Right-Step Alternate Universe - Scout

Character Details

Takes his role very seriously, perhaps too seriously. Not as fast as he used to be due to impending Old Age. The main Information Getter of the team. Often seen hastily defenestrating himself with some rude or snarky remark. Constantly bickering with Soldier over stuff, although neither of them will explain to the other mercs why they antagonise each other so often. (That's not to say, of course, that none of them have figured it out.)

Used to work in more covert operations, but was always a little too fond of flashier things, and this ended up pushing him towards operations that, if initially stealth-based, didn't tend to stay that way. He had a hand in raising his son, but was never particularly good at the whole "fatherhood" thing. He and Soldier are - fine. Not great, but at least they don't spend all their time yelling at or insulting each other. Just some of it.

He's not quite so fast as he used to be - it comes with age, of course, and the build-up of smoke in his body that lab-grown lungs can only do so much for. That doesn't matter too much, though; even if it's a precarious operation, he can be quick when he needs to be, and his main drawcard was always in being unseen, not uncatchable, anyway.

Notes

It occurred to me that Canon!Spy is pretty fast even in his old age, and his style of going after valuable targets and quickly taking them down is sort of reminiscent of Canon!Scout, just less in-your-face obnoxious (although. He's certainly obnoxious in other ways). I don't remember if he was the first character I started filling out ideas for, but he's certainly the one I think of when I think of this AU.
In case you're wondering, "Nestor" means something like "returner" or "homecomer" and "Villeneuve" eventually resolves to "new town".

Weapon Stats

Primaries

Stock Scattergun

Weapon Equivalent:N/A

Appearance: As in game

Stats: As in game

Purpose: Run fast and shoot guy

Force of Nature

Weapon Equivalent: N/A

Appearance: As in game, but with the dark brown portion replaced with muted team colours of a similar shade, and a brassy finish

Stats: As in game, with a narrower bullet spread

Purpose: For throwing people backwards and out of effective range. Mostly pyros tbh

Façade

Weapon Equivalent: Soda Popper

Appearance: A scattergun with a mirrored finish and a shorter muzzle

Stats: 66% smaller clip size, 50% faster firing rate, charges a meter that when charged allows for up to 8 seconds of wall jumping/climbing.

Purpose: Have you ever wanted to imitate a spider. But like. French. With a gun. Can also be used for fun movement I guess

Dove

Weapon Equivalent: Baby Face's Blaster

Appearance: A smaller, narrower scattergun with a wing motif.

Stats: Inflicts an absolute 7% reduction in movement speed. Dealing damage charges a boost meter that increases the power of the vault, up to 200% higher/farther than normal, and movement speed, up to an absolute 26% increase. Meter is nullified by damage at a rate of 2% per HP damage, not counting that which is self-inflicted.

Purpose: Get Scout speed back, or clear unusual jumps.

Secondaries

Stock Pistol

Weapon Equivalent: N/A

Appearance: As in game

Stats: As in game

Purpose: Chip off health quickly at medium range

Silencer

Weapon Equivalent:Crit-a-Cola

Appearance: A gold watch with an analogue face.

Stats: When activated, grants 4 seconds of crits, which will be lost upon taking more than 20 damage. Recharges after 22 seconds.

Purpose: Make people want to explode you even more than normal

Face of Focus

Weapon Equivalent: BONK! Atomic Punch

Appearance: A silver watch with a digital face.

Stats: When activated, grants 8 seconds of invisibility from sentries, which will be lost upon taking more than 20 damage. Recharges after 22 seconds.

Purpose: Sneak around, get past flank sentries or wayward Minis, stand in sentry nest to upset Engineers.

Dame Liberté

Weapon Equivalent: The Winger

Appearance: A copper-coloured pistol with a streamlined appearance..

Stats: 50% smaller clip size. Does 10% more damage and increases speed by absolute 26% while active.

Purpose: Increases movement capabilities at the cost of forcing more accuracy.

The Flying Guillotine

Weapon Equivalent:N/A

Appearance: As in game

Stats: On hit, does 4 seconds of bleed and a base 50 damage. Recharges in 4.5 seconds.

Purpose: Provides ranged utility, provided one can aim a projectile

Melees

Stock Knife

Weapon Equivalent: Stock Bat

Appearance: A straight silver pocket knife.

Stats: Does a base damage of 40. Using alt-fire from behind marks the target for death, but doing so increases that swing from 0.5 to 1.5 seconds.

Purpose: Stock melee

Loup-Garou

Weapon Equivalent: Candy Cane

Appearance: A long silver dagger with a knuckle-guard that loops right around.

Stats: When active, lose the ability to vault, slow to base speed, and lose the ability to heal from dispensers or medics. Successful kills will drop a small health pack, or medium health pack (engineers, pyros). Take 20 damage switching off the weapon after 0-1 kills, 10 for 2, and 0 for 3 or more.

Purpose: Intended as a sustained supportive tool, or for if you die a lot.

Déjà Vu

Weapon Equivalent: Back-Scatter/Fan o War

Appearance: A narrow butterfly knife.

Stats: Crit for 105 damage when attacking from behind. Base damage reduced by 12.5%.

Purpose: Why does this feel familiar

Frenchman's Flail

Weapon Equivalent: Boston Basher/Big Earner

Appearance: A narrow blade on a short chain.

Stats: Upon killing an enemy, gain an absolute 10% speed boost when active, stacking up to 40%. Upon swinging and missing, reset the speed boost and do 5 seconds of bleed self-damage.

Purpose: Giving the spaghetti code a purpose in knife.

Upsetting Loadout

By combining the Dame Liberte, the Dove, and the Frenchman's Flail, you can reach a maximum speed of 26% + 26% + 40% + 107% = 199%. This is, to put it mildly, bad. However it is also very funny, so I refuse to rebalance it.

(Actually, it can get even worse, since Soldier's Demoraliser also adds an absolute 33% buff, leading to a maximum speed of 232%. But that relies on the Soldier actually cooperating, and since when do kids listen to their parents?)