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* TheDragon: To [[spoiler: Dakyne.]]
* DropTheHammer: Uses a massive warhammer in combat.
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* {{Cyborg}}: Every skill you take slowly alters their appearance as they replace flesh with chrome, until half their face is metal and the other half is synthetic skin.
* EveryoneHasStandards: Despite their enthusiasm at killing, they feel sick about selling karlan sweat as mineral water and claim they'd rather peddle Snooze.
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* EveryoneHasStandards: Despite their enthusiasm at killing, they feel sick about selling karlan sweat as mineral water and claim they'd rather peddle Snooze.
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An AI installed in the player character's head, which is near-universal in the setting. The player's IMP begins to acquire more of a personality than most after [[spoiler:being temporarily linked to the yCorp AGI.]]
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An Aphoran, and seemingly head of [[spoiler:yCorp]], or at least its operations in the Veles Arcology.
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* OneManArmy: Invoked by your handler in the ''Cyber Heist'' DLC (paraphrased): "Our enemy has an army with unlimited money and resources. We... have you."
* SilentProtagonist: Aside from the dialog interface options (which are not worded as actual dialog), the player character never says aword.
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* SilentProtagonist: Aside from the dialog interface options (which are not worded as actual dialog), the player character never says a
* TopHeavyGuy: Or girl in her case. Like all aphorans, her legs are disproportionately short and slender in comparison to the rest of her very portly body, making you wonder how the species can walk at all at times.
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* BigBadWannabe: [[spoiler: She's directly responsible for the games events, as she kickstarts the plot by destroying the Ascent Group's AGI and causing the company to fail, after which she massacres the board with the aim of taking control of Project MenShen. However, the ending reveals that she was little more than a pawn for Melhorst-Gelb, her benefactors, who didn't even believe in her plan anyway.]]
* DidNotThinkThisThrough: [[spoiler: Her every action has massive unintended consequences. Her attempt to take over the Ascent Group instead causes it to go bankrupt, causing Velas to spiral into chaos and anarchy, her Ascender faction starts a war with yCorp and the Indent that gets most of them killed, and she almost accidentally unleashes an EldritchAbomination on Veles.]]
* DidNotThinkThisThrough: [[spoiler: Her every action has massive unintended consequences. Her attempt to take over the Ascent Group instead causes it to go bankrupt, causing Velas to spiral into chaos and anarchy, her Ascender faction starts a war with yCorp and the Indent that gets most of them killed, and she almost accidentally unleashes an EldritchAbomination on Veles.]]
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* BigBadWannabe: [[spoiler: She's directly responsible for the games game's events, as she kickstarts the plot by destroying the Ascent Group's AGI and causing the company to fail, after which she massacres the board with the aim of taking control of Project MenShen.[=MenShen=]. However, the ending reveals that she was little more than a pawn for Melhorst-Gelb, her benefactors, who didn't even believe in her plan anyway.]]
* DidNotThinkThisThrough: [[spoiler: Her every action has massive unintended consequences. Her attempt to take over the Ascent Group instead causes it to go bankrupt, causingVelas Veles to spiral into chaos and anarchy, her Ascender faction starts a war with yCorp and the Indent that gets most of them killed, and she almost accidentally unleashes an EldritchAbomination on Veles.]]
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* TheHeavy: He and Onix Void are a much more consistent and antagonizing threat than his employer, [[spoiler: Dakyne.]]
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* TheHeavy: He and Onix Onyx Void are a much more consistent and antagonizing threat than his employer, [[spoiler: Dakyne.]]]]
* LargeAndInCharge: As a Larkian, he's pretty damn huge already, and his massive PoweredArmor easily doubles his bulk.
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* FromNobodyToNightmare: You start out as basically just a total nobody at the lowest rung of society in garbage recycling/management, barely above being unemployed and homeless. By the end of the game? [[spoiler:You've travelled to the top of the Spire, slain armies of gangers, mutants, robots, and corporate mooks, taken out various flavours of MiniMecha, and shut down a portal that was about to let some kind of EldritchAbomination invade reality. You are armed with cutting edge weaponry and powerful abilities, ranging from a basic slugthrowers and grenades all the way up to man-portable wave motion guns and your very own (time-limited summon) suit of PowerArmour with a chaingun.]]
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!! Celine
A human resources representative for the Ascent Group who becomes a recruiter and field commander for the Ascenders, a group of Ascent Group loyalists determined to return their beloved company to its former glory.
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* AntiVillain: While she does some nasty things, it's clear she's very much a victim of corporate propaganda, sincerely believing that Ascent was an ethical company and the Arcology is better off under its control.
* TheBrute: Serves as this for the Ascenders. While she does have an influential position, she is little more than a blunt instrument who uses violence to achieve her objectives. Her boss fight involves fighting her in a very tough mech.
