Spectre Unstable

Background

In war there are always attempts to usurp the technology of a superior enemy. To the hardened weapons engineers of Dominus Columbia, the Unstable were no different: Hostile technology that had to be countered and, if possible, subsumed and absorbed. How best to deploy a similar creation in a manner that suited the powers of Dominus Columbia though was a different story...

In short order, the top Scientists, Techno Savants, NecroTechs and other practices of the unsightly trades labored upon replicating the works of their adversaries to different purpose: To create the ultimate Super Spy! Capable of fooling any test or trace and infiltrating any facility or stronghold like a ghost!

While the project was ultimately canceled due to lack of funding, a number of the so-deemed 'viable prototypes' were dumped out into the public following the cancellation and have managed to form something of a distinct outcast identity from the affair.

Costume and Roleplay Requirements

The modifications done to the genomes of the wash-outs (their own fault or not) of the so-called SPECTRE Program have left a unique touch across all of them: the glow that emits from the fluids inside their veins is a soft, nearly ultraviolet purple. This change also seems to have altered the aesthetic preferences and dispositions of many of them, some of whom now sport unnaturally purple tinted features, from hair and nails all the way to irises and teeth. It is rare a SPECTRE who does not prefer some unique, personal shade of purple above all others.



Mechanics

Deceptive Genetics

Due to genetic treatments designed to make the agents follow orders under any circumstances, you have been left with a reduced capacity to resist Psionic Impulses.

  • Uses of Basic Mental Endurance cost 10 Mind instead of 5 Mind.

Extensive gene therapy has made you able to consciously alter the makeup of virtually any portion of your tissue with focus and effort.

  • You may take 10 Points (1.0 Level) of Exhaustion to answer any of the questions posed by any of the following skills, items, or abilities in any way you choose instead of being compelled to tell the truth:
    • Basic Medical
    • Basic Malicious
    • Proficient Mental Endurance
    • Proficient Telepathy
    • Proficient Faithful Patterns
    • Mortus Osteotome
    • Braindrinker (Somnambulist Semper Mort)
    • The 'Detect' Call

You may use this ability while Dead, but it instead provides inconclusive answers instead of results you specify.

You can not use this ability if you have Level 8 Exhaustion or higher.

Parent Lineage
Unstable
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