lonewolf23k
08-16-2005, 05:04 PM
Ok, just a little idea I had for reinveinting Brainiac, which I wanted to share...
This concept keeps the idea of Brainiac once being a living Coluan named Vril Dox, but alters it a bit: This version of Vril Dox, because of his genius, quickly rose to the ranks of the Computer Tyrants' servants, and was rewarded with the greatest of gifts: Being turned into a Cyborg.
The newly reconstructed Cyborg Vril Dox was renamed, granting himself a Coluan name which roughly translates into "Brainiac" in English; his enhancements granted him even greater levels of intelligence, but also digitizing his mind, turning him into a living computer program: a "Ghost", to use Transhuman terms..
Brainiac was then tasked with leaving Colu to gather information on neighboring star systems.. During these travels, Vril's son eventually led a rebellion to overthrow the Computer Tyrants, unwittingly releasing Brainiac from his obligations to them. The now freed Brainiac decided to take advantage of his freedom and powers to continue his pursuits of science and engineering, with the Universe as his personal laboratory..
Brainiac's motivations are simple: cold, calculating pursuit of knowledge, at any cost. He's essentially a scientific researcher with insatiable curiosity, incredible resources, and absolutly no ethics. He could drop a series of radioactive isotope meteors on a heavily populated world simply because he wants to know how it's inhabitants would react to the increased radiation...
Power-wise, the Animated Universe basically has it right: sturdy cybernetic bodies capable of going toe-to-toe with Superman, although the Real Brainiac would be a disembodied intelligence capable of transmitting itself from body to body (I'm having fun with the idea of using the skeletal mecha-brainiac as one of Brainiac's "Combat Bodies"). Furthermore, Brainiac's genius would allow him to design numerous devices capable of challenging Superman, from ultra-tech weapons and hordes of battlerobots to more exotic devices like mind-control nanites..
...Well, that's about it.. Your thoughts?
This concept keeps the idea of Brainiac once being a living Coluan named Vril Dox, but alters it a bit: This version of Vril Dox, because of his genius, quickly rose to the ranks of the Computer Tyrants' servants, and was rewarded with the greatest of gifts: Being turned into a Cyborg.
The newly reconstructed Cyborg Vril Dox was renamed, granting himself a Coluan name which roughly translates into "Brainiac" in English; his enhancements granted him even greater levels of intelligence, but also digitizing his mind, turning him into a living computer program: a "Ghost", to use Transhuman terms..
Brainiac was then tasked with leaving Colu to gather information on neighboring star systems.. During these travels, Vril's son eventually led a rebellion to overthrow the Computer Tyrants, unwittingly releasing Brainiac from his obligations to them. The now freed Brainiac decided to take advantage of his freedom and powers to continue his pursuits of science and engineering, with the Universe as his personal laboratory..
Brainiac's motivations are simple: cold, calculating pursuit of knowledge, at any cost. He's essentially a scientific researcher with insatiable curiosity, incredible resources, and absolutly no ethics. He could drop a series of radioactive isotope meteors on a heavily populated world simply because he wants to know how it's inhabitants would react to the increased radiation...
Power-wise, the Animated Universe basically has it right: sturdy cybernetic bodies capable of going toe-to-toe with Superman, although the Real Brainiac would be a disembodied intelligence capable of transmitting itself from body to body (I'm having fun with the idea of using the skeletal mecha-brainiac as one of Brainiac's "Combat Bodies"). Furthermore, Brainiac's genius would allow him to design numerous devices capable of challenging Superman, from ultra-tech weapons and hordes of battlerobots to more exotic devices like mind-control nanites..
...Well, that's about it.. Your thoughts?