Vic Viper (Soul Bringer)

The Vic Viper is a major character in the Soul Bringer series. It is a powerful starfighter originally created by the Gradius Empire that's intended purpose was to thwart the Bacterian Empire. It was discovered by Lady Emeraldblade and Rosalina after the craft mysteriously appeared on Earth through a wormhole. It has since stayed on Earth defending the planet against evil forces, alongside the Fire LEO-04 "Rynex".

Appearance
The Vic Viper is a white spacecraft with a golden cockpit and blue highlights. Its most prominent feature is a twin pronged fuselage, which allows the craft to fire powerful lasers. Under the craft's wings is a pair of missiles, which provide extra firepower.

Weapons
Vic Viper has the capability to use a variety of different primary and secondary weapons. Most of the weapons must be obtained using a power-up system, requiring the Vic Viper to collect capsules in order to activate them:


 * Laser Cannon - fires a single, semi-automatic bolt that can destroy smaller Bacterians easily.


 * Missiles - the Vic Viper's main secondary weapon; missiles can be fired below or above the Vic Viper in an attempt to eliminate enemy flank attacks.


 * Double - one of two primary weapon variants, the double allows the Vic Viper to fire an additional laser cannon (or more) at a different direction, increasing the firepower and allowing the craft to clear more Bacterians quicker.


 * Laser - the Vic Viper's signature primary weapon, it is generally more powerful than the Double, as it is able to do more damage and can penetrate Bacterians in most cases, but is unable to be fired in multiple directions other than straightforwards.


 * Options - most essential weapon to the Vic Viper; then activated, it creates a phantom orb that provides extra firepower, but does not protect the Vic Viper from enemy projectiles.


 * Shield - creates a shield that can protect the Vic Viper from enemy fire. It can only absorb a limited amount of fire before being depleted.

History
The Vic Viper was originally created by the Gradius Empire to stop the evil Bacterian Empire from destroying the planet Gradius. The craft was modified multiple times and confronted the evil empire on multiple occasions.

During one such conflict, the Vic Viper was forced to travel back in time to confront Bacterion directly, but a malfunction forced the pilot to eject into the abyss and caused the craft to sweep through a wormhole back in time to the present.

It eventually appeared through an exit portal outside Emeraldia, where it was first sighted by Rosalina before it was studied more broadly by Lady Emeraldblade and the Engineer. Using the former twos' magic and the latter's experty in construction and engineering, the Vic Viper was restored to full AI operation using a shard of Soul Bringer.

The Vic Viper was subsequently recruited to Lady Emeraldblade's army, and was prepared to defend the new planet it called home by an arising threat, one that proved to be much more serious than the Bacterians...

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