Vanguard

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**Vanguard**, an old codename for Commander **Jason Isaac Shepard**, is a Tank hero currently fighting alongside Overwatch. Being from a completely alternate reality where the exploration of the stars is a routine and humanity lives among countless extraterrestrial species, Vanguard's arrival and meeting with Overwatch was due to an accident involving a powerful machine created by him, using schematics of an alien race called the Protheans, combined with many different and advanced technologies.

The machine, which had the capability to travel through time, was damaged when activated, and instead of traveling though time, sent Shepard to an alternate universe - Overwatch's universe. But he didn't came alone...

Moment's prior the machine's activation, Vanguard was fighting against an army of **Reapers**, that according to him are ancient and powerful synthetic-organic creatures that travel to the Milky Way every 50.000 years to "harvest" every evolved species and turn them into new Reapers, leaving only the primitive species behind as they return to the dark space to wait more 50.000 years to repeat the cycle. When the machine was active it did not brought just Vanguard, but a few thousands of Reaper forces together with him.

Scattered across the entire globe, the Reaper forces were enough of a threat alone; but when they started to be killed and captured by shady individuals and organizations, the highly advanced technology they carried into their mutated bodies started to fall into wrong hands. The terrorist organization **Talon** was who reaped most of the rewards, with their main scientist, **Dr. Moira O'Deorain**, using the Reaper's extremely advanced tech to promote even more of her sickening human experiments and to enhance Talon and it's soldiers as a whole, making easier for the organization to promote their terrorist acts in benefit of their war agenda. Null Sector also found great use for the Reaper technology, using it to enhance their Omnics into unthinkable levels of power.

Knowing the Reapers are his responsibility and that this world wouldn't had been tainted by them is it wasn't for his actions, Commander Shepard puts his original mission aside and joins the new Overwatch, working with them and commiting himself with the objective of sending the Reapers back to hell, together with everyone who used their technology for evil purposes.

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## Backstory:

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## Weapon:

Weapon: Spectre Harrier

Rounds: 50 per clip

Reload time: 1 second

Damage: 17.3 - 27

Rate of fire: 10 rounds per second

Range: 35 - 40 meters

Headshot: Yes

Description: Assault rifle made and heavily modified by Vanguard himself. Vanguard is the only one capable of using this weapon normally and without concerns, giving the massive energy and force released by each fired projectile is enough to break the bones and cybernetics of anyone else that tries to wield this weapon. This rifle also has a secondary fire mode, which turns the weapon into a full-auto shotgun, proper for the close quarters combat Vanguard often finds himself.

## Abilities:

Primary Ability: Biotic Charge

Description: Biotic Charge allows Vanguard to thrust forward almost instantaneously before slamming into his target. This culminates in a large collision that hits unwary enemies and causes them to he stunned for 2.5 seconds, as well as inflicting extreme damage. Enemies with no protection other than their health bars or that lost all their armor and shields will be send flying backwards instead of stunned. With Biotic Charge, Vanguard can forgo obstacles and pass through solid objects en route to the target. Successfully hitting a target with Biotic Charge will also reduce by 50% all types of damage against Vanguard for 4 seconds, aside from fully restoring his shields.

Range: 60 meters (This applies to the distance between the target and Vanguard. It is not possible to charge at enemies that are further away to 60 meters)

Cooldown: 8 seconds

Ability 2: Flare

Description: Flare is a huge and seeking biotic projectile that explodes when it hits either the target or the scenario. A direct hit will cause massive damage, as well as the shockwave from the resulting explosion, but in that case, the damage is reduced by 75%. Both a direct hit and the explosion’s shockwave will send enemies flying backwards.

Cooldown: 10 seconds

Ability 3: Reave

Description: Reave is a biotic ability that burns the nervous system of organic foes or the inner circuits of synthetic ones. All targets within a 5 meter range will be affected by Reave, which causes them to be stunned for 1.5 seconds and to have their life drained for the next 5 seconds unless healed. All life drained is used to heal Vanguard, aside from also increasing his defenses and reducing his damage intake by 25% as long as any enemy is being affected by Reave. It is also worth mentioning that hitting enemies affected by Reave with either Biotic Charge or Flare will cause a Biotic Combo, unleashing a giant explosion that will cause extreme damage to whoever is close.

Time: 6.5 seconds

Cooldown: 14 seconds

Ultimate: Supernova

Description: Vanguard channels all of his biotic energy into both his fists and releases it all through jumping and punching the ground violently, creating a giant explosion that instantaneously kills any enemy on a 15 meter radius.

Passive Ability: Biotic Barrier

Description: A 10% chance that any attack will not damage Vanguard, and instead be absorbed by the biotic barrier that shields Vanguard. The absorbed energy will them be used to either heal him 30 points of missing shield, armor, or health, or decrease the cooldown of any of his abilities by 5 seconds.

## Lines and quotes:

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## Trivia:

Vanguard's favorite animals are Capybaras.

He has a soft spot for cheesy romance, be it movies or books.