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== English Website Description == |
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''Copen is a lone wolf who is a part of neither QUILL nor Sumeragi. He is, however, known for bearing a deep loathing for the Sumeragi Group and all adepts in general. He believes that adepts are a threat to world peace that will eventually subjugate anyone who is not an adept, and thus, Copen has made it his mission to destroy adepts at all costs. Although Copen himself has no septimal powers, he is a brilliant scientist and incredibly skilled fighter on par with the best Sumeragi has to offer. Utilizing septimosome that he has stolen from defeated adepts, he crafted battle gear that replicates septimal powers, making him a formidable foe for even the most powerful adepts.'' <ref name="En Website Copen" /> |
''Copen is a lone wolf who is a part of neither QUILL nor Sumeragi. He is, however, known for bearing a deep loathing for the Sumeragi Group and all adepts in general. He believes that adepts are a threat to world peace that will eventually subjugate anyone who is not an adept, and thus, Copen has made it his mission to destroy adepts at all costs. Although Copen himself has no septimal powers, he is a brilliant scientist and incredibly skilled fighter on par with the best Sumeragi has to offer. Utilizing septimosome that he has stolen from defeated adepts, he crafted battle gear that replicates septimal powers, making him a formidable foe for even the most powerful adepts.'' <ref name="En Website Copen" /> |
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=== Background === |
=== Background === |
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| − | Prior to the events of the story, Copen and his father are scientists that are at some point in time employed by the Sumeragi Group to research adepts. To advance the endeavors of Project Muse, his father creates a machine that can, in tandem with The Muse, serve as a satellite that can locate adepts throughout the world. Sumeragi captures and subjugates adepts through the use of this machine. |
+ | Prior to the events of the story, Copen and his [[Dr. Kamizono|father]] are scientists that are at some point in time employed by the Sumeragi Group to research adepts. To advance the endeavors of Project Muse, his father creates a machine that can, in tandem with The Muse, serve as a satellite that can locate adepts throughout the world. Sumeragi captures and subjugates adepts through the use of this machine. |
At some point during his research, Copen's father begins to fear that the adepts will rise to power beyond human control and cautions people of the potential threat that adepts hold over the human race. Copen's father dies before any remedial action is taken. |
At some point during his research, Copen's father begins to fear that the adepts will rise to power beyond human control and cautions people of the potential threat that adepts hold over the human race. Copen's father dies before any remedial action is taken. |
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Revision as of 06:10, 9 May 2015
"You're an adept—just another blight to wipe from the earth!"
—Copen
, Azure Striker Gunvolt
[1]
Copen (known as Acura in Japan)[2] is an antihero and boss in Azure Striker Gunvolt. He is on a mission to pursue and hunt the adepts. Despite sharing some common interests (e.g., fighting Sumeragi) with Gunvolt, Copen stubbornly holds true to his ideals and swears to kill Gunvolt along with the other adepts.
English Website Description
Copen is a lone wolf who is a part of neither QUILL nor Sumeragi. He is, however, known for bearing a deep loathing for the Sumeragi Group and all adepts in general. He believes that adepts are a threat to world peace that will eventually subjugate anyone who is not an adept, and thus, Copen has made it his mission to destroy adepts at all costs. Although Copen himself has no septimal powers, he is a brilliant scientist and incredibly skilled fighter on par with the best Sumeragi has to offer. Utilizing septimosome that he has stolen from defeated adepts, he crafted battle gear that replicates septimal powers, making him a formidable foe for even the most powerful adepts. [1]
Plot Role
Background
Prior to the events of the story, Copen and his father are scientists that are at some point in time employed by the Sumeragi Group to research adepts. To advance the endeavors of Project Muse, his father creates a machine that can, in tandem with The Muse, serve as a satellite that can locate adepts throughout the world. Sumeragi captures and subjugates adepts through the use of this machine.
At some point during his research, Copen's father begins to fear that the adepts will rise to power beyond human control and cautions people of the potential threat that adepts hold over the human race. Copen's father dies before any remedial action is taken.
Copen then commits himself to pursuing and hunting the entire adept population.
Shadowing the Third Adept's Fall
Copen's hunt ushers him to a series of trails that lead to the protagonist Gunvolt. His hunt brings him to the aftermath of a battle between Gunvolt and a Sumeragi adept, moments after Gunvolt has left the arena, and finds a shard of a Sumeragi glaive in the rubble of the arena. On two occasions prior to this event, he had scavenged similarly broken glaive shards. He comments on how the use of glaives does not alter an adept's identity and then affirms his objective to "banish" the adepts.
