INSTRUMENTALITY TREASURY SATELLITE
CYBORG
INSTRUMENTALITY
TREASURY SATELLITE
CYBORG
Real Name: Unrevealed
Identity/Class: Alternate Reality (Reality-8116) extraterrestrial cyborg
Occupation: Warrior, guard
Group Membership: Instrumentality
Affiliations: Served the Instrumentality
Enemies: Syzygy Darklock, Vanth Dreadstar, Willow (Willow 327);
indirectly Oedi, Rainbow;
perhaps the Instrumentality (see comments)
Known Relatives: None
Aliases: None
Base of Operations: An Instrumentality Treasure Satellite in deep space, Empirical Galaxy
First Appearance: Dreadstar#1 (November, 1982)
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Powers/Abilities:
A human mind (presumably an organic brain) shielded by unspecified
means that blocked both mystic and technological manipulation and
evaluation.
Its presence could be detected by mystic or technological adepts, but its location could not be determined), it was contained within a massive robotic frame.
Its form contained some fluid,
presumably oil or some other sort of fuel, but perhaps blood or
whatever fluid preserved its brain.
It apparently had some sort of automatic ballistic weapon or energy blaster place of its left hand.
It was presumably superhumanly
strong and durable, although its construction was no match for the
power of Dreadstar's Sword of Icy Fire.
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History:
(Dreadstar#1
(fb) - BTS) - Having more money than they knew what to do with, the
Instrumentality had a number (presumably ten) satellites that housed
about 1/10 of the Church's wealth.
The satellites were externally
protected by enough computerized armament to pulverize a planet. The
interior contained sentry robs (robots), and at least one of them
contained a cyborg guard.
(Dreadstar#1
(fb) - BTS) - As the assistant treasurer of the Order of Vieltoor,
Syzygy Darklock was given the entry codes to one of the satellites.
(Dreadstar#1 (fb) - BTS) - In order to finance their revolution to end the war between the Monarchy and Instrumentality, Dreadstar and company resolved to raid one of these satellites.
(Dreadstar#1 - BTS) - As the entry code had not been changed since Syzygy had visited the treasury satellite, he was able to lead his group, traveling in their "Big Bundle" ship to bypass the external defenses and proceed to docking bay 3.
While Oedi
stayed aboard the Big Bundle and kept an eye on the radar screens for
Instrumentality ships (and sent along a mini-scan drone via which he
could both monitor and communicate with them), Syzygy Darklock, Vanth
Dreadstar, Willow and her "seeing eye" companion Rainbow boarded the
satellite.
They were swiftly confronted by a sentry-rob, which Willow
used her cybernetic telepathy to convince that they were supposed to be
there, and it allowed them to pass. As they headed toward the treasury
storage, Syzygy detected and disabled a mystic barrier of forbiddance. 
(Dreadstar#1)
- As they continued along, the treasury's cyborg guardian observed them,
and Syzygy detected that they were not alone on the satellite. Willow
also sensed a human mind, but found it to be somehow shielded from her
powers.
(Dreadstar#1 - BTS) - Oedi subsequently detected that an alarm was being transmitted from the satellite, and his allies increased their pace, appreciating that the place would soon be crawling with priests and soldiers. Willow opened the computerized vault doors, and they entered the vault, encountering enormous quantities of gold, silver, platinum and all of the precious metals, with walls lined with drawers filled the brim with rare gemstones.
(Dreadstar#1)
- Soon
after, however, the cyborg guard dropped from the ceiling, surprising
and knocking out the powerful mystic Darklock.
The others assumed the attacker to be a robot, and Dreadstar instructed
Willow to "zap it" (take it out via her cybernetic telepathy). However,
as she attempted to do so, she instead found that it was not
computerized but rather there was a
shielded human mind inside of its hulking frame.
After the large cyborg fired on Dreadstar, who narrowly dodged the blast, he realized that they would have to do things "the hard way," and he summoned his powerful Sword of Icy Fire and shattered the cyborg with a single blow.
Willow confirmed Syzygy to be alive but unconscious, and Dreadstar assessed that the "robot" was dead..."and probably better off for it." Willow wondered how the Church could have done that to anyone, and Dreadstar told her that that way the game they played and that was why he wanted them out of business.
Comments: Created and owned by Jim Starlin.
Was the brain's owner a religious zealot who
willingly volunteered to become a cyborg guard, or was it someone
victimized by the Instrumentality, either a captured enemy or rebel, or
perhaps a punished agent?
Maybe some future Dreadstar could feature the child
of the man who became this cyborg and who sought vengeance against the
Lord High Papal for what the Instrumentality did to his father...
Dreadstar / Reality-8116 primer
Profile by Snood.
CLARIFICATIONS:
The Instrumentality Treasury Satellite cyborg should be distinguished from:
First posted: 06/20/2025
Last updated: 06/20/2025
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