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- Backstory: Mori's history is... pretty normal; no dead parents, no betrayals, no real drama, and no anxiety. He visits his grand-parents every 6 months and he lives a pretty peaceful life. His parents are engineers, so he took interest at an early age and he's sort of developed normally in terms of technical for someone with that kind of a background, with his parents' help.. However, if there's one thing that makes him unique as an engineer it's his attitude. "If you can make it, then why not?"
He's something of a pacifist, or as pacifistic as you could get in the academy. Battling is part of his education, sure, and he does listen to his elders so he can use weapons and he trains with them regularly. He can see the point of getting better with combat skills but he doesn't really like fighting.
Still, he mostly does things for the sake of doing them. If there's something that could be done but his other classmates don't want to do it, chances are he'll volunteer. For those that don't know him, this makes him seem like an honor student but those closer to him know differently. A certain invention of his made the newspapers once and gave him some small measure of fame.
The idea came to him one day out of the blue, and he decided to build it. He had help from several people, including his parents and several mechanics in town, friends of his parents, and some of their fellow engineers who took a bit of an interest in it. The bulk of the construction was still done by Mori, however. When he was finished, he had made maybe the first ever weaponized AED Snack Cart.
Traditional mechanics would've made it impossible to make for a 16 year old, but AE technology made it possible. It isn't too impressive conceptually but still, why would you ever make one? If you ever asked he'd probably say something like "Our daily lives may have become a battlefield, but that doesn't mean you can't appreciate good value when you see it." - Active Engine Device: AED Snack Cart
The AED Snack Cart is an original invention of Mori's. It combines various features from all manner of snack machines, adds a few integrated systems for ease of movement amongst other things, and uses the Mana Core to power it. It really doesn't take much to power the appliances, which only really require heat or gears to move. It's a very economic design, but the real energy consumer is the tank treads.
It's about as large as a small stall. It has an engine to move them with, and the tank treads don't normally show underneath the snack cart. He has to take care of how he moves around to make sure he doesn't kill too much grass or damage the concrete of the school.
The Snack Cart features a popcorn machine, a sandwich press, a small stove, a hotdog warmer, some small lights, a cooler, an ice-cube dispenser and more. Mori made it to be extensible, and he also made it easy to take it apart and put back together.
Since it's inevitable that he'll have to battle at some point, he's made a few additions just to see what he can get away with.- The Broadsider
The AED snack cart has a Battle Mode where the tank treads suddenly extend up and out, and pop up onto their suspension system. It's been finely tuned to stay upright during high speed manoeuvres, and it can swivel independently as long as it's stationary. It's possible to do it while moving but that can be pretty dangerous.
It also closes up shop with metal shutters and a sheet of tempered glass in the new 'front' of the vehicle which is where the non-door side used to be.
Pneumatic cannons extend out from the sides. These cannons are static and can't be aimed. They can be loaded with anything from Mori's inventory. Cans will do the most damage, but weaponized paninis can have their own uses too.
The Broadsider can be surprisingly fast, and has a surprising effective range. Launched cans also really hurt and can blind people with the soda spray. Mori doesn't want to fight with The Broadsider if he doesn't have to, since it's not exactly built for combat and he can't repair all of its systems on his own. However, it has come in useful when dealing with some belligerent customers. The Broadsider has also earned him all of his rank thus far.
- The Broadsider