Design : Dofley, Warrior-Poet (Average Difficulty)4+2 = 6: Above average
Dofley has taken to mounting an old style 'hilt only' Krakenblade on his extra-large Splattling Cannon so he doesn't have to put the gun away when he gets stuck in. Not that his reinforced Splattling Cannon can't just be used as a club when it comes down to it, which several protestors found out the hard way. His immense strength, even for a Giant Octoling, allows him to use the Splattling Cannon out into medium range at low firing speeds, and greatly increases his accuracy when at maximum fire. And speaking of maximum fire, his custom ink tank (Ie, two normal ink tanks with their systems interlinked together) allows him to keep that up for twice the normal time!
Oh, he still has the experimental giant sized Krakenblade too, even if he just uses his gunblade generally speaking. Somehow, he's managed to figure out how to control his Ink Energy so he can flash activate, and deactivate, his gun mounted blade with little preparation and warm up time. This allows him to use it with far more efficiency then you'd think possible from one of the old style blades simply by only having it on when he wants to hit someling with it.
Overall, Dofley should be an effective and skilled warrior for the Octoling Race.
...On the other tentacle, his posters don't really have that much effect on public opinion. Oh, Octolings often think they are cool or at least decent art, but it's not having any real political effect. Either because most people don't consider wall art as a reason to contribute against sign waving crowds, or because the SFPBSI have a series of posters showing him hitting them with his gun in that once unfortunate time when a group of idiots tried breaking into the training ground.
As well, the effort put into this PR campaign instead of training Dofley means that while Dofley is a well trained combatant, and his Ink Energy self control is amazing, he doesn't really have... well, any unusual or noteworthy combat talents or attributes beyond that. According to his trainers, he could have been even better if they'd had more time or had to devote less time to 'stupid publicity tricks' (their words), but c'est la vie, right?
Basic Resources
Plastics : 2
Super Sea Snails : 1
Advanced Resources
Zapfish : 2
Primary Weapon- Bamboozler : A compression powered ink gun that was recently invented before the Great Turf War. It charges somewhat slowly, is hard to charge on the move, can not store a charge, has limited maximum range, has low ink usage efficiency hampering repeated use before one must refill their ink tank, and can not be fired while uncharged. In other words, a revolutionary improvement over all that came before. Despite being shaped somewhat like a hammer, it is not advisable to use it in melee to hit someone over the head with. Recent advances in Ink Tank pump speed have increased the Bamboozler's charging speed by around 5%, and an additional redesign of the nozzle and front half of the gun has increased ranged by an astonishing 15%.
Cheap - Cost : 2 Plastic, 0 Super Sea Snails. - Bamboozler Mk.2 : A reconstructed version of the Bamboozler that replaces the old ink compressor and awkward trigger/plunger set up with an entirely new selection of complicated gearing and valves, using a two tank air/ink pressure system to achieve greater range, charging speed, and ink usage efficiency then the Mk.1 Bamboozler. In return the Mk.2 is overly complicated to build and maintain as well as wasteful of its materials, all signs of its extremely unpolished design. This lack of polish degrades its effectiveness in several ways, but the most immediately noticeable one, (a leaky air tank) has been reworked and no longer effects the gun. Lastly it is still not advisable to use a Bamboozler Mk.2 as a melee weapon, despite it being shaped like a hammer. A recent redesign of the front end has increased its viable range by an astonishing 15%.
Very Expensive - Cost : 3 Plastic, 0 Super Sea Snails, Complex.
- Splatling Cannon : A large crank operated automatic ink cannon. Has short range, extreme weight and size, and equally extreme inkpower. Can be operated at either a low firing speed, which actually has accuracy, or a high firing speed which can suck dry an entire ink tank in under thirty seconds using the higher pump speeds made possible by the Rotodynamic Pump but in return can barely hope to hit the broad side of a barn due to the crank and the pump knocking the weapon around as it fires as well as the increased recoil.
