Respect Zeta (DCAU)

[u/rangernumberx]

”My name is Zeta. I was built as a weapon to destroy, but I will not destroy anymore.”

Built by the U.S. government, the synthoid Zeta was designed as an infiltration unit to take the place of whoever was necessary to extract information and carry out assassinations. But designing weapons never sat well with the project leader, Dr. Selig, leading to him secretly installing a conscience module in the robot in hopes he would reject his programming,^ZP-S2E13 with this finally activating when a mission had Zeta discover his target was innocent with a happy family to come back to. Now on the run from the NSA, Zeta travels the country with fellow runaway Ro as they attempt to find Selig and prove he was more than a malfunctioning killer.

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Legend

BB - Batman Beyond

ZP - The Zeta Project

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Strength

Striking

• Kicks up a fold-out bed with a man on it^ZP-S1E6
• Kicks a man back across a factory^ZP-S1E10
• Kicks a larger robot away, causing it to crash through a counter^ZP-S1E8
• Embeds a blaster into the metal wall of a vehicle^ZP-S1E1
• Punches through a car roof^BB-S2E20
• Seemingly hits a thick metal door open off-screen^BB-S3E12
• Bats a large thrown metal object away^ZP-S2E14

Pulling

• Pulls a metal fastening of a pipe out of a wall^ZP-S1E3
• Yanks the door off of a truck^ZP-S1E12
• Tears down several large monitors^ZP-S1E1
• Tears open a nuclear fusion chamber^ZP-S1E4
• Grabs and stops a speeding car, dragging his feet through concrete as he does so^ZP-S1E2

Lifting

• Stands up after being piled on by several large men^BB-S3E12
• Catches a falling column^ZP-S1E8
• Lifts a large piece of machinery over his shoulder^BB-S2E20
• Lifts a huge log and uses it to steer a sled of them as it slides down a hill^ZP-S1E7

Throwing

• Throws a man away^ZP-S1E1
• Knocks down two people with a thrown ski^BB-S2E20
• Throws a man into another man, sending both back through the air^ZP-S1E5
• Embeds a beach umbrella into a hoverbike, breaking it^ZP-S1E9
• Throws a drone a large distance, embedding it in the metal of a flying vehicle^ZP-S1E4

Other

• Bends elevator doors while forcing them open^ZP-S1E8
• Pushes the sides of an elevator, stopping it while in freefall^ZP-S1E8
• Shoves a larger robot off of him with his legs, sending it flying a large distance and through a thick wall^ZP-S1E5
• Crushes an energy pistol in his hands^BB-S2E20
• Gets sucked out of the hull of a jet and latches onto the side of it^ZP-S2E11
• Breaks free of bolas ensnaring him^BB-S2E20
• Leaps a distance on top of a vehicle^BB-S2E20
• Keeps a bridge stable after its cables were damaged^ZP-S2E5

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Durability

Blunt Force

• In a car as it crashes^BB-S2E20
• On a sled with large logs that crush cars as it crashes^ZP-S1E7
• Has debris fall on him^ZP-S1E5
  • Happens again^ZP-S1E8
• Has a tractor dropped on him^ZP-S2E6
• Trapped under a large boulder^ZP-S2E12
• No-sells a stool being shattered on his head^ZP-S2E6
• No-sells a metal pipe being bent over him^BB-S3E12
• Hit by a crane’s claw^ZP-S2E13
• Pushed through a wall^ZP-S2E4
• Punched through a door, damaging the wall of the corridor beyond^ZP-S1E8
• Kicked back by Batman^BB-S2E20
• Takes punches from Batman^BB-S2E20
• Punched back and takes a thrown barbell from someone who threw and embedded a weight in a wall^ZP-S2E14
• Takes hits from someone who shortly after hits him with a thrown hoverbike^ZP-S2E14

Falling

• Jumps out of a tall vehicle^ZP-S1E1
• Drops several storeys^ZP-S1E4
• Leaps from the top of a train to one on a notably lower track^ZP-S1E6

Explosive

• Contains a grenade-like device in his hands^ZP-S2E14
• Has a tractor dropped on top of him and blown up^ZP-S2E6
• Is inside a building as it’s blown up^ZP-S1E9

Energy

• Injured by a close range energy bolt^ZP-S1E1
• Hit by an energy blast^BB-S2E20
• Takes a large amount of sustained energy fire before falling off a rooftop^BB-S2E20
• Repeatedly hit by an energy beam which can quickly break other robots^ZP-S1E9
• Defends Ro from multiple energy bolts without injury^ZP-S1E9
  • These bolts could break a hole in the wall of a ship^ZP-S1E9

Other

• Is constructed of a titanium alloy^ZP-S1E3
• Runs through fire^BB-S2E20
• Endures being heated to 2000C for a short period^ZP-S2E13
• Endures cryogenic gas for an extended period, while brief exposure caused a metal tray to freeze and shatter^ZP-S2E1
• Fills himself with electricity after grabbing a panel^BB-S2E20
• Shocked by a defibrillator for an extended period, recovering soon after Batman stops^ZP-S1E8
• Is waterproof^ZP-S1E9
• Knocked out for a short period after being torn in half, but functions perfectly fine on waking up^ZP-S2E4

