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hailthenarcOOC Information
Name: Squid
Personal journal:hailthenarc
Contact:AIM: Squiddlypeon
Characters played at Discedo:N/A
IC Information
Name: Soundwave
Canon: Transformers Prime
Timeline: Episode 26
Canon Resource Link: http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Soundwave_%28Prime%29
Personality: With Soundwave’s silent demeanor, dislike of combat and preference towards passive surveillance in contrast to his more violent faction members, some might mistake the Decepticon for being merciful, kind or even gentle. In all honesty, Soundwave is not as vitriolic or as boldly hateful as the rest of the Decepticons merely because he sees no reason so act as such. Rumored to have deleted his emotions, the infamous ‘Con without a face does almost nothing without Megatron’s orders, though he does obey his commanding officer Starscream just so long as Megatron’s wellbeing is not at stake.
He is an entirely neutral entity, following Megatron no matter what his Lord’s will might be. Soundwave prefers surveillance over battle any day, and will tolerate a great deal of ribbing, shenanigans, personal space invasion, yelling, threats and so on before he even considers removing himself from the area of the particular annoyance of the day. More often than not, if he doesn’t outright ignore the pestering, Soundwave is remarkably good at dead-pan snarking without even using words, and can usually find something to ‘say’ as a retort. His body language, while subtle, is usually very telling, and he can say a lot with the mere tilt of a head or the shifting of a shoulder. … And it’s usually sarcastic. He never actually talks either, speaking entirely through recordings and his body language. While the Decepticons on the Nemesis have grown used to this manner of speech, others might find it difficult to understand. If goaded into communicating through other means, he’ll prefer text, refusing to use his vocalizer.
It takes a lot of effort to goad him into attacking, and Soundwave has only ever used true violence once in Prime, where he quickly squelched an attempt by Airachnid to abandon Megatron on earth. He much rather prefers to simply remove himself from undesirable situations, and while the rest of the army is in the heated midst of battle, you’re far more likely to find him on the sidelines… or just not there. Soundwave is by no means a coward, he simply puts a great deal of thought into the conservation and proper use of energy, focused on efficiency overall.
Soundwave is a cold and calculating ‘Con, letting logic deem his every action. He isn’t evil for the sake of being evil, nor is he boastful or prideful. Frankly, if something doesn’t strike him as being necessary, he won’t do it. While sometimes, this may actually make him appear merciful (keeping Starscream from destroying Wheeljack, not terminating Jack, Miko and Raph at the first chance he got), he has absolutely no problem with killing if he is ordered to do so. That isn’t to say he isn’t at all curious, and will take the time occasionally to study things, if only to see if they could be of any personal use to him or the Decepticon cause. The only thing that can shatter his usually stoic and emotionless veneer is Megatron. If his Lord’s well-being is threatened, Soundwave will start to show flickers of emotion, as he became nervous and worried when he couldn’t locate Megatron’s signal, and completely and publicly humiliated Airachnid in front of the entire Decepticon army at the very instant she attempted to abandon their leader. It is reasonable to infer that Megatron is a soft point for the usually cool ‘Con, and mentioning him will more often than not gain his immediate attention. Megatron is the center of everything for Soundwave. Megatron and Soundwave’s job has taken complete precedence over everything he does, and it has been said that he deleted his own emotions in order to process information faster. Starscream is his only other obsession, and when not at his Lord and Master’s side, he can be seen constantly trailing behind the treacherous second in command, always willing to temper the jets mercurial moods.
Overall, with his hidden face, strange mannerisms and muted nature, Soundwave comes across as an unreachable, alien presence no matter where he is. He’s considered an oddball even among his own kind, and seems to almost take a certain amount of pride in how strange he is. After all, it helps get his job done, and his job is the most important thing to him.
Powers & Abilities: As a transformer, transformation comes as standard. Soundwave’s alt-mode is an unmanned spy plane, specifically what appears to be an MQ-9 Reaper.
He is the only Decepticon that appears to be unarmed, carrying no guns nor blades, but his fingers are needle sharp, and he has a considerable amount of strength for his build. He’s also almost blindingly fast with an excellent reaction time, capable of fending off all of Airachnid’s attacks before hurling her across the bridge of the Nemesis.
He possesses a pair of tentacles that reside somewhere within his chest, which are usually used for direct uplinks. They have proven to be useful in combat as well, however, and can grip and pick up objects or oh… say… axes.
Soundwave fights primarily with his minicons. So far, only Laserbeak has been seen in the show. Laserbeak is capable of reconnaissance, spying, and attack, and is the size of a small plane.
Again, his biggest strength is in his spying capability. Soundwave, in the show, is capable of monitoring communications world-wide, keeping an eye on the Autobots, Starscream, and Megatron’s signal at all times, along with important government transmissions. He has hacked satellites with ease, so it is a safe bet to assume that he’s quite the tech geek.
(the hacking and the spying will be put in a permissions post on his journal)
What items will they be bringing with them to Discedo? Laserbeak. The minicon acts as both his only real weapon, and as a chest plate.