Sinner's Row (Kaleidoscape)
Copen sets out to hunt one of Sumeragi's most powerful adepts, Zonda. Likely to cover his tracks, Copen sets up a jamming frequency to disrupt any form of telecommunication that would occur near him. He pursues his target into the ghetto district, Sinner's Row, at which place he battles and successfully defeats the Sumeragi adept.
While he is in the process of absorbing Zonda's septimosome into his shield, Gunvolt, who is on a QUILL mission to defeat Zonda, enters the scene. Confused, Gunvolt thanks Copen for the assistance—a gratitude at which Copen scoffs. Copen declares that Gunvolt is one of the adepts whom he must "wipe from the earth" before engaging Gunvolt in battle.
Upon defeat, Copen comments on how he has collected sufficient "data" on Gunvolt from the fight and reveals his name as "Copen;" he retreats from the arena shortly after.
Stratosphere (Babel)
Upon discovering Sumeragi's intentions to re-instate and mobilize Project Muse on a global scale, Copen infiltrates Sumeragi's orbital space station, Firmament, which houses the satellite contraption built by his father.
While he is making his way to the endmost room containing the machine, he finds Gunvolt in combat with Sumeragi's necromancer, Elise, who has been resurrecting fallen Sumeragi adepts to defend Firmament. Likely to end the indefinite resurrections of the adepts, Copen fires a septima-suppressing bullet at Elise while she is pre-occupied with her battle against Gunvolt, effectively killing her. Shortly after, he challenges Gunvolt to another fight.
Upon defeat, Copen is immobilized and helpless to stop Gunvolt from proceeding. Copen does not make any canonical appearances after this.
Encounter with Asimov
Some time after Gunvolt has left the scene, QUILL's commanding officer, Asimov, encounters Copen on his own journey to Firmament's endmost room. The two engage each other in combat; Asimov defeats Copen and takes his gun as a "souvenir" of the battle.
Endgame dialogue and Asimov's possession of Copen's gun as a "souvenir" hint that Asimov ultimately kills Copen here, although his body is not seen during Gunvolt's descent from Firmament.
Attacks
Copen is a unique boss in that he will utilize new attacks as Gunvolt defeats the featured Sumeragi adept bosses in addition to his standard attacks.
Standard Attacks
Shooting
銃、Gun
Copen's standard attack. Copen walks forward with his gun and shoots bullets continuously from one side of the screen to a bit past the middle of the screen.
- Copen's bullets cannot be blocked by the Flashfield. Regular shots can cancel them but require multiple shots per bullet.
- Copen performs a shield bash or backflip as a follow-up at the end of this attack; doing so will remove any tags on him.
- Copen will immediately perform a shield bash towards Gunvolt if he jumps behind Copen during this attack sequence; doing so will remove any tags on Copen.
- Damage Output: 24 per bullet
Shield Bash
タックル、Tackle
Copen's standard attack, exclusively used as a follow-up or cancel to his shooting attack. Copen charges forward with his shield in front, removing any tags on him.
- Copen may perform this as a follow-up at the conclusion of his shooting attack; doing so places him at the end of the arena opposite from where he began his attack.
- Copen will immediately perform this to cancel his shooting attack if Gunvolt jumps behind him during the attack sequence.
- Damage Output: 48
Backflip
宙返り、Somersault
Copen's standard attack, exclusively used as a follow-up to his shooting attack. Copen performs a backflip to place himself at some distance behind him, removing any tags on him.
- Copen may perform this as a follow-up at the conclusion of his shooting attack; doing so places him at the end of arena where he began his attack.
- Damage Output: 32
Special Attacks
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Arrogant Radiance
アロガントファング、Arrogant Fang
Available after Jota has been defeated. Copen fires a surface-level laser beam. Shortly afterwards, he fires a swirling lance.
- The swirling lance can be deflected with the Flashfield.
- Damage Output (Laser): 32
- Damage Output (Lance): 40
Blazing Bombers
ブレイジングバリスタ、Blazing Ballista
Available after Viper has been defeated. Copen shoots a flaming arrow that detonates three lingering explosions in its path of fire.
