Eagle Strike

**Eagle Strike**, real name Gerard Lacroix, is a member of Blackwing and a member of the Damage class. He puts out heavy damage with his sniper rifle, with headshots being powerful enough to instantly kill most enemies, but he is very weak at close-range combat. His **Grapple Hook** allows him to reach far away places, with his **Poison Needle** piercing enemies and poisoning them, and lastly, his ultimate ability allows him to switch to a better weapon to down enemies up close.

## Primary Weapon: Eagle's Caw Sniper Rifle

Eagle Strike's primary weapon is his Eagle's Caw Sniper Rifle, that deals powerful damage to both heads and bodies. It deals 250 headshot damage and 50 bodily damage. It has a max ammo capacity of 4 and a reload time of 5 seconds.

## First Ability: Grapple Hook

Eagle Strike has a grapple hook that he shoots from under his sleeve that if it hits a wall can launch him towards it providing better mobility. He can shoot his grapple hook at an enemy to pull them towards him and deal 5 damage.

## Second Ability: Poison Needle

Eagle Strike has a special module that he can shoot a needle out of inflicted with rat poisoning he obtained from Blackwing tech. If the needle is shot, it pierces an enemy and deals 10 impact damage and 2 damage overtime for 5 seconds, up to 20 damage total. The needle can not ricochet, and can only go through an enemy and into another if they are directly behind and line up. If it hits a second enemy, the needle lodges in there, dealing 15 damage but no overtime poisoning.

## Ultimate Ability: Gun Swap

Eagle Strike activates his visor and his gun swaps to a pump shotgun with a magazine of six. Gun Swap lasts 15 seconds, and during this time, instead of a sniper, Eagle Strike has a pump shotgun that puts out the best damage up close, dealing 60 damage with every point blank headshot, 40 damage with every point blank body shot, and <30 damage shots when farther than point blank. After it ends, he swaps back to his sniper.

## Lore

*Born in Paris, France, he was quickly relocated to the United States for the conflict and decided to join the darker side.*

### **Joining Blackwing**

After being recruited by a friend of a friend named Cyber, Eagle Strike allowed Cyber to perform experiments on him to make him stronger at head hunting, as Eagle was a marksman who hunted animals before he moved. Cyber's experiments were successful and turned Eagle Strike to who he wanted to be, a frightening sniper and threat.

### **Cuba Incident**

Eagle Strike initiated a mission under Dollmaker's approval to assassinate peace activist Elena Foxx, a woman who managed to cleanse numerous members from the Mercenaries and Syndicate and prevent Blackwing from recruiting new agents, blocking their transmissions. Eagle Strike brought agents Punk, Kitban and Laser with him on the assassination but was infiltrated by Mercenaries Uplink, Lian and Kiriko. After being notified of their presence, Eagle Strike quickly abandoned the mission and managed to salvage Punk and Laser, but was too late to save Kitban, as Kitban had been killed by Uplink in the short period of time they had to escape. Eagle Strike stated he felt bad for Kitban, but "it is what it is."

## Voice Lines

### **Character Select**

*"I aim to devastate."*

*"Locked and loaded."*

*"Headhunting is my specialty."*

*"I hope these fools we're facing bring an actual challenge."*

*"Agh! It feels so good to know that blood is in the air!"*

### **Kill Quips**

*"Mon chef-d’œuvre." (My masterpiece in French)*

*"A fine execution."*

*"Une mort splendide." (A splendid death in French)*

*"Stay alive!"*

*"Do not provoke me."*

### **Ultimate Lines**

*"No one can hide from my sight."* (friendly)

*"Personne n’échappe à ma vue."* (hostile)

### **Special Interactions**

(To Cyber) *"My creator. We'll do magnificent together."*

(To Spellmaker) *"I won't fail you, leader."*

(When on a team with multiple Mercenaries members) *"Ugh. A team full of Imbéciles."*

(To Punk) *"I prefer to walk alone, but I suppose you will do."*

#### **Special Kill Interactions**

(Killing Hiphop or Portalmaker) *"Deadweights should be dead."*

(Killing Kiriko) *"Little girls have no place on the battlefield."*

(Killing Uplink) *"For Kitban."*

(Killing Zenyatta) *"Fall to rust."*

(Killing another member of Blackwing) *"No! That was not the plan!"*

(Killing Spellmaker) *"It was a pleasure."*

(Killing Cyber) *"The creator becomes cremated."*