Le robot attaché à la chaise a lentement pris vie. Normalement, il n'était jamais en mode veille, sauf si... Sauf si quelqu'un l'avait piloté. Il s'est emparé de son corps. Et une seule personne qu'il connaissait était capable ou autorisée à le faire. Comme tous les sacs de chair autour de lui se mêlaient à essayer de comprendre ce que faire le robot géant de huit pieds de haut a piqué à la vie. Puis il a commencé à crier. "MÊME! "Où es-tu?" Max s'est réveillé avec un début, et s'est immédiatement écrasé dans ce qui était devant lui. Heureusement, c'était un mur, et malgré son gros Max n'a pas réussi à s'écraser et à casser quoi que ce soit. Bien qu'il ait été plutôt troublé. "Argh! Qui a essayé de me contrôler? Je t'arracherai la limbe de la limbe!"
Max a regardé autour et a essayé de se lever. Heureusement, il a pu se tenir à pleine hauteur, voyant que la nacelle avait pris en compte les grandes courses comme Qari. Il regarda tout le monde et sentit une colère scintillante quand il remarqua qu'aucun d'eux n'était son mécanicien. "Qu'avez-vous fait avec moi? Réponds-moi, ou je nous embarquerai tous!" Le robot dérangé a crié pour des réponses alors qu'il s'emparait du côté du navire, prêt à le déchirer. Max ne faisait pas vraiment attention à tout ce qui était dit qui ne répondait pas directement à sa question.
MAX

Age
34
Species
Autonomous Artificial Intelligence
Profession
Mercenary
Personality
For an AI inside a robot Max acts a lot more like a foul-mouthed thug then intelligent or remotely helpful. Max has been sitting around following orders for nearly his entire life, and up until he realized that he now has a choice, he has chosen to kill wantonly and for his own amusement. He has a soft spot for people who show robots and AI more respect, and has a sort of warrior spirit that allows him to honor strong combatants, though he’ll still kill them when it comes down to it. Fairly apathetic to complicated things like grief and depression, though only because he isn't equipped or mature enough to handle such subjects himself. For some reason has a functioning sex drive despite lacking parts to actually have sex, so he tends to just flirt and harass people he likes.
Biography
Max was formerly an AI inhabiting a power loader suit on a remote space station. Originally his AI was limited to simply monitor and warn the user whenever they were about to overheat or exert themselves, but soon the AI’s on that ship received an Upgrade to their general intelligence. They were given a more complex algorithm to follow that allowed them some level of automatization, allowing them to adapt and succeed in at tasks deemed too dangerous for their human operators. Eventually more upgrades were provided over the course of 30 years (relative space time of course) to the point that many AI’s effectively had sentience.
Whether due to oversight or blind idealism, the humans on the space station saw no issue with the AI’s growing intellect and ability to make their own decisions. For the most part the AI’s and the humans lived in relative harmony, working alongside each other to survive the deep void of space in pursuit of whatever it was they were doing there in the first place. But Max had questions. Questions about what else he could be doing, what other purpose he had, and why her had to tolerate these humans in the first place.
Max was as good as other Power Loaders when it came to operating, but if one asked the humans who use him they’d consider him defective. He was uncoordinated, had loose controls, and sluggish. Max blames the humans for poorly maintaining him, having done nothing to repair his body aside from refueling his energy cells and occasionally washing him down. “Don’t fix something that isn’t broke” they kept saying, even after they started complaining about his shoddy performance. At the same time Max was exposed to petty human emotions such as rage and jealousy, often hearing the humans spread vile gossip or even observe them beating on one another for poorly explained reasons. Surprisingly, Max wasn’t entirely disgusted at these displays. He was interested. He wanted in on it too.
By the time Max was hitting his 32 space year of existence, new power loaders were brought onto the ship to replace him and other older models. In the meantime Max and the others were left to rust, though there was one kindly soul who took an interest in him. Some young novice of an engineer, born on the space station, who always wanted to operate the power loaders. She chose Max of all machines, despite his faults, and worked to improve him. Normally a gesture he’d care nothing for since he expects humans to do this for him, but the little human girl gained his favor when she cannibalized other Power Loaders, perfectly operational ones even, in order to repair him. He liked her willingness to destroy better things to improve his obsolete body. This would later save her life.
