THE GOOBS
I wanted to redraw and redesign them since their original debut wasn't my favorite.
AND NOW for the lore! I've tried and failed to keep it short. It's not much new info, slight changes.
Millipede, usually referred to simply as 'Millie', is a tough and sturdy yet very affectionate, soft spoken unit. Incendiary shells burnt half her face and she refused medical care until the other units were treated, resulting in the burns becoming permanent after the components melted into each other. The burns have also rendered her left eye mostly shut and fully blind. Though she looks wholly intimidating, she’s actually sweet as syrup. Millipede is dating a Eule named Rosa, who works ration supply. Millie's gentle personality makes her easy to get along with by most units and gestalts, especially Eules, and gets her very mistakenly taken for a pushover. Because she spends a lot of time with Rosa, and therefore other Eules, Millipede is an excellent cook. She’s also adept at applying makeup and doing hair, after she awkwardly asked other Eules for help so she could do Rosas hair and makeup as a surprise. She keeps her own hair in a long braid. She uses a bolt action rifle and a large axe in battle.
Cricket, called Kiki by close friends, is quiet, formal, and intensely eerie. Oddly, she answers to two names, both Cricket and Doe. She's excessively passive in her movements, generally staying still to the point of seeming like a statue, giving her an intensely creepy demeanor. Doe is known by some as 'the Ghoul'- Her passiveness coupled with a frankly terrifying ability to survive authentically lethal wounds have started superstitious rumors that she's undead. She’s allegedly once treated internal bleeding by tearing herself open and cauterizing the wounds via gunpowder from the inside, as well as reopening her collapsed windpipe by sticking her hand down her throat and pressing it open. Other reports state that she had her heart exposed by a grenade but closed her ribcage by dislocating her ribs and repositioning them. A heavy unit, she wears full armor with a face-shield and uses weapons supposedly non-man-portable. Between lugging heavy armor and weapons, Cricket possess intense strength and stamina, able to literally tear her enemies apart. Doe suffers from paranoia that borders on insanity, keeping her trapped in a loop of battling perpetual fear and hyper-awareness. Despite her terrifying presence, she’s extremely physically affectionate, especially with her girlfriend, an Ara unit named Jensen, and she likes being held. In battle, she wields a studded club and an HMG with added handles.
Ritterhelm, known as Ritz, is the rowdiest of the entire group and a bit of a drunkard. Humorous and good-natured, she's easy to hang around and can generally hold her liquor. Ritterhelm is also extremely protective of civilians, imperial or national, and will actively fight anyone who willingly puts them in harm's way. This may be because her lover, a Starling named Mai, died during an air raid on a Eusan Nation civilian medical outpost. She wears Mai's ruined garrison cap around her arm, and is armed with a submachine gun and broadsword.
Eichenholz, known shorthand as Eiche, is the oldest of the group, and older than almost any Kasuar, seen as the motherly figure of the squad. Though she's technically quite young, KSAR units are unstable enough that she's long degraded and remembers much of her admittedly miserable gestalt life. The natural inclination of Kasuar units to spirituality has only gotten stronger with time, and Eiche has carved numerous tattoo effigies of eyes onto her armor and body. Between degredation and intense combat fatigue, Eiche is depressed and has attempted to end her life twice. Eiche has been broken and rebuilt numerous times, and has her arms replaced with that of a deceased starling. Later on she lost still more limbs and had them haphazardly replaced with prosthetics made from scrap. Despite the initial awkwardness that came with artificial digitrade legs, Eiche is deceptively fast. After a long 4 years of fighting, Eiche's right eye is partially blind, and she has some but minimal trouble hearing in the left ear. Eiche uses a longsword and automatic shotgun loaded with slugs.
Edward Teach, answering to Eddie, Edward, or Teach, is sociable and cunning. She prefers to keep her face behind a ballistic mask, especially when overwhelmed. Edward enjoys hanging around protektor units such as Kolibris, Starlings, and Storches, and though she's oblivious, a good portion of them desire her carnally. Eddie enjoys reading in her free time and will often borrow books from storches, who happen to be overly eager to lend her one. Edward suffers from slight paranoia that simply makes her feel as if she's in danger. Eddie got her name after stealing a cutlass from an imperial noble's residence, plus having a tendency to loot jewelry such as earrings and necklaces. Along with a cutlass, she uses a double-barrel shotgun.
Stahllanze, called Stahl or Lanze, is charismatic, well-spoken, teasing, and brave. After imprinting on Schnäpper units, Stahl has an affinity for anti tank explosives, including stick grenades, RPG launchers, and a grenade pistol. She carries no melee weapon, stating 'any weapon is a cqc weapon if you're not a coward'. Stahl has a confusing crush on her fellow soldier, Edward Teach, plus a kolibri named Drachen; Edward unaware of Lanze's feelings and Drachen who is equally as confused.
