☢️SpookyReeves💉

So when I created him I went into with the idea of him being an actual functioning enemy in the game so that’s what this is in the context of.

The actual lore bit: (very shortened)

So the name AZ-1 actually refers to his label in a series of radiation experiments that would’ve taken place during the outlast trials. There were actual radiation experiments as apart of the manhattan project. And these people were put through some of the nastiest shit and subject to horrible amounts of radiotherapy being out into their body’s. AZ was one of those unfortunate souls who was a normal dude who got sick one day and volunteered for an experimental procedure. After which it all went horribly wrong, ofc. And he was then used for a whole bunch of experiments because he was so far gone after being exposed to lethal amounts of radioactive isotopes. He was already in Arizona at the time of the experiments, and happened to be the first of the ones in Arizona. Hence AZ-1. And Murkoff just figured him a perfect broken canvas so they snatched him to use for their own shit.

Gameplay aspect:

AZ requires frequent maintenance, requiring a player to collect drugged rats and bring them to him. AZ spawns in the map with chances the same as the Jaeger, and doesn’t stay for long either. But only appearing when the drug rats modifier is on as well. He can be found by his constant murmuring and loud puking. He can be found on the ground and bound by a set of three cables anchored to the ground and around his throat. When he is sated the player can walk right up to him, as he will be in a dazed and dormant state where he won’t be hostile. However being around him too long can provoke him. There are numerous cages scattered around his chair. (Never more than three) The number is determined by the number of players in the game. Each of these cages needs to frequently have a drugged rat within them. As he needs those to stay dormant. There is a small meter on his medical equipment that tracks his state. In stoplight colors respectively, once it hits red. He will seek out, same as the jaeger, until he downs or injures players or until a rat is put into one of the cages. Doing so makes a lot of noise that he's sort of pavolved too, and it will cause him to return to his spot. Where even if he breaks out once due to negligence, he will stay crouched or curled up on the ground. He can be stunned by all normal objects, however he constantly knows where every player is 100% of the time. He never stays longer than 3 minutes in intensive, and 5 minutes in psychosurgery.