Expensive - Cost : 3 Plastic, 0 Super Sea Snails.
Sub Weapon- Balloon Mine : A large balloon, inflated close to bursting with ink. Being sturdy enough to avoid accidental discharges means it requires some amount of focused firepower to detonate, and it takes around a minute and a full ink tank to deploy in the first place. Covers a large area with friendly ink when it does detonate, however, and has an optional automatic pump to allow for deployment without manual operation.
Cheap - Cost : 2 Plastic, 0 Super Sea Snails. When used with the Automatic Pump, gains the Complex tag and therefor becomes Expensive.
Specials- Krakenblade : A average sized blade of raw Ink and Ink Energy, stabilized by an anchoring hilt and internal spine. Takes a moment to form and is only effective at melee range, but does hold the power to splat anything you get a direct hit on. The blades lasts for around fifteen seconds before loosing cohesion, and also allows the user to rechannel the Ink Energy to power a hyperspeed dash forwards three to four yards. This dash can either be done as a blade dash, where the user swings the sword as they dash, striking everything between their starting and stopping point but also burning through the rest of the special's energy. Or it can be utilized as a normal dash that merely uses up most of the energy and allows for up to five seconds of continued use after the dash.
Expensive - Cost : 0 Plastic, 2 Super Sea Snails.
AbilityNo Abilities start out designed.
Personnel- Octoling Guardsman/Guardswoman : An Octoling member of a volunteer weekend warrior association, where they train in basic military skills and teamwork. The association consistently turns out professionalized militia with consistent if not outstanding fundamental skills as well as a well honed sense of squad wide mutual trust and teamwork.
- Society For Prevention of Biased Species Interaction : A group of sign waving fanatics whom are against treating any subspecies of Octoling differently in any way, shape, form, or ink. This represents a noticeable issue with any attempts to train Octolings to use their subspecies specific advantages to their, well, advantage.
Cultural ArtifactsSo far, nothing has been invented that makes your side Fresher then the other side. You may feel properly ashamed of that fact now.
Other Gear- Mark 1 Ink Tank : A basic ink tank, invented by the same inventor that invented the Bamboozler, and designed to work with the Bamboozler. A quarter of its mass is taken up with the complicated gearing that connects it to a Lings primary weapon and the generator for the subweapon, limiting how much ink it can store. Still better then having to produce ink manually whenever you need a refill though.
Cheap - Cost : 2 Plastic, 0 Super Sea Snails.
- Rotodynamic Ink Pumps : A new rotational pump for the Ink Tank. It's smaller size and more efficient form allows for an increased ink reservoir as well as faster pumping, both for refilling the tank and for output to weapons. The increased tank pumping speed for refills is partially countered by the increased tank size however, and ends up only being somewhat faster.
- Octoling Home Guard Program: A volunteer training organization that meets twice a week to train with weapons and with working together. Beyond the teamwork and unity drills, each meeting addresses a different subject of military life, from weapon certification and recognition to maneuvering in Ink Form to theoretical tactical studies, with specially formatted programs meant to drill the basics into the skulls of civilians. And it works. The Home Guard may not be legends nor cutting edge professionals, but they learn the basic skills they'll need to survive a war. And more importantly, they learn to trust one another.
SuperweaponsSo far, no Superweapons have been developed.
Heroes- Dofley, Sketch Artist with a Big Gun : A Giant Octoling, equipped with a custom giant Splattling Cannon, custom giant Ink Tank, custom giant Krakenblade, and a second old style hilt only Krakenblade strapped onto his Spattling Cannon. A well trained wrecking ball of brute force, whom also does scroll art between combat missions as part of a failed PR scheme. Has unusually great control over his own personal Ink Energy, allowing him to use Krakenblades with unusually efficency and also allowing snap activations or deactivations when needed or desired.
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Topic: Octoling Development Facility - Splatoon Arms Race (Spring, Year 3) (Read 26116 times)