Name: Ledger Cresthill
Description(pic is cool to): Coming soon haven't found a picture to fit yet.
Age: 40
Gender: Male
Personality: A wise older man who is always careful of his surroundings. He likes to tell stories of his days as an Infantry man and helps the younger pilots with issues they are dealing with.
Vanguard Type(1 and 2 gen are only available): Generation 1
Vanguard Look and Description of weaponry:
Painted Blue and red.

The old American Spirit which was the second Vanguard built by the Americans and the fourth ever made. This machine was to keep the morale among civilians after constant attacks of Kaiju. It was built to show the might of the humans to the Tritons and has over 10 confirmed Kaiju kills.

Weaponry: The Spirit is equipped to fight hand to hand combat against Kaiju. Its hands have massive grip strength and is able to break Kaiju bones from its enormous strength. Inside of each of its palms are five 120mm mortar shots each combined with the grip can destroy Kaiju limbs. Its fist are equipped with rocket boosters to give devastating blows to anything in its way and its armor is able to withstand heavy attack for long periods of time. If the Spirit isn't close to its target over 40 heat-guided missiles lay in the back of machine to fight long range.
Vanguard Size( Nothing over 65m please): 55m
Country Vanguard Representing: USA
Bio(can be short): Ledger was born to a poor family in Texas and worked to pay for his family bills all throughout his live. Never going to college and instead worked at minimal paying jobs he never had a great education. However he wanted to do something with his live and joined the military. Where on his last patrol before going home his convey was hit hard by insurgents. He vehicle was hit by an RPG and months later woke up to find that his left arm and leg were amputated.

He came home honorable discharged but had a hard time finding jobs due to the economic times on the states. However the Tritons attacked and the military needed anyone they could get. Even with a prosthesis he was still able to join. He was stationed in Corpus Christi, Texas when the category 2 Kaiju, Gulf Charge,attacked. The defensive force was equipped with severely outdated weapons and was forced to retreat on the outskirts of the cities but many were still in the creatures path including Ledger. Around this time the American Spirit was deployed to its first mission to kill Gulf Charge. The original pilot was a cocky pilot who was defeated in under five minutes against the beast. As the machine came tumbling down Ledger ran to the scene to see the pilot half dead. As he came over to pull him out the pilot told Ledger that he must get in the Vanguard and told very simple instructions on how to use it. After Ledger promised he would try to the now dead pilot he was a natural pro. The Gulf Charger was caught of guard by the rising Vanguard and was killed by Ledger with just punches(since that was the only thing taught to him.) He became an instant hero of the nation and became the pilot of the American Spirit where he still fights to the day.

Name: Akira Yamanaka
Description(pic is cool to):
Age: 25
Gender: Male
Personality: Akira is your typical young gun hotshot pilot. Sarcasm and wit are some of the best things he has going for him.
Vanguard Type(1 and 2 gen are only available): gen 2
Vanguard Look and Description of weaponry:
Known as the Tenjin (Heaven Blade) its painted in white with red accents.
Weaponry: Equipped with a deployable wrist sword and wrist mounted chain gun. Also carries shoulder mounted missile pods and a rail gun mounted on the right shoulder . Currently credited with 5 kaiju kills
Vanguard Size( Nothing over 65m please): 60m
Country Vanguard Representing: Japan
Bio(can be short): Akira was always a smart and fun lovinf boy abd he was fairly young when the Tritons first mad an appearance and their first attack. He quickly grew to wanting to help and when he found out he was capable of piloting a Vanguard he signed up and never turned back. He is the youngest person in his country to be able to pilot a Vanguard succesfully.

Name: Darryl "Dazza" Harris

Description:


Age: 36

Gender: Male

Personality: Dazza is a cheerful yet loudmouthed boisterous brawler prone to foul language and always looking for a bit of fun. He's willing to share a beer with anyone who he considers a mate, which is damn near everyone. Behind the controls of his Vanguard he is aggressive and unrelenting without losing his cocky cheer.

Vanguard Type: First Generation

Vanguard: The Blitz Juggernaut is exactly what it says on the tin. It is designed to rapidly get up close and personal with an opponent and beat it into submission, and for this reason it eschews inbuilt ranged weapons in favour of close combat prowess and extreme mobility. Its unique compact design allows it to dance around larger opponents and still hit harder than a freight train. This small size is also a liability, as any impairment to Blitz Juggernaut's movement can result in a Kaiju catching it and ripping it apart. For these reasons, Blitz Juggernaut requires a uniquely devil-may-care mindset to pilot, to the point where using caution is actually more dangerous than being aggressive, but when mastered it is a very dangerous machine.


Vanguard Weaponry: Blitz Juggernaut most notable weapon is its own body, as it is capable of grappling and striking like a human. It possesses rocket boosters all over its body and custom-made foot treads allowing it to 'skate' across surfaces and close distance quickly. Blitz Juggernaut is also capable of holding Vanguard-sized weaponry such as handguns or assault rifles but since they force the Vanguard into a ranged fight to which it is not suited, Dazza often leaves them at base. It possesses no other inbuilt weapons meaning that unless the Vanguard is armed it is a sitting duck unless it can get into brawling range.

