Crypto

"You can only trust those who you know are liars. I used to think differently back when I was working as a simple computer engineer. A straight-edge job with no bumps - I would go in, do what I was asked, and leave. I rarely doubted the loyalty of those who worked alongside me, I didn't really care, until the contract came in... a service order from: Q.W. Initials. That's all I know of the person who took my life away from me. And that is why I am here now. That is why I did what I did to get into the Games."

Crypto is a Legend introduced in that is locked from the base game. He can be unlocked using digital currency: either or, or by buying the Champion Edition.

A Legend, Crypto takes to the skies with his, revealing enemies for Crypto and his squad using. If he finds that the enemies have already hunkered down, he can activate his to break their defenses and slow them before he comes out of the shadows and makes his move with his squad.

Lore
Crypto specializes in secrets; he knows how to uncover them, and how to keep them. A brilliant hacker and encryption expert, he uses aerial drones to spy on his opponents in the Apex Arena without being seen.

Orphans raised on the streets of Suotamo, Tae Joon and his foster sister Mila Alexander escaped a life of squalor by becoming computer engineers, designing drones used by the Syndicate to transmit the Apex Games throughout the Outlands. But two years ago, Tae Joon and Mila stumbled upon an algorithm that could predict the result of any Apex Games match, hidden away in the Games’ own computer systems. That caught the attention of the wrong people - the next day, Mila disappeared, and Tae Joon was forced into hiding after he was framed for her murder. With his reputation destroyed, and the Syndicate after him, he gave up his identity, his face, and his family in order to facilitate his redemption.

Wanting to get closer to the people who framed him, Tae Joon planned to join the games but thought he wouldn't be able to pass the games' qualifiers. He then hacked into the games' mainframe and put himself in their records as a legend, but not before blowing up Kings Canyon's Repulsor Tower to serve as a distraction. This allowed the entry of hostile wildlife on Kings Canyon and disruption of the games.

Now joining the games as the combatant known as Crypto, he seeks justice - and revenge.

Skins
There are a total of 61 Legend skins for Crypto; 17, 6 , 22 and 16.

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Teasers

 * Crypto was teased for an entire season before his official reveal:
 * Crypto's first appearance was in the trailer for, where he was responsible for destroying the Repulsor tower.
 * Crypto's logo appears in "Voidwalker" when an alternate Wraith hacks into an abandoned IMC base.
 * Crypto was the source of several "glitches" in Kings Canyon, including distorted lines from the announcer and hacked banner displays showing his attempts to get login information.
 * Crypto appeared in an inaccessible room behind glass in Singh Labs, getting info on the space elevator at World's Edge. When a player got near, he and his drone would flee.
 * Crypto's logo appears on the Prowler Burst PDW skin.

Trivia

 * Crypto's drone is named Hack.
 * When he hacked himself into the Apex Games as a competitor, he registered himself as "Hyeon Kim", from Solace.
 * Among the Legends, he has so far only revealed his real name and reasons for joining the Apex Games to Wattson, to earn back her trust after the events of The Broken Ghost left her shaken and newly aware of just how little she truly knew him.
 * Crypto shows his opinions about the other Legends very clearly in coded messages/letters to Mystik, his adoptive mother:
 * He shows a strong disliking for Mirage, despite acknowledging Mystik's adoration for him. He finds Mirage to be a cocky idiot; despite that, they've developed something of rivalry/friendship over the course of the seasons.
 * He assumes Caustic is nothing more than a sociopath and seems to avoid him out of intimidation.
 * He thought nothing of Gibraltar, but upon closer inspection, found him to be one of the few with morals.
 * As explained by writer Tom Casiello, the device around his jawline/ear alters his face, so he doesn’t look like himself from the past.
 * He also said that the skin is "his innermost desires come to life. He wants to scream his identity to all within earshot. Because that would mean this nightmare is over."
 * Crypto's age is officially listed as 31 but it was seemingly retconned to be about 22-23 via a motion comic released in . Tom Casiello refused to comment on this.
 * Crypto's voice actor, Johnny Young, is an active streamer on Twitch, where he is known to do custom voice lines after the character he plays.
 * Crypto owns and is shown with a data knife in his banner pose "pre-kill", a tool commonly owned by Titan Pilots with the Combat Certification.
 * Crypto's "Rising Phoenix" and "Masked Dancer" Legendary cosmetic skins are interpretations of outfits used in the Korean (both North and South) Lion Dance, meant to rid a location of evil spirits.
 * Only two other legends (Caustic and Wattson) currently know Tae Joon's true identity, with Wattson being the only legend Crypto has willingly revealed it to.
 * Crypto's caretaker Mystik is fond of Mirage, despite Tae Joon's annoyance with him.
 * Crypto is from Gaea, one of the few planets in the Outlands with a dominant police force. It is for this reason he could be framed for murder, as it is legal on most other planets in the Outlands.
 * Crypto is canonically terrible at naming things. (For example, the drone is named "Hack," his Town Takeover on King's Canyon in called "Map Room," and his security system was literally called "security" before Wattson named it "Lassie," after a guard dog from earth.
 * Mystik is both Caustic's biological mother and Crypto's adoptive mother. This technically makes the two step-brothers.
 * Crypto and Mila are the creators of the camera drones used to broadcast the Apex Games. They could have potentially made him famous if he wasn't a fugitive.

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