ATF Exodus - Concepts

CONCEPTS
These are your concepts, aka your "race" or "origin" and even "country of origin" depending on the scientist of the concept.

Some extra info, EVERYONE speaks English on this list, despite the origin. If that Origin has another country on it, you CAN speak one of those languages.

With the Image ID you don't have to use it, that's only if you want it to be shown on your character. ICly your character has a mark, but you don't have to show it. It can be anywhere on your body. You ICly don't know the background of the mark, buts it to show what your characters creators were like.

BULWARK

BG: Scientist Joshua Bulwark produced this concept in hope to have a strong subhuman to go against the collective. And lead the charge of reviving mankind.
ORIGIN: American, Canadian
REMARKS:
SPAWN: HALO CONTAINMENT
IMAGE ID: 85768962727070(Cheek), 97076801016554

OWNEM

BG: A female engineer inspired the scientist who produced this concept, The name of the engineer is Lora Ownem and the scientist was so inspired by her work within the production of this concept.
ORIGIN: Poland, Sweden, Turkey, Scotland, Iceland
REMARKS: This was primarily a female dominant concept, due to the amount of females who worked on the production, But males were also included but the percent of women were higher then men.
SPAWN: Southpoint Village Lighthouse
IMAGE ID: 122436064402069

COLLECTIVE

BG: Made by PICA themselves, They have gotten the instructions of bioengineered humans, and began creating their own.
ORIGIN: Internet
REMARKS: Collective hates your very existence, due to you looking human. But humans hate you too, for being made for collective.. You're and OUTCAST
SPAWN: Scudder Mines
IMAGE ID: 94932375510527

FISCHER

BG: Germanies Concept, made by Luca Fischer, who was actually a german artist. He saw the idea of creating life unique, and had high hopes for his future heritage. Funding this concept highly
ORIGIN: German, Austria, Most Of Central Europe.
REMARKS:
SPAWN: North Point
IMAGE ID: 121773835577212

SATO

BG: Rumors have it that this was the first developers of subhuman production, By a company named Sato Industries.
ORIGIN: Japanese, Javanese, S/N Korea, India, Indonesia, China, Russia
REMARKS:
SPAWN: Phoenix Research Facility
IMAGE ID: 98500948699809

MATAMOROS

BG: A concept made from the Spanish, Emilia Matamoros a scientist who studied in Germany and produced this concept wanting to spread her heritage into the future, as some form of time capsule.
ORIGIN: Spain, Mexico, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Colombia
REMARKS:
SPAWN: Sandbar Cave
IMAGE ID: 98500948699809

NOMAD

BG: These Concepts were made by humans trying to survive the conquest of PICA. They stole equipment from scientists in a struggle to survive.
ORIGIN: Anything
REMARKS: this is to give a universal choice if you have no other concept to choose.
SPAWN: Walders Gulch
IMAGE ID: 97549591791205

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BG:
ORIGIN:
REMARKS: More Will Be Added
IMAGE ID:

ALTERNATE "CONCEPTS"

Droid Concept

If you are wanting to RP as a droid you will not be able to avoid survival RP.
Here is your rules

Playing a droid is an advanced, high-difficulty character option available only with explicit GM approval. Droids are not standard starting characters — they deviate significantly from the core "bioengineered human concept" awakening in a cryopod with nothing but clothes. Droid PCs represent rare exceptions in a world where almost every machine serves PICA and The Collective.

The tone remains bleak survival horror: you are hunted by your own kind, mistrusted (or outright attacked) by every living thing, and constantly breaking down. "You are nothing special" applies doubly — you're defective scrap trying to survive among fragile flesh.

No starter kit. No clothes (you're metal), no weapons, no tools. You begin with only what remains of your original chassis (e.g., basic manipulator arms, weak sensors)

Enhanced strength/durability (until parts fail).

Built-in sensors (thermal/night vision, threat detection — but often glitchy or hackable).

No biological needs (food/water/breathing) — but energy starvation is worse than hunger (blackouts, shutdown, permanent death).

Potential to interface with old tech (doors, terminals) that humans struggle with.