- Damage Output (Arrow): 40
- Damage Output (Explosions): 32
Flesh Eater
ミリオンイーター、Million Eater
Available after Stratos has been defeated. Copen unleashes a slow-moving swarm of insects.
- Components of the swarm can be exterminated with the Flashfield, nullifying any potential contact damage.
- Damage Output: 32
Gorgon Gaze
ジェラシックゴルゴン、Jealousic Gorgon
Available after Elise has been defeated. Copen shines a beam of light in front of him
- This attack inflicts the stone status if Gunvolt faces the light source
- Damage Output: 0
Lazy Laser
レイジーレーザー、Lazy Laser
Available after Merak has been defeated. Copen fires a giant laser into a wormhole that will reappear at different areas and at different angles on-screen.
- The laser tracks Gunvolt's location but reappears at different angles one at a time.
- Copen's defense increases during this attack.
- Damage Output: 56
Power Grab
グリードスナッチャー、Greed Snatcher
Available after Carrera has been defeated. Copen fires two waves of three magnetic bullets.
- The magnetic bullets inflict the chaff status if they hit Gunvolt.
- Damage Output: 32
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| Doppler Desire |
Doppler Desire
ラストドプラー、Lust Doppler
"Hands defiled by sin / A body damned for deeds far done / Seek its salvation! Doppler Desire!"
Copen's special attack. Copen summons four doppelganger apparitions that briefly circle around him. At the conclusion of this attack, Copen and any remaining copies perform a shield bash off-screen. The doppelgangers will disappear at the end of this attack.
- Copen will not use this attack during his fight at Sinner's Row (Kaleidoscape).
- The copies can be tagged and attacked; they will disappear after absorbing sufficient damage.
- Copen will always follow-up Doppler Desire with his shooting attack
- Damage Output (Shield Bash): 96
- Damage Output (Apparitions): 40
English Game Dialogue
Cutscene After Gunvolt Defeats Three Adepts
- NARRATOR: "A figure watched from the shadows as Gunvolt left the scene. The figure reached down and retrieved a shard from where the last Adept fell."
- COPEN: "Another glaive sample. This makes the third."
- NARRATOR: "The glaives were a kind of vessel. Adepts who agreed to transplant their septimosome into a glaive were guaranteed a high-ranking place in society. In return, Sumeragi gained control over the Adepts' volatile powers."
- COPEN: "A sword that can only be drawn at Sumeragi's behest... What good does a toy like this do, anyway? A rakshasa on a leash is a rakshasa all the same—an enemy to humanity. But I, not the supreme God, shall be the one to banish those demons. Their twisted blood must be purged by human hands." [3]
Sinner's Row (Kaleidoscape), Prior to the Boss Battle
- GUNVOLT: "...Did I break the illusion?"
- MONIQA: "Gunv......perat......are......ling......da......ed......nto......rea......"
- GUNVOLT: "(It was all coming in static.) Someone's jamming the frequency!"
- ZONDA: "Eeyaaagh!"
- GUNVOLT: "(That was no cry of ecstasy.)"
- COPEN: "Return to your true creator, you abomination."
- ZONDA: "So hot...inside me...aaah! This pain...exquisite...nngh!!! Kill me...just like that...aaahhh...
- COPEN: "Reprobate. Don't worry—your septimosome will go to a cleaner cause."
- GUNVOLT: "What's this guy's story?"
- COPEN: "...The azure striker."
- GUNVOLT: "Thanks for the, uh, help."
- COPEN: "Heh... You've got the wrong idea. I'm not your friend any more than I am Sumeragi's. You're an adept—just one more blight to wipe from the earth."
- GUNVOLT: "Huh?"
- COPEN: "I swear I will end you. ...Right now!" [3]
Sinner's Row (Kaleidoscape), After Defeating the Boss
- COPEN: "I have the data I need. What you didn't spill in your blood, you spilled in secrets..."
- GUNVOLT: "...Your name. I deserve that."
- COPEN: "No, you don't. That's a human privilege. But when God next sends me to judge you, you'll hear him whisper, 'Copen...'"
- GUNVOLT: "...Whew." [3]
Stratosphere (Babel), After Fighting Elise
- ELISE: "Yee-hee, yee-hee! Givvve it up! You'll never dessstroy me! Resurrec—"
- COPEN: "Die, you abomination!"
- GUNVOLT: "Copen."