* ChekhovsGunman: She's introduced early on as a somewhat irrelevant side character trying to convince Poone to join the Ascenders. She isn't seen again until after [[spoiler: yCorp takes over the Indent's contract, and is seen in security footage murdering an Ascent Group defector.]]
* DecoyAntagonist: [[spoiler: After being seen murdering an Ascent Group traitor and giving orders to Hung, it can lead one to think she's the BigBad, but a few missions after she bites it, it's revealed she was answering to Dakyne.]]
* {{Irony}}: One of the Ascent Group's staunchest loyalists [[spoiler: was taking orders from the woman who destroyed the company.]]
* UndyingLoyalty: To the Ascent Group. She is willing to do anything to restore her beloved company to power.
!! Celine
A human resources representative for the Ascent Group who becomes a recruiter and field commander for the Ascenders, a group of Ascent Group loyalists determined to return their beloved company to its former glory.
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* AntiVillain: While she does some nasty things, it's clear she's very much a victim of corporate propaganda, sincerely believing that Ascent was an ethical company and the Arcology is better off under its control.
* TheBrute: Serves as this for the Ascenders. While she does have an influential position, she is little more than a blunt instrument who uses violence to achieve her objectives. Her boss fight involves fighting her in a very tough mech.
* ChekhovsGunman: She's introduced early on as a somewhat irrelevant side character trying to convince Poone to join the Ascenders. She isn't seen again until after [[spoiler: yCorp takes over the Indent's contract, and is seen in security footage murdering an Ascent Group defector.]]
* DecoyAntagonist: [[spoiler: After being seen murdering an Ascent Group traitor and giving orders to Hung, it can lead one to think she's the BigBad, but a few missions after she bites it, it's revealed she was answering to Dakyne.]]
* {{Irony}}: One of the Ascent Group's staunchest loyalists [[spoiler: was taking orders from the woman who destroyed the company.]]
* UndyingLoyalty: To the Ascent Group. She is willing to do anything to restore her beloved company to power.
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* YouAreInCommandNow: Whatever their old job was, they were instantly promoted to their current position when the contingency plan was activated.
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!! Dakyne
The human CTO of the Ascent Group who forms a group of company loyalists called the Ascenders with the aim of restoring the Ascent Group.
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* AffablyEvil: Despite her actions, she seems pleasant and persuasive.
* BigBadWannabe: [[spoiler: She's directly responsible for the games events, as she kickstarts the plot by destroying the Ascent Group's AGI and causing the company to fail, after which she massacres the board with the aim of taking control of Project MenShen. However, the ending reveals that she was little more than a pawn for Melhorst-Gelb, her benefactors, who didn't even believe in her plan anyway.]]
* ChekhovsGunman: She's introduced trying to convince Poone to get the indents under his care to join the Ascenders, then disappears from the plot [[spoiler: until the third act, which reveals that she is the BigBad.]]
* DidNotThinkThisThrough: [[spoiler: Her every action has massive unintended consequences. Her attempt to take over the Ascent Group instead causes it to go bankrupt, causing Velas to spiral into chaos and anarchy, her Ascender faction starts a war with yCorp and the Indent that gets most of them killed, and she almost accidentally unleashes an EldritchAbomination on Veles.]]
* EvilIsPetty: [[spoiler: She irreparably damaged The Ascent Group's AGI, massacred the company's board of directors, threw Veles into a state of total chaos, and started a war with yCorp... because she wasn't given the promotion or respect that she wanted.]]
* FantasticRacism: Part of her motivation seems to be out of hatred for Aphorans.
* FlunkyBoss: [[spoiler: The main threat in her boss fight is her horde of followers.]]
* ThePawn: [[spoiler: She sincerely believed that she was a mastermind, putting herself in a state of total control over Veles, only for the post-credits scene to reveal that Melhorst-Gelb never actually believed she would succeed, and never would have given her the power she wanted.]]
* SmallRoleBigImpact: Only appears in three scenes, [[spoiler: and is directly responsible for the plot.]]
* SmugSnake: [[spoiler: She's nowhere near as smart or in control of the situation as she thinks she is.]]
!! 438 Hung
The head of Veles' Onix Void chapter, a private military contractor that protects VIP's and performs assaults and assassinations. Hung is a professional with mysterious ties to the fall of the Ascent Group.
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* ConsummateProfessional: Hung is extremely professional and levelheaded.
* TheDragon: To [[spoiler: Dakyne.]]
* DropTheHammer: Uses a massive warhammer in combat.
* DuelBoss: Other than his two easily dispatched guards, he faces the Indent one-on-one.
* TheHeavy: He and Onix Void are a much more consistent and antagonizing threat than his employer, [[spoiler: Dakyne.]]
* TheStoic: He never loses his temper or even raises his voice.
