CRAIG-275

**CRAIG-275** is a KNIGHT-II supersoldier. Craig, the two hundred seventy fifth candidate, stood out because his superior Alpha physiology allowed him to outperform his rivals without any cybernetic enhancements. Evident from his massive build, incredible strength, and unbreakable tenacity, which keeps him from ever giving up in a fight, testify to this. He is noted for his excruciatingly short temper that fuels his anger.

He is notably famed for his unending anger, his rage so strong that it renders him unkillable anytime he triggers his ultimate power: Infernal Rage.

## Biography

### Background

Craig Taggart, born in the Panamoan Republic; He was swiftly casted out of society owing to his huge size and his hidden strength. Because of this, his family made the decision to move to Valenthia, where he experienced a normal life up until the day When Malfoy Valentine came along and changed everything. The wicked Valenthian lord of Lashentarr set fire to his house and killed his parents. Craig, when a teenager, mocked Valentine for being weak and, in a fit of wrath, slaughtered fifteen of Valentine's knights, tearing them apart with his sheer power, terrifying Valentine as Craig locks his eyes with unyielding rage. The wicked ruler abandoned his demolished home, dismissed him, and challenged him to a future battle.

He was then found by General Darius, the *Hand of Nordival*; who offered him the perfect job: A warrior. Though Craig was out of his mind and killed four soldiers in the process, Craig accepts the offer and he was soon knocked down, to prevent him from becoming reckless again. In his solitude, he found a large axe in the *Lake of Hell*, known as Fury, which perfectly suited his raging persona, becoming an expert user of the weapon after annihilating the demons guarding it. It was noted that Craig was the only one strong enough to lift and use the massive axe, as evident by the corpses that surround the axe.

Craig Taggart then spent his entire life becoming a warrior. He was thoroughly noted for his size and immense power, which made him the perfect Berserker for the strength-embracing culture of Nordival. However, his uncontrollable rage and animalistic nature barred him from serving the front lines as a soldier, and his occupation as a warrior is only demanded whenever Nordival required his simple methods: Aggression, Brute Force and Violence. When he fights on the battlefield, Craig is a perfect mix of an unstoppable force, and an immovable object. He longs to fight Malfoy Valentine and kill him by himself, to avenge his parents. He was then known as the **Raging Juggernaut**.

His infamous reputation attracted the attention of Malfoy Valentine's one-man-army: Goliath.

### Progenitor

#### Barbaric Candidate

The 275th candidate for the KNIGHT-SOLDIER Program is Craig Taggart. Margaret Kennedy opposed the choice, describing him as "barbaric beast who simply uses his immense strength and rage to destroy," but Frederick Parangosky thought they could use a warrior like him, and some NXSC officials agreed with the Admiral's assessment that Craig should become the 275th super soldier. Candidates are shocked to find a large Nordic adult in their line-up when he is introduced to the programme and declare that he still need cybernetic enhancements to improve his effectiveness on the battlefield.

Craig shrugged and nearly killed fifteen recruits in training. When Craig was locked and relaunched to the training room, he was forced to spar with robots, as the recruits' enhanced physiology is still to fragile for his blows. When he suceeded in completing the training, he refused ANY form of Cybernetics and the KNIGHT Ops decided to give him a custom suit of armour instead.

#### One Man Army: the Unstoppable Juggernaut

Craig Taggart is the 275th candidate chosen for the KNIGHT-SOLDIER Program. Now known as CRAIG-275, he became nicknamed the "*Unstoppable Juggernaut*". With his already formidable strength and toughness heightened even further through his armour, Craig is a one-man-army with a penchant to barrel straight into the heat of a battlefield without having to worry as much about tactical strategy. He gets in, gets out and bearing no concerns about getting his dirty in the process. He always uses brute force in combat, evident by his machine gun and the reckless stunts of physically fighting Brutes and Colossians with his bare hands, sometimes even removing his armour to prove a fight. His fighting spirit, combined with his undying rage, already fuels his desire to win the *Nexonia-Colossus War*.

## Personality

Craig is a Nordic warrior who was reared in a society that values strength. Craig soon established his intense rage, animalistic savagery, and ruthless treatment of anyone who seeks to speak with him due to his hostile upbringing and the murder of his parents by Valenthians. He was also feared when murderers attempts to intimidate him, with his sheer size and the anger on his face easily causing them discomfort. He became the ideal combination of an unstoppable force and an immovable object when he found his place among the Nordival warriors, and being a warrior is the only occupation that allows him to legitimately channel his uncontrollable rage into battle, as well as a perfect justification for killing his opponents as brutally as possible.

Craig despises socialising, though, and prefers to spend his free time alone in Nordival's forests. He only contacts General Darius when a particular fight piques his attention, as he is clearly ill-suited for anything that does not require the only thing he is good at: Battle.

## Abilities

Fuelled by unbridled fury and rage, Craig Taggart always carved his way through the Valenthia, Avarshi and became the symbol of strength of Nordival, apparently openly challenging the greatest warriors of the north to prepare himself for even darker days ahead. The wrathful berserker has long sought revenge for the annihilation of Malfoy Valentine. His almost god-like superhuman strength, immense durability perfectly enhances his sheer anger and violence in battle.

Due to his obscene muscle mass that grants him godlike strength, toughness and resilience, the Nexon Prime Space Command did not offer him any cybernetic enhancements, and was given a customised PALADIN combat armour instead, which would simply boost his strength, durability, speed and agility.

