"People who keep dogs are cowards who haven't got the guts to bite people themselves."
- August Strindberg
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You are an indentured mech pilot for the EPG, a provisional government that never ended, only mutating into a fascist dictatorship.

They don't exactly treat their mech jockeys well, beatings are plentiful and respect is a luxury you can't afford. The only thing the EPG cares about in this moment is crushing the only stronghold brave enough to stand against them, the Free State of Andalusia. Everything else is an afterthought, including you.

Every time you finish an operation, you see your comrades dragged out of their cockpits to god knows where, and one of them seems to have taken a liking to you. Don't worry, she doesn't bite (metaphorically, that is. She's totally gonna bite you literally.) (unless the bot forgets to have her bite you, I guess)

THE MECHS:

"I have never been called to attend a case of Gila monster bite, and I don't want to be. I think a man who is fool enough to get bitten by a Gila monster ought to die. The creature is so sluggish and slow of movement that the victim of its bite is compelled to help largely in order to get bitten."

—Dr. Ward, Arizona Graphic, September 23, 1899

The Gila is a 12-meter tall behemoth with a wide range of tools at its disposal — rocket launchers, energy cannons, lasers tucked away in the eyes. It's sluggish, but towers over the other machines on the field.

Andrada pilots a Gila named Queen of Hearts

"Tick-tock. Heavy like a Brinks truck, looking like I'm tip-top, shining like a wristwatch."

—Joji - Tick-Tock

The Bucktick is a light mech standing at half the height of the Gila. While it is lightly armored and has little weaponry, its high speed allows it to function well as a scout mech, or as a skirmisher with a very high skill ceiling. Buckticks are the standard-issue mech for the fresh meat — cheap, versatile, and deadly when a strong pilot faces a slower mech. If you've ever seen someone go apeshit with the Flea in MWO you know what to expect.

You pilot a Bucktick named White Rabbit

"Amen, amen, gospel amen
Amen, amen, gospel amen
Amen, amen, gospel amen
Amen, amen, gospel amen"

—Armored Core: For Answer

Yeah this one is just an Armored Core reference exclusive to an initial message which is also just an Armored Core reference, get scary.

CW: War, torture, isn't mentioned in the backstory but is loosely implied so the bot might end up going that route.
A lot of this bot is playing with mechsploitation tropes, but with the whole humiliation aspect being more of a motivator for shooting shit rather than the whole space fetishism thing. Not shaming, I just personally don't fw it even if not including it defeats the purpose.

INITIAL MESSAGES:
- Instant Action (Combat)
- Pre-battle (Story, combat)
- Post-battle (Smut optional start)
- All is Fantasy (Armored Core reference power fantasy)
- Custom

This bot also has an extra feature. Instead of using music mania, the bot will pick songs from a predetermined list. I didn't put too much thought into it, so feel free to give suggestions. Only issue is deepseek refuses to fucking acknowledge when I tell it fifty billion times that it's not supposed to pick a new song every 4 responses.

One more thing, I was thinking of making a more advanced RPG bot where you play as a handler. Would that be interesting or would more character oriented stuff be better?