As a humble scientist, I would like nothing more than to answer your questions.
― Bacchus D-79
Bacchus D-79 (バッカス・Ｄ-７９, Bakkasu D-79?), real name Bacchus Dexley (バッカス・デグスレイ, Bakkasu Degusurei?), is one of the main characters in Star Ocean: The Last Hope. A Morphus scientist hailing from the technologically advanced planet En II, he became a cyborg due to being infected with stone sickness while researching the virus.
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- Dictionary
- The Last Hope: Bacchus D-79, Bacchus D-79 (2)
- Profile
- TBA
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A native of En II and member of the Morphus race, though his cyborg body makes it impossible to guess what he once looked like. While his brain and spinal cord are taken from his original body, the remainder is an artificial structure originally developed for medical purposes, covered by an armored shell made from arcanatite alloy. Bacchus was formerly a medical scientist, but he was infected with a previously unknown strain of stone sickness while conducting research on the virus. As his real body began regenerating, he modified and strengthened the replacement body, turning it into a powerful battle machine equipped with a variety of weapons. Two energy generators in the chest provide power for all of his equipment. As one might expect from his appearance, he is straightlaced, doggedly logical, and generally unsociable, but he hides a warm, passionate side as well.
Bacchus has a wife on En II who he hasn't seen since his cyborg modifications, largely due to being busy on assignment. This occasionally leads to bouts of depression, as Bacchus (who loves his wife dearly) is convinced that she has lost her affection for him.
In Bacchus's ending, he returns to En II to his wife, Freesia. He tells her that, since the Missing Procedure has been vanquished, his duty as a Morphus was fulfilled and that he wishes to devote his life to her. He also talk about the comrades he met on his journey, how they made him feel a "whole new level of warmth". As he tells Freesia about how he met them, Freesia kisses him, and tells him to tell her about all of it later on.
Profile[]
Bacchus willingly converted his real body into a cyborg in order to handle higher thoughts and complex calculations in his work. Due to his mechanized form and a core processor for a brain, he has difficulty expressing his emotions to others, and mostly speaks stoically and in monotone. He also possesses a strong sense of justice.
Gameplay[]
It doesn't matter how powerful ordnance is if it doesn't hit the target.
― Bacchus
In The Last Hope, Bacchus uses arm cannons. With his high defense and powerful Special Arts, he is very effective at both short- and long- range positions. Bacchus is also proficient in the Engineering skill for Item Creation, and is the only party member who has the ability outside of battle to harvest ores from respective mining spots, marked on map by glowing formations of rock.
Bacchus also makes a playable appearance in Star Ocean: Anamnesis as a 5-7☆ character who uses launchers. He was featured in the event Dark Solitude to Morphus Brightness.
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- Bacchus shares both English and Japanese voice actors with the Street Fighter IV version of Guile.
- At over two meter tall, Bacchus is the tallest party member to date.
- Both the names of Bacchus and his daughter come from ancient Roman mythology. In his case, Bacchus was the god of wine, vegetation, pleasure, festivity, madness and wild frenzy.
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