!! Dakyne
The human CTO of the Ascent Group who forms a group of company loyalists called the Ascenders with the aim of restoring the Ascent Group.
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* AffablyEvil: Despite her actions, she seems pleasant and persuasive.
* BigBadWannabe: [[spoiler: She's directly responsible for the games events, as she kickstarts the plot by destroying the Ascent Group's AGI and causing the company to fail, after which she massacres the board with the aim of taking control of Project MenShen. However, the ending reveals that she was little more than a pawn for Melhorst-Gelb, her benefactors, who didn't even believe in her plan anyway.]]
* ChekhovsGunman: She's introduced trying to convince Poone to get the indents under his care to join the Ascenders, then disappears from the plot [[spoiler: until the third act, which reveals that she is the BigBad.]]
* DidNotThinkThisThrough: [[spoiler: Her every action has massive unintended consequences. Her attempt to take over the Ascent Group instead causes it to go bankrupt, causing Velas to spiral into chaos and anarchy, her Ascender faction starts a war with yCorp and the Indent that gets most of them killed, and she almost accidentally unleashes an EldritchAbomination on Veles.]]
* EvilIsPetty: [[spoiler: She irreparably damaged The Ascent Group's AGI, massacred the company's board of directors, threw Veles into a state of total chaos, and started a war with yCorp... because she wasn't given the promotion or respect that she wanted.]]
* FantasticRacism: Part of her motivation seems to be out of hatred for Aphorans.
* FlunkyBoss: [[spoiler: The main threat in her boss fight is her horde of followers.]]
* ThePawn: [[spoiler: She sincerely believed that she was a mastermind, putting herself in a state of total control over Veles, only for the post-credits scene to reveal that Melhorst-Gelb never actually believed she would succeed, and never would have given her the power she wanted.]]
* SmallRoleBigImpact: Only appears in three scenes, [[spoiler: and is directly responsible for the plot.]]
* SmugSnake: [[spoiler: She's nowhere near as smart or in control of the situation as she thinks she is.]]
!! 438 Hung
The head of Veles' Onix Void chapter, a private military contractor that protects VIP's and performs assaults and assassinations. Hung is a professional with mysterious ties to the fall of the Ascent Group.
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* ConsummateProfessional: Hung is extremely professional and levelheaded.
* TheDragon: To [[spoiler: Dakyne.]]
* DropTheHammer: Uses a massive warhammer in combat.
* DuelBoss: Other than his two easily dispatched guards, he faces the Indent one-on-one.
* TheHeavy: He and Onix Void are a much more consistent and antagonizing threat than his employer, [[spoiler: Dakyne.]]
* TheStoic: He never loses his temper or even raises his voice.
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!!Your IMP
An AI installed in the player character's head, which is near-universal in the setting. The player's IMP begins to acquire more of a personality than most after [[spoiler:being temporarily linked to the yCorp AGI.]]
* AxeCrazy: Your IMP likes violence, explosions, and ''especially'' thinks that having blood splattered everywhere makes for excellent interior decorating.
* DeadpanSnarker: Picks up shades of this later on, such as observing that your enemies seem to have something against doors after one [[spoiler:crashes a shuttle through the boardroom window just to reach you.]]
* InsistentTerminology: Refers to you as their "flesh".
* ThereWasADoor: Reacts like this after the [[spoiler:boss fight in the Ascent Group boardroom, which begins with the enemy crashing in through the window in a shuttle.]]
* MadBomber: Your IMP really really loves explosions and expresses regret whenever they're not the solution to the current problem.
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An AI installed in the player character's head, which is near-universal in the setting. The player's IMP begins to acquire more of a personality than most after [[spoiler:being temporarily linked to the yCorp AGI.]]
* AxeCrazy: Your IMP likes violence, explosions, and ''especially'' thinks that having blood splattered everywhere makes for excellent interior decorating.
* DeadpanSnarker: Picks up shades of this later on, such as observing that your enemies seem to have something against doors after one [[spoiler:crashes a shuttle through the boardroom window just to reach you.]]
* InsistentTerminology: Refers to you as their "flesh".
* ThereWasADoor: Reacts like this after the [[spoiler:boss fight in the Ascent Group boardroom, which begins with the enemy crashing in through the window in a shuttle.]]
* MadBomber: Your IMP really really loves explosions and expresses regret whenever they're not the solution to the current problem.
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* FantasticRacism: Kira has a very low opinion of humans (or "sapiens", ad they're called in the setting), and lets you know this quite frequently.
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* EvenEvilHasStandards: While her concern is ''primarily'' about the potential costs and liabilities to yCorp, Kira does sometimes seem genuinely disgusted if you kill innocent people.