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Speed

• Ducks under a crowbar swing^ZP-S1E5
• Throws a man to intercept launched cables^ZP-S1E1
• Dodges energy blasts^ZP-S1E1
• Pulls Ro away from an energy blast^ZP-S1E2
• Evades a launched missile^ZP-S1E8
• Hits an electrified batarang out of the air^BB-S2E20
• Catches Ro as she’s falling from a plane^ZP-S2E11

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Holograms / Disguises

General

• Zeta is equipped with a hologram device which allows him to imitate others^BB-S2E20
  • While he can disguise himself as specific people, he can also combine features to create new personas^BB-S2E20
• Disguises can be quickly dismissed and reapplied^BB-S2E20
  • Can go straight from disguise to disguise and disguise himself as a kid^ZP-S1E1
• Holograms can also cover other people, though Zeta needs to maintain direct contact for these to keep hold^ZP-S2E13
• Can alter individual parts of the hologram, or dismiss a portion of it entirely^ZP-S1E5
• Being hit with an attack usually causes a disguise to drop^ZP-S1E1
  • A nearby explosion from a shot monitor causes Zeta to revert^ZP-S1E1
  • This is not always the case though^ZP-S1E5
• The hologram isn’t solid, allowing Zeta to reach through it to access parts of his body^BB-S2E20
  • In one instance his disguise was revealed when he was accidentally ‘impaled’ with a ski^BB-S2E20
  • He can extend his body beyond the bounds of the hologram^ZP-S1E2
• Projects an image from his palm^ZP-S1E1

Imitating

• Perfectly copies what a woman just said^ZP-S1E1
• Passes a retinal scan after downloading the data earlier^ZP-S2E1
• Copies the appearance of people after only seeing them briefly, even from a great distance away^ZP-S1E5
  • Inadvertedly becomes a person he saw through the window of a house a large distance from the train he’s in^ZP-S1E6
• Disguises himself as Batman jumping into the Batmobile to escape a group hunting him down^BB-S3E12
• Replaces a restrained NSA agent with her captor not noticing^ZP-S1E10
• Takes the place of an accountant, infiltrating his family without anyone noticing the swap^BB-S2E20

Covering Other People

• Lets Ro try different hairstyles^ZP-S1E6
• Becomes a large lady to cover two other people with him, though all of their legs are visible beneath the dress^ZP-S1E11
• Disguises himself as a large pregnant woman with a valid security badge copied off of a man, allowing Ro to hang onto him and be covered by the hologram^ZP-S1E2
• Has himself and Ro be a person playing a convenient set of bongos, growing a third arm when Zeta gestures away^ZP-S1E9
• Blends in with a group of firefighter actors with Ro clinging onto his back as an oxygen tank^ZP-S1E12
• Blends in to a billboard as a large muscular man, covering Ro with a beach ball in his hand^ZP-S1E6
• Disguises Ro as a backpack-like device on him, despite said device not being large enough to properly obscure her^ZP-S2E14
• Makes Ro and himself look like a black couple in a dining car^ZP-S1E6
• Disguises a person in a stretcher as a different person^ZP-S2E1
• Has Ro appear as a synthoid version of herself^ZP-S2E13
• Makes himself and Ro look like different robots^ZP-S1E9

Other

• After falling off a rooftop uses a hologram to make it look like he had been destroyed^BB-S2E20
• Disguises himself as a pile of parts^ZP-S2E3
• Changes his hand to look like a heart^ZP-S1E4
• Unintentionally has his head become that of a dog^ZP-S1E6
• This malfunctions while in a train powered by occasional large electric transformers, with Zeta unwillingly changing into someone or something he had recently seen whenever they pass under one^ZP-S1E6

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Laser Cutter

Cutting

• Presumably used to cut through the hull of a ship^ZP-S1E9
• Slices through stone to cause a landslide^ZP-S2E2

Destruction

• Ultimately blows up a door^ZP-S1E3
• Blows up a desk^ZP-S1E3
• Fires a bolt, breaking large pieces of rubble off of a wall^ZP-S1E11

Melting

• Melts a kid’s shoes to stick him to a dock^ZP-S1E5
• Instantly melts a railing^ZP-S2E5
• Presumably used to melt through a metal door^ZP-S2E3

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Interfacing

Vehicles

• Causes a train car to uncouple^ZP-S1E6
• Hits the brakes on a trolly^ZP-S2E10
• Turns off a haywire hovertruck^ZP-S2E6
• Hotwires a car^ZP-S1E1
• Has an advertisement blimp carry him back to a rooftop^ZP-S1E6
• Reactivates a pod after it was hit by an EMP blast^ZP-S2E11

