Morsmechane

"*Ha, ha, ha...*".- Morsmechane after gaining self-conciousness

**Morsmechane**, also known as **Project Moros** and by the codename **MI-2019**, is the central core of a nefarious conspiracy that threatens to wipe out the supernatural creatures for good. It is a character in The Hawk and The Crow, where he is the final antagonist of Tome II: Rite of Passage.

Morsmechane was the machine secretly constructed by the corporation Mount Rushmore Industries, as a weapon designed to take out supernatural creatures and establish humanity's dominion over the supernatural, and was innately designed to kill Mary Jane Fitzgerald and Abigail Montgomery. However, beneath the research of more power to take down the Lady of The Other Side and the Paramount of Crows, there is a hubris that would lead the company to a dead end.

## Background

Morsmechane was built in secrecy by Mount Rushmore Industries under the direction of their CEO Miguel de Almeida and their chief technology officer Drew Pestock as a solution to the relatively powerless position humanity was in against the superantural creatures, and moreso so that Mount Rushmore Industries make themselves the architects of humanity's ascent to domination over the supernatural. Miguel revealed that he had the idea which led to Morsmechane as early as 1984 when Anastasia Wynter acknowledged the existence of the supernatural creatures. Miguel declared that he blames Anastasia on making the people believe in a false sign of hope.

After years of engireering and researching a way to put down supernatural creatures, the mecha from "Project Moros" was finally created, but in order to control and pilot the mecha, Mount Rushmore Industries set up a room that held a supercomputer with a unique "telepathic-like" technology that allowed create a psionic uplink between the pilot and the mecha. The pilot would sit in the room and control the mecha's actions remotely. But even with the technology equipped, Miguel kept his workers researching for a much bigger energy to take down the supernatural once and for all.

## Appearance

Morsmechane is a bio-engineered mecha that has a human-theropod dinosaur hybrid form. It sports a series of short metal plates resembling dorsal plates running from the back of its neck all the way down to the tip of its tail. It has bulky forelimbs with four zygodactyl claws on its hands. Morsmehcane's tail also has a sharp-edged drill mounted to its tip.

## Personality

Morsmechane is initially a mindless machine which is completely under the control of Jeffrey Snyder, who controls the mecha like an extension of his own body via a psionic interface. However, once Miguel de Almeida tested the newly engineered Plasma energy as part of the machine, a link between Miguel and Morsmechane was created, thus making the mecha able to think and ambulate without needing a pilot to control it. Morsmechane immediately exhibits an incredibly violent, destructive and outright murderous personality and its first act as a sentient being is to burst free from the Mount Rushmore Industies base and fires its Proton Beams at the fleeing people and the surrounding buildings without provocation in San Francisco.

Morsmechane is very coordinated and hyper-focused, and also appears to know as soon as its mind is born what its abilities are and how to use them effectively in combat, proving to be a very efficient fighter. Morsmechane also appears to have some vestige of a cruel and sadistic personality, as it appeared to produce a warbling noise evocative of laughter after attacking the people in San Francisco with its Proton Beams. Also, Morsmechane is incredibly hellbent on destroying anyone related to the supernatural as they were its intended target, specially Mary Jane Fitzgerald and Abigail Montgomery.

## Powers and Abilities

Morsmechane is a mechanized being with unnatural abilities,

* Proton Beam Cannon - Morsmechane possesses a red energy beam, capable of burning through adult Werewolves, blasting through buildings and knocking down as well as burning the shoulder of Mary Jane Fitzgerald.
* Strength and Combat - Morsmechane has enhanced physical strength and human-like reflexes that allowed it to effortlessly overpower an adult Werewolf, as well as knock over and throw Abigail Montgomery around. These enhanced physical attributes when combined with its ability to charge its blows with plasma enabled it to overpower both Mary Jane Fitzgerald and Abigail Montgomery in their fight, despite the mecha being outnumbered.
* Spike Rotor Claws - Morsmechane is equipped with crane-like rotor claws. The interiors of these claws are adorned with small industrial spikes, allowing them to cut through flesh while grappling. Morsmechane can even rotate its hands like drills, delivering extra damage.
* Enhanced Durability - Being made of metal, Morsmechane could withstand multiple blows. Also, its dorsal plates were used to defend any organs and making it harder for anyone to destroy it.
* Drones - Morsmechane's dorsal plates are also equipped with small Drones that, after detaching from the main body, operate with a hive mind, with Morsmechane controlling them.
* Sharp-Edged Tail - Morsmechane's tail is equipped with a deadly blade that is used to cut straight through anyone's skin and flesh without difficulty.
* Plasma Energy - Morsmechane was able to charge Plasma energy into its hands and feet, allowing it to perform devastating hits on its opponents. This energy is what give Morsmechane the strength to able fight Mary Jane Fitzgerald and Abigail Montgomery.
* Missile Launcher - Morsmechane has a back-mounted missile launcher capable of momentarily stun and stop its opponents.
* Thrusters - Morsmechane has thrusters mounted into its back and sides, enabling quick bursts of movement, or added momentum to its strikes. These thrusters can make it more agile in close-quarters combat, helping it gain the upper hand against Mary Jane Fitzgerald and Abigail Montgomery.

## Weaknesses

Despite its powerful abilities, Morsmechane does have limitations.

* Control Panel - Damaging the supercomputer that controls Morsmechane's satellite uplink results in it seizing up during combat, allowing Mary Jane and Abigail to gain the upper hand.
* Energy Depletion - After Morsmechane kills a Werewolf with its proton beam, it shuts down due to a lack of sufficient energy source. This issue, however, is resolved with the Paranérgeia-based energy.
* Paranérgeia Surges - Despite the Plasma energy being a safe equivalent to Paranérgeia, Morsmechane's technology is still extremely vulnerable to the power surges that the Paranérgeia creates when interacting with technology.

## Trivia

* Morsmechane is a combination of the Ancient Greek words "*mors*" and "*mechane*", which are translated to "death" and "machine", which means quite literally "death machine".
	+ The codename MI-2019 is a reference to the Moros Intrepidus, a theropod species that was discovered in 2019.
* Morsmechane bears resemblance to Mechagodzilla from Godzilla vs. Kong (2021), Grimlock under its Dinosaur form from Transformers: Age of Extinction (2014), and the T-800 from The Terminator (1984).