APC/ambulance support legend concept
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This might be some extra trivia, but for character design I’d love to see something that often isn’t featured in stories, which is the guy/girl who understands machines but not people’s feelings.
It’s a little difficult to explain, and this person is not impulsive or disorganized (unlike rampart), just too logical and analytical, and unlike other characters is only in the apex games to test her/his APC for commercial military exports outside the games.
Think of crypto, but who is only obsessed with perfecting her/his vehicle and everyone in the games exists to test the capabilities of his/her vehicle. And he/she’s there to analyse his/her vehicle’s performance to note down possible improvements for after the games.
Another character close to this concept is caustic, but if caustic were to help people and perfect his/her creation instead of thinking himself superior and trying to harm others.
Typical lines would signal stuff where she/he’s actively flexes the superiority of her/his creation (the APC) and demands enemies do their best and give their all (to test its limits).
A complete refusal to accept failure, for example, a teammate going down isn’t a loss, it’s an opportunity to test the APC’s medical capabilities.
Or an enemy team ambushing isn’t a fearful situation, it’s an enemy finally worthy of the APC’s capabilities.
Of course, when she/he start doing well, he/she only becomes more bloodthirsty, as her/his limits have not yet been achieved.
As kill leader she/he will actively comment on how the enemy should bring more/real opponents as the current ones simply couldn’t stand up to the incredible greatness of the APC.
I admit it’s a bit odd, but that’s what makes characters fun.
Now that I think about it, "Rhino" would be an excellent name for the APC. And of course, the designer, this legend, is Rhino’s number 1 fan.
I'd love to see the first trailer or teaser to this character to basically be an advertisement video selling Rhino as the ultimate “every squad needs one” product, but not actually featuring the legend itself yet. Much like the video “Star Citizen: Crusader Hercules Starlifter”: https://youtu.be/TamoB9ubodE
Or perhaps as the return of Hammond Robotics? I always loved the clean and professional look the Hammond robotics trailers had:https://youtu.be/FsHNSuKjnAU
A cool line that he/she might say when using her tactical to drop a Rhino would be "Stand by for Rhino-fall" (as a reference to titanfall, everyone loves cool references) with the same titan-deployment-ring effect on the ground where the Rhino will drop, possibly even with the same sound effect when it drops.
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Perhaps, but maybe that’s a little too far-fetched, Rhino has its own personality, meaning it’s a sentient robot or at least a robot that talks, triggering unique voice lines when pathfinder or ash steps in as they are also machines.
I imagine Rhino having the personality of Alfred from batman or Jarvis from iron man, being polite, professional and has those sharp quips.
On the field Rhino’s owner and Rhino act as a team and frequently exchange comical personal jabs. Not to mention Rhino has an ego of it’s own, where it will say stuff like “You’ve never seen surgery like a machine does it lifeline.” when reviving lifeline (mocking lifeline who is a medic, about Rhino being a better reviver/surgeon due to it’s mechanical nature.)
And even comments when Rhino is downing players with its gun, by by saying stuff like “I’m going to need some elimination stripes on my barrel after this (driver's name).” (elimination stripes are what tankers paint on their tank’s barrel to indicate number of kills, same as Valkyrie has on her blue bomber skin.)In other words, they frequently talk to each other when stuff happens by commenting on the situation. Maybe even call out "Come aboard Rhino for safety!" when reviving someone. The main reason for giving Rhino it's own personality is because they tried to give Crypto's drone and lifeline's drone some identity, but Rhino is really the team's chariot and shows up all the time, enabling more personal banter between Rhino and it's owner.
Hm, now that I think about it, maybe the legend could be called "Helios", but a unique name might also be good. Giving the APC a titanfall related name might be cooler as well, maybe even use BT-7274’s voice lines from the scrapped tifanfall game. That will surely get the fans hyped out of their mind, seeing BT-7274 return. Perhaps being Blisk’s custom order that was hinted at?
However, do avoid lines that imply the owner is going to wipe/attack Rhino’s software, memories or identity, as the owner sees Rhino as his/her fantastic sentient creation that she/he would never betray. With some other legends commenting that Rhino is “just a machine” to add some drama to the story.
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