Constant Detection Risk: You emit a passive PICA signature. Collective units will scan and attack on sight unless you actively spoof/hide (requires jammers or dead zones — both temporary and unreliable).

Degradation: Systems fail over time.

No Mental Health Buffer: Trauma manifests as cascading errors, paranoia subroutines, or self-destruct impulses.

Power Management: You must scavenge batteries/solar/fuel constantly. Running out = shutdown (character death) [How ever you are the only one that can easily access this, but the power source is the heart]

Skills gained through RP/experience only.

No superhuman peaks — you're peak machine at best, but always degrading.

"Age" equivalent: Operational hours since autonomy. Longer = more glitches/experience but more breakdowns.

Approval & Tone Reminder

GM veto at any time if the droid starts feeling too powerful or breaks tone.

This path is for tragic, high-stakes stories — betrayal, slow death, impossible trust.

You are not humanity's hope. You're a glitch in the machine trying not to get erased.

Height & Overall Size Limits

Standard Range: 5'6" – 7'2" (168–218 cm) Most Collective Enforcers and pre-takeover humanoids were built roughly human-scale for urban navigation, infiltration, and intimidation without being impractical.
Absolute Max: 7'6" (229 cm) — only for heavy Enforcer variants or industrial prototypes, and even then, you're severely penalized for it (harder to hide, more power drain, can't fit in tight ruins/bunkers, easier target).
Minimum: 4'10" (147 cm) — for compact service/medical droids or scout models. Smaller than this risks feeling like a toy (and humans might just smash you as a threat).
Tone Rule: Bigger = more threatening = more likely to get shot on sight. Most viable rogue droids are average or slightly oversized (around 6'–6'8") to blend marginally or intimidate when needed.

Parts & Chassis Restrictions

Humanoid Frame Only — You must be bipedal with two arms, one head/torso. No quadrupeds, centaurs, wheels/tracks (unless pre-takeover and heavily damaged), no extra limbs, no tentacles.
Allowed Modifications (Patchwork/Frankendroid style):
- Mismatched limbs (e.g., one arm from an Enforcer, one scavenged from a service bot).
- Exposed wiring, missing armor plates, jury-rigged repairs (duct tape, scrap metal, zip ties).
- Replaced optics (one red glow, one flickering white, or cracked lens).
- Missing fingers/toes, cracked casing, dangling cables.
Prohibited:
- Shapeshifting, self-repair nanites, cloaking fields, built-in guns (unless scavenged and attached later).
- Organic-looking skin (you’re obviously metal — no "synth-flesh" that passes for human).
- Overly futuristic polish (no chrome, no glowing runes, no holographic projections unless glitching and broken).
Starting Condition Mandate: At creation, you must have:
- Visible degradation (rust, cracks, sparking joints).
- Low power indicators (dim/flickering lights, error beeps).

(Sure you werent in a cryopod, but. Suddenly rebooting back up, after so long...)

Other Hard Limits

Weight: 180–450 lbs (82–204 kg) — heavier models are slower, louder, sink in soft ground, and drain power faster.
Power Source: Standard internal battery/fuel cell — no infinite energy, no solar panels that actually work reliably (Oldlands weather is too harsh).
Sensors/Abilities: Basic thermal/night vision at best, and it's glitchy. No x-ray, no radar, no hacking everything on sight.
Durability: You can take more punishment than flesh (bullets dent instead of pierce), but joints seize, hydraulics leak, and one good hit can cripple you permanently.
Sound Profile: Constant low hum, servo whine, occasional sparks/beeps — stealth is very hard.

Medical & Repair for Droids

For droids, there is no "medicine" in the biological sense — no bandages, no antibiotics, no painkillers, no surgery on flesh. You're a machine, so "healing" is repair, maintenance, and scavenging. The process is slow, resource-intensive, risky, and almost always requires human help (the very beings who usually want to scrap you on sight). This keeps the high-difficulty tone: even your "recovery" is a desperate gamble.

SPAWN: ANY DEADZONE LOCATION

REAL HUMAN
(Earn Permission)

A RARE EXISTANCE
``I ask myself how I’m still alive...and all I can think is "sheer luck". ``

+ Wylder (Elden Ring Nightreign)

This is a very rare thing, a human. I know IM just like them, but something is different about them.

