Sometime in the beginning of the 40^th Century, mankind has realized too late that their robot creations have gained sentience and they had come to the conclusion: Mankind is a virus.

But then Armageddon hit. The robots that mankind had developed in order to take over all the labor forces, had aquired sentience and decided that humanity was a virus.

Dr. Dimitrios Ayou was chosen by the world government to be sequestered in a secret underground bunker with the hope of hiding the worlds top minds until the uprising was over. But it never stopped.

The mission parameters were changed and he joined with other scientists and engineers in an effort to design and build a temporal portal that they could all escape to the past through. It was hoped that all those in the compound would be able to live out their lives in peace, in the past, while also trying to stop the present from occurring.

Life does not always go the way you plan, as the scientists found when all testing proved that organic material would not survive the trip through the portal. This made them turn to the unthinkable. Building android bodies that they could download their subconscious into, in order to make the trip. In order to stop the robot uprising, they would have to lose their humanity.

It took months and dozens of teams coming together to build the android bodies, all without using any form of wireless signals or outside sources as both could be traced to their hidden home. They knew it was only a matter of time before they would be discovered, and the unknown drove them to near exhaustion.

To be continued...

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Android-body Capabilities:

All Ultrasmiths android bodies have certain abilities due to their construction. These common shared abilities are:

Computer Integration: All Ultrasmiths can freely operate and bond with technology both in tactile and remote fashion.

Energy Discharge: Ultrasmiths can emit energy discharges used as offensive attacks.

Agility: Alt-Enhanced: In spite of their size and construction, Ultrasmiths's agility, balance, and bodily coordination are enhanced to levels that are beyond the natural physical limits of the finest human athletes.

Durability: Alt-Enhanced: Ultrasmiths's extremely dense bodily tissues are highly resistant to physical injury. They are able to withstand high caliber bullets, falls from tremendous heights, exposure to extremes in temperature and pressure, powerful impact forces, corrosive materials, and powerful energy blasts without being injured.

Flight Speed: Supersonic: All Ultrasmiths android bodies were designed with anti-gravity generators and mini-thrusters for flight allowing them to fly at supersonic speeds.

Intelligence: Tech-Enhanced: Possessing an extremely high IQ and creative talents due to integration of technological/unnatural means.

Reflexes: Guided: Ultrasmiths's reflexes are similarly enhanced and are superior to those of the finest human athlete. Their onboard programming allow them to almost be guided in their reflexes as their android bodies are able to assess and respond to outside influences.

Land Speed: Supersonic: All Ultrasmiths were designed to reach a top speed ranging from Mach 2 to Mach 4.6.

Stamina: Enhanced: Due to being androids, their bodies were designed to remain constantly active for several hours before connections begin to overheat or power levels begin to drop.

Strength: Superhuman: Level 25: All Ultrasmiths were designed to lift up to 25 tons.

Temporal Alterations:

It came as a complete surprise to all the Ultrasmiths that the trip through the temporal portal would alter their android bodies in any way. As each materialized in 2058, they found that each had been altered. While all shared many of the same alterations, some few of them had additional abilities.

The common shared abilities are:

Elasticity: It is not known how, but all Ultrasmiths now seem to be composed of non-solid parts. At will, each member of the Ultrasmiths can bend and twist their bodies, almost like a gelatinous goo. However, if knocked unconscious, or powered down, their forms will revert to their original solid state.

Quantum Precognition: Ultrasmiths can collect information from quantum ripples bombarding everyone from the past and future. Their Superintelligence then allows them to process that raw data into predictions of the future. Additionally, according to Angãraka, the Ultrasmiths exist on more than one quantum layer. However, regret can actually hinder this ability.

Shapeshifting: The Ultrasmiths has demonstrated the ability to manipulate the shape and size of their bodies to some degree. They can transform their fists into giant blocks and have been seen to increase their height by as much as 10%.

Unique Temporal Alterations:

Some of the Ultrasmiths came out of the Temporal Portal with abilities not shared by all or any of the others. For Goldmine, these Unique Temporal Alterations include:

Technopathy: Dimitrios can control and manipulate electronics with his mind.

_____Adaptation: Dimitrios has the ability to adapt to different electrical systems, just by touching them.

Hard Light Holograms: Like Breach, Goldmine can create hard-light holograms, but unlike Breach he can only create versions of himself. These holograms can feel and look solid and he is able to control up to eight (8) of them without losing control.

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Programming: Goldmine has a doctorate in Computer Programming specializing in the study of Systems Programming and Engineering. In his time, he was considered one of the greatest hackers on the planet.

Chemistry: All Ultrasmiths have studied other sciences outside of the ones they specialize in. Along with Computer Programming, Goldmine is an expert in the field of Chemistry as it relates to the element of gold.

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Armored Body: When constructing his android body, Dr. Ayou took precautions and installed some offensive and defensive measures. These include:

_____Unibeam: Goldmine can project a thin blue laser from his cybernetic eye-patch. This unibeam can cut through up to six (6) inches of solid steel.

_____Pulse Bolts: Powerful but power draining, these pulse bolts are fired from his hands, though he tends to limit their usage.

_____Sonic Ramshot: Think of it like a sonic shotgun blast, emitting a concentrated sonic blast with an area of effect that is powerful enough to knock a tank on its side. Again, this uses quite a bit of power and he does not often use it.

_____Explosive & Tear Gas Pellets: Stored in the left gauntlet he can unload them into his palm and throw them.

______Flame-Retardant Foam: Stored in his right gauntlet, he stores enough foam to extinguish all the flames of a house fire.

______Sensor Upgrades: Sensor upgrades include a Magnex/Sonar system and seismographs.

______Force Bubble: A later add-on, upon arriving in 2058, was a force bubble projector. This "hamster ball" provides protection for civilians.

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Dissolving Chemicals: Goldmine's android body's gold components, which are most of his internals, can be dissolved by mercury. They can also become corroded by chlorine, fluorine, aqua regia and cyanide.

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