#izocweek

Since it’s a little more plain, unfinished, and character reference-y than usual, today’s a double-feature, and the focuses for tonight’s post are the renegade snack-starved Vortian Guardsman Java, and a redesign of another one of my older neglected brainchildren, BLU.

Once a proud (and well fed) guard of some of Vort’s most luxuriously lazy furniture pieces, Javz’Dar was deposed from his comfortable, perfectly sculpted and luxurious seats after the unexpected and swift conquest of Vort by Invader Larb, prying the old wounds of Tallest Miyuki’s death wide open as it became quite clear that Irk never did trust them after the loss of such a beloved ruler.

For a short time after Javz was part of one of multiple resistance movements, but was captured and subsequently underwent a number of months in time-dilation torture wherein Larb starved his unruly captives.

Whether this was his plan, or whether he just forgot to feed his prisoners for an hour is unclear.

Eventually, Javz was liberated by unclear means, and has been glimpsed among the ranks of a mixed-race mercenary band led by Psi Mydra.

While he hasn’t been able to put meat back on his bones yet, he seems to have replaced his need to feed with caffeine, hence Mydra’s pet name of ‘Java’ for the hotheaded energetic goatboy.

Once a mere spydrone, BLU is known more formally as the ‘Battlefield Longevity Underminer’ - a name that Ave insists was not ‘just made up’ to keep nosy superiors away from his more exploratory projects with Technician Reznor.

Despite floatier, lighter, and arguably cuter espionage origins, BLU is effectively a walking tank to the SIR unit’s gunned-up thermos, using components from a myriad of units such as the Hunter-Destroyer, Dermis Prowler, cyberzombie battleframes, and the mentioned SIRs to create a highly intelligent and highly mobile panic button. Ideally, in the event that Elite Verloc finds himself against odds even he has to admit are quite frankly absolute garbage, BLU can smash through the wall with guns blazing to keep his steamed carcass from staying dead.

The problem is actually finishing it - BLU as a project is in flux, under the table, and likely less-than-legal even in the use of an Irken Elite under an Inquisitor. Materials are not cheap, are hard to get, and scalping some from even the luxurious stores of the Elite isn’t a very good option. Not that it’s stopped Rez or Ave from trying, but difficulties nonetheless.

Rez only has so many hands, robotic or otherwise, and Ave’s apparent blatant disregard for self preservation doesn’t make her workloads easier.

On the plus side, BLU seems to make a great walking oven and also appears quite popular with smeets!

i’ve seriously needed to make java’s design for ages and to be honest i didn’t get around to it until maybe half an hour ago

blu on the other hand has been a constant battle for months trying to figure out what i want to do