Lt. Stone

Lt. Stone is the mech pilot from Metal Warriors, a Super NES game.

Abilities:

Hijack Mechs: Lt. Stone has an amazing capacity to use most any mechs.

Equipment:

Note: Most of these mechs have some sort of basic abilities. They have some sort of moving ability, some sort of close-range weapon, some sort of long-range weapon, a shield, and some other attack (usually). You'll notice the continuity. One exception is the Drache: due to it's flying, it has 4 blasters for different directions and one close-range attack (no shield or movement ability). These correspond to the A, B, X, Y, and L buttons of the Super NES. The R button is used for the Add-Ons.

Ballistic: The Ballistic is a mech that is shaped like a ball, but unfurls to become a weapons platform.

• Machinegun: The Ballistic has a mounted automatic weapon, which also serves as the Plasma Cannon.
• Plasma Cannon: The Ballistic's energy-style charging weapon. The cannon is particularly lethal due to it's two forms of fire. The first charge yields a three-round burst. The second charge yields a decimating energy ball capable of blowing mechs up icy slopes. In addition, the Ballistic may charge, shoot the first three-round burst, and then continue the same charge to blast.
• Ram: The Ballistic can charge a plasma shield along the edge of it, then let loose and slide at amazing speeds to ram into enemies. It can even shoot straight up to bounce! Highly lethal when underneath something.
• Block: The Ballistic's shield attack makes a part of it come out to block incoming shots, as well as one of the legs sticking out to the rear to keep it solid.
• Jump: The Ballistic is capable of jumping.

Drache: A four-legged spinning flight robot.

• Blasters: Due to the fact that the Drache is an only-flying vehicle, it must spend 4 of it's 5 abilities in order to be able to blast all directions. It may blast diagonally by moving appropriately.
• Flight: The Drache's movement is flight-exclusive and is high-speed.
• Power Dive: The Drache launches down at enemies. Most of the time, it knocks an enemy to the side. But, if an enemy is too big or is moving up towards the Drache, the Drache will always crush the mech in one blow, a sign of the lethality of this attack. Bear in mind, however, that with low HP and no shields, the Power Dive carries it's risks.

Havoc: The Havoc is one of the two "standard" mechs, the equivalent of Ken and Ryu (albeit with more different abilities). The Havoc and Nitro are both good, all-around units. It's weakness lies in the fact that it has only two methods of attack, but it's movement and protection make up for the weakness.

• Blade Chain: The Havoc's close range attack is quite good. It involves swinging a chain with some sort of axe or meathook-style blade at the target. It's second strike with this will be a spinning strike, allowing for a good old, rapid one-two slash.
• Machinegun: The Havoc uses this fairly ubiquitious weapon as it's long-range.
• Boosters: The Havoc uses it's boosters in two manners. First, it leaps up and does a rocket-propelled jump (see Why Jump? for some advantages to it's lack of flight). Second, it slides across the ground at a high speed (the "Zip Roller").
• Shield: The Havoc's forearms resemble SWAT shields, and it uses them appropriately.

Nitro: The Nitro is the other standard mech. It is well balanced as well, but substitues a energy blaster for a machinegun, an energy sword for a meathook chain, flight for jumping, and an energy shield for a physical shield.

• Energy Blade: The Nitro's energy blade appears to have the benefit of size and range but the disadvantage of slowness and weakness v. the Havoc (more research coming). It may do both a thrust and a slash with it's weapon.
• Fusion Blaster: A red-hot energy blaster. Nice range.
• Shield: The Nitro's shield is used in two ways. First, it puts it in front of itself. Second, it "drops" the shield to harass and annoy the enemy.
• Flight: The Nitro has full flight capacities, albeit slower than the Drache.

Prometheus: The heavy mech, the Zangief of the game. The Prometheus is a mobile weapons platform capable only of walking. However, it's huge and powerful weapons make up for it's lack of mobility.

• Cannon: The Prometheus fires heavy shells that do good damage and explode with fragments, which do less damage (but still significant).
• Flamethrower: It is a mistake to engage the Prometheus in melee combat. It's flamethrower is truly intense and dangerous.
• Bridge Building: The Prometheus may build some amount of blocks in order to cross a chasm.
• Shield: The Prometheus has a heavy shield.
• Aerial Mines: The Prometheus launches small mines upwards to harass flying enemies.

Spider: The Spider is a stealthy assassin mech.

• Wall Climbing: The Spider is capable of climbing on the walls (this is not a button command). In fact, that is it's primary method of moving. It's movement can be somewhat clumsy at first.
• Cloak: The Spider has a cloaking system that works as long as the "button" is held down.
• Blaster: The Spider has an energy blaster similar to the Drache.
• Headbutt: The Spider rams enemies with it's scorpion-like head.
• Web Shot: The Web Shot irritates and slows down the Spider's enemies.

Space Suit: Lt. Stone is not always in his mech. When he is outside, he is usually in a heavy space suit. The damage he takes is pretty impressive: 10 bullet shots, being rammed by something 3 times his size and energized, etc... He is capable of full flight and has a machinegun (with very limited range compared to the mechs).

Add-Ons: All of the mechs have one slot for additional weapons or power-ups. Here are some of these:

• Rocket Launcher: Fires a powerful rocket with a fast firing rate.
• Timed Mines: Lethal weapons. They have a very slow firing rate, but they are capable of scrapping mechs in two or three direct hits.
• Grenade Launcher: Launches small "balls" at enemies. Faster firing rate than the Rockets, but not as impressive.
• Super Speed: When activated, the mech jumps, moves and (maybe) even fires faster!
• RG Powerup: This allows mechs, even the mighty Prometheus, to gravity flip to the ceiling! Excellent for the Spider, and it could probably be used by the Drache to ram upwards.

Element Granted by Spekkio:

Lightning.

Ultimate Equipment:

Axis Crusher: The Axis Crusher was a secret mech design to fight the Axis. Lt. Stone defeated the Axis preemptively, so the mech was never completed. If you were to ask the Earth Government, you could probably get it finished. It incorporates new, experimental technologies. It's basic design is that of the Nitro, as it was felt that that was the best model type to use. However, it has all of the features of the other standard mechs.

• It's shield is a combination of the Prometheus', the Nitro's, and the Havoc's. In addition, it may use the cloaking field simultaneously (although it may not move with the shields on).
• When necessary to use the Ballistic's ram, it rolls up like the Ballistic and goes. It can even use the Havoc's Zip Roller to get some initial momentum and then roll into the ram!
• The main gun is a fusion of all the designs, capable of blasting Prometheus shells, Ballistic Plasma cannon shots, Machinegun fire, the Drache and Spider's blast, and all add-ons. It even blasts a modified (longer-range but weaker) Prometheus flamethrower and the Web shot.
• Add-ons are teleported on.
• The Axis Crusher can climb up walls.
• Other mechs may be hijacked and controlled remotely, all in the safety of the Axis Crusher!
• In case of the main gun's destruction, the Drache style cannons may fire from all directions and the Prometheus flamethrower and Spider Web Shot may also be used.
• The head may extend in order to do the Spider Headbutt.
• The Blade Chain of the Havoc is now energized like the Nitro's Energy Saber.
• The mech can fly and dive like the Drache.