Iron Reign (Triumph)
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| Iron Reign | |
| Player: @Obsidius | |
| Server: Triumph | |
| Origin: | Technology |
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| Archetype: | Mastermind |
| Threat Level: | 50 |
| Personal Data | |
| Real Name: | Heinrich Joachim |
| Known Aliases: | None known at this time |
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Human Cyborg |
| Age: | 45 |
| Height: | 6' |
| Weight: | Approx. 250 lbs due to cybernetic implants |
| Eye Color: | Cybernetic spectrometers |
| Hair Color: | None |
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Formerly male |
| Biographical Data | |
| Nationality: | German (East German) |
| Occupation: | Lead Researcher of Humanoid Robotics for Arachnos |
| Place of Birth: | East Berlin, East Germany |
| Base of Operations: | Paragon City, Rhode Island, USA |
| Marital Status: | Single |
| Known Relatives: | None |
| Known Powers | |
| Robotics, Traps, Leadership, Jumping | |
| Known Abilities | |
| Can alter appearance through magic | |
| Equipment | |
| Cybernetic implants, guided robotic warriors, the full robotics capabilities of Arachnos | |
| No additional information available. | |
Iron Reign is a level 50 Robotics/Traps Mastermind on the Triumph Server, played by @Obsidius. He is a a leader of the villain group Oni's Tears and the current Lead Researcher of Humanoid Robotics for Arachnos.
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Overview
Iron Reign is a former East German scientist who got a raw deal from the Malta Group. After his self-resurrection into a cyborg, hi climbed tooth and nail through the ranks of Arachnos to pursue one goal - the utter crushing and humiliation of the Malta Group. In the process, he became Arachnos' lead expert in the field of Robotics. Currently, he's using that position to present new technology to replace frail human Arachnos soldiers... and perhaps in the process, Lord Recluse himself.
In-Game Description
*Obtained through Arachnos Counter-Intelligence*
*** Confidential File ***
From: Operative Crimson
- Agent Crimson
Subject: Criminal matermind codename: Iron Reign
Iron Reign first appeared in the Rogue Islses shortly after Statesman's Strike. It is believed he was a former East German cybernetic researcher Heinrich Joachim, who was forced to work on Malta's Titan project. After his usefulness to Malta had 'expired', he 'died in a tragic lab accident'. Knowing this might happen, Heinrich had secretly dosed himself with nonamachines, which kept him alive until his robotic drones could extract him. Although he eventually lost his limbs due to the lab fire that was supposed to kill him, his robosurgeons were able to fabricate replacement parts for him. After creating robot soldiers based upon his Titan research, and swore vengnece upon the Malta Group. Heinrich died in that fire, and was reborn as Iron Reign. His mental state and augmentation make him extremely dangerous, and is considered a high-priority target.
Pre Rogue Isles Background
Early Life
Born 31 March 1964, Heinrich Joachim was born to middle-class family in East Germany, during the Cold War. Heinrich had as normal of a childhood as any boy could have in Cold War East Germany, under the constant pressure of Socialist Unity Party of Germany dictation, the attempts of some people to get over the Berlin Wall and flee to West Germany, the common shortages on basic goods, and the like. However, in order to ensure their only child could receive the highest education from the state, Heinrich's parents kept a clean record and strictly avoided any activities that could arouse suspicion of the party or authorities.
During his polytechincal school years, Heinrich studied chemistry and productive works. At age 16, his vocational learning encompassed electronics.
When he reached the age of 18, like most other East German males, Heinrich joined the Nationale Volksarmee and served in the Landstreitkräfte. It was here that, instead of admonishing his service to the Army like many disenfranchised males, he took a liking to the military, especially in terms of gear and equipment. A such, he was able to become an equipment technician, servicing armored vehicles including T-72 battle tanks.
University Studies and Robotics
Having received high marks in his vocational studies and military service, Heinrich was one of the few lucky men to be accepted to the state university in East Berlin in 1984. Because of his highly technical expertise, Heinrich was allowed, under top secret clearance, to study in one of the state's preeminent fields - robotics. As part of an inter-university research project with Moscow, researches and scientists in East Berlin were conducting research and trials in order to develop advanced robotic weaponry for use in homeland defense and superbeing suppression, as well as possible offensive uses in ground combat. The USSR and Eastern Bloc countries reasoned that, given the correct technology and manufacturing processes, robots could easily and economically counter most metehuman threats from the West, removing the need for development of super-powered defenders, who could be affected mentally as well as physically during risky and costly metahuman transformation procedures.
Heinrich was a quick learner and quickly became an expert in the field. Even with their limited resources and budget, Heinrich was able to do amazing things with the technology at hand. In the course of a few years, his department had almost perfected a handful of models that, in unison, could effectively neutralize most metehuman threats.
Unfortunately, their research was cut short by the Reunification of East and West Germany in 1990. AS the Berlin Wall fell, so did tension between East Germany and the Western nations. The project was scrapped, and the scientists, including Heinrich, were dismissed in order to quietly brush their anti-Western research under the rug of a new Germany.
An Offer Too Good to Refuse
Heinrich, like many Cold War weapons researchers, was out of a job. Although absurdly gifted, because he couldn't include his preeminent research in robotics on his resumé due to its top secret nature, he had in incredibly tough time finding steady employment.
In 1994, after a series of stale research jobs and some work for a Japanese toy company, Heinrich was caught in the mediocrity of capitalistic corporate culture. It was at that point he was approached by a man representing the Malta Group. The man explained that the Malta Group was a private military company that serviced many governments, but also protect against metehuman threats. They had received his name from another scientist and one of Heinrich's former colleagues, and were interested in hiring Heinrich to continue his previous robotics research for the Malta Group.
It was more than Heinrich could have hoped for - not only was it a secure job, but also the chance to complete his masterwork. Heinrich spent no time signing up with the Malta Group. Days later, he returned to his old laboratory in Berlin, no longer run by the state university, but now funded by Malta. There he was reunited with some of his old colleagues, and proceeded to pick up where they left off, as if the past four years had never happened.
The Catch
Heinrich and his team worked feverishly on Project Titan, as it had been renamed by Malta. Because they had better funding, equipment, and resources this time around, research proceeded at a quick pace. After only a few months, robotic endoskeletons were being tested.
After successful tests of endoskeletons, Malta requests for the project started becoming strange. Weapons were not out of the ordinary, considering that the goal of the Titans was to capture, subdue, or eliminate metehuman threats. However, Malta also requested that Titans could pair up and, if need be, combine frames and power sources to become a larger Titan, in case of an emergency threat. This caused considerable strain on the group as they had to rethink many of their previous design paradigms. After another year of exhuastive research, the team was able to reach this milestone, with high praise from Malta.
