Hayne

"I don't... its just a regular nuclear reactor, except tiny! ... No, I don't know how he did it! It shouldn't even be possible! He just walked in here and handed it to me and then left- No, wait he's still here...hey what are holding? ...PUT THAT DOWN! ... No, it isn't food. I said it **isn't** food. DON'T EAT IT! ...HAYNE?!" - Specs, Head of Corpus Research and Development in a report to Nexus Council

## Bio

Little too none is known about Hayne's origins; when he was found by the Reaper's Brigade while they were scouting out a Thorium deposit, he was already insane with a lab several years old. Who and what he did before this, including circumstances leading up to his insanity, are unknown.

Prior to 2016, Hayne set up his lab, including a homemade nuclear reactor, beneath an abandoned 50 acre farm, that had no registered owners. He was encountered by then Neo-Reaper operatives Slash and Ranger, who were scouting out a Thorium deposit that had been detected far beneath his lab. Either believing them to be a threat or simply to test his experiments, Hayne trapped them in an underground labyrinth that served as a containment/torture facility for several of his test subjects. Slash and Ranger fought their way out, eventually cornering the mad scientist in his main laboratory, where he threatened to blow up his reactor. Ranger eventually convinced him to stand down, promising him a place in Reaper's Brigade R&D, which was eventually folded into Corpus.

While he is not the most focused or reliable member of Corpus R&D, he is known for creating one-off esoteric weapons and technology that act as useful breakthroughs in technology, or are incorporated into specialized equipment for NOVA Operatives. Hayne himself seems to be especially fond of chemical warfare; he is seldom seen without a number of gas canisters and syringes containing his latest creations.

There are records of his death during the Great Deposition, but his body was never recovered.

## Appearance

Hayne is a caniform, of presumably mixed breed. He has never been observed outside of his teal armor. Beneath his armor, the rest of his body expect his ears and tail are obscured by black fatigues with many pockets.

His tail and ears are blonde and fluffy.

His helmet has the general appearance of the top of a bird beak that curves down. His helmet is dotted with numerous lenses, each of which has been theorized to have a different purpose, leading him to cocking his head in weird angles when observing objects.

He wears multiple utility bandoliers, belts, and bands all over his body, usually containing gas canisters or syringes.

## Weapons, Abilities, and Skills

Hayne's main weapon is a massive, expandable, double-sided monkey wrench. He wields it like a bo-staff, using the wrench parts to grab and crush opponents and terrain.

His other weapons are comprised of syringes and gas canisters of varying affects:

* Orange Syringes- Codename "Eldritch": Causes the victim to erupt orange tentacles from their hands, mouth, and eyes. Victim will go on a rampage, attacking everything in sight for anywhere between 15 minutes and 2 days, before spontaneously collapsing and entering a coma for 2 hours, after which they will wake with no memory of their time under the serum's effects.
* Red Syringes- Codename "Dragonkin": Causes subject to receive fire breathing abilities for exactly 23 minutes. During this time, the subject is extremely vulnerable to any negative temperature change.
* Purple Canisters- Codename "Rupture": Causes extremely rapid bone growth when breathed in. More often than not, this leads to the bones rupturing outside of the victim. The victim will somehow stay conscious and living for 24 hours afterwards, short of complete destruction of their body.
* Brown Canisters- Codename "Recall": When breathed in, will give perfect memory of the last 23 hours and 9 minutes, including while sleeping, in addition to the full names of every major league baseball player since 1885.

**Unnatural Flexibility:** Hayne has been observed to contort his body in non-conventual ways. Since ehe refuses to submit to proper medical scans, it is unknown if this is a natural trait, or brought on by his experiments.

## Relationships

### Slash-

Slash appears to be Hayne's favorite test subject, perhaps because of his inexplicable ability to survive every serum, gas, and technology test that Hayne has subjected him too, even when earlier or later tests have proven fatal to different test subjects. It is theorized that the Reaper's Syndrome somehow counteracts every **fatal effect** Hayne's experiments would cause, though any non-fatal effect still takes place.

## Stories Appeared In

The Grand Offensive (Slash's POV)

Excerpt From Hayne's Journal