Voex

Honorary Navigator of The A-Team

**Voex** is a major NPC of Crisis of Static Thoughts, serving as one of the two odd beings found from the Dreamscape after the Crisis occurred, along with Spudley. The duo assisted the two remaining squads of STATIC for the majority of the campaign, until truths begun to unravel out of control.

Voex and Spudley were creations of Zenolea Answer, founder and chairman of Statics, made as manifestations of his ideals for the world's hope and justice. They were created during a time where Answer was heavily concerned with the members of STATIC who survived an incident that took place with Maximillion Lazuli, wishing to make sure they were capable of operating safely again. As Answer only had two other assistants at the time with Sequitor Bludhaven and Gavin Espen, he had the two accompany the two squadrons he kept in simulation within his own Dreamscape, having them assist and monitor them as throughout various tests and trials. The two were not consciously aware of their role, believing themselves to be protectors of the Dreamscape with some sort of memory loss. This was kept up for countless loops, until at one point, something threw off the loop.

The appearance of Judgement in the Dreamscape lead to numerous odd effects on the simulation, one being Answer's influence over Voex and Spudley greatly weakened. With Judgement's own words and actions, the two had begun to awaken to their own identities, become beings all of their own. Voex however, also put together the truth of their placement in this world, and had rapidly begun to sink into despair. He realized Answer's intended goals have been warped over time, being twisted into a complex of controlling the entire world by any means necessary. Not wishing to give Answer what he wanted any further and to save everyone trapped from his continuous schemes, but fully knowing of the power he possesses, he took upon himself to deliver action.

After a fight with Lazuli, the simulation kept going on for longer than it should've, another effect of Judgement's presence. Bludhaven, now concerned with any detrimental issues that could arise from this, attempted to spin the story to bring up Answer's involvement and try to get the Interparty to go to him directly, in the hopes he'd be able to subdue them and continue his work further. Not wanting them to be subjected to such a fate, Voex quickly surged his power to have Ray stab Bludhaven in the back of the neck, killing him by surprise and having his own Dreamscape fall apart. Voex slipped away in the confusion, heading to Bludhaven's Dreamscape as it begun collapsing to ensure the truth wouldn't be learned, and hopefully have everyone perish before being tugged back into Answer's experiments. Bludhaven's Prison-Like Dreamscape was left vulnerable in its collapse, but due to a strange effect of the weapon Bludhaven carried with him, it took an extended time to do so. While it's unclear what became of them exactly, The A-Team seemed unable to reach the Dreamscape, likely due in part to the lack of a navigator. When The Interparty arrived, the Dreamscape was on the verge of collapsing. However, Pandora had violently revealed their true form as a result, burning away the effects of the collapse and delaying it further. This gave the party ample time to learn Bludhaven's involvement and nature of their predicament, and eventually reach Voex. Still determined that their deaths was for the good of everyone, Voex bonded with the island entirely, becoming engraved in a colossal monstrosity. The group was able to make their way up the titan, with Spudley being the first to reach him, determined to settle things with his friend.

Voex ultimately gave into Spudley's pleas, and tearfully explained himself, his reasoning, and the nature of he, Spudley, and the world everyone inhabited. Answer, seemingly observing much of the ordeal, finally intercepted and made himself seen to everyone now that Voex wasn't interfering. With Cinnamon and Austere talking him into not resetting the simulations, Answer directed them to join him for their final test. Voex however, was deemed unfit to continue operation. Despite Spudley's protests, Voex ensured Spudley it'd be alright, and said a final farewell to him. As the group sailed off, Bludhaven's Dreamscape, along with Voex, self destructed behind them.

Voex however does seem to live on in a sense through Spudley, though it's unclear if this is simply a cognition of Spudley's, or if Spudley and Voex's otherworldly nature give this presence a much more prominent meaning. One thing for sure however, is Voex's death impacting Spudley's resolve to the point of rejecting Answer entirely, and turning into a being completely independent of him.