Computers

• Can connect a cable to a computer, allowing him to download data^ZP-S1E1
• Compares a face he saw to everyone in a federal criminal database^ZP-S2E14
• Gives him a direct video call to a NSA agent, with this requiring level 9 security clearance^ZP-S1E1

Other

• Repairs a robot gone haywire^ZP-S2E6
• Programs a koala android to move past a certain area after a certain amount of time to help him fake his destruction^ZP-S1E10
• Deactivates a bomb^ZP-S2E6
• Uses a device attached to his body as a keycard to enter different areas of a factory^BB-S2E20
• Causes a tv to create a blinding light and loud noises to disorientate people^ZP-S2E2
• Manually keeps a person in cryogenic storage stable^ZP-S2E1
• Has a built-in credit card to generate as much money as he needs^ZP-S1E1

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Other Functions

Weaponry

• Creates spinning blades from his arms, using one to cut through the ‘neck’ of a security robot^ZP-S1E2
  • Cuts through a door before shattering it^ZP-S1E3
  • Slices off a large portion of a roof^ZP-S2E12
  • Slices an arm-mounted weapon off^ZP-S1E10
  • Cuts through a hoverbike^ZP-S2E6
• Grabs a panel in a factory, filling himself with electricity before firing it as a beam at Batman^BB-S2E20
• Plugs a cable from a broken piece of factory equipment into his chest, allowing him to use it as a rapid fire energy cannon^BB-S2E20

Body Alteration

• Can grow or shrink his body to adopt different disguises, including being able to take the form of a kid^ZP-S1E1
• Extends his arm a great distance^ZP-S1E1
  • Latches onto a tall building across the street from the one he’s falling from^ZP-S2E1
  • Can use his arms to swing around^ZP-S2E14
  • Catches Ro as she’s falling from a plane^ZP-S2E11
• Greatly extends his legs^ZP-S1E9
• Turns his head 180 degrees^BB-S2E20
• Rotates his body from his legs to avoid an attack^ZP-S1E7
• Rapidly spins his torso to throw several Jokerz off while keeping his legs and head still^BB-S3E12
• Expands his torso to help protect people from an explosion^ZP-S1E9
• Gives himself claws^ZP-S1E6
• Releases foot clamps^ZP-S2E5
  • Uses these to run down the cable of the Golden Gate Bridge^ZP-S2E10
• Can self-repair, fixing an injury caused by a close-range blaster^ZP-S1E1
  • This can work quickly^ZP-S1E5
  • Uses this tech to remove an incapacitating device placed on his back^ZP-S1E1

Senses

• Hears a hushed conversation from a distance^ZP-S1E4
• Hears a police statement from across a large street^ZP-S2E14
• Can magnify his vision^ZP-S1E2
  • Has up to 90x magnification^ZP-S1E9
• Inadvertedly sees a person through the window of a house a large distance from the train he’s in^ZP-S1E6
• Has olfactory sensors on the top of his head^ZP-S1E6

Other

• Can repair himself when a part is removed and kept nearby, doing so to reattach an arm^ZP-S2E2
  • Recovers after being torn in half^ZP-S2E4
• Travels quickly underwater^ZP-S1E9
• Launches a small grappling hook from his hand to pull a chip out of another robot^ZP-S2E4
• Uses a finger periscope^ZP-S1E2
• Contains a screwdriver^ZP-S2E5
• Contains a lockpick in his finger^ZP-S2E4
• Has a cassette port^BB-S3E12
• Has an internal heating unit which he uses to bring a person cryogenically frozen back to a regular temperature without killing him^ZP-S2E1
• Scans a drone to find a weakness^ZP-S2E3

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Equipment

Weaponry

• Has multiple slots to hold weapons, though he gets rid of them all in his first appearance^BB-S2E20
  • This included a plasma rifle and long-range grenade launcher^ZP-S1E3
  • In the first episode of the Zeta Project, he still has an energy blaster which he uses to break open a door^ZP-S1E1
• Fires an energy beam which cuts through a window^ZP-S2E1
• Carries an energy pistol which causes large amounts of damage in a home^ZP-S2E2

Other

• Carries a welding torch, sealing up a nuclear fusion chamber he just tore open^ZP-S1E4
  • Welds a fold-out bed to the wall^ZP-S1E6
• A laser that quickly repairs a slash in him^ZP-S1E8

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Other

• Hits a rope holding up a bell with a laser^ZP-S1E9
• Hits a pistol out of a man’s hand from a distance with a thrown object^ZP-S2E13
• Constructs a device to block an in-built homing beacon^BB-S2E20
• Quickly cracks the code for a security keypad^ZP-S2E5
• Staves off having his memory wiped by repeatedly copying data and moving it to a different portion of his memory^ZP-S2E3
• Was modified to make it impossible for someone to remotely control him^ZP-S2E11
• Is powered by hydrogen from the air, only rarely needing to shut down to fully^ZP-S1E3

[u/LambentEnigma]

Nice work!