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Pyro comes from the Greek word πυρ (pyr) meaning fire. In English, it can be a prefix pertaining to fire, or it may refer to:
In computing and computer games:
- Pyro Studios, a computer game developer based in Madrid
- PYthon Remote Objects, a remote procedure call library for the Python programming language
- Python Robotics, a project designed to create an easy-to-use interface for accessing and controlling a wide variety of real and simulated robots
- The Pyro, a playable class in the Team Fortress and Team Fortress 2 games
- Pyro 2, an ASCII game
- Pyro, a god in Sacrifice (video game)
In entertainment:
- Pyro (Transformers), a fictional character
- Pyro (comics), a fictional fire-controlling mutant in Marvel Comics's X-Men titles
- Fuego (1964 film), also known as Pyro, a suspense film starring Martha Hyer and Barry Sullivan
- "Pyro" (song), second single from Kings of Leon's 2010 album Come Around Sundown
- The Pyro, a playable character in the 2007 video game, Team Fortress 2.
Other uses:
- USS Pyro, the name of two U.S. Navy ammunition ships
- Mick Pyro, born Michael Tierney, Irish musician and journalist
- Pyrotechnics, the science of using materials capable of undergoing exothermic chemical reactions for the production of heat, light, gas, smoke and/or sound
- Pyrotechnic fastener, also known as pyros or explosive bolts
- Mineral Insulated Copper Clad cable, a type of fire resistant electrical cable
- Pyrogallol, when used as a photographic developing agent
- Pyro (horse), American thoroughbred racehorse
- A chemistry prefix indicating a dimeric acid anhydride, e.g. pyrophosphoric acid
- Pyromaniac, someone with a mental illness that wills them to start fires.
- Fire, the rapid oxidation of a material in the chemical process of combustion, releasing heat, light, and various reaction products. Slower oxidative processes like rusting or digestion are not included by this definition.
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Team Fortress 2
Team Fortress 2 is a team-based first-person shooter multiplayer video game developed and published by Valve Corporation. It is the sequel to the 1996 mod Team Fortress for Quake and its 1999 remake. It was released as part of the video game compilation The Orange Box on October 10, 2007 for Windows and the Xbox 360. A PlayStation 3 version followed on December 11, 2007. On April 8, 2008, it was released as a standalone title for Windows. The game was updated to support OS X on June 10, 2010, and Linux on February 14, 2013. It is distributed online through Valve's download retailer Steam; retail distribution was handled by Electronic Arts.
In Team Fortress 2, players join one of two teams comprising nine character classes, battling in a variety of game modes including capture the flag and king of the hill. The development is led by John Cook and Robin Walker, creators of the original Team Fortress. Announced in 1998, the game once had more realistic, militaristic visuals and gameplay, but this changed over the protracted nine-year development. After Valve released no information for six years, Team Fortress 2 regularly featured in Wired News' annual vaporware list among other ignominies. The finished Team Fortress 2 has cartoon-like visuals influenced by the art of J. C. Leyendecker, Dean Cornwell and Norman Rockwell and is powered by Valve's Source engine.
Pyro (comics)
Pyro (St. John Allerdyce) is a fictional supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. He is a recurring enemy of the X-Men and later becomes an agent of the U.S. government. He was created by Chris Claremont and John Byrne and introduced in Uncanny X-Men #141 (January 1981) as part of the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants. Pyro had the mutant ability to control fire.
Pyro and the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants are the main antagonists in the Days of Future Past in the X-Men comics as they attempt to assassinate Senator Robert Kelly, which in an alternate timeline leads to a dystopic future where Mutants are hunted, killed or captured by the Sentinels robots. Through time travel the assassination was thwarted.
At a later date the Brotherhood becomes agents of the US government in exchange for a full pardon and the team becomes known as the Freedom Force. While working for the government the team confronts both the X-Men and the Avengers. During a mission to Kuwait Pyro is captured by the enemy. Pyro contracted the Legacy Virus, fatal to all mutants, moments before his death Pyro saved Senator Kelly from another assassination attempt, changing Kelly's anti-mutant stance. Pyro was later resurrected by the Transmode Virus, existing as a techo-organic being under Selene's control.
