PROJECT MOONLIGHT

**PROJECT MOONLIGHT** was a COALESCENCE warrior despite his namesake. He is a vigilante with the values and the courage of a warrior, who would gladly put his life on the line so that he can protect the people and his employers. However, he was abruptly killed by one of PROJECT's most infamous soldiers that left his demise forgotten by the planet, except for his employers.

## Biography

### MOONLIGHT-SIGMA, Born.

The birth of nevian life is usually a matter that marks hope. Yet to the artificial life created by Division 457, what lay behind their inception was little more than technological ambition, with no regards to life. And the pure cyborg MOONLIGHT is the extreme form of that example to life forged by Division 457. Fifty years ago, as a result of his divergence in ideas regarding nevian experimentation, the great scientist Dr. McNamara split off from Merkava. Fuelled by dreams of nevian augmentation as a means to advance the human race, he founded Division 457 as they are picked up by COALESCENCE and serves as their prime R&D unit.

As far as he was concerned, while he and his lab may have parted from Merkava, their ultimate goals were the same: to bring about a prosperous future for the nevian race.He proposed the 'MOONLIGHT-SIGMA' project, a plan in which a set of super powered twins would be created—MOONLIGHT, and SIGMA.

Yet those higher up in COALESCENCE were disinterested in such ideas, and McNamara's project was dismissed by all. However, he continued to wait patiently, until his opportunity presented itself. Until that day finally came, McNamara was almost brought to complete destruction.

On that deep night, the augmented GLADYS could bear no longer the torment of the system that manipulated her nervous system. She laid waste to a huge portion of Division 457 and fled, McNamara's own laboratory not spared in the chaos. A huge amount of costly scientific apparatus were damaged, and SIGMA who was still in development completely destroyed. Only MOONLIGHT, yet to be installed in an armoured body of his own, was left unaffected. Almost the entirety of McNamara's countless years of sweat and toil had gone up in flames. Obviously, COALESCENCE has put their unit under heavy watch.

GLADYS' chaotic escape had spelled disaster for the plan for 'nevian cyber weapons'. These were the experiments of corrupt COALESCENCE members in an attempt to overthrow both Darren and Lauren as the leaders of the entire security firm.

With the plan scuppered and all hope lost, all the traitors fell under heavy criticism and was forced to exit from the limelight. It was at this time that McNamara grasped at the opportunity that had presented itself, and presented a proposition of his own: "Self-aware cyborgs shall bring only betrayal, yet a pure, man-made human: they would always be loyal to the ideals of COALESCENCE's Division 457."

And so, with the unprecedented financial and technical superpower that was Division 459, MOONLIGHT was publicly unveiled.

His appearance was akin to that of a knight decked out in heavy armour. Just as his creator had planned, he was inbuilt with an unwavering loyalty to Division 457. In addition, he also possessed the latest technology in terms of his power and weaponry systems, far superseding that of the other previous, failed cybernetic beings created by the corrupted scientists, the result was: a superior mechanical fighter. Notably, he has enough potential to match PROJECT's infamous cybernetic warriors.

SIGMA had a body of flesh and a cortex the same as that of a young adult male, yet at the same time, he was in reality still a newborn being. Like a puppet, he relied upon McNamara and was at his disposal.

MOONLIGHT's first mission was to destroy the traitor, GLADYS. He also knew that the female cyborg used to be the enemy of Ashe.

MOONLIGHT brought with him a special companion—the transformed combat drone, SIGMA. Thus they set out to seek GLADYS. What even their creator McNamara hadn't predicted, however, was that the seeds of sentient thought had begun to sprout in the recesses of his mind.

MOONLIGHT remembered clear as day the night GLADYS had betrayed them: he and SIGMA had attained consciousness at the exact same time, and they were even linked together on a deeper level. When GLADYS had forged her way into the laboratory, and slashed down upon SIGMA, MOONLIGHT had felt every ounce of Beta's crushing terror as if it were his own, and a new agonising feeling too—even though he knew not even what it was at that time...

From the viewpoint of COALESCENCE, this caused them to prohibit any further cybernetic warriors to be produced under their ranks. Despite this, SIGMA and MOONLIGHT's conscious connection was so strong, it was as if they had been a single entity. This was a bond that extended far, far further than mere blood relations as experienced by nevanity. More than just machines from the same batch, they were true brothers that came into existence together.

### A Call to Arms: Vigilante

COALESCENCE wasted no time in hiring MOONLIGHT's services as a cybernetic vigilante in the aftermath of a revolution that has incensed the megacorporation and its regime all over the planet, knowing that their local police forces will have no chance against PROJECT's troops. Though he initially regards both Darren and Lauren Van Damme as greedy despots, he later changes his mind after discovering that the security firm responsible for his creation is not wicked.

#### Oberon's Light

MOONLIGHT has established himself as a vigilante at night whenever he is summoned by COALESCENCE in times of emergency when they require his abilities to combat crime and disorder in the country. He has a slow reputation, mocked by local officers as a PROJECT warrior, though they have been gravely mistaken after he has cleared most of their wanted boards by singlehandedly arresting hundreds of criminals, or killing them when the decision is justified, such as ending the lives of twenty-seven serial killers in Rutherland. Notably, he pursues any corporate member within the country, despising the presence of their evil while attempting to make Rutherland a safer place.

