Luko (FIN)

Leukocyte's creation began with the big dreams of an up and coming Arcosian merchant lord. Tired of trading for petty profits, the Arcosian instead decided to pool his funding into a research center for weapons development to profit off of galactic conflicts. Putting together a team of renowned scientific minds, his idea was quickly becoming more successful than he could have hoped; mercenary companies and even space pirates were eager to jump at the chance to acquire prototype weapons tech to outfit their soldiers and vehicles, and business was booming. After charting his profits for his first year in the weapons development business, he was ready to listen to the counsel of his team of scientists. Having grown into a particularly curious and overzealous bunch, they pitched a new idea. This idea would deal with the process of developing a new particular type of weapon under the company's control and direction. This was where Project Leukocyte came to fruition. By creating a literal living weapon capable of conscious thought, borrowing from the genetic makeup of some of the most renowned species in the galaxy, the Arcosian now had a much larger and more broad spectrum of potential profit. Using Leukocyte as a weapon, he could begin and end conflicts by loaning ''Luko'' out on mercenary status. The most genius part of it all was that the team was determined to make it capable of rapid evolution and growth by ingesting the energy of opponents it was capable of besting in combat. With each victory, it would grow more deadly; this would allow it to make bigger and bigger impacts with each assignment.

However, the one thing holding them back was the obstacle of trying to build this being from nothing. They needed material to work with. Diverting their funding from weapon development profits, they instead chose to shift direction and assemble a line of autonomous android models. This was kept secret from the general public, and as well as possible from the standing military. Tuning their AI to incapacitate and capture specific targets, the hunt would finally begin. The Arcosian gladly donated to the cause, but they still needed three more subjects to diversify the project; the Arcosian was no warrior, but he had hoped having such a big part in its creation would ensure loyalty. One cluster of androids would be sent to Vegeta, and another to Namek. Losing many of these androids in the process, they were finally able to capture their Namekian after several months but a Saiyan weak enough to be brought down by common androids was something else entirely. As fortune would provide it, several years into the project rumors were circulating that a particularly tough band of space pirates had been raiding merchant vessels just outside of Arcosian space. They were said to owe their success to their Captain, a Saiyan, and the crew's second-in-command, a Hera-seijin. Androids had an advantage in oxygen-low environments, and so it was a plan came to be. The Androids formed a counter-assault on a bait vessel, then promptly shut down the ship's life support systems so the crew couldn't breathe well enough to fight.

The rest of the crew were left for dead, but the Saiyan and his second were captured and hauled away to the lab where after resuscitation he and his right-hand Hera-seijin lieutenant became the final pieces of the project. With the four keys of Leukocyte's genetics now claimed, work could finally begin. It was a long and arduous process. Another science team was hired on specifically to care for Leukocyte's mental conditioning; that being weaponization and desensitization. This team was trying to artificially recreate the psychological scars of battle, and it was no easy task. Hologram technology was put to heavy use, constantly exposing the project for hours on end to footage from the most carnage-laden of battlegrounds. The objective was to leave Leukocyte with little to no remorse or guilt for its actions, attempting to completely shatter any hints of emotional barriers or second guesses. The veteran science team on the other hand was tasked full time with caring for Leukocyte's genetic code and physical maturing process. Working with such an unstable genetic code comprised of three different species required a delicate expertise. Ensuring every physical aspect of the project was made with war in mind was essential. A bulky, toned and powerful physique that took only the best traits of the different primary species separately and combined them into one gestalt body was no easy task. The project's biology and physique had to work hand in hand to remove potential flaws and disagreements between the body and nervous system. As the years passed and each stage of the project grew more delicate, it eventually became the life's work of both teams of scientists. Affectionately naming it ''Luko'' as a term of endearment once it was able to respond, from inside the tank Leukocyte could recognize the older faces vanishing and being replaced with new younger ones. Luckily, being ''raised'' by scientists provided an excellent education.

As soon as he had matured enough to be let out into the lab's training facilities, the project had shown remarkable knowledge retention. It had made a joke of the androids used to collect the pieces of its genetic code, and phase two of the weaponization process took place. When those same androids collected a prisoner every so often, Luko was given the opportunity to absorb their energies to bring itself up to a passable strength. Phase three marked the initiation of hiring the creature out, though under heavy supervision. Small skirmishes and attacks against rebel cells dotted across Arcose brought in a steady flow of profit, but something deep within Leukocyte began to stir. What was it fighting for? All this combat and carnage, and for what? He understood why he was doing it, but there was no reason in place and no benefit for himself. It was only every so often it was permitted to absorb someone. He wanted to be capable, and to be strong. He wanted more than living under the thumb of someone else. He had never truly experienced freedom.

Intelligent enough to keep quiet about his motives, he would spend the following months leading up to his full release from supervision planning and training. Sneaking an extra absorption here or there, with quick bouts of training during his downtime. It was all beginning to add up and he could feel his own energy growing, snuffing out the signatures of those he'd collected along the way. At present, he has finally been given unsupervised freedom and sent to Earth to safeguard him from the violent acts against Arcosian-occupied space by the SSE.