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Oberst MacDougall, a name that renders the German military rank for colonel and corresponds to the character listed as Colonel MacDougall in the original material, is an antagonist in the Spriggan story. He is a living weapon created in a classified laboratory within a rogue section of the Pentagon, and he operates as a soldier of the American secret unit called the Machine Corps, also rendered as the Machineers Platoon. Although he is partly cyberized and appears to be a child, with short gray hair and blue eyes, he is considered the strongest soldier of the Machine Corps and is feared by his own side as a man who carries demonic power.
His background is the product of unchecked military science. Forced application of advanced knowledge and surgical modifications were used to enhance the psionic portions of his brain, and an implanted psychic and magnetic field amplifier allows him to convert his mental power into physical force. He was built to be a weapon rather than raised as a person, and the procedures that created him also damaged his mind. Descriptions of his personality emphasize instability, cruelty, and a sadistic enjoyment of his own abilities, and he is characterized as genuinely insane. His conduct is restrained mainly by practical dependence: whenever he unleashes his full power, the strain threatens to destroy his own skull, and he needs the technical division of the Machine Corps to keep him alive.
His motivation in the Noah's Ark story is to obtain the ancient vessel discovered at Mount Ararat and use it to secure global supremacy on behalf of the organization that created him, the shadowy body referred to as MJ-12. In that mission he is the primary adversary of the Spriggan operative Yu Ominae and the French agent Jean Jacquemonde, who seek to prevent him from activating the Ark. His relationship with his own subordinates is built on fear, and his relationship with the technicians who sustain him is one of total reliance. Accounts of the character focus on his function as the overwhelming threat of the Noah's Ark arc, and little is recorded about personal development; he appears as a manufactured weapon whose instability and dependence are the limits built into his power.
His notable abilities are psionic in nature. He is described as a telekinetic of extraordinary strength, capable of generating force fields that cannot be penetrated and able to kill or mutilate a person simply by willing it, including turning a victim inside out. The amplifier implanted in his brain magnifies these psychokinetic powers, and among the soldiers of the Machine Corps he is regarded as unmatched. His abilities are not without cost, however; heavy use produces painful backlash, and his very survival depends on external technical support. These limitations make him a powerful but fragile weapon whose greatest threat is matched by his own instability.
His background is the product of unchecked military science. Forced application of advanced knowledge and surgical modifications were used to enhance the psionic portions of his brain, and an implanted psychic and magnetic field amplifier allows him to convert his mental power into physical force. He was built to be a weapon rather than raised as a person, and the procedures that created him also damaged his mind. Descriptions of his personality emphasize instability, cruelty, and a sadistic enjoyment of his own abilities, and he is characterized as genuinely insane. His conduct is restrained mainly by practical dependence: whenever he unleashes his full power, the strain threatens to destroy his own skull, and he needs the technical division of the Machine Corps to keep him alive.
His motivation in the Noah's Ark story is to obtain the ancient vessel discovered at Mount Ararat and use it to secure global supremacy on behalf of the organization that created him, the shadowy body referred to as MJ-12. In that mission he is the primary adversary of the Spriggan operative Yu Ominae and the French agent Jean Jacquemonde, who seek to prevent him from activating the Ark. His relationship with his own subordinates is built on fear, and his relationship with the technicians who sustain him is one of total reliance. Accounts of the character focus on his function as the overwhelming threat of the Noah's Ark arc, and little is recorded about personal development; he appears as a manufactured weapon whose instability and dependence are the limits built into his power.
His notable abilities are psionic in nature. He is described as a telekinetic of extraordinary strength, capable of generating force fields that cannot be penetrated and able to kill or mutilate a person simply by willing it, including turning a victim inside out. The amplifier implanted in his brain magnifies these psychokinetic powers, and among the soldiers of the Machine Corps he is regarded as unmatched. His abilities are not without cost, however; heavy use produces painful backlash, and his very survival depends on external technical support. These limitations make him a powerful but fragile weapon whose greatest threat is matched by his own instability.