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Black Scorpion

Overview

Black Scorpion is a villain contact in the ? neighborhood of Grandville. His level range is 40-44 as well as 45-50.

Black Scorpion is also an Archvillain who serves under Lord Recluse in the Arachnos faction. He also awards the patron power Mace Mastery to villains who complete his patron arc.

Heroes can face him in Recluse's Victory as one of the signature villains that show up as reinforcements.

Information

Description

Black Scorpion is a man encased in a large, bulky suit of high-tech battle armor. Huge and menacing, the armor is equipped with a functioning scorpion-like tail on the backside, and the right arm ends in an intimidating blaster cannon.

Ernesto Rodriguez embodies the concept of raw power through technology. Whatever it takes, whatever piece of his body or soul needs to be spliced, altered, or removed to grant him more power, Ernesto seems willing to do it. His unbridled hunger, absolute loyalty, and low intelligence makes him the perfect servant for Lord Recluse.

History

Ernesto Rodriguez was a South American mercenary. On mission that took him into the U.S., he invaded the hidden lab of Leonard Bowen, where Rodriguez and his team faced a bloody fight with high tech security. Specifics are sketchy at best, but it is known that Rodriguez found an armored battlesuit that Bowen was working on. The mercenary tortured the scientist for information about the suit, then killed him and took it. Ernesto became the Black Scorpion.

As a superpowered mercenary, Black Scorpion fought for money and upgrades to his armor. It was during this time he hooked up with the like-minded Silver Mantis. This well-matched team soon came to work for Arachnos. Black Scorpion oversees Arachnos' scientific division, where he uses his considerable talent for violence to "motivate" the scientists, more than making up for his low intelligence.

Character Stats

Secret Identity: Ernesto Rodriguez
Origin: Technology
Archetype: Brute
Primary Powers:
Secondary Powers:
Other Powers:

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Badge defeatscorpion.png Wrangler

You have helped defeat Black Scorpion in Recluse's Victory.

See Also

  • Black Scorpion's Arachnos profile for a list of his powers

Introductions

Contact Introduced By

New Contact(s)

Information

Arachnos Patron

Ernesto Rodriguez embodies the concept of raw power through technology. Whatever it takes, whatever piece of his body or soul needs to be spliced, altered, or removed to grant him more power, Ernesto seems willing to do it. His unbridled hunger, absolute loyalty, and low intelligence makes him the perfect servant for Lord Recluse.

Initial Contact

You know who I am. I'm the greatest and most powerful of Lord Recluse's lieutenants - Black Scorpion! I alone have the raw power necessary to enforce his will. If you prove yourself strong enough, you will have the chance to enforce my will!

Store

  • Teir 1 Inspirations
  • Level 40 Single Origin Technology Enhancements
  • Level 40 Single Origin Science Enhancements
  • Level 45 Single Origin Enhancements
  • Level 50 Single Origin Enhancements

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Story Arc

Armor Wars

Souvenir: (name)

It all started when Black Scorpion sent you to collect payment from Crey for a side job he did. Breaking into the Crey lab, you wreaked havoc and collected Black Scorpion's payment. You also discovered something very important - Crey used the time spent with Black Scorpion to analyze and derive schematics of his power armor! Black Scorpion was furious!

Black Scorpion sent you to one of Crey's main robotics labs in Paragon City to see if you could find the truth behind the schematics theft. You discovered that Crey was working on a new mass-producible variant of the Scorpion armor, designed by non other than Dr. Quatrexin, the designer of Black Scorpion's original suit of power armor!

Missions

Attack Crey lab

Briefing

Alright, I got a problem with one of my 'business partners'. I did a bit of work for Crey industries on the side a while back, but they still haven't come through on the payment! Head over to the local Crey labs, bust it up, find out what they've been working on, and try to get the money they owe me!

Keep this operation low-key. Arachnos doesn't need to know I'm working for Crey on the side.

Mission Objective(s)

Time for Crey to pay its dues!

  • Attack Crey lab
    • Find Crey activities
    • 3 assets to destroy!
      ** Defeat X93

You busted up the Crey facility!

Primary Enemies

Badge villain crey.png Crey

Notable NPCs

  • Paragon Protector X93 (Paragon Protector Elite (Fire))

Template:Clue Black Scorpion's Payment

You met the Crey negotiator who promised Black Scorpion his payment, and got it out of him!

Template:Clue Power Armor Schematics

These look like schematics based on Black Scorpion's power armor!

Debriefing

You got the payment? Good. What the...? They've got schematics of my armor? Those little corporate weasels! They're going to pay for that theft! Nobody messes with my armor! NOBODY!

Find info on power armor

Briefing

I want to know more about what Crey is doing with the schematics to my power armor! They just crossed a line that NO ONE comes back from! Head to the main Crey robotics facility in Paragon City and find out what they are doing with my power armor schematics!

There's a boat waiting to take you to Paragon City. I want to crush the head of whoever is behind this!

Mission Objective(s)

Time to find what Crey is doing with Black Scorpion's power armor schematics!

  • Find info on power armor
    • Find research data
    • Interrogate Crey

You got the info on the power armor!w

Primary Enemies

Badge villain crey.png Crey


Template:Clue New Power Armor Schematics

These power armor schematics look very similar to Black Scorpion's power armor, but have a number of subtle design changes and incorporate Crey power armor specifications.

Template:Clue Dr. Quatrexin

The Paragon Protector at the Crey base mentioned something about Dr. Quatrexin doing research on new power suits right under Black Scorpion's nose!

Debriefing

Dr. Quatrexin? New power armor? NOOOOO! Could it be that Dr. Quatrexin is none other than Dr. Leonard Bowen, the engineer who first developed the plans for my power armor? I stole his designs and developed my initial suit of power armor which I've upgraded with Arachnos technology ever since! Now he's working for Crey and developing a new type of armor based on my current suit? I can't allow this to happen!

Look into Crey activities

Briefing

Dr. Quatrexin cannot be allowed to develop new Scorpion armor! I've sent out operatives to seek out any Crey activity in Grandville, and they reported a convoy of Crey researchers heading into the Gutter area of Grandville. Head into the Gutter and find what the Crey researchers are doing there!

If this has anything to do with the new Scorpion armor prototypes, I want to know the truth behind it!

Mission Objective(s)

The putrid smell of the Gutter washes over you. Find what the Crey is up to here!

  • Defeat all Scorpinoids and Arachnoids

You discovered the Crey Scorpinoid Tank!

Primary Enemies

Badge villain crey.png Crey
V badge Arachnoids.png Arachnoids

Notable NPCs

  • Scorpinoid Troopers
  • Crey Scorpinoid Tanks

Template:Clue Dr. Quatrexin's Loyalties

"The Crey researcher leading the field test of the Scorpinoid armor mentioned that he thought Dr. Quatrexin seemed to be holding out on Crey since the Scorpinoids weren't working as effectively as they were designed to be.

Debriefing

Crey Scorpinoid Tanks! How dare they! I'll crush them! I'll blast them to pieces! They're dead! I'm going to raze their labs to the ground!

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Briefing

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Primary Enemies

Notable NPCs

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Debriefing

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