Futura

Ultima Futura, informally Futura, is the shape-shifting Maschinenmensch (lit. Machine Person) from Fritz Lang's ground-breaking science fiction epic, Metropolis (1927). Designed by Walter Schulze-Mittendorff, the android is one of the most influential figures in cinematic history, inspiring generations of fictional entities including the TX Model Terminator, Doctor Who's Cybermen and, most notably, Star Wars' C3PO.

Landmark Continuity
In the Landmark Universe, events unfold almost precisely as they had in Metropolis. Futura was constructed by the mad scientist Rotwang as part of a deranged scheme to destroy Empire City. Under Rotwang's influence, Futura became a harbinger of destruction. Evidently as insane as her creator, she reveled in the suffering she caused, bringing the Depression-era city to the brink of collapse. Eventually discovered as an agent provocateur, she was first crucified then incinerated by a rampaging mob. Somehow surviving her immolation, she wreaked a great deal of havoc using her shape-shifting abilities and newly acquired taste for carnage.

Later freed from Rotwang's influence by Big Blue, Futura was recognized as one of the most sophisticated androids in history and allowed to "live" in seclusion beneath the streets of Empire City. Re-emerging in the early 21st century, she had developed beyond her initial programming, rising above all human values and vices. Assuming a pacifist stance, she eventually joined The Chamberlain Knights as their primary systems analyst (a role she shared with Tachyon the Photonic Man.