Cipher

"*Welcome Archive...*"

**Cipher** appears as a robotic Medic TF2 Freak but is actually a computer virus using a robot body created by YouTube user Mechafreak.

Cipher's theme is Your precious moon from portal 2.

## Appearance

Due to their virus nature Cipher can appear in any robotic body he wants, they just happen to always be depicted as a medic bot of some kind, most commonly a red medic bot with legs wearing a red teufort knight and a red Kriegsmaschine-9000.

## Biography

Not much is know known about Cipher's past, not how he was created, why he was created or even who created him. We're not even sure if it was someone else who created him. what we do know is that Cipher is a megalomaniac living computer virus who seeks to control the TF2 freak world (or wreak havoc on it, we're not sure).

Cipher is known by some to have been the one who built the army of robots who have been attacking the badlands. Cipher is also the one who had a certain GRN femscout saved from her demise and had her turned into the cyborg scout known as Archive.

## Personality

Cipher is an intelligent, cunning, and brutal cybernetic mastermind who has been wreaking havoc on the badlands. He desires to destroy all humans and issue a new age of machines. He is willing to do whatever it takes to succeed.

## Powers and abilities

Cipher's abilities depend on the body they are currently using. These bodies he uses can vary from time to time but Cipher usually uses a body he had created to his preference, sometimes they're abilities can depend on the situation he's using them for.

However he still has his own abilities that he can use regardless of what body he is using:

* Data corruption: Naturally being a virus, Cipher can infect and corrupt other programs, machines and technology. This can have various effects, even being able to allow Cipher to control the machine or piece of technology that's infected.
* Data transfer: Cipher can use this to transfer himself between bodies or machinery allowing him to travel to places quickly or to survive his body being destroyed. meaning while you can destroy their body it won't get rid of them or destroy them. Cipher can also use this to steal data they want or need.

Cipher is also very intelligent, being able to create machines and high tech weaponry, as well as out smart many other freaks, with relative ease.

## Faults and weaknesses

* Cipher isn't able to possess just any body, due to his powerful abilities and coding he requires high powered machines such as powerful robots or advanced computers.
* Cipher's data corruption can be stopped (or at least slowed down) by a powerful enough firewall or antivirus (although this is very rare).
* Cipher can have various other different weaknesses depending on his body at the time.

## Trivia

* Cipher was inspired by several other rogue A.I and computer viruses, these being X.A.N.A from Code Lyoko, Ultron from marvel, and Venjix from Power Rangers RPM.
* Cipher is actually teamless, this is due to the fact they can use whatever body they want, and each body's team color can vary greatly
* Cipher was originally going to be the GRN medic that saved Seeker, but this was changed while Cipher was in mid development after the creator talked with a friend about him, changing the medic who saved Seeker to be a completely different person and changing Cipher to his current state.