Goonhub
11-09-2014, 12:41 PM
The roguelike Cataclysm DDA has some interesting bionics that could provide ideas for an antagonist like this, stuff such as:
Offensive Defense System
"A thin forcefield surrounds your body, continually draining power. This field does not deflect penetration, but rather delivers a very strong shock, damaging unarmed attackers and those with a conductive weapon."
Facial Distortion
"Your face is actually made of a compound which may be molded by electrical impulses, making you impossible to recognize. While not powered, however, the compound reverts to its default shape."
Sonic Resonator
"Your entire body may resonate at very high power, creating a short-range shockwave. While it will not do much damage to flexible creatures, stiff items such as walls, doors, and even robots will be severely damaged."
Dielectric Capacitance System
"Throughout your body lies a network of miniature piezoelectric capacitors which can be charged with bionic power to temporarily protect you from external electrical discharge." (something along the lines of an automatic stun avoidance for tasers or stun batons that consumes a bit of power automatically or whenever hit while it's activated)
Internal Storage
"Space inside your chest cavity has been converted into a storage area. You may carry an extra 8 units of volume."
Integrated Toolset
"Implanted in your hands and fingers is a complete tool set - screwdriver, hammer, wrench, and heating elements. You can use this in place of many tools when crafting."
Repair Nanobots
"Inside your body is a fleet of tiny dormant robots. Once charged from your energy banks, they will flit about your body, repairing any damage."
Internal Climate Control
"Throughout your body lies a network of thermal piping which eases the effects of high and low ambient temperatures. It has an operating range of 0 to 140 degrees Fahrenheit."
There are also other things that could be useful that would be relatively simple to implement, but would provide situational but highly-useful information like
Blood Analysis
"Small sensors have been implanted in your heart, allowing you to analyse your blood. This will detect many illnesses, drugs, and other conditions."
I think a power system that requires recharging by methods of the user's choice would be interesting. Cataclysm provides some interesting ideas in the form of solar panels, battery-eating, alcohol metabolism into power through drinking, eating, and even an internal furnace where you just eat anything even remotely edible (clothes etc) and convert it into power.
There's a lot of crap that simply wouldn't work, but those are the ones that stand out to me as ideas that could possibly be implemented. Give them an interface that blends human with cyborg to provide control over internal tools or whatever and you could have a very fun antagonist to play IMO.
Offensive Defense System
"A thin forcefield surrounds your body, continually draining power. This field does not deflect penetration, but rather delivers a very strong shock, damaging unarmed attackers and those with a conductive weapon."
Facial Distortion
"Your face is actually made of a compound which may be molded by electrical impulses, making you impossible to recognize. While not powered, however, the compound reverts to its default shape."
Sonic Resonator
"Your entire body may resonate at very high power, creating a short-range shockwave. While it will not do much damage to flexible creatures, stiff items such as walls, doors, and even robots will be severely damaged."
Dielectric Capacitance System
"Throughout your body lies a network of miniature piezoelectric capacitors which can be charged with bionic power to temporarily protect you from external electrical discharge." (something along the lines of an automatic stun avoidance for tasers or stun batons that consumes a bit of power automatically or whenever hit while it's activated)
Internal Storage
"Space inside your chest cavity has been converted into a storage area. You may carry an extra 8 units of volume."
Integrated Toolset
"Implanted in your hands and fingers is a complete tool set - screwdriver, hammer, wrench, and heating elements. You can use this in place of many tools when crafting."
Repair Nanobots
"Inside your body is a fleet of tiny dormant robots. Once charged from your energy banks, they will flit about your body, repairing any damage."
Internal Climate Control
"Throughout your body lies a network of thermal piping which eases the effects of high and low ambient temperatures. It has an operating range of 0 to 140 degrees Fahrenheit."
There are also other things that could be useful that would be relatively simple to implement, but would provide situational but highly-useful information like
Blood Analysis
"Small sensors have been implanted in your heart, allowing you to analyse your blood. This will detect many illnesses, drugs, and other conditions."
I think a power system that requires recharging by methods of the user's choice would be interesting. Cataclysm provides some interesting ideas in the form of solar panels, battery-eating, alcohol metabolism into power through drinking, eating, and even an internal furnace where you just eat anything even remotely edible (clothes etc) and convert it into power.
There's a lot of crap that simply wouldn't work, but those are the ones that stand out to me as ideas that could possibly be implemented. Give them an interface that blends human with cyborg to provide control over internal tools or whatever and you could have a very fun antagonist to play IMO.