App to Rotting
-Character Information-
Name: Rinzler
Canon: TRON: Legacy
Gender: Male
Cell Phone: http://blog.dialaphone.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/alienware_mockup_2a.jpg
Physical Description: humanoid
Personality: When Rinzler had his original personality, he was kind, well meaning, and fiercely loyal – though a bit too serious around the edges. Now that his Tron personality lies dormant due to CLU manipulating his code, Rinzler (the new, current personality) lacks most of the things that made Tron seem human.
Rinzler is just as dedicated as Tron was, if not more so, but his allegiance has shifted away from the people he used to serve. Rinzler is brutal, tough, brave, and will do whatever his boss asks of him because he has been programmed that way. Rinzler is also relentless, and will doggedly follow CLU's orders, including hunting and killing the innocents he once protected. His actions are almost robotic, and always means to an end. Even the master manipulator CLU shows more personality while at rest, and is more indulgent in his posturing. Rinzler doesn't make an effort to accommodate anyone but his boss, and he doesn't waste time of kindness nor comfort, when he's manhandling people. There's a theory that on a subconscious level, Rinzler actions are sometimes to protect Kevin Flynn, but that goes into the realm of head canon.
Throughout the entire film, Rinzler only speaks once while under CLU's control, and uses body language to get his points across. He is recognized by everyone on the Grid as what is essentially: a lethal machine of death on two legs. Rinzler is incredibly competent at what he does, and this allows him to be CLU's primary and most trusted enforcer. CLU is rarely seen without this man by his side.
Rinzler also never hesitates, and is incredibly brave, putting himself in harms way over and over again. This is partly due to the fact that he is aware of his competencies, and also comes down to programming again. Simply put, Tron was written in a way that was superior to most other programs. His lack of fear is pretty evident as he is a final boss in the discwar games, making him the futuristic-techno gladiator champion of this canon.
Rinzler's undoing flaw is seeing Kevin Flynn – a human from his past who he can't stand to put in danger. Even when tasked with murdering the man (and his rag tag crew of good guys) Rinzler disobeys CLU's directives for the first time, and in a suicidal move, crashes the plane he is manning into CLU's, in a desperate attempt to help Flynn escape. From this scene we also see how Tron's personality comes to the surface, and see that Rinzler/Tron can speak more than just one word, but since Rinzler is coming to the game before this point in the film, he will have less problems with his dormant personality.
History: http://tron.wikia.com/wiki/Rinzler
Abilities: Rinzler used to be Tron, who was THE BEST security program around. And in canon terms, that means he's the best at everything when it comes to fighting. Rinzler is pretty much Tron but seriously lacking in humanity. And even though his Tron personality is dormant, all of his skills have been passed on. Rinzler is incredibly agile, flexible, strong, and has amazing aim. The easiest way to describe him is: an unbeatable combative gymnast who is the world champion at death frizbee.
Being from a computer, he is capable of making very quick calculations about physics and this lets him evade projectiles and fight as gracefully as he does. His judgement is superb when it comes to being where he needs to be, whether it be while doing back flips in the air to avoid and opponent's disc, or knowing where to position his lighcycle in order to most effectively accomplish his tasks. Because he is still partly digital, like the other programs of the Grid, he can still use energy to heal / energize himself, but his new body makes the process pretty inefficient (Tron: Evolution). He will be able to syphon electricity from anything that produces electrical light (Ex: light bulbs but not wall outlets) and turn it into energy or general health (think HP points). The stronger the watts, the more power he'd get. Static electricity will be nothing more than a tickle and have the same effects as caffeine, giving strong but very, very short lived adrenaline rush. None of these rejuvenating powers will be as effective as actual food or rest though since his body is still mostly human, but it will help keep him alive until he learns what food is. Being a program he has no knowledge that his body may now need this sort of sustenance.
Because Rinzler is a program and still retains his identity disc(s), if someone knows how to write programming languages, they could potentially rewrite Rinzler's behaviour or have him regrow a lost limb. It needs to be noted though, that getting a hold of his discs would be pretty difficult since he's aware of his dependency on them.
