ThreeA - Adventure Kartel : Oppenheimer The GID Zomb.

 

 

We knew the world would not be the same. A few people laughed, a few people cried. Most people were silent. I remembered the line from the Hindu scripture, the Bhagavad Gita; Vishnu is trying to persuade the Prince that he should do his duty and, to impress him, takes on his multi-armed form and says, 'Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds.' I suppose we all thought that, one way or another.

- J. Robert Oppenheimer.

A (mis) interpretation:

Name: Albert Enrico Oppenheimer.

Alias: The Rad Zomb / The Glow Worm.

Age: Unknown.

Affiliation: The Zomb Horde.

Abilities: Radiation manipulation; Apathy; Contaminant immunity; Disease immunity; Enhanced durability/invulnerability; Enhanced endurance; Oxygen independence; Pain suppression; Pressure resistance; Self-sustenance; Thermal resistance; Anatomical liberation; Consumption healing; Disease generation; Enhanced bite; Enhanced strength; Killing instinct; Matter ingestion; Semi-immortality; Regenerative healing factor.

Std. armaments: Himself; The Eviscerator - daemon weapon.

Oppenheimer is one of the first generation of the Zomb Horde. He is vastly more intelligent than most of his kind, his intellectual skills rival only by the Zomb MD, though the difference is that his belief is still very much grounded in science, with physics being his only faith, as oppose to the necromancy dark arts favoured by the majority of the walking dead. He a formerly one of Terra's leading physicists, invited to be part of the group of experimentalists on board The Apsinthos, with responsibility on the development of radiation-weapons related experiments. Although unverified, it is speculated that Oppie has been around during the Age of the Great War, and was responsible for designing the likes of bio-alchemy munitions and the crawling horror of phosphex for the warring factions through Rothchild Corporation, a knowledge of which it brings over for the Zomb MD. Others say he stole the ideas from Rothchild's scattered STC (Standard Template Construct). Regardless, he experimented and created many weapons of mass destruction involving thermo-nuclear and bio-alchemy physics. The War Zombs militia in particular look upon him highly, for these hellish devices, irrevocably taints the ground upon which they are used, with many lives rendered barren, becoming an uninhabitable, irradiated charnel zones. Rumour has it that majority of United Americana irradiated "Cursed Earth" sub-sectors are Oppie's truest legacy for humankind.

Oppie possesses the usual corruption of Nurgleth but largely keep to itself within The Apsinthos cold fusion core, which is nicknamed "Oppie's Malignant Tumour". He possesses the ability to manipulate radioactive decay, causing all the Zomb Horde to instinctively stay clear of Oppie, fearing his ability which could melt or vaporise them in an instant. Despite his zombie physiology, Oppie displays the physical effects of long term proximity and exposure within the cold fusion core which gives him an abnormally pale skin that displayed unhealthy lightning-storms of veins and blood-bruises staining the flesh but with the usual yellowed-jaundiced, glassy eyes of a living dead. A literal, living dead consisting of cancerous cells, Opie is so saturated with life ending radiation that he literally glows in the dark bowels of the Carrion City. He could induce cancers upon the living within certain proximity. He is also known to be capable to generate and manipulate heat through thermal radiation. Oppie has been observed to generate energy bomb made up of radiation that can explode on contact like a micro nuke with a variety of effects. Numerous defenders and hunters of Zombs died terribly by complete physical disintegration upon encountering Oppie via radiolysis upon explosion. He could also release electromagnetic pulse to disrupt electronics or technology along with radiation pulse, follow up by a deadly fallout blizzard throughout the surrounding area. Survivors of Oppie's attack often succumb to physical mutation, ranging from developing extra limbs or in extreme cases, turn into a writhing mass of fleshes. These victims are often granted euthanasia by Baron Seth Von Sydow. The deadliest ability, however, is self combustion or detonation. Oppie is susceptible to stress and prone to have severe anxiety attack. This leads it to builds up immense energy and pressure within its body, and then literally causes itself to explode with the intensity equivalent to a nuclear explosion. Oppie's body become vapours as it explode, then reform. He demonstrated this ability only once, that is during the Robot Islands War, where the onslaught of the borgs and bots become too much for him. Oppie screamed and in split-seconds, a blinding light enveloped him and the resulting detonation destroyed Island 3 and vaporised the inhabitants in its entirety. He was thought to have been destroyed but is later reported to have survived.
Oppie sometimes carry a daemon tainted chain saw weapon with him, known as the Eviscerator. It has a motorised biting teeth that Oppie uses to saw and slash through enemies. The teeth themselves are fashioned to be incredibly sharp with monomolecular edge. It contains a crude version of the disruption energy field generator more commonly found in power weapons. Although very unwieldy and tiring to use, the Eviscerator is fully capable of bisecting an armoured man or tearing open almost any physical object in a single stroke of its blade. It can slice through walls and even damage vehicles. The weapon makes an angry buzzing sound as the teeth spin around, intensifying into a high pitched scream as they grind into armour. Since it must be wielded with both hands it cannot be used in combination with another close combat weapon.

Despite his powerful abilities, Oppie is rarely, if even, seen participating actively in any Zomb Horde attacks upon New Andria. He would rather stays alone, talking to himself or indulge in creating weaponries for the War Zombs at the behest of the Zomb MD. The Plague Lord ironically prefers to leave Oppie alone despite his deadly ability, in order to avoid causing any out of control emotional outburst due to stress which would be catastrophic, leading to up to the point of an unwanted explosion within the Necropolis. Oppie requires constant feeding of radioactive source. Each display of his powers often leave him in a weakened state.

 

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Oppenheimer, an obvious reference to the real life physicist whom is considered the father of atomic bomb, is a surprise, limited 3A drop. It is my first, full GID (Glow In Dark) figure (Tommy Mission's Hand of Fate doesn't count as it is an accessory). I was hesitant at first to press the "add to cart", button as I'm not a fan of GID figures but I saw the "potential", that is, this is a Boiler Zomb which is associated with radioactivity. And I don't have any Boiler Zomb. Perhaps Oppie satisfy or "fill the gap" of unique Zombs in my collection. The figure is nice, as in 3A sort of way and curiously the usual "turpentine" smell is absent. Joints and articulations are kind of loose though, something which starts from Potato Commander. Hopefully it is not due to overlook QC concern. Comes with the Boiler Zomb suit and the non-molded boots which is reused from nearly all their other figures across the major lines. Oppie wears a 3A logo black tees beneath. Unfortunately, I couldn't capture the glow in the dark effect. The fluffs are as usual derived from WH40k, a bit of 2000AD thrown in, with the chain saw from Toys City and that's about it folks. Maybe I may want to hunt for a proportionally sized  WW2 atomic bomb replica to go with this figure. Now that would be rad enough for me.