Posting Samples
Third-Person Sample: The day was like any other, really. The same as it always was when he first arrived. Well… after he got over being only nine feet tall, with crippled scanners and unable to transform. That day had been way too out of the ordinary for the usually semi-all knowing, always prepared, never surprised spy master. But he was over that now. … Kind of. As over as he was going to get with his scanners still inoperable, his alt-mode refusing to work and still being a paltry nine feet tall. It still put him a good few feet over the rest of the citizens here but it was the principle of the thing.
How on earth a bunch of random human scientists had managed to knock him out and apparently deactivate all his defense and spying functions was beyond him, and he’d allowed the idea to stew for quite some time. Not that he was about to let it interfere any more with his work. He could still monitor the various transmissions over the communicator. It was a poor substitute for what he was used to, and at first the ‘con had been less than pleased with this minor consolation. … He still wasn’t over the moon about it, but he was nothing if not adaptable. He’d separated himself from the others there, preferring to hunker down in a warehouse for a recharge rather than have to deal personally with any of the humans, or otherwise there. He really had only one job in mind, the act of monitoring all frequencies all for the greatest cause of all.
Finding Megatron.
He had not ceased his efforts, and had never once yet become even slightly disheartened. After all, to him, their leader wasn't a possibility, but an inevitability. He would appear in time, and Soundwave would be there the second he arrived with full data on the city.
And so he waited, watched and listened, like so many other days, a strange, silent and faceless alien statue at the clearest point in the city. Even if it took a millennia until Megatron arrived, no wait was too long for him.
First-Person Sample: --Area scanned: data not available
Scanning
Scanning
>>not available: constructing map
[If it were possible for a line of computer text to sound annoyed, it would be Soundwave who could do it. The text flashes for a moment, before clearing, what almost sounds like a rush of static over the airways cutting in.
Anyone in the area of the ‘Con would find the now nine foot tall spy hunched over his communicator, holding the little device delicately between two long, spindly fingers. The visor flickered faintly as the words appeared on the device… Seemed like he found a way around the little buttons.
And he didn’t appear happy. With the shoulders drawn up and the head lowered, he was the very image of an annoyed creature, the free hand lightly tapping his fingers slowly against the ground. There was a click, the communicator switching over to vocal input.]
--sensors must be faulty!--
[An oily, enraged voice slithered out of the audio output, the shoulders hunching more.]
--Decepticon life signal—
[Just trying to find him a colleague out here. … Yeah it’s not going so well.]
[[as soundwave is a mute by choice, most of his dialog will be in either text, recordings or body language]]
Links: http://ink-city.dreamwidth.org/254527.html#comments
Name: Squid
Personal journal:hailthenarc
Contact:AIM: Squiddlypeon
Characters played at Discedo:N/A
IC Information
Name: Soundwave
Canon: Transformers Prime
Timeline: Episode 26
Canon Resource Link: http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Soundwave_%28Prime%29
Personality: With Soundwave’s silent demeanor, dislike of combat and preference towards passive surveillance in contrast to his more violent faction members, some might mistake the Decepticon for being merciful, kind or even gentle. In all honesty, Soundwave is not as vitriolic or as boldly hateful as the rest of the Decepticons merely because he sees no reason so act as such. Rumored to have deleted his emotions, the infamous ‘Con without a face does almost nothing without Megatron’s orders, though he does obey his commanding officer Starscream just so long as Megatron’s wellbeing is not at stake.
He is an entirely neutral entity, following Megatron no matter what his Lord’s will might be. Soundwave prefers surveillance over battle any day, and will tolerate a great deal of ribbing, shenanigans, personal space invasion, yelling, threats and so on before he even considers removing himself from the area of the particular annoyance of the day. More often than not, if he doesn’t outright ignore the pestering, Soundwave is remarkably good at dead-pan snarking without even using words, and can usually find something to ‘say’ as a retort. His body language, while subtle, is usually very telling, and he can say a lot with the mere tilt of a head or the shifting of a shoulder. … And it’s usually sarcastic. He never actually talks either, speaking entirely through recordings and his body language. While the Decepticons on the Nemesis have grown used to this manner of speech, others might find it difficult to understand. If goaded into communicating through other means, he’ll prefer text, refusing to use his vocalizer.
It takes a lot of effort to goad him into attacking, and Soundwave has only ever used true violence once in Prime, where he quickly squelched an attempt by Airachnid to abandon Megatron on earth. He much rather prefers to simply remove himself from undesirable situations, and while the rest of the army is in the heated midst of battle, you’re far more likely to find him on the sidelines… or just not there. Soundwave is by no means a coward, he simply puts a great deal of thought into the conservation and proper use of energy, focused on efficiency overall.
