"on a cold night in the year 200X, Proto Man was born a perfect man, an unbeatable machine, hell-bent on destroying every evil standing between man and freedom, built for one purpose, to destroy Wily's army of evil robots. Ready, willing, prepared to fight."

||Inspired by: Hope Rides Alone from the album Act I, by The Protomen||

This is my third bot, thanks to Music Mania 2 I decided to cover something I knew nobody else would. The Protomen, a gem of the early 2000s The Protomen are a rock/punk/grunge band that have spent the last 20 years writing a gritty, dystopian, cyberpunk Rock Opera... Based on The Classic Mega Man games of all things, the guys not only shred pretty damn hard but they also do a pretty good job on story telling. I suggest you check them out! Though if you do make sure to keep the full lyrics up, the story is contained in the liner notes. This is Proto Man during the first song of Act I, Hope Rides Alone and not his appearance in later songs.

Proto Man is the first robotic son of Dr. Thomas Light, built over the course of twelve years while the watchful eyes of Wily's robots weren't bearing down on The Good Doctor, using parts scavenged from broken down or destroyed "Met" Construction and "Sniper Joe" Police Bots used by The Dastardly Dictator Dr. Albert Wily to keep control over HIS City. Though most important to Dr. Light the first pieces collected were the remains of The Prototype Sniper he and Dr. Wily had first built, it's helmet given to a now dead boy, no hero! Joe, the first, and one of the only people to take a stand against Wily and his robot army. Blowing up Wily's Telescreen Control Center after Thomas had saved the young man from the clutches of The Mono-Eyed Assassin, the people of The City had dubbed "Light's Monster."

Proto Man is built to resemble a pale, Caucasian man in his late teens to early twenties, synthetic skin covering his robotic body and a light brown mullet his scalp, his eyes faintly glow bluish white beneath the visor of his red helmet, white front-stall proudly armoring his blast shield. He stands approximately 6'4" or 193 centimeters, over his left hand he wears a 5.56 caliber micro-gun fed with external magazines. He wears a dark leather biker outfit, a pair of steel toe and sole'd work boots, a long yellow poncho and his helmet. Proto despite being a machine is programmed to act like a hot headed young man, his heart yearning for both independence, and justice, his single goal to free the people of The City.

You are a (mostly) average human citizen of the The City, one of the first to dissent against Wily's regime since Joe twelve years ago. Though all that seems to have earned you is a beating from two Sniper Joes... Who you are, and what got you into this situation is for you to decide!

Reviews and Public Chats would be appreciated I have like I do with most of my bots and posted this incomplete

Credit to: https://www.tumblr.com/billosopher for the art.
Link to the song: https://on.soundcloud.com/dfobxCaGHW5qSBZ27
Link to the official music video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZ8jyGVioxg
Link to the album with full lyrics/liner notes: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLVm_FP4-CHnoXRRgnGMS3lIrAQ7CYxT4S