Ceph Hunter

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==Summary==
The Ceph Hunter was an extremely powerful and dangerous exosuit class encountered by US and North Korean military forces on and around the Lingshan islands in August 2020. They were massive mech units that looked like land-walking squid, standing with a 30+ metre arm spread and several storeys tall. They were the second most powerful Ceph units that the human forces faced on Lingshan. The three Ceph Hunters that were encountered on Lingshan were defeated and killed only with the combined efforts of multiple Nanosuit warriors and with the use of experimental superweapons.
==Powers and Stats==
Tier: physically. with MOAR and beam weapon. with Smart Missiles and Singularity Cannon. via self-destruct
Name: Ceph Hunter
Origin: Crysis
Gender: N/A
Age: Varies (likely millions of years, some likely newly “manufactured”)
Classification: Alien, Ceph (Stage 1), Heavy assault unit and weapons platform
Powers and Abilities: Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Nanotechnology (Most or all Ceph technology is nanotech-based), Absorption of Energy (Can absorb energy from surrounding electric and heat sources including: any electrical and electronic equipment, nuclear fission reactors, fire and other heat sources, likely solar energy as well), Information Analysis (Have shown the ability to scan and analyse human technology), Energy Projection (via MOAC, MOAR, and beam weapon), Water Manipulation (with MOAC), Ice Manipulation (with MOAR), Explosion Manipulation (via Singularity Cannon and Smart Missiles), Forcefield Creation, Self-Sustenance (Type 1: Respiratory sulf-sustenance under water), Self-Destruction
Attack Potency: Building level physically (Vastly stronger than the Ceph Scout. Each tentacle has enough strength to crush human SPAAAs and tanks. Given their sheer size and the proportional strength of Troopers and Scouts, it’s more than likely that the Hunter can easily demolish a human building as large as itself). Small Building level with MOAR and beam weapon (Their MOARs can, with a sustained several second burst, freeze most humans, normal human cars and vehicles solid, allowing them to be outright shattered with a strong enough follow-up attack. The beam weapon is capable of destroying a military hovercraft or a parked F-36C Spectre fighter jet with a sustained burst). Small Building level+ with Smart Missiles and Singularity Cannon (The Smart missiles appear to be as powerful as the likes of the M26A1 grenade, as each is powerful enough to potentially kill a Nanosuit operator even in Maximum Armour. The Hunter Singularity Cannon should be at least as powerful as the Singularity Cannon of the Ceph Scout. One encountered by Eagle Team blasted open a caved-in mining entrance with a single shot; said caved-in entrance required multiple charges of C4 to blast through). Building level via self destruct (Can unleash an explosion seemingly as large as itself. The Blue Hunter defeated by Nomad unleashed an explosion almost as wide as the flight deck of the USS Constitution, a Gerald R Ford-class aircraft carrier. The Red Hunter defeated by Psycho unleashed an explosion as wide as a hangar large enough to fit a few Sukhoi Su-27 fighters in addition to a few military trucks)
Speed: Superhuman travel speed (Can cover tens of metres with its stride due to the sheer size of its “limbs”)
Lifting Strength: Likely Class K (It’s “limbs” have to be this strong in order to simply support the main body. Vastly stronger than the relatively much smaller Ceph Scout, whose lifting strength was already bordering on this level)
Striking Strength: Building level
Durability: Likely City Block level normally, Higher with energy shields (Nothing short of a TAC Gun can put it down quickly enough. Otherwise it requires sustained fire focused on the “mouth” area from relatively weaker heavy weaponry)
Stamina: Likely Superhuman. They can likely operate for as long as needed, provided their energy cores’ reserves last and if they have sufficient sources of energy to absorb from, just like with Nanosuit soldiers.
Range: Hundreds of metres with their weapons.
Standard Equipment:
* MOAR (Molecular Arrestor): Draws in water vapour from the surrounding atmosphere or other sources, blasts a target with a potent freeze ray, freezing the target solid.
* Beam weapon: Fires a transparent blue heat-based beam from emitters across the main body. This weapon is capable of incinerating a parked fighter jet.
* Singularity Cannon: A directed energy weapon which charges up for a couple of seconds and then fires a black-hole-like projectile which explodes violently on impact. A single shot can seemingly destroy an SPAAA or armoured personnel carrier or a tank.
* Smart Missile launchers: Can fire blue plasma missiles from launchers on the “horns” of the main body. They seem to be smart missiles that can track a target, and explode in a burst of plasma and electricity upon hitting the target.
Intelligence: Average. They seem to possess no tactical and strategic acumen, relying solely on their bulk and durability to overcome enemies.
Weaknesses: The “mouth” area seems to be a weak spot. Even without the use of superweapons such as the TAC Gun or PAX, Eagle Team & Psycho were able to defeat one Hunter by focusing fire from other heavy weapons on the mouth area.
==Notable Matchups==
Victories:
Losses:
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