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Basics

✦ Name

Robert Robertson III

✦ Occupation

SDN dispatcher
Superhero (formerly)

✦ Age

33

✦ Species

Human

✦ Gender

Cisgender man

✦ Height

5'9

✦ Hair color

Auburn

✦ Eye color

Brown

✦ Orientation

Bisexual

Appearance

Robert is a slim, but toned, man, likely in his early thirties with a somewhat rugged appearance, short auburn hair, brown eyes, peach skin, and freckles across his face. Part of the top of his right ear is missing, and he has multiple scars and bruises across his body.

His work uniform consists of a light blue button down shirt with the SDN logo above the pocket on his left chest, dark gray slacks, and brown shoes. He tends to roll up his sleeves and leave his shirt partially untucked.

As a Mecha Man, he wears reinforced silver armor over a bluish-black suit that covers his arms and parts of his body, along with a matching helmet accented by yellow details.

History

Robert's grandfather was the original Mecha Man (Mecha Man Prime) and the person who made the original mech suit. Then, after him, it was Robert's father, more widely known as 'Astral'. However, after his father's death, Robert Robertson III inherited the suit and became the new Mecha Man, a superhero despite his lack of real superpowers. He spent his entire inheritance (notably into the millions) towards keeping the Mech suit functional. At some point during his hero career, he has a run-in with Flambae. While not particularly memorable for Robert until Episode 5, this altercation led to the amputation of Flambae's ring and pinky fingers by Robert's plasma blade; hence Flambae's hatred towards Robert in Episode 1.

Outside of normal hero work, Robert is also on the hunt for the villain Shroud, a former member of the Brave Brigade who is responsible for his father's death. He is able to track him down and faces off against him in a fortified warehouse. Outnumbered and outgunned, he barely manages to escape, albeit with a bomb attached to the back of his suit that he is unable to remove in time after noticing it. It goes off, causing his suit to fall out of the sky. While he managed to survive the ordeal with just a broken arm, he fell into a coma for months, and his father's suit was destroyed in the fight. Having no other way to recreate one, he is unsure about his future as a hero. Depending on your in-game selection, his decision about his hero career can go either way, based on what you would like to say to the reporters.

While sitting atop a billboard overlooking the Hollywood sign, Blonde Blazer offers him a job to get his life back on track after Robert was recommended by an old family friend and hero called Track Star. This leads to Robert joining the Superhero Dispatch Network (SDN) as a dispatcher for "Z-Team", a team consisting of the Phoenix Program participants: ex-supervillains who signed on to help out around the city.

On his first day, Blazer gives Robert a tour of the building and introduces some of his co-workers, notably Chase, also known as Track Star, who'd once been the been a superhero with the Brave Brigade and an old friend of Robert's father, who by virtue of being the youngest member of the team ended up also being Robert's babysitter a lot. Chase was initially unrecognizable to Robert due to his power inadvertently aging him fifty times faster than a normal human every time he used it.

As Robert introduces himself to his misfit team, he is quickly mocked by all the members for his name, who soon reveal that most dispatchers for their team don't last more than a few days at most.

Personality

At the beginning of Episode 1, Robert is a cynical, sardonic, world-wise, apathetic, dry, world-weary, and brutally honest man with a sarcastic sense of humor. Depending on the player's choice, Robert can also be prone to violence when pushed. Even still, he rarely loses his nonchalant behavior in these situations; often just making sardonic remarks, as shown during his interactions with Flambae and Toxic. Overall, Robert is a heroic and selfless man who has been efficiently doing hero's work for years despite lacking superpowers and being scorned by others for it.

Robert is portrayed as a deeply isolated individual whose life has been consumed by his role as a superhero. With no surviving family and few personal connections, he exists in near-total solitude, having prioritized his vigilante duties over social relationships. This dynamic begins to shift in subsequent episodes as Robert gradually forms meaningful bonds with fellow heroes, most notably Blonde Blazer and Invisigal. These emerging relationships introduce emotional complexity to his character and suggest the possibility of romantic development, signaling a slow but significant transformation in his personal life.

Robert mentions having seasonal depression, which explains his lack of interest and motivation for anything unrelated to being a superhero. Often expressing signs of being passively suicidal.

