Ryker Bachika
"Damn... That better not be the rotater coupling! C'mon Ryudragoon hold together!"
Age: 22
Race: Human
Appearance: Ryker has a few burn marks on his body from years of working in his garage in Bachika Village. He also has heterochromia, with his right eye being green and his left one brown. He rarely changes out of his work pants and tank top due to the heat of both his garage as well as the desert.
Personality: Ryker tends to come across as the more stoic and silent type when people first meet him, but that illusion is shattered quickly once he opens his mouth. Ryker is a brash, often-times foul mouthed young man who gets frustrated when he is unable to solve a problem or fix a machine. When something gets him angry, many think it's better to stay out of his way.
Biography: Ryker was born in Bachika Village during the waning years of the Beastman War. After Bachika Village was destroyed by the Far Est Theatre of the Human Eradication Force, the surviving residents moved to the surface permanently. Ryker didn't remember much about life below ground, but he still vividly remembers the day he saw the sun for the first time. The feeling of the warmth on his skin was unlike anything he'd felt before and he knew right then and there that he'd fight to remain on the surface, vowing never to go back under the Earth.
After the war ended, Ryker took up residence in the newly created Black City. Because of the key role gunmen played in the Fall of Tepplin, he found himself naturally drawn to studying the great machines and learning just how they worked. It was then Ryker discovered he had innate talent as a mechanic and dedicated his life to the repair and maintenance of the machines that had secured man's freedom. It broke his heart when the gunmen were phased out by the Grapearl units.
At some point prior to the second Anti-Spiral war, Ryker opened his own garage in Black City where he worked on hover cars and bikes, but his heart yearned to work on Gunmen again. It was then he met a young fox beastman named Laika. A survivor of Tepplin, Ryker found her nearly dead on the streets of Black City; a group of humans taunting her. Taking her in, Ryker nursed Laika back to health and - in exchange for his help - Laika led Ryker to a secret warehouse in the desert. It was inside, Ryker found Ryudragoon. The old gunman hadn't seen battle in ages, but it lit a fire under the young mechanic to restore and repair the war machine. After several weeks, and a few modifications, the gunman looked brand new. Just in time for another disaster...
Likes:
- Fixing Machines
- Smoke Breaks
- Tools
- Watching the Sunset
Dislikes:
- People who break his machines
- Repeating himself
- Excessive quiet
- Dealing with authority
Quirks:
- Ryker's weapon of choice is his power drill. More than a few unruly customers at his garage have been on the receiving end of it when they try to interfere in his work.
- When the Anti-Spirals tried to crash the moon onto the Earth, Ryker offered Ryudragoon's bunker as a shelter, but while inside, he refused to let anyone touch the gunman.
- Ryker's methodology is to kick out practicality and go "Over the Top!" in his mind, the bigger and more complex the machine... the better.
Ryudragoon
Type: Dual-Type
Equipment: Being a dual-type gunman, Ryudragoon is equipped with a special set of thusters on its back that allow it to fly. When the pilot is overflowing with spiral power, the thruster energy turns green and takes the form of wings. In addition, Ryker has outfitted the gunman with power drill-like spear that he wields just as effectively as his own tools.