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* EveryoneHasStandards: He's abrasive, rude, corrupt, and generally a piece of work... but he doesn't want people starving to death or Cluster 13 descending into catastrophic violence; his first concern when it's clear that the Ascent Group has collapsed is to secure bare necessities like food and energy, followed by a degree of freedom so another corp doesn't just march in and take these things away.
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* {{Jerkass}}: She is every bit as abrasive and rude as Stackmaster Poone, coupled with a clear contempt towards humans and a casual assumption that everyone in the archology now belongs to her company.
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* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: While he's rude and abrasive, he genuinely cares about keeping everyone under him alive in the face of a potentially catastrophic situation, and even tries to figure out a way to secure their freedom.
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* HiredGuns: Sidelines as this through various sidequest.
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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Despite the general first impression he gives, of being a pampered asshole who shortchanges his indents (which he does), Poone does for the most part care about the Indents under him. Most of his initial quest revolve around trying to make sure Cluster 13 has the ressources to keep everyone fed and alive. And he has ambitions to try and free everyone under Indent contract by preventing another corp from claiming the contracts before they expire.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: After [[spoiler:Kira and yCorp roll in]], Poone is relegated to one or two minor scenes after that, and then one brief appearance after the credits.
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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Despite the general first impression he gives, of being a pampered asshole who shortchanges his indents (which he does), Poone does for the most part care about the Indents under him. Most of his initial quest revolve around trying to make sure Cluster 13 has the ressources resources to keep everyone fed warm, fed, and alive. And If not for the untimely appearance of [[spoiler:yCorp]], he has might have succeeded in his ambitions to try and free everyone under from their Indent contract contracts by preventing another corp from claiming the contracts before they expire.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: After [[spoiler:Kira and yCorp roll in]], Poone is relegated to one or two minor scenes after that, and then one briefappearance voice call after the credits.
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-->'''nogHead:''' [[spoiler:Hung]], my man! What the fuck are you talking about? [[spoiler:You got your little ambush. [[ArmorPiercingResponse Not my fault your people got wasted 'cause they sucked!]]]]
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An Aphoran, and seemingly head of [[spoiler:yCorp]], or at least its operations in the Veles Arcology.
* WalkingSpoiler: Given their role in the plot, it's hard to talk about them too much.
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* CrazyPrepared: He expects the worst from people, especially corporations. [[spoiler:His foresight to set up a back door on the gate saves him and the main character from being killed by [=yCorp=] at the end from knowing too much.]]
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!!The Indent
The main character: an indent working out of cluster 13, under stackmaster Poone. Bristling with ambition and with a taste for mindless violence.
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* HiredGuns: Sidelines as this through various sidequest.
!!Stackmaster Poone
The supervisor of cluster 13. A notoriously cheap man with a crude disposition who behaves more like a local crime lord than the local supervisor for the megacorporation.
* Jerkass: He's abrasive and rude to everyone, including the player character. He's also infamous for not paying people.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Despite the general first impression he gives, of being a pampered asshole who shortchanges his indents (which he does), Poone does for the most part care about the Indents under him. Most of his initial quest revolve around trying to make sure Cluster 13 has the ressources to keep everyone fed and alive. And he has ambitions to try and free everyone under Indent contract by preventing another corp from claiming the contracts before they expire.
!! [=nogHead=]
A hacker operation near Cluster 13, who helps the player.
* CrazyPrepared: He expects the worst from people, especially corporations. [[spoiler:His foresight to set up a back door on the gate saves him and the main character from being killed by [=yCorp=] at the end from knowing too much.
* SomeCallMeTim: [=nogHead=] isn't his name, his real name is unpronounceable to humans.
* VoiceWithAnInternetConnection: His role for most of the game.
!!The Indent
The main character: an indent working out of cluster 13, under stackmaster Poone. Bristling with ambition and with a taste for mindless violence.
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* HiredGuns: Sidelines as this through various sidequest.
!!Stackmaster Poone
The supervisor of cluster 13. A notoriously cheap man with a crude disposition who behaves more like a local crime lord than the local supervisor for the megacorporation.
* Jerkass: He's abrasive and rude to everyone, including the player character. He's also infamous for not paying people.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Despite the general first impression he gives, of being a pampered asshole who shortchanges his indents (which he does), Poone does for the most part care about the Indents under him. Most of his initial quest revolve around trying to make sure Cluster 13 has the ressources to keep everyone fed and alive. And he has ambitions to try and free everyone under Indent contract by preventing another corp from claiming the contracts before they expire.
!! [=nogHead=]
A hacker operation near Cluster 13, who helps the player.
* CrazyPrepared: He expects the worst from people, especially corporations. [[spoiler:His foresight to set up a back door on the gate saves him and the main character from being killed by [=yCorp=] at the end from knowing too much.
* SomeCallMeTim: [=nogHead=] isn't his name, his real name is unpronounceable to humans.
* VoiceWithAnInternetConnection: His role for most of the game.
