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| “ | Change of plan, I no longer just want her abilities for TAS Corp. I want HER! | „ |
| ~ Derek Lucks demonstrating his obsession over Tari; his most famous quote. |
| “ | Tari, was it? No need to panic. Forgive me for that unpleasantness, understand that it was not my intention. My name is Lucks, and I truly wish to help you figure out more about yourself and your abilities. | „ |
| ~ Lucks meeting Tari. |
| “ | SHUT UP! I gave you both EVERYTHING this world had to offer! I housed you, trained you, made you STARS, and THIS is how you repay me?! | „ |
| ~ Lucks’ villainous breakdown in the Season 2 finale. |
Derek Lucks is the main antagonist of the 2019 Glitch Productions science fiction animated web series Meta Runner.
He was the head of the corrupt Gaming hardware corporation TAS Corp who has delved into criminal activity so as to make TAS Corp the most powerful company in Silica City. He was opposed by the resistance group MD-5 and Tari, a former subject of his. He is the archenemy and former employer of Masa Shimamoto.
He was voiced by David J. G. Doyle, who also voiced James Elliott in Murder Drones.
Personality[]
| “ | You’re really are a special kind of messed up aren’t you Lucks?! You lie so much you’ve even managed to convince yourself you’re not a monster! What happened to Lucinia happened under your watch! You knew what Sheridan was doing was dangerous but you allowed it anyway. Then instead of taking responsibility for what happened you lied, manipulated, and threatened us to cover it up! All you ever do is look out for yourself! Well, where did that get you, Lucks?! Right here! Alone. | „ |
| ~ Belle about Lucks' true nature. |
Lucks has obviously let the power of being the head of TAS Corp corrupt him, being a sadistic, tyrannical, abusive, psychopathic, cruel, and all-around malicious boss. He has no qualms in criminal activity and doesn't care what the consequences of his actions are as long as he succeeds in his plans. His opportunism always gets the better of him often resulting in an obsession with Tari to take advantage with her game-warping powers.
Normally, he is calm and sophisticated, trying not to attract the public's attention to his evil plans and talks in a notably calm voice, even when enacting some criminal actions. However, he is prone to frequent anger if things don't go to plan and MD-5 gets the better of him.
Appearance[]
Lucks has fair skin, blue eyes, blonde hair and brown eyebrows. He wears a dark blue business suit with a white shirt and a black tie.
Biography[]
Background[]
Not much is known about Lucks' past, but what is known is that he would steal the credit for creating the titular Meta Runner arm from Dr. James Sheridan.
He became the insanely popular CEO of the world-renowned gaming tool production company, TAS Corp. He was even associated with authorities and soldiers. However, he was secretly performing illegal acts into becoming rich and powerful.
He had his own team of Meta Runners manufactured by his company, led by Masa Shimamoto, and includes a range of people including Belle Fontiere and Lucinia Porter. He also had scientists working on other products; one of them was Dr. Sheridan, who struggles the most.
Eventually, he discovered that an explosion had taken place in Sheridan's lab, though Lucks believed that the scientist intentionally caused it to cover up his mistakes. On that same day, Lucinia disappeared. When he investigated the site of the accident, he discovered Lucinia's body and discovered that she was still alive, albeit barely. Lucks ordered his scientists to preserve Lucinia in a human pod, which kept her stable. Unbeknownst to Lucks, however, fragments of Lucinia's consciousness was separated from her body and took the form of a trail of glowing purple glitter.
Masa suspected that Lucks was behind her presumed death and hacked into his files. However, Masa was eventually caught and decommissioned from TAS Corp.
For a whole year, Lucks, Belle, and his team have been fighting a rebellion led by Masa, that consists of Lamar Williams and Sofia Porter, two others whose lives were "destroyed" by him.
Season 1[]
One day, he was disappointed at Belle's failure on the speedrun tournament on Ultra Jump Mania. He and Belle later discover Tari's ability to transport her conscience into video games. He orders the TAS Corp. scientists into the room for experimentation. He attaches a controller into the game, and plays as a discolored version of Theo. He tries to make conversation with Tari about her greatness, while having a tracker placed inside her Meta Runner arm. Despite putting her in pain, he chose to keep going forward, saying that pain is an obstacle.
He accidentally causes Tari to break herself out of the game and bring Theo to life. He tries to apologize to Tari, but she refuses and walks away, with Theo calling him a "final boss that would be killed later". A guard attempts to block the path, only for Theo to throw a coconut in his face.
He later tracked Tari and Theo down at the Hive and sent Belle and a few soldiers to capture them. He drives after the transport van that holds Tari and witness Lamar Williams and crashes his car into it. A car chase is initiated as he allows Belle to drive with a Bluetooth controller. At one point, she accidentally crashes the car, much to Lucks' frustration. When the police are about to get them, he contacts the police chief to call off their duty, revealing his connections to other authorities. He witnesses Tari's ability to evade a barrier of TAS Corp. soldiers. That's where he says his famous line "I want HER", vowing to gain Tari's power.
He later instructs Belle to find information about Project Blue at the laboratories, since Tari has a similar logo. Meanwhile, since he can't track Tari down anymore, he uses Theo's cartridge to hack into the latter's eyesight. A traumatized Belle reveals the footage she found to Lucks, showcasing the incident of Dr. Sheridan and Lucinia; this genuinely shocks and horrifies Lucks, realizing that he was wrong about his assumptions of the doctor. Later on, he finds out about the plans of MD-5.
At the big Tempest competition, he had his team of Meta Runners log into the server in order to prevent MD-5 from performing the glitch. While the others have failed, Belle has succeeded in killing most, including Masa. Instead of finishing Tari off like Lucks ordered her to, Belle instead removes her speaker and begins to torture and question Tari about Lucinia. Later, Tari was able to fend her off and execute the glitch.
