(By the way, if you guys are wondering where his warehouse is, he was essentially given the same Nerfed version of the essence of the home where he's going to have to increase its size by completing more jumps that and he can't just summon whatever he wants other than basic essentials.)
Origin: Runner (Blacklight Human): Runner is the codename assigned by Blackwatch to non-Prototype Infected individuals who had managed to escape military detainment. These infected individuals are capable of manipulating and spreading the virus they have been infected with.
Age/Gender: 29/Male
Location: GENTEK Lab (2008)
Time: The Day Alex Mercer Awakens
Perks:
Free Predator: Humans have become dulled to their instincts; no longer can they compete with feral beasts in hunting, instead they compensate with technology to find their targets. But technology is fickle, and requires maintenance to use for extended periods of time. No longer will you be bound to such devices that block your senses, you have gained an animalistic accuracy with your senses to the point where you could out-compete a bloodhound for scents, and you have developed some extra senses that other animals have as well, like sonar and other commonly known senses.
-100cp Insectoid Efficiency: Infected tend to scramble, running around and spreading to the closest target like a cancer. While this tactic may be useful against a large horde of otherwise defenseless targets, if you are trying to infect more intelligent or advanced species you will need organization. With this perk your hive and everything controlled by it will set up a system similar to insects, where there are distinct roles for each unit that they will follow until you tell them otherwise. With each hive built the complexity of your unit strategies will increase as well.
-100cp Deerish: Deer, Rabbits, Squirrels. All of these animals are so weak, and yet they managed to spread
their genes across the world. The reason they can is because they have an almost supernatural sense of
predation, but yours is far superior. You will be able to detect individuals actively trying to kill you within a mile radius, and with training can increase that distance even further.
-200cp The Taste of Memories: Memories, what a beautiful thing. Despite them only being measured in milli-volts they hold everything that someone has ever done or felt, and yet, they disappear without a trace when
the signals stop. No longer will experience be lost through time, for consuming a small portion of someone's brain after killing them allows you to access every memory that they have ever had, and their knowledge as well.
-300cp What Makes Me Unique: In case you didn't know this already, if you are infected in this world you are no longer the implied human that you were before coming here, instead you ARE the Blacklight or Redlight virus you were infected with. Most people might go insane or lose their sense of " self" after consuming thousands of people, but youre different. You will always be " you" no matter what form you are in, and will always be lucid with your decisions. In addition to this, because you have embraced the fact that you are no longer human you can do so much more with your powers. Powers that are biological in origin are much more effective when used, and you are able to assimilate the powers of other forms of infection to suit your needs.
-300cp Allowance: In most cases minion consumed biomass will stay with them, and would be digested. This is not the case for you however, infected minions that consume targets will give you a small portion of the
biomass consumed without having to come into contact with them for you to use, this does not come without a
compromise however. Taking the biomass from a minion also means that the minion will need to eat more to
compensate for this. This does work both ways as well…
-600cp True Hive Mind: If you are trying to control a massive hive, it is going to take a lot of effort to control them, especially if you have your own body. With this perk you will be able to dissolve your body and transfer your " essence" to your hive, where the only way to kill you is by destroying all of the hives you have under control. But hives are completely sessile, so you will be unable to escape should someone invade your hives and destroy them. This also grants greater control to your hive, where you are able to execute attacks and strategies like they are chess pieces, and allows
access to any of your powers, as long as they do not allow you to move the location of any hive. If you want your body back it will take a full week to form, and a large amount of biomass to create it.
-600cp Virologist: Looking at it from a technical standpoint, viruses are just devices that carry genes, they enter the nucleus, insert their genome, and then the host cell does everything else for them. This characteristic makes viruses one of the most favored device in genetic engineering, as they can go and in-
fect multiple cells. The folks at Gentek know this, and focus solely on them, but you have a leg up on them.