- COPEN: "And so envy succumbs to greed. I chose my weapon aptly. The power to take always trumps the desire to have. She deserved her punishment for playing God—just as you merit yours, Azure Striker. Come and meet your end." [3]
Stratosphere (Babel), Prior to Fighting Copen
- COPEN: "Sumeragi has finally laid its machinations bare. The Muse Project? I spit on their 'venture'. I'll strike their little canary down myself."
- GUNVOLT: "We could work together! I'll help you take Sumeragi down. But you have to leave Joule out of it! She's innocent!"
- COPEN: "We're not negotiating here. I won't stop until every last Adept is dead. If you want to plead, you can plead with God now." [3]
Stratosphere (Babel), After Defeating Copen
- COPEN: "Gwwwrf!"
- GUNVOLT: "Look, I don't have time for this. Joule needs me. Whatever your deal is, you keep the both of us out of it."
- COPEN: "Father...you knew this would happen. You tried to warn those fools. I've let them all grow too strong... I can't pray for God to bring you back. But I can still pray those monsters destroy each other. And if any are left standing at the end of this...one day...one day, I will find them..." [3]
English Game Mentions
Mission: Kaleidoscape
- Tonight, the pleasure quarter belongs to Zonda. As Gunvolt chases the lustful
menace down, he crosses paths with an avenger... [3]
Cutscene After Clearing Sinner's Row (Kaleidoscape)
- NARRATOR: "Meanwhile, on Sumeragi's orbital station, 'Firmament'..."
- SOLDIER: "Master Nova! Zonda's Hunters have been decimated, sir."
- NOVA: "What? It grieves me to hear that...deeply. Will QUILL never stop?"
- SOLDIER: "This wasn't QUILL, sir. According to the survivors, Zonda was done in by a boy in white armor with red trim."
- NOVA: "White armor... with a cross? That's Dr. Kamizono's—Hmm..."
- SOLDIER: "You know him?"
- NOVA: "He's a small thing that knows how to make big messes. But he's alone, and he has no septima. Leave him be. He'll burn up in the wake of his own vengeance soon enough."
- SOLDIER: "But sir... he took down Zonda. -The- Zonda."
- NOVA: "Nature's full of surprises. You don't need to be an Adept to have a gift. If we're lucky, he and QUILL will destroy each other and save us some work. Now, when are you going to deliver Lumen to me? We need her back. The venture cannot proceed without our shining star.
- SOLDIER: "Understood, sir." [3]
Firmament (Idolatry), Prior to Fighting Nova
- GUNVOLT: "Joule..."
- NOVA: "Well, here we are."
- GUNVOLT: "(It was him. How could I forget that voice?) Nova."
- NOVA: "I see I left an impression."
- GUNVOLT: "(But my eyes were locked on the monstrosity between us.)"
- NOVA: "You like it? This machine gives me full septimal control over the Muse. You should ask Copen all about it. I assume you ran into him on the way up? His father laid the groundwork for all our Adept research. He built this machine. In fact, it's safe to say Sumeragi would have been nothing without him. A shame the dice rolled how they did..."
- GUNVOLT: "That's nice. If you're done spewing your horsejitt, let Joule go."
- NOVA: "Not very civil at all, are you? Maybe you need a little demonstration."
- GUNVOLT: "(Behind him, Lumen appeared. But something was wrong...)"
- LUMEN: "......"
- GUNVOLT: "(Her eyes had none of their usual mischief. She was like a robot. She looked as cold and calculating as the computer program QUILL once mistook her for.) What did you do?"
- NOVA: "Like I said, this machine puts me in control of her septima. She sings for me now. I mean, no offense, but you've basically already lost. Shall we?" [3]
Firmament (Idolatry), Prior to Fighting Nova's True Form
- NOVA: "Wow... Sumeragi really outdid itself when it created you. I might actually have to put in some effort! Time to pull some swords from some stones."
- GUNVOLT: "(Not one, but three glaives started to drift toward him... And so did Joule.) How strong -is- he?!"
- GUNVOLT: "('Monsters', Copen had called us. And in this case, he'd be right. Nova had absorbed Joule completely—made her a part of him. Was that his septima? My mind swam...)"
- NOVA: "I was given this godlike power because my cause is righteous! The world is a system—one that must be protected from aberrations like you!" [3]
Normal Ending
- GUNVOLT: "Huh? What are you doing here?"
- ASIMOV: "I'm proud of you, Gunvolt. You too, Joule. With Nova out of the way, you two are ready to rule in the age to come."
