//Cosmic — Type

Cosmic represents reality-bending energies: long-range anomalies, gravitic effects, and interactions that alter base rules of combat.

▸Attributes

▸Mechanics

• ▪Gravitational Wells: Cosmic users excel at creating "pull" effects. These wells can trap Lancers mid-dash or pull Marksmen out of cover.
• ▪Void Buffering: Being "Weightless" allows for extreme vertical mobility and reduced fall damage, letting Cosmic recons take unexpected sightlines.
• ▪Starlight Marks: Marking an enemy with "Starlight" provides team-wide vision and increases the critical hit chance of all teammates against that target.

▸Design Cues

• ▪VFX: Star-patterns, deep void-blacks with nebular highlights, and swirling "event horizon" circles.
• ▪SFX: Deep, resonant booms (like thunder in a vacuum), metallic "singing" bowls, and scale-shifting animations (use Mass Effect / Akira high-concept cues).

▸Typical Abilities (design template)

• ▪Passive — Celestial Orbit: deals slight damage to enemies within a very small radius.
• ▪Tactical (1) — Singularity: create a small pull field that gathers enemies toward a point.
• ▪Core (2) — Cosmic Bolt: fire a bolt that ignores a small percentage of enemy shields.
• ▪Special (3) — Meteor Shower: designate an area for several high-impact cosmic strikes.
• ▪Ultimate (4) — Event Horizon: create a large zone that pulls in all enemies and crushes them for heavy damage.

▸Synergies & Counters

• ▪Synergies: Time (space-time combos), Atomic (fission/gravity spikes), Psychic (celestial mind-warping).
• ▪Counters: Dark (absorbs light/energy), Chaos (disrupts orbits), Psychic (mental interference).

▸VFX & Audio Notes

• ▪Palette: deep void-blacks, starfield golds; event-horizon swirls, deep resonant booms and singing bowl SFX.

▸Example Operatives

• ▪Quentin — cosmic/atomic lancer with reality-warping zones.
• ▪Estel — cosmic/light triage with reality-overwatch tools.
• ▪Rayner — veteran recon with cosmic influence.
• ▪Octavia — dark/cosmic destroyer with devastating anomalies.