By extensive study (but still far less than a computer could) you can decode the entire genome of a life-form, and decode and isolate the genes responsible for any and every trait that they possess. Want the eyes of a goat on the body of a snake? Or possibly just the strength of a rhinoceros? Do not look away, study and
decode today!
Infected Powers: (+1,500 Pathogen Points)
Light of Life (Free): By default the Hive and Runner infected both boast a similar power-set that makes them the threat they are. These infected are capable of creating clothing out of their own biomass, possess any sensory adaptation present in animals, detect infections of any kind, glide from walls, absorb biomass for future use, consuming flesh which turns into usable biomass almost instantly, rapid full body regeneration at the cost of burning through large chunks of biomass, wall-running, superhuman strength, and can infect others by puncturing their flesh. And of course, change your colors and patterns to any natural kind.
Consume (Free): The most terrifying aspect of the infection is their ability to swallow similar sized
organisms whole by rapidly digesting and absorbing the victims biomass, adding it to their own, and taking their skills and form. While this cannot grant you the strength of superman, absorbing a creature will grant you with a minor change to your abilities based on what they excelled in.
AESTHETICS (Free Hive and Runner): While I personally love the look of the infected, you might disagree with me and think that they are hideous and need a makeover. With this power you can change the look of any unit, as long as they are still the same size and that the new look does not make them more deadly than they are already.
Node Creator (Free Hive and Runner): You did not think you could create infected without a chamber for them to grow in, did you? The initial purchase grants you the ability to create a hive by consuming biomass, which can initially create Infected one at a time.
Canon Weapon (Free): Runners have the ability to create melee weapons from the biomass that they have consumed, ranging from the simple blade arm to the grappling whipfist. Purchasing this allows you access to all of the formed weapons instead of just one.
Bio-Bomb (-100pp): Maybe you do not have the time to individually slaughter a squad, or maybe you just do
not want to, either way you are able to use biomass to infect a portion of your own flesh to explode, to throw at a target, or embed it in a target and have them explode.
Armor (-200pp): By consuming biomass you will be able to increase the amount of damage you can resist. The biomass will harden across your body, greatly reducing incoming damage, but will also hinder your movement by the same degree.
Transform (-300pp): Turning into humans is not terrible, but maybe you want to shape-shift into different forms you have not consumed, or maybe make your own. With this power you can shape-shift your body at will, and can freely combine alt-forms as well. This does not grant any extra power however.
Excessive Force (-400pp): Because why stop at adequate? Excessive force grants a boost to all of your
physical, and runner bought abilities from this section here, So now armor that could take less than a .50 cal round can now take up to a missile in order to be damaged.
Regeneration (-500pp): Infected can recover from any injury, so long as enough a noticeable organ remains. By purchasing this perk For 500pp you would need to be reduced to a size less than a small puddle of blood to be destroyed if someone were to wish for you to truly die.
Items:(+300cp)
Sinew Rounds (Free): These special bullets will Explode violently into tendrils in a 4m area on impact. You initially start with 5, but can create more by allowing them to touch other rounds. The rounds can be converted back to normal ammo if they are immersed in bloodtox.
Bloodtox Rounds (-100cp): A new project that is secret to even the Blackwatch, these special rounds will rapidly break down the tissues of any being that is "infected" and slowly poison those who are not.
Comes with 12 rounds that seem to bleed into other rounds that are touching it.
Viral Detector (-200cp): When you are too paranoid or too lazy to search for infected without assistance, this lightweight device can detect any infected within 600m of it! Since each universe has a different variant of this, the device will add in similar beings to its scanners as well. If you do not like its default range I am sure it would not take long to improve it.
Drawbacks:
You Are Prototype(+600cp): You are now Alex Mercer and so you are tasked with finishing what he started. Mcmullen, Randall, Cross, Greene. All must die.
Targeted (+600cp): Maybe you smell great, like bacon, or maybe the entire hive hates your guts, either way any and all infected will attempt to eat you during your time here, even your own. Companions are not affected, but any infected they create will be.