He also acknowledges the invaluable presence of PSYLOCKE-832 in his country.

#### A Nightrider: Hero of the Dark

MOONLIGHT was aware of an infiltration of Rutherland, allowing himself to worm night and day to prevent the forces of evil from exploiting and destroying the country. In return, he gets occasional help from PSYLOCKE-832 when requested, allowing him to swiftly take out the perpetrators and bring them to justice. However, this unfortunately made him a target for PROJECT, to the point of INTERCEPTOR-409 voluntarily taking the mission to kill him to demoralise the Ruthian citizens.

As he continues to defend the country from vile threats, MOONLIGHT has been targeted by INTERCEPTOR-409. Recognising him as a PROJECT soldier, he wasted no time dealing with him, through melee combat, knowing that he relies on long range combat to dominate his opponents. He quickly stood up against the cybernetic adversary, though he was later disarmed and outmatched through Hand-to-hand combat.

### Death

Though he was pinned down to the ground and is visibly defeated, MOONLIGHT was able to retaliate by using a spear to impale INTERCEPTOR-409 into the chest, injuring him, but the cybernetic soldier did not take it lightly and he was soon shot in the head. His death was quickly announced by COALESCENCE, wanting to repay his and the drone's creators to justice, PSYLOCKE-832 was then tasked to keep out the megacorp forces out of the country.

MOONLIGHT and SIGMA's death was never in vain. PSYLOCKE-832 has respected the duo's efforts on safeguarding the country, and soon became their successor, despite her ruthlessness.

## Personality

In terms of personality, PROJECT MOONLIGHT can be summed up in one word: logic. He is willing to disregard petty arguments and insults directed at him and will only do what he considers logical. COALESCENCE is pleased with his dedication and the competence that results from it, in sharp contrast to the selfish and gloating Sylas Clement. His indifference to what is going on around him may give the impression that he is apathetic, but anyone who believes that is signing their death certificate.

He is as precise and effective as any PROJECT warrior, but he also has the skills and durability to fight while surviving explosions and numerous weaponry. He gets irritated when attempts on his life fail or when his allies are messed with.

## Abilities

MOONLIGHT is a cyborg warrior that specializes in nighttime battle and is equipped with superior weaponry and armor designed and built only in Rutherland. The SIGMA drone is built to be his symbiotic companion and personal protector in war, but also to scout out risky areas before he travels there to secure his locations.

### Technological Capabilities

* **TANDEM**: Whenever he gets attacked by an unseen enemy, SIGMA kills it for him. This works best in his dangerous combat and black ops missions.

* **ROTARY SLAM**: MOONLIGHT launches forward and deploys his spear for a strike. Best used for starting fights as his spear has an activated sonic system to disperse nearby enemies or objects beside the struck opponent or surface, making it a good form of crowd control.

* **FORCE ARC**: He cleaves his opponents in a perfectly shaped arc, which deals immense damage as the arc emits a bright hot blue plasma.

* **SIGMA's FIREPOWER**: MOONLIGHT activates his spear unleashed SIGMA into its full power, slamming anything in its sight owing it to its nanotechnological arsenal of weaponry. In this phase, the drone is invulnerable.

### Skills

* **Master Combatant**: MOONLIGHT was a highly talented combatant who had a long history of combat experience. However, his skills improved as COALESCENCE implanted his system with significantly more combat and weaponry data, improving his skills tenfold.

* **Expert Tracker**: As a vigilante warrior, he has proficient skills in tracking and interception. This allows him to intercept any foe in his sights.

* **Expert Tactician**: He is apparently a skilled tactician.

## Trivia

### General

* MOONLIGHT's true fate was revealed only at December 3rd, 3025. It caused a massive uproar. This also pushed the public to demand Winslow Systems to create a robot that would become a successor of MOONLIGHT.
* He does not know of the G/NEX's existence. According to Lauren, he was only loyal to the firm and did not question the wonders of the war.
* He was once a Losterian warrior who wields a spear, who became a Valenthian warrior after proving himself overseas. Some claimed him to be a "Cyborg Batman with a spear" due to his vigilante nature.
* MOONLIGHT is said to be perfectly stoic. BISHOP-805 may be impressed by his comparable demeanour.
* INTERCEPTOR-409 was his rival, and killer. This allowed the PROJECT soldier to be registered in the DATA.
* His drone is codenamed "SIGMA". It is armed to the teeth, highly manoeuvrable and able to be summoned at will.
* Some say his SIGMA drone crossed paths with ASHE-159's very own. This claim is highly speculative.

### Developmental Notes

* MOONLIGHT was designed as a last minute addition to exemplify COALESCENCE's involvement in the *PROJECT-G/NEX War*.
* His dark story is loosely based from a fictional character in an overrated mobile game.
* MOONLIGHT was written by four people, but the edits are directly from ACT-67's input.
* MOONLIGHT is based from *Xin Zhao*.
* SIGMA has been missing after MOONLIGHT was killed. No one knows what happened to the drone that shared a deep bond with the cybernetic vigilante.
* MOONLIGHT's "PROJECT" title has deceived the megacorporation to a decent extent. As a result, it took a while before the megacorporation sent INTERCEPTOR-409 to kill him.
* Before his state as a cyborg, he is 5ft 6 inches tall or 1.67 meters.