Blackout

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> Blackout, Delta Host: World of Combat

**Blackout** is a male super under the Delta Beta branch. He uses a censorship inducement core and is an A-ranked damager. He is also a member of the Maraud Watch squadron.

## Biography

### Appearance

Blackout is a tall, slender earth pony stallion with a dusty dark green coat and mane. His mane and tail are kept short and messy. In uniform, Blackout wears a sleeveless black jacket with a high-cut neck and a white zipper running down the centre. He also wears black pants, black ankle braces, a black headset and a black cap. His face is entirely obscured by black censorship squares that are constantly moving.

### Personality

Blackout is a quiet and somewhat awkward presence in Maraud Watch, described by Sequence as behaving more like an anomaly than a pony. He often does not speak at all, making his incredibly high power level very startling to foes upon use. When he does move and speak, he seems rather troubled and shaky, though he appears much calmer around his allies in Maraud Watch. He also seems to take combat very seriously, often not even letting enemies get close to him before striking at them.

### Powers & Abilities

Blackout utilizes a censorship inducement core that allows him to induce all kinds of censorship on anything he chooses. While this may seem more fitting to a disrupting position, Blackout is actually a damager, mainly utilizing his core in the form of generating massive black bars that violently jut out from surfaces to slam into foes. He occasionally does use his powers disruptively and supportively in the form of censoring himself or his allies to obscure them while they attack, making their movements less predictable.

## Media Portrayals

### Video Games

#### Delta Host: World of Combat

Blackout appears in Delta Host: World of Combat, in which he is an unlockable lightweight damager.

* Attacks
* Specials

Blackout quickly flashes a black square over himself, damaging any nearby foes.
 *Side* | **PIXEL PROJECTILE**
Blackout fires a pixelated projectile in the direction he is facing.
 *Up* | **CENSOR UP**
Blackout causes a black bar to jut out from underneath him at extreme speeds, damaging any foes above him.
 *Down* | **INFOCRUSH**
Blackout violently stomps down on the ground with his back hooves.
Blackout causes a black bar to violently jut down from his body, striking any foes beneath him.

Blackout censors himself behind a black box, obscuring his attacks.
 *Side* | **PILLAR ROW**
Blackout causes an increasingly tall row of black bars to jut out from the ground in quick succession in the direction he is facing.
 *Up* | **INFINITE DARK**
Blackout begins generating a swiftly-expanding black ball over his head and will continue to do so until interrupted. This ball will obscure anything in its path, blacking out the entire map if allowed to do so.
 *Down* | **DEAD PIXELS**
Blackout kills the pixels around him, causing that area of the map to be temporarily blacked out.
Blackout censors the air beneath him, creating a platform.

#### Delta Blaze

Blackout also appears in Delta Blaze as a character the player can encounter in the Arimaspi Territories, where he will be wandering the gorges. He has a 1% chance of spawning each time the player enters the gorges. If approached, he will stare at the player without speaking before continuing to wander. The player's autograph log will be signed, though the signature is censored.

### Books

Blackout appears in all versions of the Delta Host Beginner's Herodex from v2 onward, with his most recent entry stating the following:

> *When an opponent looks at the glitching cluster of black squares that is Blackout’s face, it’s only natural that they feel unsettled. However, his allies in Maraud Watch know that he’s a very nice guy! Well, maybe when he’s not delivering powerful blunt blows to villains with his black censorship columns. Blackout’s columns move at the speed of light to deal incredible blunt force damage, something that hardly seems to phase him at all!*
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## Merchandise

As a member of Delta Beta, Blackout is involved in much fewer merch events than those in Delta Alpha, often not being involved in any uniquely individualized merch releases. His birthday item is a scarf featuring unique birthday art.

### Cards

* Blackout (Suit)
* Blackout (Censored HA)
* Blackout (Censored FHFA)
* Blackout (Carnation RHHA)

## Trivia

* Blackout was the first super in Delta Beta to jump two ranks during a rank assessment, jumping from C to A.

## Gallery

Blackout in uniformBlackout out of uniform