Lucks turns furious to Belle's missed opportunity, but later chooses a backup plan. He manages to corner the group into a circular room and has his soldiers beat them down. He bargains Masa's life for the sake of Sofia to give in her laptop, even going so far as to shoot off Masa's Meta Runner arm at point-blank range. Sofia tearfully gives in the laptop, and the soldiers delete the hacked information. Belle reveals the "truth" to Sofia about her sister, and Lucks further reveals that he used Theo as a spy. As he and his soldiers were about to have the group imprisoned, Tari offers her membership in return for her friends' freedom. Lucks makes sure of this by crushing Theo's cartridge, holding the artificial boy's consciousness hostage.
It is later revealed that Lucks has been keeping Lucinia's body alive and experimenting on her in a secret lab.
Season 2[]
| “ | Lucks: You always did have big plans, Masa. Just one problem though, Lucinia’s not dead. Sofia: What? Belle: Don’t listen to him Sof. He’s lying to save himself! Like always. We’ve all seen the footage! We’ve seen the lab, we’ve seen the explosion- Lucks: But not the body. The explosion didn’t kill her. She was injured, yes. But not so bad that a TASCorp med team couldn’t save her. Sofia: If she’s alive, then why are you hiding her? Lucks: Because we couldn’t wake her. Oh, physically she was healed but mentally... Well, it was like there was something missing. I had a theory the AI program Sheridan tried to upload into her. The one that surged and caused the explosion. What if it had taken pieces of Lucinia’s consciousness, key pieces she couldn’t wake up without. If we could simply find the AI we could rip the stolen pieces out, give them back to Lucinia and revive her that way. Belle: So why haven't you found this AI yet? Lucks: We did. She's standing right next to you. |
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| ~ Lucks revealing the fate of Lucinia, and Tari was the one who had her mind's fragment. |
6 months after the happenings of Shutdown, Tari works for Lucks and competes in Tournaments with Belle and the new addition Evelyn Claythorne. Lucks also has Theo on the TAS Corp. server and works on a way to get Theo back into his game without glitches.
However, MD-5 has returned to action, with Belle now assisting them due to finding out the truth about Lucinia's disappearance, and the show match is now in chaos due to Sofia's tampering. By taking the role of an announcer, Sofia makes sure that all eyes are on Lucks, with the latter now aware of MD-5's presence.
After Tari wins the Showmatch, Lucks attempts to do a security check around the arena, but is tackled by Masa, who gives him a black eye. Mercenaries find Belle in the lab offscreen, and Lucks brings both Meta Runners into a van.
Lucks is furious that Tari, Lamar, and Sofia got away, and has to hold Masa, Belle and Theo hostage to save his company from public exposure. His first name is revealed to be Derek during a flashback in "Soft Lock".
In "Fatal Error", he threatens MD-5 that he was going to kill Masa. However, before he could do so, he was then exposed in front of the entire people of Silica City as he looked on in distraught by the media which issued an arrest warrant for the Chief of Police. accepting this, he informs the MD-5 that Lucinia still lives, and reveals that her fragments are housed in Tari's advanced A.I which was his motive. He then notices Masa Shimamoto's arm hijacked, quickly acknowledging the true culprit, before being instantly shot in the forehead, collapsing on the spot where MD-5 were forced to retreat, only to be picked up by Sheridan secretly.
Season 3[]
Despite his death, He still had an impact on the story as his former employee Dr James Sheridan seized over his company and renamed it into his own image, where he would continuously spite his former Boss and expose him towards the Public, also making a personal A.I to make it serve as both his assistant and plaything that he abuses. Masa Shimamoto became haunted by Luck's murder which Sheridan uses to physiologically torment him with memories of Lucks while being brainwashed along with Belle. After Sheridan's death, and downfall, Derek Lucks's A.I, (now embodied the original personality of his former and neutral self), appears to Tari as he makes some final adjustments before the server is destroyed, giving her some advise before being deleted. in the end, Masa had been cleared of Charges over both Luck's death and Sheridan's crimes, as well as tarnishing the reputation of TAS Corp for good.
Quotes[]
| “ | I am a man of opportunity. When I see an opportunity, I take it. And this is a huge opportunity for the both of us, Tari. You want answers, and so do I. | „ |
| ~ Lucks attempt to persuade Tari. |
| “ | Lucks (In a van outside the stadium): Belle, would you care to explain why your targets are currently alive and climbing the mountain? Belle: Hey, it’s not my fault. Blame the three anchors you made me carry! Lucks: I asked for explanations, not excuses Belle. Maybe I should send some supervision... up there. Belle: I work better alone Lucks. You know that. If anything it’ll be easier now for me to get my hands on that lucky scrub. Lucks: Focus Belle. Too much is at stake for any distractions. Your priority is elimination! Anything you have to say to Tari can wait until after that. |
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| ~ Lucks to Belle in The Run. |
| “ | So, you are behind this. (chuckles) Well play- | „ |
| ~ Derek Lucks' last words right before getting shot in the forehead by Masa’s hacked Meta Runner Arm. |
Trivia[]
- Lucks was originally named Lux in Meta Runner's reveal trailer.
- Ironically, Lux means "light" in Latin, a virtue that Lucks obviously doesn't side with.
- The final design of Lucks is far more detailed than his reveal design.
- Lucks didn't have any skill in video games despite being the CEO of one of the biggest gaming companies in Silica City.
- Lucks' death is considered by many to be the darkest moment in the series.
- Lucks’ death is pretty ironic, as he was shot by his own gun at the hands of one of his ex-employees’ hacked Meta Runner arm, and to add insult to injury, Sofia at one-point states that TAS Corp employees have been connected to fatal gunshots, meaning he may have died the same way some of his employees did.
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