Vanguard Size: 30m

Country Vanguard Representing: Australia

Bio: Born and raised in the worst part of Sydney's west, Darryl Harris is a walking talking example of the VB swilling speed obsessed bogan culture that has taken root there. He was serving in the AAF when the Tritons came, and through candidate testing he was found to have the best mindset required for the unique aggressive fighting style demanded by Blitz Juggernaut, despite his taste in beer. He has been responsible for protecting the coast of NSW and Brisbane ever since Blitz Juggernaut rolled off the rack in mid-2026 and has become famed for both his rapid response to attacks as well as his partying tendencies.

Name: Roland de Sablé

Description(pic is cool too):

Age: 52

Gender: Male

Personality: Despite his age, Roland is quite energetic and courageous, willing to rush headlong into battle at the drop of a hat, which is rather fitting, given the nature of his Vanguard machine. However, this doesn't stop him from berating his younger peers for doing the same, and while seemingly hypocritical, he simply does so to ensure their safety.

Vanguard Type(1 and 2 gen are only available): 1st Generation

Vanguard Look and Description of weaponry:
Dubbed the Chevalier, it was built to embody the knights of old, thus, it lacks any ranged weapons whatsoever. To compensate, it possesses durable armour plating and a shield capable of weathering all but the most powerful of impacts. Naturally, one would think this would make it quite slow, and they would be right, but only partially. Outfitted with incredibly powerful thrusters in the heels, the Chevalier can achieve impressive velocities, exclusively in straight lines. As a result, they're best suited to charging into combat, hence it was armed accordingly. Its primary weapon is a massive lance tipped with a pile bunker mechanism, allowing it to amplify the force of impact from charging by driving the metal spike into a Kaiju with explosive force. In the event this fails to properly neutralize the threat, or the lance is damaged, it can be discarded to free the Chevalier's hand, and replaced by its other weapon. Made to resemble a horseman's battle axe, one is stored in each shoulder, in the event a spare is required. The blade and spikes are made from Tungsten Carbide, making them fairly proficient in regards to piercing Kaiju hide.

Vanguard Size( Nothing over 65m please): 58 metres.

Country Vanguard Representing: France

Bio(can be short): An officer of the French National Police, Roland had spent the past few years leading up to 2025 behind a desk, lamenting the lack of excitement in his life. Unfortunately for him, his wish was answered in a rather cruel manner, as giant monsters and fish people straight out of science fiction decided to show up and start demolishing cities left and right. When the Vanguard program launched a year later, he signed up immediately, taking it as his chance to leave a lasting mark on the world. Despite being significantly older than the other candidates, he won out in the end, and was made the pilot of France's first Vanguard: Chevalier. Since then, he has proudly defended his home country from the Kaiju menace, having slain 6 in total.

Name: Leopold “Leo” Christophe
Age: 28
Gender: Male
Description:


Standing at six feet tall, with a lean but muscular physique, he’s definitely not the boyish teen idol type despite his more than passable features and manages to look quite like a credible soldier when he gets serious or wears his full gear, even if some feel his ensembles and looks are much too colorful and more befit some kind of celebrity than a pilot. Leo’s usually dressed in dark red boots, white pants, a black shirt and a white bomber jacket with his own personal insignia, same colors as his Vanguard, on the left shoulder.

Whenever he's made to sortie he's encased in a unique, especially created armor colored white and red like his machine. The suit links directly to Leo's Vanguard once inside the cockpit, providing the pilot with a helmet-mounted HUD as well as motion capture and voice command controls for ease of piloting. Not only that, but the ensemble greatly increase pilot survivability, being heavily armored and designed to protect the wearer from extreme environment conditions such as having to eject underwater or even in space.

Personality:
Upbeat, carefree, irreverent and friendly, Leo’s a genuinely nice guy though he has a bad habit of trying to place himself as a hero and overstate his skills and achievements. Though he might seem like he does not care at times, he takes his duties extremely seriously, even to his detriment in the field at times.

Vanguard Name: Brave Magnus
Vanguard Type: 1.5
Vanguard Size: 40m
Country Vanguard Representing: None
Vanguard Look:
Pretty much exactly like this, although its shoulders have been decorated with Leo's insignia.

Vanguard backstory:
The Magnus is an odd kind of Vanguard. Rather than be created by an entire country as its representative in the war effort, it was instead developed by a corporate conglomerate as a promotional gambit. They felt that even in this day and age, where everyone should indeed contribute to the war effort, there was value in allowing the private sector a degree of freedom rather than having everything be under state control. Although it was originally built off second hand technology, the Vanguards being state-secrets, and both fairly dumpy and not very impressive-looking, it was given a striking, heroic color scheme and a heavy deal of promotion amongst the general public.