Rinzler also has the ability to see the footsteps and follow the paths of the people he is 'hunting', but again, since this is not the Grid, he can't do that barring a special event.
In the Betrayal comic books, Tron (who Rinzler was in the past) is shown to have the ability to materialize full body disguises. Barring a special event, he does not have this ability either, and has to change his clothing the human way.
Possessions: As part of his uniform, he has two light-sticks that can both turn into either a lightcycle or a lightjet. So that means that he carries two motocycles and two jet planes on his person. Barring an event, the lightjet portion of his baton won't work. The lightcycle portion of his baton will work, but since he's not on the Grid, they'll run out of power in about an hour, and unless he can find a way to recharge them, will essentially become useless. He also comes with his suit, helmet, light-handcuffs and double discs.
First-Person Sample:
[The video turns on, revealing a man in a reflective black mask. He's standing somewhere dark, and his inform is casting its own light. On anyone else, it might have been a silly costume, but somehow on this man it isn't.
He says nothing, and it is obvious that he knows he is being recorded by the way he stares directly at the camera. He doesn't speak and he barely moves, but there's something about him that seems dangerous, or at the very least, very capable.
There is a low noise from the video that could be a growl, or it could be a purr, but it doesn't sound organic. Actually, it kind of sounds like a broken hard drive spinning to its death.]
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[Rinzler doesn't say anything. He doesn't need to. He knows that if there are any Black Guards here they will see this, and they will report to him. If CLU sees this, then he will give Rinzler further directives. If any Basics or ISOs see this, they will know their enforcer is now here. His reputation precedes him. Anyone of any importance will recognize his circuitry - and if not. Well. They don't stand a chance.
So he waits and lets his presence be known. After a while he reaches over and cuts the feed.]
Third-Person Sample: Rinzler finally pulls himself out of the sea and collapses onto his arms. He feels awful; there's a pounding in his skull, all of his muscles ache in ways he's unfamiliar with, his entire body feels alien and heavy and constricting, and he feels weak. He can't seem to draw any power from his surroundings ether and he sees his circuits flicker – not a good sign.
He allows himself three breaths, and even those feel new and bizarre – too wet and too organic – before he slowly pushes himself to his feet; he has neither the time nor the luxury to indulge in acknowledging pain. He tries to run a self diagnostic, but it comes back dead. He can't seem to focus properly and he isn't getting any readings on himself.
It must be the environment that is causing this interference then.
He looks over his shoulder to the ball in the sky that is casting his shadow. The light is blinding, and it punches into his eyes going all the way to the back of his brain. He growls and grits his teeth. He needs to find somewhere dark, and then he will need to survey the area and report all this to CLU. It is obvious this isn't the Sys. Admin's doing, and that means this is a User's fault.
Rinzler's growl dips in pitch. When he finds out who is responsible for his displacement, he will bring them to justice. Or perhaps he will bring them to the games. In the end it doesn't really matter; it's always the same outcome.
He sees some trees at the end of the beach, and while he doesn't know what they are, he understands that they will offer shelter from the awful thing in the sky. He is doubly glad now for his helmet, and its dark glass.
Taking a step forward his joints creak and he collapses. He snarls at himself, at the environment, and at the world. This is unacceptable! His movements have always been perfectly fluid, why now, does his body seem to be responding to him nanocycles too late? He gets up, tries to take another step and falls again. The pattern continues until he is finally able to walk and he has no explanation for any of this.
As soon as he is able, he will need to go through each and every one of his run times to isolate whatever anomaly he is experiencing. This imperfection will not be tolerated.
Notes: This is an aggressive / violent character. Antagonize at your own risk.
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We know CLU (his boss) struck Tron/Rinzler with a disc while Tron/Rinzler was on his back on the ground, and we know that discs are pretty brutal weapons. We also know that scars manifest as pixelated holes in programs. Adding this to the fact that Rinzler never takes off his helmet, and makes a constant stuttering purring noise, I'm going to say that his face remains damaged from the blow. In particular, Rinzler will be missing the bottom right of his jaw and cheek. Instead of a gorey mess though, the scars will be jagged rows of broken pixels and a black void where his code is broken.