GBN 1.8 [GBN 1.8] Aida

[Replicator 169]

"Aida"

Full name: Unknown

Faction: Challengers of Diamond

Rank: Guy With The Leadership Stick

Age: Appears as a young adult ingame.

Sex: Male

Weight: Unknown

Height: Slightly tall

Eyes: Green, gold (in-game)

Hair: Brown, silver (in-game)

Skin: Caucasian

Handiness: Right-handed

Personality

A self-described Universal Century snob, he tended to avoid Gundam material that was not as serious as Universal Century, and favored Mobile Suits from the RGM line or with a resemblance to it. However, his friends often rub off on him and add diversity to his designs, whether he realizes it or not. Knowledgeable but playful, he feels a guilty pleasure for acting, often muttering random military terminology through the radio to add to the atmosphere and getting into his "figure of authority" character. Fortunately, everyone at the 08th Thespian Mobile Suit Team has similar traits.

Strengths and weaknesses

Master Of The Airbrush - While no slouch at building either, Aida's pulse is unflinching and his sense of aesthetics is above average, which allows him to paint and detail Gunpla exquisitely. This has won him some awards, but is most useful at his line of work, where clients have the option of paying him to paint and detail their builds, and sets his builds apart.

Head With A Price - A past incident with powerful and well-known individuals in the GBN scene, including his former crew, have made Aida fearful that what he calls "the Gunpla Mafia" is sending virtual hitmen against him, and will one day send thugs to his shop in real life. This makes it difficult for people to gain his trust, but while his fears are somewhat grounded in reality, they're mostly irrational, given the scale of the incident.

Pragmatic - While he favors aerial warfare, being a frequent team player has taught him to choose the best way to balance his team. He is capable of performing decently in every role and terrain, making the best of what he's got and the people he works with.

Easily Antagonized - Aida is quick to add new grudges to his already vast collection of them. He isn't quick to forgive those he feels have wronged him if evidence against his case does not surface, and will often go out of his way to try to obtain retribution when he sees one of the objects of his resentment, among which there are even specific Mobile Suit models and color combinations.

Appearance

Aida is usually seen in elegant dress uniforms and striking poses he thinks are cool. His avatar is a young Caucasian male with green eyes, messy silver curtained hair and reading glasses. His most recent attire is a ZAFT Red Coat uniform made by Zapp's fashion line, recolored blue and white, with added white gloves. Since the ZAFT patches can be replaced with patches for any faction, he modified the stock ones to read "Challengers of Diamond". However, he could not bring himself to remove the "Z", since it's his favorite letter.

History

One of the three owners of a major hobby shop, Aida's is peculiar in that it takes orders from customers to assemble kits and/or customize them, physically and visually according to the customer's specifications. He is in charge of painting and detailing not only Gunpla, but also plastic models of other categories, while his best friend Daniel is in charge of assembling the kits and modifying them, while the remaining owner works as the manager. Years ago, he was bored out of his mind despite the highly creative purposes of his job. His curiosity was definitely piqued when the number of orders for completely customized builds boomed as a result of the launch of a mysterious new attraction: Gunpla Duel. Quickly, he convinced the manager to get the shop infraestructure for the game, which proved to be a highly convenient move, as he could now assume the role of a test pilot to try out customers' machines in battle and ensure that they had the desired performance. When Gunpla Battle Nexus was released later, it was only natural for the shop to acquire cabinets for it, but the old Gunpla Duel tables were kept for old-school enthusiasts and the novelty factor.

He once managed to enter a competitive Diver Force focused on atmospherical Mobile Suits, known as Just Another Non Existent Team or JANET. While he climbed the ranks of the force to become one of its key pilots, he grew increasingly tired of the pressure of competitive play. After tensions escalated with his superiors, he deserted Janet for the 08th Thespian Mobile Suit Team, a peaceful Force that preferred to recreate events from all Gundam series inside Created Missions, with all members acting as typical generic pilots, or sometimes, main characters. After growing fond of this new group, he started offering discounts and tips to help his fellow actors buy machines in a state as impeccable as his from the hobby shop or building their own, thus becoming the second-in-command of the force and a favorite among them.

One day, while the group's activities were in recess to help a member practice for the finals of a major tournament, Aida received an e-mail from the leader of the Force, who had gotten permission from a friend at the GBN administration to play Update 1.8's closed beta, but wouldn't be using the privilege due to becoming a father for the first time that week. Instead, he told the administrator to transfer the Closed Beta Ticket to Aida's account, asking him to check the new features out on behalf of the club, reporting any problems to their friendly administrator along the way. Now, Aida logs into his account by night while doing ''extra hours'', to deck himself in an impressive new set of clothes, and get the inside scoop on every new feature...

Possessions

Aida owns:

RGM-86T Tel-GM

A basic Gunpla made jointly by Aida and his friend Daniel, it stands as a testament of their combined craftsmanship for users of GBN to behold. Based on various Federation and AEUG Mobile Suits, it is quite basic, but can be easily modified to suit different kinds of Mobile Suit warfare, which changes its name to Cosmotel, Airbatel, Aquatel or Terratel when tailored to space, aerial, maritime or terrestrial warfare respectively. It features a pair of elven-looking antennae that augment the operating perimeter of the radio transmitter and receiver, and hidden slots for accessories that feature Zapp plugs, which have now been adopted as the official standard for option parts. Interestingly, Zeonic influences and even parts from other universes have been finding their way into some of its setups, despite starting out as a UC lore-friendly kit.

Kills
None

Roleplays
- Gunpla Battle Nexus 1.8: Community Update [In Progress]

Coliseum Battles
- None

Edited October 2, 2020 by Replicator
Now he's a little less of a jerk