### Powers

* **Nevian Physiology**: Craig Taggart is an Alpha. His physiology, is vastly superior to that of other Alphas due to his massive hulking frame, which granted him with immense strength, durability, resilience, and relentless stamina, which allows him to exert his *full strength* for extended periods of time.
	+ **Superhuman Strength**: If Kane isn't counted, Craig is the strongest man in the entire Nexus Prime. He can lift up to 75 tonnes and even 81.88 tonnes. In fact, he can lift 37.5 tonnes each arm! With his enormous physical power, he can effortlessly destroy ordinary mortals with his bare hands, destroys golems and orcs in one shot, tearing people in half, effortlessly crush a mortal's head with a hand, tear apart armoured knights in half with his might, easily throw a car with one hand, destroy the entire front of any car or automobile with one hand, hoist any truck easily with one arm, throw an APC vehicle hundreds of yards away with one hand, overhead press, lift or even throw entire tanks and objects weighing excess of 70 tonnes, and throw an object close to maximum lifting strength with minimal effort. And he easily breaks through metal, stone and concrete walls. He can split his enemies in half in the battle with Fury Axe. His immense strength is an important asset for his allies on any situation at hand. He is so strong that he can easily wield with one hand great swords which are meant to be wielded with two hands, allowing him to carry a heavy shield as well; He can use Magni Thomasarson's shield as if it was a bludgeon. His strength only became heightened again when he wears his custom PALADIN armour, codename: Nordic 052.
	+ **Superhuman Durability**: Craig is extremely durable and resilient; He is bulletproof except for anti-material ammunition. He can easily take an endless amount of spears, swords and knives driven to various parts of his body without dying; Survive point blank headshots to the head, Immune to fire as well. He can easily shrug off hits from weaker opponents. In fact, stabbing him in the head only triggers his rage and fuels immense anger.
	+ **Superhuman Physical Condition**: Craig Taggart extensively went through intense training and extreme dieting, represents the pinnacle of Nevian physical prowess all of which have naturally heightened his abilities to the highest levels of peak Nevian potential, pushing far beyond the Superhuman conditioning. While biologically Nevian his physical capabilities are far beyond Nevian physical standards resulting in very high superhuman physical prowess, far exceeding that of even Olympic-level athletes, making him immensely physically powerful even by higher Nevian standards. Some of his regular workout feats are bench pressing over 70 tons, squatting, leg pressing a one hundred sixty thousand pounds, performing weighted pull-ups, as well as pulling and dragging heavy plates or even huge rocks of an excess of sixty metric tons, to name a few.
	+ **Superhuman Speed**: Despite his incredibly large and muscular body, his humongous and advanced musculature allow him to run at the speed of thirty eight miles per hour; But due to his immense weight, size and build, he needs to form a running start position to allow his massive body to propel at breezing speeds.
	+ **Nevian Healing Factor**: Craig Taggart has incredibly reactive healing factor; He can regenerate even from severe wounds with relative ease.

* **RAGE**: Craig's infamous rage can be triggered by attackers' near-death wounds. He becomes more violent as he becomes more enraged. When combined with his internal rage, it triggers violent instincts and renders him unstoppable to any opponent; he can also pulverise or severe his opponents' heads in a fit of rage.
	+ **Infernal Anger**: While in a raging state, Craig's anger is infernally monstrous. This makes him less intelligent, and would be compensated for sheer violence; Meaning, his level of violence is typically conveyed as proportionate to his level of anger. In conclusion, the more anger his rage is being fuelled, there is no stopping him in causing bloodshed to evildoers.

### Skills

* **Master Combatant**: Craig Taggart is an extremely deadly combatant, with his fighting style is solely built on raw power throughout his enormous, monstrous bulk rather than technique, it is just as effective since his strikes are just too strong for any ordinary mortal to bear. While most of his grabs and combinations were learnt through kickboxing and professional wrestling, he exploits the advantage of absorbing the adversaries' assault and reacting with a strong reversal of his own, always killing them if they are not superhuman. He is a master at using heavy weapons like his renowned Fury Axe and even swords as a blood-hungry warrior.

## Trivia

### General

* Craig is born in the Panamoan Republic, but he was raised in Nordival.
* As one would expect, Craig suffers from breathtaking anger issues.
* Craig favours brute force over efficiency, evident by his style of combat in medieval, modern and even interstellar age battlefields.
* He admits that falling in love is pointless, for him.
* His huge size is attributed to his gigantism and having 10% of a Giant's genes embedded to his Alpha DNA and physiology.
* Contrary to popular belief, Craig does NOT take steroids. He simply has an obscene amount of muscle mass that gives his strength and toughness.He is also in remarkable conditioning.
* Too angry to die. He proved this again when he killed his nemesis in the ancient days, Malfoy Valentine.
* Craig's fate in the *PROJECT-G/NEX War*, is still left unknown.
* He admits that Nordival gave him a purpose in life, while in other nations, they would only see him as a barbaric beast.

### Developmental Notes

* Craig was designed by ACT-67 in his take of a brutish character who relies on strength and aggression.
* Craig's height and weight are through ACT-67's preferences, as he said "Good guys should be massive too, not just the bad guys. That is overdone to the point of being bland."
* His rage even surpasses that of the Devil.
* When it comes on strength, Craig comes out on top. None shall doubt his immense raw power.
* Despite his overall animalistic attitude, Craig is somehow smart enough to learn deception, tricks and tracking his targets through scent alone.
* In the armour, he is ten inches taller.