nu-Eden: Sundered Skies
//Clement Tran
Clement Tran
"I am the wall. I am the door. Choose wisely."
▸Backstory
A post-human tactician encased in a chrome battleframe. Clement is Lumicon's Commander — the immovable anchor who holds every line while Conrad orchestrates the advance. His body has been extensively modified with maborite-infused metallic plating, making him as much machine as man.
Before joining nERF, Clement served as a strategic advisor to nu-Eden's industrial sector. When he saw the human cost of the conglomerates' efficiency programs, he tore his contract apart — literally, along with the boardroom wall.
▸Personality
Encased in a sleek, emotionless battleframe of chrome and cognition, Clement is a post-human tactician forged by trauma. He wages war with precision to prevent the irrational horrors that cost him his flesh.
He speaks in measured cadences, rarely raises his voice, and never wastes words. His emotional suppression is not apathy — it is architecture. Every feeling is catalogued, assessed for tactical relevance, and filed. He does not ignore his emotions. He engineers around them.
Despite the chrome exterior, Clement is deeply protective of his team. He takes damage so others don't have to — literally, through his Command Override ability, and metaphorically, through every decision he makes as Commander. Lydia sees a kindred spirit in his suppression. Yumiko bounces off him like static off a grounding rod.
▸Appearance
Inspired by Robocop, Daft Punk, CNMN (Hi-Fi Rush), Destroyer from (Marathon), and Samuel Hayden (DOOM). Clement's design is industrial brutalism — function over form, power over grace.
- ▪Hair: None visible — chrome plating covers his skull
- ▪Eyes: Glowing optical sensors, shifting between tactical readout modes
- ▪Build: Massive and reinforced; broad shoulders, heavy plating, imposing silhouette
- ▪Outfit: Full chrome battleframe with modular armor plates. Seams glow with maborite energy. Minimal exposed skin.
- ▪Color Palette: Chrome, gunmetal, dark blues — industrial cold with maborite azure accents
- ▪Silhouette: Blocky, wide, immovable — designed to fill doorways and hold lines
▸Relationships
| Character | Relation | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Conrad McGuire-Sun | Teammate, charge | Lumicon's protagonist. Clement holds the line while Conrad pushes forward. Conrad calls him "Clem." |
| Lydia Lau | Teammate | She sees a kindred spirit in his emotional discipline. He respects her controlled fury. |
| Yumiko Saito | Teammate | She calls him "Grakata." He tolerates her chaos because she breaks things he needs broken. |
| Dakota Yau | Strategist | They coordinate Lumicon's tactical doctrine. Her movement reads complement his static anchoring. |
▸Abilities
Passive — Polarity Matrix
Enemies affected by Clement's abilities become magnetized — bonus damage from proximity explosions, susceptible to pulls, chains, and field disruptions. Stacks up to 3 times per target.
Tactical (1) — Iron Pull
Magnetic wave pulls enemies toward a target location. Collisions deal bonus impact damage and apply magnetized. 2+ enemies pulled grants a temporary overshield.
Core (2) — Grakatara Prime
Full designation: "Exalted Hypercharged Synchronous Anti-Resonant Velocity-Reactive Circuit-Fused Rail-Integrated Plasma-Cycled Magnetic Repeater Dual Twin Array Model X GEN-Omega Ver.2." Arm-mounted dual cannons deliver a sustained 3-second barrage: increased damage to magnetized targets, auto-lock on weak enemies in cone, final shot pulls enemies inward. Full punch-through with bonus Polarity Stacks on hits. 10s cooldown.
Special (3) — Graviton Core
Deploys a magnetic singularity node pulling enemies over 6 seconds. Inside: 10% more damage from all sources. Early detonation deals AoE based on trapped targets. Allies inside gain 20% damage reduction and stagger immunity. 18s cooldown.
Ultimate (4) — Ion Collapse
Walking magnetic storm for 8 seconds: enemies continuously pulled and staggered, magnetized enemies explode on death triggering chain detonations. Incoming projectiles bend into his core, then erupt as a reverse shrapnel nova at end. 70s cooldown.
▸Trivia
- ▪Name origin: First name from Nexo's former gym instructor. Also references Clem (Warframe), the community's beloved grinlocked NPC. Latin "clemens" means "gentle, merciful" — ironic for a chrome war machine. Surname "Tran" from Ross Tran (@rossdraws), a popular digital artist.
- ▪"Grakata" — Yumiko's nickname for him — is also a Warframe reference, naming the iconic Grineer assault rifle. Yumiko insists the name fits because "he shoots a lot and never stops."
- ▪Handle: @mlement — a deliberate typo that Clement refuses to correct, claiming "the system accepted it."
- ▪The battleframe is not a suit. It is his body. The distinction matters to him, even if nobody else notices.
- ▪"Clanker" — Lydia and Kizuna's nickname for him — is the one that bothers him most, though he will never admit it.
▸Goals
- ▪Prevent another boardroom catastrophe — Clement left the corporate world because he saw the human cost. He joined nERF to make sure that cost is never paid again.
- ▪Hold every line assigned to him — his tactical doctrine is simple: nothing gets through. Not on his watch.
- ▪Protect the team from themselves — Conrad spirals, Lydia detonates, Yumiko breaks everything, Dakota runs ahead. Clement absorbs the fallout.
- ▪Reconcile the machine and the man — somewhere beneath the chrome, there is still a person who tore up a contract because he cared too much. Clement is not sure how to reach him anymore.