The results were oddly positive. Although the Brave had the worst performance out of early Vanguards, it was constantly repaired and came back from encounters that left other machines completely totalled. This never say die "attitude" coupled with the extensive promotional work around it made it a crowd favorite, a kind of symbol for the resistance that people could get behind without the barriers of nationalism. While it could never be said to be the most popular, it was consistently cheered so that its dismissal or complete destruction would come as a serious blow for morale. Obviously, its backers took advantage of this.

Recognizing its value, merchandise flooded the market and the world powers were forced to allow this privately owned war machine access to the latest technologies. After all, its developers were reasonable. Brave Magnus was a spectacular propaganda tool and the people behind the machine saw no benefit in hindering the war effort in any way, they were more than willing to collaborate just as long as they were allowed to profit from their machine. Although it lost a few pilots in its lone operational year as a result of its originally low quality build, the machine itself remained a stalwart in public eyes, though who can say what regular Vanguard pilots feel about it.

Vanguard overview:
The Brave Magnus is a rather mediocre machine whose only defining factors are its varied arsenal and its ability to operate in most environments. It's not slow but it definitely can't be considered fast. It's not lacking in armor or melee weapons, but there's far better choices for a front line behemoth. It's got plenty of guns, but other machines sport more powerful weapons. Almost aggressively middle of the way in every sense, this Vanguard is what the pilot makes of it and its greatest strength is its ability to cover a variety of roles effectively if not stellarly. The potential to exchange weapon loadouts further increases its versatility.

Weapons:
-Fists: These need neither a funky name nor any real explanation. The Magnus’ four-fingered mitts are more than capable of putting the hurt on the enemy, even if they lack any fancy bells and whistles.

-Canopy Cannons: A pair of autocannons equipped right under the cockpit canopy, these are (comparatively) small caliber rapid fire weapons used to shoot down incoming projectiles or for point defense. Not a whole lot of damage but good rate of fire and can be used up close to hit vulnerable targets such as kaiju eyes.

-Crack Rockets: Two swiveling rocket pods located on top of the machine’s missile racks, these unguided projectiles are designed to penetrate heavy armor and pack a good punch, especially for their size.

-Bullet Banquet: The reinforced casing in the Magnus’ forearms can open up to reveal a pair of four-barreled gatling guns. Much higher stopping power than the Canopy Cannons, but still relies on scoring a large number of hits to deal substantial damage against well-armored enemies and remains imprecise at longer distances.

-Magna Storm: Two 15-barreled micro missile pods located on the Brave's back, these are fast and have a good lock system but pack less of a punch than larger weapons, relying more on scoring multiple hits over a wide area than single shot damage.

-Brave Blaster: Placed on both sides of the torso are a pair of powerful energy weapons which produce coherent, superheated green beams capable of slicing through kaiju. The weapon is precise even across long distances and incredibly powerful thanks to it being linked directly to the Magnus’ powerplant, but it also consumes large amounts of energy so use is limited.

-Magna Blade: By clenching its fists and locking its finger in place, the Brave can emit a pair of short range fusioncutter blades from a hidden mechanism in its arm. Not quite as powerful as the Brave Blaster and limited to short range, but less energy drain.

Vanguard Features:
First of all, the Brave Magnus can rotate its torso 360 degrees much like a tank’s turret, making it easier to track targets. The Brave’s legs can also rearrange themselves to reveal powerful treads, essentially turning the Magnus into a tank with a humanoid torso. In this mode the machine is able to more swiftly cover ground but loses a good deal of height and becomes far more vulnerable in melee combat. Finally, powerful thrusters installed throughout the machine let it engage in a limited form of aerial combat, though the landings are a bit rough and require a good deal of work. It's also worth noting that because it's so exposed, its pilot canopy is tremendously reinforced, easily the toughest part of the entire machine.

Bio(can be short):
Leo wasn’t quite sure what he wanted out of his life and was just going along with the flow before the war. Fairly handsome, he managed to land a few gigs as a small-time model but he didn’t feel at home there, or doing anything else for that matter. He found his reason to be when he was saved from a kaiju attack by one of the early Vanguards, Brave Magnus. He began to follow the exploits of these massive machines and their pilots, and eventually enlisted in the pilot training program. Though he wasn’t bottom of the class, he didn’t particularly stand out either and his chances of actually getting to pilot a machine were slim.

That is, until he was noticed by the Magnus’ backers. Their previous pilot had decided to retire from the stress of combat and they were left with no one to control their recently refurbished machine. They were, after all, very peculiar about who they chose. Skill was a must, obviously, but so were a good attitude and good looks, someone the people could really get behind as a hero and who they could market as a faux-celebrity. With his enthusiasm, affable nature and good looks, Leo was just what they needed. As he obviously still remembered the Vanguard that saved his life, Leopold Cristophe jumped at the chance to pilot it.