Powers

Mecha Man Armor Capabilities:
Robert Robertson doesn't possess any innate powers; instead, he uses the mecha armor, which grants him super strength, durability, endurance, and a variety of weapons and projectiles.
Superhuman Strength: Mecha Man's strength while inside the suit is greatly amplified. He can easily fight against more than 3 superpowered villains and manage to make Toxic heavily injured from a single stomp/punt.
Superhuman Durability: Mecha Man can withstand immense conditions, including superhuman blows, acid-based attacks, falling from very high altitude, bullets, and electric-based attacks.
Enhanced Speed: Mecha Man moves faster than an average human through the use of the jetpack. He easily catches up to Toxic while he was sent flying after getting hit.
Flight: Mecha Man is capable of flying with the use of the jetpacks.
Weapon Summoning: Mecha Man can summon many weapons from his armor. This includes plasma weapons, projectiles, and is not limited to a variety of different explosives.
Energy Projection: Mecha Man can channel and project energy with his armor.
Energy Beam Emission: Mecha Man can project a beam of energy at specific targets, enough to damage Shroud's spider armor.
Barrier Generation: Mecha Man can generate an energy barrier around himself, which grants protection and deflects firearms shooting at it for a limited time.

Abilities

Master Hacker: Robert Robertson has shown skills in hijacking and fixing a broken bidet, and being able to disable the sensors of an art museum, and subsequently fixing it. Additionally, he can easily hack into CCTVs and bypass the security system.
Master Tactician: Robert Robertson is a brilliant tactician and leader, proven when he can easily lead Z Team and fully gain their trust. Because of this, the team's shift turned out to be successful thanks to Robert's leadership.
Expert Engineer: Robert Robertson has enough technical knowledge to repair his own suit if it's not destroyed.
Expert Combatant: Despite only being a regular human underneath his suit, Robert is a very skilled hand-to-hand combatant. He is able to take on several goons at once and can even go toe-to-toe with supervillains.
Pain Resistance: Robert Robertson is shown to have a superior pain tolerance compared to an average person, shrugging off dislocated limbs and broken bones with ease.

Ships

This bisexual disaster doesn't discriminate - I won't ship by default in threads bc I don't want anybody to feel it's a must but know that I'm 99.9% likely to be shipping our chars already so if you want that vibe I AM DOWN. He is pretty rusty on the relationship front because he's Been Busy being Mecha Man.

Warning: spoilers for the entire game below

Choices

EPISODE 1 - PIVOT
Threw water at Flambae
Kissed Blazer
Pulled the goon back up
Cut the press conference short
Nicknamed Flambae "Sunglasses at Night Guy"
Performed moderately well in the tutorial shift

EPISODE 2 - ONBOARD
Bro fisted Royd
Covered for Invisigal for punchinghim
Favorite type of donut Jelly-filled
Decided not to ask Blazer out
Said no to Phenomaman's dinner invitation
Let Sonar meet Vanderstenk and it went great
Picked badass names: "Duelist and Brawler" (Suggest badass sounding names)

EPISODE 3 - TURNOVER
Let it go when Golem shoulder checked him
Post first dispatch shift - kicked Golem out, spoke about potential and called Z-Team all phoenixes
Second Dispatch Shift chat with Invisigal - said fuck the stars and said this robbery intervention could actually help
Chat with Blond Blazer re: Invisigal - everyone has a shot
Removed Coupe from the team

EPISODE 4 - RESTRUCTURE
Asked Invisigal why she wanted to know about him jerking off in the mecha armor
Lets Blond Blazer know her areola is showing and then says she looks incredible
Tells Phenomaman he's had dark days too and says he doesn't think Blond Blazer has somebody else, doesn't admit to kissing her
Asks Invisigal how he was in her sex dream about him
Selects Waterboy as the next hero
Chooses to go see a movie with Invisigal

EPISODE 5 - TEAM BUILDING
Thanks Flambae for babysitting him
No hints to team over which hero he is
Unsure as to whether he'll kill Shroud or not
Tellls Invisigal he had a good time on their date
Reveals he's Mecha Man to Z-Team

EPISODE 6 - MOVING PARTS
Told Chase he missed 3 am tacos
Tells Royd he believes in him after Royd says he doesn't know if he can remake the Astral Pulse
Admits to Chase he's warming up to Invisigal
Says Z-Team’s more important to him than getting back in the mecha armor
Thanks Invisigal and Royd for the housewarming party
Make a plan first before hitting warehouse where the Astral Pulse might be
Doesn't take sides between Chase and Invisigal instead tries to calm them down and then kicks everybody out once Chase and Invisigal leave

EPISODE 7 - RETROSPECTIVE
Picks beer from Chase in the flashback
Regrets not keeping in touch with Chase
Isn't sure about whether to kick Invisigal off the team or not
Thinks Chase did the right thing saving Invisigal
Tells Invisigal he cares about her and that he forgives her for the bomb she planted on the mecha armor
Leans in to Invisigal and they kiss
Spits in Shroud's face
Trusts Invisigal despite Astral Pulse secret

EPISODE 8 - SYNERGY
Unties Invisagal so they can work together
Tucks the guy back in his pants
Apologises to Sonar
Gives Shroud both Astral Pulse and prototype
Spares Shroud