User blog:Cfp3157/Frank West vs. Nathan Drake

Life is mysterious, filled with as much intrigue and wonder as it is with danger and peril. But it is that offer of adventure that spurs men to become great, and transform into something bigger than themselves. Few know this better than Frank West, the once arrogant reporter who's misadventures during the Willamette Outbreak changed him to seek the truth, and Nathan Drake, claimed descendant of Sir Francis Drake that has discovered history's greatest lost treasures. Armed with various skills and quick wits, it's an engaging thrill ride to discover who is...THE DEADLIEST WARRIOR!

Frank West


Frank West is a famed freelance photographer and journalist that has covered an extensive list of world events, wars, and other large stories. As his career fizzled out, however, West stumbled upon his next big scoop during a trip to the Willamette Shopping Mall. Locked inside during a zombie outbreak, Frank became the sole hero, rescuing trapped civilians from the various psychopaths and zombies throughout. While there, he also became a key player in stopping the plot of Carlito Keyes, the terrorist responsible for the Willamette outbreak. Although unable to save Keyes, Frank and Keyes' sister Isabella are able to rescue all the other survivors before the military can cleanse the area. Frank nearly escapes, but his helicopter crash lands into the mall and he is barely saved. Isabella manages to create a cure for the now infected Frank, and the pair escape Willamette and reveal the government's participation in previous zombie-related incidents.

Some years later, Frank is present at the Fortune City outbreak. Frank rescues Chuck Greene, a motor cross contestant and the one blamed for the outbreak, from a horde of zombies. Although initially untrustworthy, Frank allows Chuck to help him prove the guilt of the Phenotrans, a pharmaceutical company that seeks to raise a profit via a temporary cure for infection. The two manage to infiltrate a Phenotran facility and free a captured Isabella Keyes and clear Chuck's name, although they are unable to find evidence linking the Phenotrans to the outbreaks or obtain the permanent cure they'd developed.

Weapons:
 * Melee- Whatever he can get his hands on: Frank, aside from being a skilled hand-to-hand combatant as well, often utilizes whatever he can to use as a weapon. From common kitchen knives to MMA fighting gloves to sickles, Frank's ability to improvise a weapon is dangerous. For the sake of this match, he'll start off with his iconic Louisville Slugger baseball bat, but he can easily find better weapons should he need to.
 * Handgun- Colt M1911: A seven-round semi-automatic .45 ACP handgun, with four spare magazines.
 * Mid Range- Lightning Gun: A three-round blaster that shoots a bolt of lightning, with ten spare "magazines".
 * Long Range- Real Mega Buster: A 300-round arm cannon, that shoots balls of pure concussive energy at the target.
 * Explosive- Molotov Cocktail: A glass of whiskey, wrapped in newspaper that will explode in a ball of fire on impact when thrown.
 * Special- Boomstick: A 12 gauge shotgun with a pitchfork taped over the top of it. Holding three magazines of an 8-shell tube, Frank's Boomstick allows him to utilize the shotgun as a Melee weapon at the cost of losing the ability to aim it.

Nathan Drake


Claiming to be a descendant of Sir Francis Drake, the adventurer known as Nathan Drake follows in the footsteps of his supposed ancestor in his search for treasure and fortunes. He sets out on the road to find El Dorado, the legendary city of gold, with his best friend/father-figure Victor "Goddamn" Sullivan, better known as Sully. Recruiting the aid of television host, Elena Fisher, to find the empty coffin of his ancestor to recover his journals, Drake is lead on a travel to a mysterious island. The island is swarming with the mercenary forces of Gabriel Roman and his second-in-command, Atoq Navarro, who are seeking El Dorado to even Sully's debt to them, and are allied with the pirates of Eddy Raja, an old enemy of Drake's. As they uncovered the mystery, the learned that El Dorado was actually a single statue, and that the island contained a race of monstrous zombies known as the Descendants. Drake realizes that El Dorado's curse transformed the Spaniards in Francis' expedition, but is unable to stop Roman and Navarro from recovering the artifact. Navarro kills Roman, and steals El Dorado in a helicopter, but Drake is able to bring the chopper down and defeats the mercenary, sending them both plummeting to the depths of the ocean, before setting off in a pirate ship filled with gold alongside Elena and Sully.

Drake was willing to risk his life once again to stop the mad plans of Zoran Lazarvich, who was seeking the Chintimani Stone in Shambala, which he believed empowered "great men" like Pol Pot, Hitler and Genghis Khan. Despite numerous wounds and injuries, Drake was able to chase Lazarvich across the globe, and finally defeat him, leaving him to the mercy of the enraged guardians of the mythical city as he escaped it's crumbling ruins. He would also dive into an adventure from the notes of Sir Francis Drake and Lawrence of Arabia, to find the "Atlantis of the Sands", Ubar- along the way, foiling the schemes of the enigmatic evil society of Katherine Marlowe- an old lover of Sully's who knows that Nathan Drake is living a lie about his heritage and is a master of manipulation.

Weapons:
 * Melee- Expert Hand-to-Hand Combatant: Nathan Drake is an incredibly skilled hand-to-hand fighter. Though he has no distinct style, Drake's fighting skills seem to encompass basic street fighting skills mixed with professional boxers and MMA fighters.
 * Handgun- 92FS-9mm: A fifteen-round 9mm semi-automatic handgun, with four spare magazines.
 * Mid Range- SAS-12: An eight-round 12 gauge pump action shotgun, with one spare magazine.
 * Long Range- AK-47: A 30-round 7.62 automatic assault rifle, with four spare magazines.
 * Explosive- MK-NDI grenade: A generic throwable explosive, with a decent sized blast radius. Drake can carry four grenades on him.
 * Special- WES-44 Revolver: A six-round .44 magnum revolver, with one spare magazine.

X-Factors
X-Factor- Frank West / Nathan Drake

Physicality- 75 / 85

Although Frank is exceptionally strong, capable of lifting metal barricades or benches with ease, he lacks any other distinctive physical feats. He's also much older than his opponent, making his stamina a possible problem. Drake is not only strong like West, he is also agile as well. His regular feats of climbing seemingly impossible surfaces, as well as numerous feats of natural durability and fortitude, prove Drake's physical prowess.

Intelligence- 70 / 90

Once again, it is primarily Frank's lack of feats that hurt him here. Although an efficient and intelligent investigator, as well as his various world travels covering wars and such, Frank is simply not the brainiac of the fight. Not only is Drake much more educated, he actively seeks to gain new knowledge, and has learned countless customs, languages, and facts to better understand the places he travels to.

Creativity- 95 / 85

Frank's mind is deceptively creative. He can easily utilize anything as a lethal and practical weapon, ranging from typical improvised weapons like fire axes to the Moreno absurd like boxing gloves or cash registers. He can also combine weapon skills to form ridiculous but very effective tools for combat. Nate's no slouch when it comes to thinking, always figuring out puzzles or developing new strategies mid-combat; but he's ultimately not as versatile as Frank.

Brutality- 80 / 75

Both men are more than willing to kill in self-defense, but Frank takes the slightest of edges. Nate prefers to shoot his foes, taking them out at a range quickly, or silently in hand-to-hand. Frank has no such quarrels- he can and will use whatever methods necessary if he believes he has to.

Experience- 80 / 80

Both men have fought zombies, military, mercenaries, psychopaths, and criminals; there's little that can surprise either man at this point in their lives.