Protogen

Template:Gootraxian Protogens are normally depicted in media as cyborgs, but in TFE and Kaiju Paradise they appear as a Gootraxian.

They are white-furred half-robotic anthropomorphic creatures that wear a black, grey and blue visor on their heads, that of which has the Laminax logo on the sides.

They emit a startup noise upon transformation, Windows error popup noises upon being hit and Windows shutdown noises once killed.

Abilities

If their health is below 50%, they gain a Self Destruct function. Upon activation, they emit a beeping sound until they eventually explode, dealing 60 HP<ref>https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/510886407770734645/992373726366662716/unknown.png Update log of self-destruct's damage buff, July 8 2021.</ref> damage to all survivor players in the near vicinity. If a survivor's HP is low enough, the explosion will turn them into Ghost Fox.

While self destruct is happening, their health will be set to a specific health and gain more resistance to damages. Their walk speed will also be set to the value of 20.<ref>https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/510886407770734645/992373726584770630/unknown.png Update log of Protogens' self-destruct walkspeed buff, September 13 2021.</ref>

Its health will drain if they are in water every 1.5 seconds<ref>https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/510886407770734645/992374166235910205/unknown.png Update log of Protogen water damage cooldown, September 26 2021.</ref> due to electrocution.

Acquirement

Protogens can be obtained by losing all of your health to a Protogen puddle, or being infected by another Protogen.

Bestiary Entry

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Trivia

The Protogen, Dark Protogen and Sprinklekit (and Conekat before it was removed) are the only Gootraxians that can be hurt by water.
Protogens have received a slight redesign since their incarnation in The Underground Facility,<ref>https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/510886407770734645/992373726991626240/unknown.png Protogen Remodel sneak peek, June 29 2021.</ref><ref>https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/510886407770734645/992373727226499092/unknown.png Protogen Remodel delay reasons, July 5 2021.</ref> and they will receive a complete design revamp in a future update.
The startup noise was made by Fishcracks<ref>https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/510886407770734645/992373726790295622/unknown.png Update log of Protogens' new start up sound, July 18 2021.</ref>.
The normal and its counterpart have different startup noises. The former being more lighthearted while the latter is more sinister.
Along with its counterpart, it has a very similar existing hat.

Gallery

Assortment of in-game footage of Protogen.

Bestiary

Protogen's Bestiary icon.
Protogen's Bestiary icon when hovered.

Protogen's Bestiary icon when hovered.
Protogen's old Bestiary icon.

Protogen's old Bestiary icon.
Protogen's old Bestiary icon when hovered.
Protogen's icon when hovered over repeatedly, its face becoming a Windows BSOD screen.