Kat
| Kat is a net.hero created by Dave Van Domelen. See also MechaKat. | |
| Alter Ego: | Kathryn Anders |
| Aliases: | Robot Girl, Kopikat |
| Primary Writer: | Dave Van Domelen |
| Status: | Member of Dvandom Force under house arrest, reserve member of the LNH (Classic Team) |
| Usability: | Reserved |
History
Kathryn Anders was born in the RoboMACs 2163 universe, decades after most of humanity had been wiped out and the self-aware artificial lifeforms known as RoboMACs took over. She fought as a rebel against those who were trying to protect humanity, largely to show humans were still relevant. She was seriously injured and saved only by having her mind scanned into a RoboMAC shell, taking the name Kopikat. She served with the Guardians for several years before a traumatic incident where she was infected with a nanotech agent. She abandoned the Guardians to become a freelance spy. Eventually, she was hunted by both factions, escaping only by sneaking her way into the Looniverse when Acton Lord paid her world a visit.
She joined the LNH as Robot Girl, taking the persona of a human who could turn into a robot, and became part of the Secret Dvanders. Unfortunately, when the Robot Invasion started and the Dvanders crossed newsgroups to seek the help of the Guardians, Thresher called her out, and she fled – ending up stranded in alt.transgendered.
She was rescued by Lass Lad and came back to the LNH and the Secret Dvanders, since she didn't have anywhere else to go and they were reasonably soft-hearted.
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She has been a major part of both the Secret Dvanders and Dvandom Force since then. In an alternate future, she was absorbed into Sig.Lad and became part of the being known as DeFacto V.
Shortly after helping destroy !DeFacto V, Kopikat started helping Macroman gain better control over his powers by means of a mental interface. But what she was secretly abusing his trust to assauge her own loneliness, and this led to not only the creation of Jubatis, another pawn of Master Workload's, but also caused the rest of the team to ostracize her. At the climax of Workload's final attempt on reality, the nanotechnological agents in Kopikat's body, which had been creating a new body for themselves within her, were "born" as the new host to the Sig.Force, known as sig.ma. As a parting gift, they restored her to human form before leaving to take over the duty of balancing Lord MUDD and Master Workload.
Kat was put under house arrest in the Dvandom Force HQ, because the nature of her crime against Macroman was so bizarre that normal channels weren't viable.
Personality
About a century old, but looking in her early 20s, she has a lifetime of experiences, most of them bad. She tries not to get too close to anyone or leave herself vulnerable emotionally, and is trying to work through decades of guilt. She covers this up with a sarcastic attitude most of the time.
Powers and Abilities
Once Kat was a human mind scanned into a powerful, shapeshifting robot body, but she has since been restored to human form.
Since being restored to human form, she used her knowledge of futuristic science to create a powersuit for herself that generates a protective forcefield, increases her strength and speed, and can generate energy "claws". In addition, for times when this isn't enough, she built a fast attack vehicle named the Panzer, capable of high maneuverability and speed on all but the roughest terrain. It has one big spherical wheel and uses a modifed Shirow-style drive system (like on the plastic tanks in the anime Dominion).
Appearance
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Circa Constellation #20, back when she went by the name Robot Girl.<
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Art by Dave Van Domelen, 2/15/94
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Circa Dvandom Force #58, with Skysabre's non-Projector form included for scale.<
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Art by Dave Van Domelen, 10/19/95
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The Panzer<
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Art by Dave Van Domelen, 9/10/96
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Kat's new costume, which debuted around Dvandom Force #74-75, plus another view of the Panzer Cycle (and yes, the Panzer Cycle looks like a cat's head from the front).<
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Art by Dave Van Domelen, 9/10/96
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A Dale Arden (Flash Gordon animated series) action figure kitbashed into Kat.<
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Kitbashing and photography by Dave Van Domelen, 2/20/98
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How Kat looked before she got so badly injured that she had to be scanned into a MAC format to save her life, about a century before she joined the LNH. Shown here taking a break from trying to build her own Robo to pilot.<
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Art by Dave Van Domelen, 8/23/12
Appearances
- Constellation #17-36
- Dvandom Force #37-100
- Kopikat Special
- CAW #2
- Limp-Asparagus Lad #6