Soundwave is a cold and calculating ‘Con, letting logic deem his every action. He isn’t evil for the sake of being evil, nor is he boastful or prideful. Frankly, if something doesn’t strike him as being necessary, he won’t do it. While sometimes, this may actually make him appear merciful (keeping Starscream from destroying Wheeljack, not terminating Jack, Miko and Raph at the first chance he got), he has absolutely no problem with killing if he is ordered to do so. That isn’t to say he isn’t at all curious, and will take the time occasionally to study things, if only to see if they could be of any personal use to him or the Decepticon cause. The only thing that can shatter his usually stoic and emotionless veneer is Megatron. If his Lord’s well-being is threatened, Soundwave will start to show flickers of emotion, as he became nervous and worried when he couldn’t locate Megatron’s signal, and completely and publicly humiliated Airachnid in front of the entire Decepticon army at the very instant she attempted to abandon their leader. It is reasonable to infer that Megatron is a soft point for the usually cool ‘Con, and mentioning him will more often than not gain his immediate attention. Megatron is the center of everything for Soundwave. Megatron and Soundwave’s job has taken complete precedence over everything he does, and it has been said that he deleted his own emotions in order to process information faster. Starscream is his only other obsession, and when not at his Lord and Master’s side, he can be seen constantly trailing behind the treacherous second in command, always willing to temper the jets mercurial moods.
Overall, with his hidden face, strange mannerisms and muted nature, Soundwave comes across as an unreachable, alien presence no matter where he is. He’s considered an oddball even among his own kind, and seems to almost take a certain amount of pride in how strange he is. After all, it helps get his job done, and his job is the most important thing to him.
Powers & Abilities: As a transformer, transformation comes as standard. Soundwave’s alt-mode is an unmanned spy plane, specifically what appears to be an MQ-9 Reaper.
He is the only Decepticon that appears to be unarmed, carrying no guns nor blades, but his fingers are needle sharp, and he has a considerable amount of strength for his build. He’s also almost blindingly fast with an excellent reaction time, capable of fending off all of Airachnid’s attacks before hurling her across the bridge of the Nemesis.
He possesses a pair of tentacles that reside somewhere within his chest, which are usually used for direct uplinks. They have proven to be useful in combat as well, however, and can grip and pick up objects or oh… say… axes.
Soundwave fights primarily with his minicons. So far, only Laserbeak has been seen in the show. Laserbeak is capable of reconnaissance, spying, and attack, and is the size of a small plane.
Again, his biggest strength is in his spying capability. Soundwave, in the show, is capable of monitoring communications world-wide, keeping an eye on the Autobots, Starscream, and Megatron’s signal at all times, along with important government transmissions. He has hacked satellites with ease, so it is a safe bet to assume that he’s quite the tech geek.
(the hacking and the spying will be put in a permissions post on his journal)
What items will they be bringing with them to Discedo? Laserbeak. The minicon acts as both his only real weapon, and as a chest plate.
Posting Samples
Third-Person Sample: The day was like any other, really. The same as it always was when he first arrived. Well… after he got over being only nine feet tall, with crippled scanners and unable to transform. That day had been way too out of the ordinary for the usually semi-all knowing, always prepared, never surprised spy master. But he was over that now. … Kind of. As over as he was going to get with his scanners still inoperable, his alt-mode refusing to work and still being a paltry nine feet tall. It still put him a good few feet over the rest of the citizens here but it was the principle of the thing.
How on earth a bunch of random human scientists had managed to knock him out and apparently deactivate all his defense and spying functions was beyond him, and he’d allowed the idea to stew for quite some time. Not that he was about to let it interfere any more with his work. He could still monitor the various transmissions over the communicator. It was a poor substitute for what he was used to, and at first the ‘con had been less than pleased with this minor consolation. … He still wasn’t over the moon about it, but he was nothing if not adaptable. He’d separated himself from the others there, preferring to hunker down in a warehouse for a recharge rather than have to deal personally with any of the humans, or otherwise there. He really had only one job in mind, the act of monitoring all frequencies all for the greatest cause of all.
Finding Megatron.
He had not ceased his efforts, and had never once yet become even slightly disheartened. After all, to him, their leader wasn't a possibility, but an inevitability. He would appear in time, and Soundwave would be there the second he arrived with full data on the city.
And so he waited, watched and listened, like so many other days, a strange, silent and faceless alien statue at the clearest point in the city. Even if it took a millennia until Megatron arrived, no wait was too long for him.
First-Person Sample: --Area scanned: data not available
Scanning
Scanning
>>not available: constructing map
[If it were possible for a line of computer text to sound annoyed, it would be Soundwave who could do it. The text flashes for a moment, before clearing, what almost sounds like a rush of static over the airways cutting in.
Anyone in the area of the ‘Con would find the now nine foot tall spy hunched over his communicator, holding the little device delicately between two long, spindly fingers. The visor flickered faintly as the words appeared on the device… Seemed like he found a way around the little buttons.
And he didn’t appear happy. With the shoulders drawn up and the head lowered, he was the very image of an annoyed creature, the free hand lightly tapping his fingers slowly against the ground. There was a click, the communicator switching over to vocal input.]
--sensors must be faulty!--
[An oily, enraged voice slithered out of the audio output, the shoulders hunching more.]
--Decepticon life signal—
[Just trying to find him a colleague out here. … Yeah it’s not going so well.]
[[as soundwave is a mute by choice, most of his dialog will be in either text, recordings or body language]]
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