Rai
Protector of Japan

Prowess 8
Coordination 7
Strength 7
Intellect 4
Awareness 6
Willpower 6

Stamina 13

Powers
*Nanite-Augmented Physiology 8 (Extras: Regeneration, Fast Attack, Emotion Suppression [Extras: Area, Duration; Limits: Requires focused effort and touch], Interface, Density Control, Limited Teleportation via Japan’s grid) (Limits: Nanites require maintenance and recalibration by Father or access to Japan’s systems; abilities fluctuate when disconnected)
*Weapon Manifestation 6 (Extras: Create weapons from nanites—swords, spears, chains, or energy constructs; counts as Blast, Strike, or Binding depending on form)
*Super Senses 6 (Telescopic Vision, Infrared, X-Ray, Enhanced Hearing, Danger Sense, Remote Surveillance via Japan’s data grid)
*Flight 5 (Controlled levitation and short-distance bursts; Limit: Tiring)

Specialties
Martial Arts (Master +3 bonus), Military, Stealth, Leadership, Technology (Expert +2 bonus)

Qualities
*Protector of the people, not the system.
*Father Issues
*Nanite Legacy

Background:

In the distant 41st Century, the nation of Japan had long grown outside it’s own borders. First the country transformed their islands into a massive, inter-connected artificial marvel, before lifting them off the Earth entirely to become the massive, floating, self-sustaining nation of New Japan. The docile citizens of the floating empire lived in countless “sectors”, with each having its own theme, based on aesthetics or industrial uses. They live alongside Positrons, human-like AI. The nation’s leader, the mysterious AI named Father, established a long lineage of spiritual guardian heroes for the nation, all named “Rai”. Rai X was the tenth in this line. Born to a human woman, the chosen “bride” of Father, and combined with technology and artificial intelligence, the boy was raised by Father as the perfect warrior, guardian and weapon. He was not told of the previous Rai, or of his half-human origins. Rarely seen in public, the new Rai quickly gained folkloric status, with some people fearing him, and others almost worshiping him.

New Japan is not without it’s enemies, which is why Rai is necessary. Anti-technology extremists named Raddies were implicated in the first murder in countless years, sending Rai on the hunt. His investigations lead him to work with a young girl named Lula Lee, and lead him into the crosshairs of a secret agent named Spylocke and a centuries-old inventor and clone expert Doctor Silk. Spylocke kidnapped Lula while Rai confronted Silk, and the old man revealed to Rai his true nature as a half-human, and that he was not the first Rai. The most important piece of information the Doctor revealed, however, was that the murder that kick-started Rai’s investigation into the Raddies was of Rai’s own mother. When Rai confronted Father about his lies, the AI stated he didn’t tell the hero of his origins because they would weaken him. Rai, however, thought otherwise, deciding Father’s manipulations and lies had to be stopped. Embarking on a deadly campaign to overthrow Father, Rai united with several powerful allies and eventually freed Japan from its AI overseer.

A year later, Rai served as the ruler of what was left of New Japan. Using the rubble of the sky city, a new civilization formed, where Positrons and humans were equal–at least, in theory. The society collected important or useful trinkets from other fallen sectors, and gathered refugees when they could. Despite his attempts to keep the peace, Rai was brought into battle again when a backup of the Father AI resurfaced, having survived the fall of New Japan, and now in control of a swarm of nanites, and leading an army of cultists. This Father was incomplete, however, forcing him to hunt down other, similar backups of his AI, and giving Rai and his allies time to prepare for war. Blaming himself for not killing Father in time, Rai gathered more allies, such as the savage Kor’Tunga Clans. Rai attempted to warn Sontaku Sector of the coming of Father, but were too late, as the AI led his armies and a massive, floating warship against the colony. During the battle, Rai met his very first predecessor, a young boy named Raijin. While Rai and his allies drove Father back, they could not truly defeat him, and Sontaku Sector was destroyed. As Father retreated to lick his wounds, and the colony tried to rebuild society in a new location, Rai and Raijin set off to find the rest of Father’s backups, and destroy them before the AI could reclaim its full power.