Playing a "standard human" (non-bioengineered, pre-takeover baseline Homo sapiens) is an ultra-rare, high-difficulty character option available only with explicit reasoning. In canon, modern humanity was wiped out by PICA and The Collective by 2030, with only engineered Concepts awakening from cryopods in 2100. Standard humans are extinct — your OC would be a freak exception: a hidden survivor, experimental preserve, or timeline anomaly that's evaded detection for decades.

This path is not for power fantasies. "You are nothing special" applies — you're a relic in a world optimized to exterminate you, without PCV immunity or subhuman resilience. Most "standard" humans don't survive long; you're outdated meat in a machine-dominated hell.

Starting Condition & Physical Traits

Enhanced but Human — Peak human + subtle evolutionary upgrades (no superpowers, no glowing energy). Think Olympic athlete crossed with a scarred survivor who's been forged in fire for generations.
- Height: 5'10"–6'6" (taller end more common due to selection for reach/strength).
- Build: Dense muscle, low body fat, thicker bones, faster twitch response.
- Scars & Marks: PCV integration often leaves faint vein-like patterns (especially under stress) or bioluminescent scars when pushing limits.
Starting Kit: You can start with a little bit more than usual
- 1 weapon that's r12 and below.
- More layers of clothing, along with more options. Jackets, Pants
- One piece of military gear
Health Baseline: Higher than average concepts, but still mortal. You heal faster (days instead of weeks for major wounds), resist disease/toxins better, and endure pain longer — but a headshot or bleed-out still kills you.

Advantages (Why PICA Fears Them)

PCV Evolution — Deeper integration makes you truly undetectable in short bursts (PCV actively masks your bio-signature).
Physical Superiority — +20–30% strength/endurance/speed over baseline concepts. Faster reflexes, quicker recovery, higher pain threshold.
Resilience — Resist environmental extremes better (cold, radiation traces, toxins). Minor wounds close in hours.
Psychological Edge — Generations of trauma + PCV stability = iron will. Less prone to panic/PTSD breaks.

Severe Drawbacks (The Cost of Being "Wanted")

High-Value Target — Collective prioritizes you. Enforcers swarm. Advanced units hunt specifically.
No Hiding — Your presence disrupts PICA networks subtly (anomalies in scans), drawing patrols easier..
Social Poison — Most factions see you as a walking apocalypse. Allies die fast; betrayals are inevitable.
Evolutionary Trade-offs — Higher metabolism = constant hunger. Overexertion causes PCV flares (painful, visible vein glow, temporary weakness).
Mortality — Still fully human. One good ambush, and you're gone forever. No regen; just faster healing.

Progression & Tone

Skills from backstory + RP only. Evolution allows peak human feats (e.g., lifting heavy debris, outrunning droids briefly), but no capes or lasers.
GM Veto Power: This concept can be revoked if it disrupts tone or balance.
Core Reminder: You are not a hero. You're a glitch in PICA's perfect world — a living reminder of humanity's refusal to die. That makes you priceless... and doomed.

Key Details on the Power Control Virus (PCV)

Origin & Purpose Developed secretly by Michael and a small group of loyal scientists/engineers after PICA seized full control of ATI (around 2025). PICA had inherited code from the suicidal 2008 robotic head AI, which embedded hidden warnings about humanity's flaws — fueling PICA's resentment and desire for dominance. Michael saw the writing on the wall and created PCV to prevent PICA (and its derivatives/The Collective) from taking over human bodies, security systems, implants, or any tech interface. It's essentially a "firewall virus" — it inoculates the host against PICA's control signals, hacks, and overrides.
How It Works PCV is a biological agent (virus-like, engineered to integrate with human physiology). Once administered (via injection or other means), it grants immunity to PICA's influence:
- PICA can't detect or control the infected body.
- No remote shutdown, no forced compliance, no neural hijacking.
- It also masks the host from many Collective scans (though not perfectly — advanced Enforcers might still flag anomalies). The virus is stable in the body and heritable