it weren't for the f-fact that we n-needed him to f-form Menasor..*
"Drag Strip? Oh, he's...erm..h-he's very good at d-distracting a-and infuriating t-the Autobots, a-and c-can maybe figure out how to l-lead them into trap by making them so m-mad as to follow him.."
The camera beeps. "Data acquired. Last subject on interfaction relations: Motormaster."
Breakdown gets a look of near-total dread on his faceplate, and looks generally more nervous than normal. He thinks to himself, *M-Motormaster...that g-grueling taskmaster..whatever he wants us to do..we DO...w-we all /hate/ him..t-that's about t-the only thing we Stunticons have in common...b-but if any one of us disobeys him, w-we know w-we're probably headed for the smelting pits..a-and we KNOW that he'd d-do it, too...t-there isn't a diode of feeling in his entire frame...h-he'd sooner run over a h-human than look at o-one, and laugh while doing it..s-sure, t-that might not be a b-BAD thing, t-to some, b-but still...*
"Motormaster? Er..w-well...h-he's very good a-at bring the other Stunticons together, f-for a common goal...and, wh-when he expects results, h-he GETS results..."
The camera beeps, "Data acquired. Processing...Processing....."
5) A)What do you see as this character's greatest strength?
Aside from his ability to induce mechanical failures in other machines, one of Breakdown's strengths is, oddly, also one of his weaknesses. His constant sense of paranoia and neurosis makes him an *extremely* careful individual, and would probably be one of the best scouts in the business, when he's not thinking everyone is looking at him, which, simply, almost never happens, in his mind.
B) Greatest weakness?
Unfortuntely for Breakdown, his greatest attribute is also his greatest enemy. With his overall paranoid personality, he's always thinking someone is looking at him, and trying to blow his cover. This thought, fearing what would happen if he was caught, whether imaginary or real, is what makes him as nervous as he is.
C) What kinds of RP situations can you see this character in?
Various fellow-gestalt member RP, fun on the Earthern and Cybertronian highways and byways, scouting RP, and, possible comical, situations stemming from Breakdown's overall paranoia.
D) What are your character's goals?
To assist in the final destruction of the Stunticon's arch foes, the Aerialbots; To get Sideswipe back for that time oh so long ago when he impersonated him, which was a side effect of him being captured; To be the best possible Scout he can be in the services of the Empire.
E) Name one thing your character would never do, and why?
He'd never reveal himself on a mission. The one time he's been capture, he was placed in an open cell, for all to look at and view; That was probably the most horrifying (Or, as he would say, 'Horrifrying') experience he's ever had, not being able to transform, and having a guard *watch* him 24 hours a day, while because he doesn't want to go through all of that again.
6) Why would OTHER players enjoy RPing with this character as you will portray him/her?
Well, from what I've seen, they'd probably OOCly enjoy his persona than ICly. ICly, he's a walking bundle of nerves who thinks most people are out to get him; However, OOCly, this can create some rather humorous situations, and some fun RP, as he ends up over-worrying about who's trying to get him, and coming up with wild plots to prove this to his commanders, and the like.
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-Tracks: "We're about to become one with the pavement. DUCK!"
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-Breakdown: "T-they're GAWKING at us...how mortifrying..."
-Dead End: "The word, Breakdown, is mortiFYing."
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