Changes: Alexander "Caustic" Nox

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Alexander Nox also referred to by his alias Caustic, is a playable Legend in Apex Legends. As a murderous scientist and competitor in the Apex Games, his moniker is "Toxic Trapper".

Background

Before there was Caustic, a scientist named Alexander Nox worked at Humbert Labs, the Frontier’s leading manufacturer of pesticide gases. With a glut of pesticides needed to protect the growing Frontier colonies’ crops, Humbert Labs was constantly on the hunt for better and stronger formulas. Nox was one of their brightest scientists and worked day and night developing new gases. But to make sure they worked, he needed to test them on more than just inert tissue: he needed something living.

As he toiled in secret, Nox began to see the beauty in his creations and their ability to destroy anything they touched. But the head of Humbert Labs soon discovered his gruesome experiments, and their confrontation ended with the lab in flames and its chief dead. Today, Nox is missing and presumed deceased. Caustic, meanwhile, now finds new test subjects in the Apex Games, where he puts his gaseous creations to work and observes their effects with great interest.

Trivia

According to developer interviews:
- Caustic was originally written to be a good guy. After realizing that didn't make sense with his kit, he was rewritten to be a pragmatic sociopath who places science above human life, inspired by the individual who invented weaponized mustard gas in World War I. He's one of the reasons why player characters are explicitly referred to as "Legends" and not "heroes."
- His original mechanical fantasy is "the monster in the fog." Hearing his ventilator through the gas was similar to a hatchet dragging on the ground in a horror movie.
- One of the most difficult parts of putting together his visual design was his head. At one point, he wore a gasmask similar to the Pyro from Team Fortress 2. At another point, he wore what was referred to as the "bee man" outfit, since he looked like a beekeeper; the design was scrapped because there was no visible head articulation under the mask, so one wouldn't be able to tell if he was looking at them.
- One of the biggest internal debates was how his gas would affect teammates. The design choice was made that all Caustics would be immune to all Caustic gas, and everyone else would be affected, even though friendly gas wouldn't damage teammates. The developers don't like the idea of "secret knowledge," and it was a choice towards simplicity in a game where not all abilities are team-color-coded.

Gallery

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+{{Infobox_Character|name = Alexander Nox|realname = Alexander Nox|alias = Caustic|age = 48|occupation = *Scientist
-Before there was Caustic the Homosexual, a scientist named Alexander Nox worked at Humbert Labs, the Frontier's leading manufacturer of pesticide gases. With a glut of pesticides needed to protect the growing Frontier colonies’ crops, Humbert Labs was constantly on the hunt for better and stronger formulas. Nox was one of their brightest scientists and worked day and night developing new gases. But to make sure they worked, he needed to test them on more than just inert tissue: he needed something living. He particularly liked being a pedophile. He had great interest in touching sensually the player knows as  (add him on xbox for bum sex)
+*[[Legend]]|image = AL Caustic.png|affiliation = Independent
+[[Humbert Labs]] (formerly)|appears = ''[[Apex Legends]]''}}'''Alexander Nox''' also referred to by his alias '''Caustic''', is a playable [[Legend]] in ''[[Apex Legends]]''. As a murderous scientist and competitor in the [[Apex Games]], his moniker is "Toxic Trapper".
-As he toileted in secret, Nox began to see the beauty in his creations and their ability to destroy anything they touched. But the head of Humbert Labs soon discovered his gruesome experiments, and their confrontation ended with the lab in flames and its chief dead. Today, Nox is missing and presumed deceased. Caustic, meanwhile, now finds new test subjects in the Apex Games, where he puts his gaseous creations to work and observes their effects with great interest.[[de:Caustic]]
+== Background ==
+Before there was Caustic, a scientist named Alexander Nox worked at [[Humbert Labs]], the [[The Frontier|Frontier]]’s leading manufacturer of pesticide gases. With a glut of pesticides needed to protect the growing Frontier colonies’ crops, Humbert Labs was constantly on the hunt for better and stronger formulas. Nox was one of their brightest scientists and worked day and night developing new gases. But to make sure they worked, he needed to test them on more than just inert tissue: he needed something living.
+As he toiled in secret, Nox began to see the beauty in his creations and their ability to destroy anything they touched. But the head of Humbert Labs soon discovered his gruesome experiments, and their confrontation ended with the lab in flames and its chief dead. Today, Nox is missing and presumed deceased. Caustic, meanwhile, now finds new test subjects in the Apex Games, where he puts his gaseous creations to work and observes their effects with great interest.
+== Trivia ==
+* According to [https://youtu.be/MHncMPXVmwE developer interviews]:
+** Caustic was originally written to be a good guy. After realizing that didn't make sense with his kit, he was rewritten to be a pragmatic sociopath who places science above human life, inspired by the individual who invented weaponized mustard gas in World War I. He's one of the reasons why player characters are explicitly referred to as "Legends" and not "heroes."
+** His original mechanical fantasy is "the monster in the fog." Hearing his ventilator through the gas was similar to a hatchet dragging on the ground in a horror movie.
+** One of the most difficult parts of putting together his visual design was his head. At one point, he wore a gasmask similar to the [https://wiki.teamfortress.com/wiki/Pyro Pyro] from Team Fortress 2. At another point, he wore what was referred to as the "bee man" outfit, since he looked like a beekeeper; the design was scrapped because there was no visible head articulation under the mask, so one wouldn't be able to tell if he was looking at them.
+** One of the biggest internal debates was how his gas would affect teammates. The design choice was made that all Caustics would be immune to all Caustic gas, and everyone else would be affected, even though friendly gas wouldn't damage teammates. The developers don't like the idea of "secret knowledge," and it was a choice towards simplicity in a game where not all abilities are team-color-coded.
+== Gallery ==
+<gallery>
+File:AL_Caustic_Concept.png|''Apex Legends'' concept art of Caustic.
+</gallery>
+{{Legends}}
+[[de:Caustic]]
 [[Category:Legends]]