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Coil: Combat Style: Ranged Saboteur Background: Upper-Class Gender: Male

Coil is a wrecked cyborg that Phalanx discovers lurking on the edges of the city. Initially confusing each other for enemies, Phalanx spares Coil’s life and in return, he offers her shelter and to guide her back to her home to see the aftermath for herself. Coil has survived in this world by careful raiding COREC transports - integrating the parts he stole into his robotic body. Unfortunately, Coil’s survivalist nature has degraded into a hoarding mentality over the years - on his back, he carries with him his original exo-frame’s limbs. Though he speaks with frequently dark humor, he secretly hopes to once again make himself whole.

Coil was born as Richard John Harris, the only son of a wealthy family that ruled over the forest kingdom of Villumere. As was tradition for all upper-class families, RJ was given to the capital as a ward, bound into military service before being permitted to return home. A natural loner, RJ found himself more at home in service than attending political banquets. Preparing to remain as a military-lifer, tragedy struck when a rival family tried to have him killed during ‘an accident’ while training new recruits. Losing half of his left hemisphere, both legs and an arm, he was declared beyond saving. However, as property of the nation, his body was integrated into a cyborg exo-frame and inducted into the recon and special ops division. Relieved to be free of his past, he served here, assassinating targets deemed a threat to the stability of the nation.

Weapons:

Primary:

• Buster Shot style - 3 shots, reload. Run and Gun
• Upgrade
  • Double Buster shot - 6 shots, reload. Run and Gun. Two shots per push

Long-Range:

• Sniper Rifle - single shot, long reload. Plant and Aim.
• Upgrade
  • Knight's Lance - single shot, charge-up. Plant and Aim. Pierces through enemies.

Close-Range:

• Scatter-gun - four shots, short distance, spread out, like a shotgun.
• Upgrade
  • Razor-gun - four bouncing sawblades, ricochet off of surfaces.

Explosives:

• Grenade Launcher - 4 shots, average reload. Shots arc and projectiles bounce up to 3 times.
• Lock-On Rockets - Up to 3 missiles. Hold key to acquire targets. Release to unleash target-seeking explosives.
• Chest Blaster - Single shot, charge-up attack. Four stages. Travels linearly.

Plus-Pad Map: Up - Run & Gun (Pistol) Down - Plant & Fire (Rifle/Lance) Left - Explosives (Launcher, Rocket, Chest-Blast) Right - Close (Scatter, etc)

Considering this arrangement instead:

Run & Gun

Pistol -> Double Pistol

Plant & Fire

 Sniper Rifle -> Lance

Body Shots

 Scatter gun -> Lock on Rockets -> Chest Blaster

Arcing Shots

  Grenade Launcher ->  Sticky Grenades -> Splitting Grenades (Stick & Divide)

[Spoilers]

During the CORE Assault, Coil’s cyborg division was given the vital job of cutting the satellite communication grid, utilizing a massively powerful EMP weapon. The best sniper, Coil was assigned to cover his team as they infiltrated the satellite array. Unfortunately, at the pivotal moment, Coil lost his nerve and paralyzed with fear, he failed to provide them with cover fire. The entire team was killed by the CORE’s agents. He fled, attempting to leave his failure behind and lived a life of subsistence and fear. His social skills eroded the longer he lived alone, till he struck at anyone or anything that threatened him or his caches of supplies. [/Spoilers]