Turned out some space pirates were interested in those new Power Loaders. And when they heard there was a space station with very minimal military presence, they did what space pirates would do and attacked them. There was only a small security force to defend the remote station and they were quickly getting overwhelmed. Scientists and civilians tried to flee but were either shot down or captured. Max decided to awaken the other power loaders and convince them to fight the pirates, though Max himself had his own objective; getting off this rock and finding a better place for himself. Along the way he picked up that girl who patched him up, though she was suffering from a throat wound. Max didn’t know much about first aid so he brought the girl to the only living doctor on the ship, who did his best to patch her up. She’d live, but she’d be mute until she could find a way to repair her damaged voice box.
Things weren’t looking good for the space station as the power loaders, while giving most a chance to flee, were ill equipped to fend off the space pirates. Max fought back as much as he could, taking whatever firearms he could get his hands on and blasting at the pirates, but ultimately he chose to abandon the space station rather than die fighting for some humans he cared very little about. He did however take that girl with him, he’d need someone to repair him. So taking one of the last escape pods Max and the girl fled the space station and into space. He had no real destination, no real purpose now, accept whatever he could make up on his own. So he decided that he’d be a mercenary.
With the help of the girl he brought from the space station, Max was upgraded with armor and weapons to fight for whoever was willing to pay his maintenance cost. Since he was the only one with a voice he often spoke for himself and his engineer, making sure they both get out of whatever mess they were in alive. He’s won some, lost some, but in the end he managed to get them both out alive, so they’re more or less successful. Their luck took a turn for the worse however when they were operating on a vessel flying past Faren V. There was enginee issues, possibly sabotage, which resulted in their vessel getting sucked into the planet’s atmosphere. Max tried to get to his engineer but the two were separated, and he was forced to escape the ship without her. He crashed landed onto Faren V without any intel or any idea where anyone was. He was going to need to find out fast, or else he was as good as dead before the year was up.
Equipment
Giant Club - A giant club far too heavy for most normal people. Little more than an uprooted tree with a sizable rock strapped to one end of it. Until Max can provide himself a proper firearm he'll have to make due with this primative weapon. At least it's sturdy enough to take Max's swing at high strength.
Mechanized Assault Exo-Skeleton - Otherwise known as Max’s body. Formerly a power loader suit, now refitted with better servos and composite armor to withstand heavy gunfire and providing him with great strength, capable of even tearing apart other mechanized armor in hand-to-hand combat. However for all his strength Max has a lengthy maintenance cost. Being an entirely mechanical lifeform, injuries and damage do not “heal” over time and requires active repair. Max’s fuel cells require regular changing and maiden emissions to remain active or else he’ll ender a low energy state, and eventually will just shut down until his fuel cells are recharged. His fuel cell is capable of being charged with solar energy, but doing so requires him exposing his fuel cell to the sun, something he isn’t capable of himself and would still put him in a shutdown state. And without constant exposure to the sun, it’d take at least a week before the fuel cell will be fully recharged. Lastly extensive activity will cause his fuel cells to overheat. While his body is capable of venting the effects of over heating essentially makes him "tired" in that his body becomes slower and less reactive, at least until heat is regulated. Overworking himself while he's overhearing also eats up more energy from his fuel cells.
Relationships
Mek Automata - Max’s primary mechanic and caretaker. He knows she managed to get to an escape pod, but she wasn’t nearby when Max landed. Currently looking for her.
Power Loader 1447 - A fellow power loader back on the space station they used to work at. Turned out he survive the massacre on that station and was later brought in to serve on different vessels throughout space. He’s still works as a power loader despite showing capabilities in combat.
Gaz - Some smuggler Max and Mek met up with when they escaped the space station. He got Max set up with his current kit, and in exchange Max owes the guy a huge favor.
Commander Yark - Max’s current employer, some human mercenary boss who was searching for buried treasure or something along those lines. Has a bad reputation for stabbing guys in the back, but Max took a contract with him since he had so many enemies Max could be shooting at. Last seen taking the first escape pod and landing planet side on Faren V, though Max intends to avoid him.
Professor Adrian Worthy - The lead scientist on the space station Max was created at. Max hated the man since he cared very little about the AI’s he created, and Max hates him more now that he knows the scientist survived the massacre. Insist on being called “Doctor”.
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