- JOULE: "What do you mean, 'rule'?"
- ASIMOV: "Sumeragi is in shambles. We won't get a better chance."
- GUNVOLT: "...To do what?"
- ASIMOV: "Since you left QUILL, I've watched you surpass my every expectation. But it's time for you to join us again. ...You and Joule. There's a place for her now. With her Anthem, and this satellite...I mean, can you imagine? We can wipe the human race from the planet."
- GUNVOLT: "......?!"
- ASIMOV: "I founded QUILL so that Adepts could live without fear. And now that day is here. We will rise from our oppression, free at last! Come with me."
- JOULE: "No! Gunvolt, no... I've heard all this before."
- GUNVOLT: "(She looked right at me, the terror in her eyes plain.) Don't worry. I know. ...Asimov, I can't even begin to repay you for all you've done. You saved me from Sumeragi's lab. You basically raised me... I would do almost anything for you. But not this. If this is your idea of making the world better, then you're no different from Nova or Copen."
- GUNVOLT: "I don't want your freedom if it means Joule loses hers. Sorry."
- ASIMOV: "Oh, that's okay. Never hurts to ask, right? We'll do it this way instead."
- GUNVOLT: "(My blood froze. The weapon in his hand—) That's Copen's gun."
- ASIMOV: "You like the little souvenir I picked up on the way in? That primate actually managed to graze me with it. Imagine my surprise! It turns out these bullets can neutralize septimal power. Call it...a dose of mortality. Good-bye, Gunvolt."
- GUNVOLT: "(I felt a surge of heat... First in my chest...running down my skin... Then the air touched it, and everything started to go cold.)"
- JOULE: "Aaah! No, no, no... Gunvolt!!!"
- ASIMOV: "You're next, Joule."
- GUNVOLT: "(Even as darkness worked to clamp my eyes shut, I saw her crumple to the floor. It was... all over... I had failed her... and now I would never.........)"
- ASIMOV: "For a human, Copen makes some dangerous toys... All the more reason to snuff out his species as soon as possible. It would have been easy with Gunvolt and Joule... But plans can be rewritten."
- GUNVOLT: "(...... ......)" [3]
Firmament (Azure), Beginning of Mission
- JOULE: "G...Gunvolt? (How do I describe what happened next? Asimov had shot Gunvolt, then me... I should have been dead... But I felt more alive than ever. An ocean of electrons and sound washed over me. I was one with everything... It wasn't until later that I understood.)"
- JOULE: "What happened to me? My body... (The Muse was an extension of my septimal energy. Asimov hadn't bothered to use Copen's suppressor on me. So when he shot me, my septima did the logical thing—it escaped.) Gunvolt? Where are you...? (My mind and Lumen's had become one. As I searched for Gunvolt, I realized just how powerful my Muse really was. The whole world was a sea of electrons and sound, unclouded by human touch.) ...There! He's still alive! (But only barely. A slender thread held him to this world. How did he survive that gunshot? I swam closer...deeper... I ran invisible fingers over his body, and found the wound. A grotesque mess of metal had clawed into his skin.) Wait. This is... (Wrapped around the bullet like a tiny glove...was a broken pendant. It was from the necklace I had made for him... He had chosen my gift over his QUILL-issue gear—even though it gave him no tactical advantage. And it had saved his life. In that moment, I realized...this boy who had come to save me was just as fragile as I was. He didn't fight for me because I needed him. It was him who needed me.) I have to hurry... (He was still dying. The pendant had stopped the bullet from reaching his heart, but without treatment, he would bleed to death.) ...There's a way. (My septima had been cut loose. Without a body, I would die too. There was only one place left for me to go. And I wanted to be there.)"
- ... [3]
Trivia
- Copen shares some similarities with Proto Man from the Mega Man series. The gun/shield combination as well as his pose may be a throwback to that character.
- Copen also shares a similarity with Mega Man and Mega Man X in that he utilizes a weapon copy system as the two heroes did in their respective video game series.
- Copen and Zonda have been paired twice as bait-and-switch bosses. In Azure Striker Gunvolt, Zonda is the bait and Copen is the switch at Sinner's Row (Kaleidoscape). Their roles are reversed at the Mirror stage in Mighty Gunvolt.
- Nova suggests that Copen's last name is "Kamizono" in the cutscene following the completion of Sinner's Row.