The Analog Prophet

Ford Gibson

Delayed mines explode behind you.

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Ford Gibson

Starter ratings at rank 8

Attack style Route-placed delayed mines

Crowd clearingABoss damageCDefenseCMobilityBCrowd controlB
How to read starter ratings

Compare strengths, not an overall tier. Do not add or average the grades. These are design judgments, not measured win rates.

Rank 8 at eight minutes. Character and starting weapon only. Signature off. No supporting gear or weapons. Damage ratings include how the attack reaches its target.

S
Exceptional
A
Strong
B
Solid
C
Limited / conditional
D
Very limited
F
Absent

Crowd clearing: damage across groups. Boss damage: damage against one moving boss. Defense: protection and recovery. Mobility: freedom to move while attacking. Crowd control: stop, slow or move ordinary enemies.

Starting stats Full health · standing still · run start

Health
95 HP
Armor
0
Move speed
100% base
Regeneration
0.2 HP/s

Starting weapon

Trail Mines

Drops mines behind you that explode after a delay.

Rank 1Trail Mines
Rank 1

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Max Rank (8)Trail Mines
Max Rank (8)

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Staged practice targets, chosen health and timed arrivals. Real attacks and defeats. Character passives apply; boosts, gear and signatures are excluded.

Keep moving forward; let the crowd follow into planted mines.

Evolves into

Trail Minefield

Drops rows of mines behind you. They explode after a delay.

Reach weapon rank 8, own Area Amplifier, then open a supply chest. Area widens each charge blast before and after the salvo.

Build the fantasy

Three boosts worth choosing

Luck Charm

Luck strengthens mine blasts.

Damage Amp

Damage adds extra mine damage.

Area Amplifier

Wider mine blasts catch more pursuers.

One possible build

Starting stats → Example Level 20 Build

Levels award choices. They do not raise base stats automatically. This example spends 19 choices.

StatStartExample level 20
Health9595
Armor00
Damage multiplier100%160%
Regeneration0.2 HP/s0.2 HP/s
Move speed150 px/s150 px/s
Starter base hit35.279.2
Attack speed multiplier100%100%
  • Trail Mines · Rank 87 choices
  • Hard-00N · Rank 33 choices
  • Luck Charm · Rank 33 choices
  • Damage Amp · Rank 33 choices
  • Area Amplifier · Rank 33 choices

The starter’s first rank is free. Both columns use full-health, stationary, run-start conditions. No gear, permanent upgrades, protocols, shrines or signature bonuses. Base hits exclude critical hits, target effects and the damage multiplier shown above. Burst and combo sequences can vary per hit.

See the 19 choices in order
  1. Trail Mines · Rank 2
  2. Trail Mines · Rank 3
  3. Trail Mines · Rank 4
  4. Trail Mines · Rank 5
  5. Trail Mines · Rank 6
  6. Trail Mines · Rank 7
  7. Trail Mines · Rank 8
  8. Luck Charm · Rank 1
  9. Luck Charm · Rank 2
  10. Luck Charm · Rank 3
  11. Damage Amp · Rank 1
  12. Damage Amp · Rank 2
  13. Damage Amp · Rank 3
  14. Area Amplifier · Rank 1
  15. Area Amplifier · Rank 2
  16. Area Amplifier · Rank 3
  17. Hard-00N · Rank 1
  18. Hard-00N · Rank 2
  19. Hard-00N · Rank 3

Passive ability

Recurring Motifs

Trap explosions repeat after 1 second at 30% damage. Includes mines, Siren Trap and Quake Turrets. Repeats keep the blast location and radius without repeating control or hit effects.

Signature ability

Minefield

Trail mines: +10% blast radius.

Earn 10 full mission wins with Ford Gibson. The signature activates 6 minutes into a mission.

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CyberSprawl universe

Beyond the battlefield

Ford GibsonPrior Art

A novelist who has never touched a computer, whose books keep arriving before the things they describe.

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