#warp shell

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I brought Halo to help Noon recover. They are so cute! Wish I could be there.

My friends and I recently decided to give D&D a break and try out a new TTRPG system called Index Card RPG which comes with a sci-fi setting called WARP SHELL and it's super fun. One of the races you can choose (called a bioform) is a mecha, and one of my friends and I wanted to be one. We decided that another friend's mechanic character made us in a series. His character is named Null, the other mecha is named 01, my character is named 03, and there's a third lost mecha named 02. Both 01 and 03's memory of 02 have been wiped, and I have yet to learn anything about her

01 is a large tank-like robot with treads and a ripsaw and a taser. He's a scientist who specializes in xenobiology. (Unfortunately no picture available, but imagine something similar to Bastion from Overwatch with a big "01" painted on the side in block letters)

03 is a much thinner build with agile helicopter blade legs. He's designed for protection and specializes in machine guns. He has a massive particle cannon that unfolds from his torso and telescopes outward, resting over his shoulder in the form of a gatling gun. (Reference below for the type of robot he's shaped like, imagine something like that with a big "03" painted on the chest in block letters)

So there's this sort of subversion of expectations for 01 and 03's designs, with the big one being the brains and the littler one being the firepower. Null is a bit of an outcast, but always wanted friends so he created 01, 02, and 03 as a series of mecha to keep him company. And better yet, Null has a class ability called "jerry rigger" that allows him to combine any two machines to perform a hybrid function, so we decided we could use that to voltron 01 and 03 together.

I've written 03's personality to speak kind of pedantically and have very dry humor, inspired somewhat by Omega from Sonic. It's been very fun to roleplay and the deadpan deliveries and brotherly banter between 03 and 01 is fantastic.