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===Apex===
Played By: Drkrash

====Stats====
Peter Petrovich
AKA Apex



SOLO d8 PAIR d10 TEAM d6

Big-Hearted Scientist
ROOAARRRR!
There Has To Be a Way

Superhuman Strength d10
Superhuman Durability d10
Big Teeth d10
Enhanced Stamina d8
Enhanced Senses d8

SFX: Rampage: Step up or double any RAGING THEROPOD power for one action. If the action fails, add a die to the Doom Pool equal to the normal rating of the power die.

SFX: Multipower: Use two or more RAGING THEROPOD powers in a single dice pool at -1 step for each additional power.

Limit: Giant Dinosaur: Earn 1 PP when affected by dinosaur-specific complications or limitations.

Limit: Conscious Activation. If Stressed Out by mental or physical stress, asleep, or unconscious, shutdown RAGING THEROPOD. Recover RAGING THEROPOD when stress is recovered or you awake.

WEAPONS PLATFORM

Autofire Blaster Cannons d8
Rocket Pods d8

SFX: Area Attack: Target multiple opponents. For every additional target, add a d6 and keep +1 effect die.

SFX: Unload: Add Autofire Blaster Cannons and Rocket Pods to your next roll, then shutdown WEAPONS PLATFORM. Take an action vs. the Doom Pool to recover WEAPONS PLATFORM.

Limit: Overload: Shutdown highest-rated power to gain 1 PP. Recover power by activating an opportunity or during a Transition Scene.

Limit: Conscious Activation. If Stressed Out by mental or physical stress, asleep, or unconscious, shutdown WEAPONS PLATFORM. Recover WEAPONS PLATFORM when stress is recovered or you awake.

Combat Expert d8
Menace Expert d8
Science Master d10
Tech Master d10


DOING WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE

1 XP – When you use your powers to give a support asset to an ally.

3 XP – When you take the lead on a mission or go solo in order to keep your allies out of harm’s way.

10 XP – When you abandon an ally in serious trouble in order to successfully fulfill a mission objective.

DINOSAUR BODYGUARD	

1 XP - When you take Stress by putting yourself between an ally and harm. 

3 XP - When your allies leave you using your Solo affiliation against a major foe or threat. 

10 XP - When you stay with an ally, risking failure in regard to some bigger objective, or when you bravely suffer defeat at the hands of your opponent, but bought your allies time to formulate a plan and fortify their defenses.

====Story====

Dr. Peter Petrovich was called in as a consultant to work with Dr. Katherine Neumann on project to bring back extinct species through the transformation of animals. It was never intended to be used on humans. Peter and Katherine tried the process on various species of lab animals and found that the closer species on the evolutionary tree had the most likelihood of a better transformation (i.e. not turning into a blob of goo or having arms and legs growing in all the wrong places). However, the higher order species handled the transformation better psychologically (i.e. didn't go crazy and try to kill things).

After much experimentation, the Advanced Predator Experimental Project produced a test subject that was fully successful physically: a new dinosaur. But then the creature went berserk and rampaged through the lab, heading towards a populated area.

Forced to make quick decisions, and with a new compound ready at hand, Peter realized that a thinking subject was going to be the only chance of a successful transformation. In order to stop the rampage, and to Katherine’s horror, Peter injected himself in order to become the weapon needed to stop the escapee. What ultimately happened in the lab was covered up and the project was reported as a costly, dangerous failure.

Once the crisis was averted, there was the problem that Peter was still a dinosaur. Dr. Neumann, the nanotech specialist on the project, went to work on a protocol to reprogram the nanobots in Peter’s system to allow him to transform back to his human form. When this occurred, no longer was Peter the 140 pound lab rat; he reverted to a much improved physical form, a side effect of the nanobots’ action.

This was the formal end of the APEX project. Both scientists were chastened by what had occurred and resolved to use this strange new gift for the benefit of others. Katherine later designed the nanotech weapon harness for Peter, and Peter began his new avocation as Apex.