Insecticide Character Profiles
Crackpot Entertainment introduces us to the key players in its upcoming murder investigation.
Revealed! Why this guy and a couple of his friends like Insecticide.
Currently scheduled for release in February, Insecticide is an action adventure game where you'll assume the role of a detective at a time when anthropomorphic (and very large) insects have claimed Earth for themselves. The game incorporates both fast-paced action sequences and puzzle-oriented investigative challenges. As you play through them and explore the city of Troi, you'll encounter a number of unusual characters who can help or hinder your murder investigation. The following, courtesy of the development team at Crackpot Entertainment, is a rundown of said characters:
Detective Chrys Liszt
Height: 5 feet 4 inchesWeight: 114 pounds
Species: Unknown
Weapon of choice: Pollinator
Affiliations: Roachy Caruthers' partner
Notes: She is tuned into the vibe of the streets of Troi but is a bit of an enigma--even to herself. Her memory of her past is murky--quite possibly because of an accident that she suspects has left her on her own. And, just to twist the knife in this cliché of a past, she has disturbing flashbacks that haunt her dreams as well. But she has yet to make any sense of them. It's this search for answers that led her to cross paths with Roachy and eventually sign on to the Troi City P.D.
Now partnered with Roachy, she is a rookie detective in Precinct Number 47's Insecticide Division, tasked with solving the countless murders and violent squashings in the seedy city. She can stick to walls for brief periods and run along them. She is also unfazed by a shot of bug spray that would take down an insect twice her size and, oddly, seems to be one of the rare few not totally obsessed with the addictive flavor of Troi's ridiculously popular soft drink (or "carbonated lifestyle enhancer"), Nectarola.
Detective Roachy Caruthers
Nicknames: Big Bullseye, The DonutatorHeight: 5 feet 1 inch
Weight: 155 pounds
Species: Cockroach
Weapon of choice: Amber
Affiliations: Chrys Liszt's partner
Notes: A cop for 30-some years, Roachy is one of the longest serving veterans on the Troi P.D. Not that that buys him respect or credibility with the big bugs downtown--Roachy has always been a "street roach." He's approaching retirement age, but Chief Chigger made it clear that the precinct would close up and cut pensions if they couldn't find some bodies to fill the desks to solve a few cases on the board. This led to one of Roachy's better ideas: recruiting Chrys to the Academy. He's been shot 47 times in the line of duty, but it hasn't slowed him down much. Even though cockroaches didn't quite become the dominant species on the planet as most humans predicted, they are nevertheless extremely durable.
Chief Chigger
Nickname: The ChiefHeight: 5 feet 2 inches
Weight: 189 pounds
Species: Chigger
Weapon of choice: Condescension
Affiliations: Chief of Precinct 47, Insecticide Division
Notes: Chief Chigger is the typical screaming, over-the-top police captain (it must be one of the job requirements). Only, he's got a few more limbs to frantically wave around when he's angry. He's been on the force as long as anyone can remember. Some say he may have even come with the building. He screams about everything, but deep down in his black heart, he trusts Roachy's instincts on how to turn things around. Unfortunately, the big bugs downtown are watching, so all the rope he gives the veteran and his new recruits may end up forming an unlikely noose in the end.
Detective Eugene Grubbowski
Nickname: GrubbsHeight: 6 feet 2 inches
Weight: 310 pounds
Species: Rhino Beetle
Weapon of choice: Beetle Buster
Affiliations: Hex Bloombug's partner
Notes: Due to his large size, Grubbs is often stereotyped as a brute, but he's really just a sensitive guy. His main outlet is poetry, and the more violent his work gets, the more he is driven to write. In fact, after a recent triple-insecticide investigation, Grubbs' reports were written in iambic pentameter for at least a month. When the muse calls, he tells Chigger, he must answer. Sometimes when he's drawing chalk outlines around bodies, Grubbs can be heard asking questions like, "Does 'romantically swooned' rhyme with 'knife wound'?"
Detective Hexelrod Bloombug
Nickname: HexHeight: 6 feet 4 inches
Weight: 153 pounds
Species: Wasp
Weapon of choice: Nectar Cannon
Affiliations: Eugene Grubbowski's partner
Notes: Roachy spots Hex as a real standout candidate for his new squad--he graduated top of his class at the Academy (…OK, out of three)--and recruits him to the precinct. A total gadget freak, Hex uses what's left of his trust fund to make better, bigger, and louder weapons. They look great but are not always practical in the swarm of battle. He sometimes grates on his partners' exoskeletons, especially when he is so busy with his gadgets or spouts police factoids that interfere with the case at hand. Hex is all about doing things "by the book"…so much that he has even been known to stop and refer to the actual book during the heat of battle.
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