OOC: random headcanons!
Mar. 22nd, 2021 09:06 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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So, I was reading someone else's RP today, where they were talking about medics being clearly marked and decoed as such... the weird thing is, I just had an RP session yesterday where the subject of medical vehicles being marked came up, and the fact that servants in Auspex's world have no markings. I was thinking now, this is important enough that maybe I should post it here. I always thought my headcanons on servants in Auspex's reality were implied, but maybe they aren't...
All of the servants of Primus in Auspex's reality (who were built with that function in mind, that is; see the paragraph below the next) are pearlescent white, with the gold filigree, and the turquoise accents (maybe the accent color changes - I'm not solid on that). They all have indigo optics (and actually, the local manifestation of Primus does too, but that's a story for another time), and no sigils/markings, other than the extensive filigree. Probably a lot of them are thinly plated (certainly the ones that serve in Auspex's capacity, the empathic counselors/seers), but not necessarily all of them. They have different builds and altmodes, I think, depending on who created them and where they were serving.
In theory, in her reality, you can look at a servant and know exactly what their function is. Of course, like medics, that doesn't mean that everyone necessarily will behave themselves in their presence, and not try to hurt/kill them. They also have Primus's protection, and he will generally keep them out of dangerous situations, unless it's unavoidable. But in Auspex's world, having a sigil to mark them as a servant is rather redundant, when their entire body deco indicates what they are. Still, since I don't want to meddle with other peoples' potential headcanons, this of course only applies to Auspex's reality, and the home realities of whatever reality-alternates she may have (there may be a War For Cybertron/Fall of Cybertron (games) version of Auspex out there, at least - I have a vague design for one) - however, if you like the headcanon, feel free to borrow!
Having said that, there are probably others that were not originally built as servants, that decided/were chosen later on to serve; they probably wouldn't be required to get their deco redone, though I would think they might prefer to take that option, for easy recognition. If not, they would be the ones most likely to benefit from some kind of insignia.
I've written before, that many of Auspex's mentors (including at least two of her three creators, (maybe all three, it's also not a solid thing in my mind)) and siblings (she had a few build-siblings, from the same creators; the rest would simply be other servants around her age) are dead. I'm thinking that most were accidental casualties - the blanket bombing of a city, perhaps, rather than someone deliberately targeting a servant of Primus - though there may have been a someone or two crazy (angry at Primus) enough to destroy a temple sanctuary, or a servant outside of one, just for the 'fun' of it. I've also written that the larger sanctuaries, with the non-combatant servants, would have guards. Those might or might not be decoed the same, and will certainly have the war- or utility-grade plating, and be armed.
So that was my random incoherent headcanon infodump of the moment, heh. Thanks for reading.
))
So, I was reading someone else's RP today, where they were talking about medics being clearly marked and decoed as such... the weird thing is, I just had an RP session yesterday where the subject of medical vehicles being marked came up, and the fact that servants in Auspex's world have no markings. I was thinking now, this is important enough that maybe I should post it here. I always thought my headcanons on servants in Auspex's reality were implied, but maybe they aren't...
All of the servants of Primus in Auspex's reality (who were built with that function in mind, that is; see the paragraph below the next) are pearlescent white, with the gold filigree, and the turquoise accents (maybe the accent color changes - I'm not solid on that). They all have indigo optics (and actually, the local manifestation of Primus does too, but that's a story for another time), and no sigils/markings, other than the extensive filigree. Probably a lot of them are thinly plated (certainly the ones that serve in Auspex's capacity, the empathic counselors/seers), but not necessarily all of them. They have different builds and altmodes, I think, depending on who created them and where they were serving.
In theory, in her reality, you can look at a servant and know exactly what their function is. Of course, like medics, that doesn't mean that everyone necessarily will behave themselves in their presence, and not try to hurt/kill them. They also have Primus's protection, and he will generally keep them out of dangerous situations, unless it's unavoidable. But in Auspex's world, having a sigil to mark them as a servant is rather redundant, when their entire body deco indicates what they are. Still, since I don't want to meddle with other peoples' potential headcanons, this of course only applies to Auspex's reality, and the home realities of whatever reality-alternates she may have (there may be a War For Cybertron/Fall of Cybertron (games) version of Auspex out there, at least - I have a vague design for one) - however, if you like the headcanon, feel free to borrow!
Having said that, there are probably others that were not originally built as servants, that decided/were chosen later on to serve; they probably wouldn't be required to get their deco redone, though I would think they might prefer to take that option, for easy recognition. If not, they would be the ones most likely to benefit from some kind of insignia.
I've written before, that many of Auspex's mentors (including at least two of her three creators, (maybe all three, it's also not a solid thing in my mind)) and siblings (she had a few build-siblings, from the same creators; the rest would simply be other servants around her age) are dead. I'm thinking that most were accidental casualties - the blanket bombing of a city, perhaps, rather than someone deliberately targeting a servant of Primus - though there may have been a someone or two crazy (angry at Primus) enough to destroy a temple sanctuary, or a servant outside of one, just for the 'fun' of it. I've also written that the larger sanctuaries, with the non-combatant servants, would have guards. Those might or might not be decoed the same, and will certainly have the war- or utility-grade plating, and be armed.
So that was my random incoherent headcanon infodump of the moment, heh. Thanks for reading.
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