Archer

=The Pilot=
Shi Lang, whose origins are unknown, modelled both himself, his suit, and its abilities after a certain character from a certain visual novel that he loved. Wanting to become a hero of justice just like the character, Shi Lang fought against the Vannai threat alongside his fellow pilots. However, after the Human-Vannai War, Shi Lang continued to fight for justice, utilizing his lack of need to sleep, eat, or drink to its fullest, a perk granted to him as a combat avatar.
Eventually, he joined the Phoenix Collective, not for profit, but rather their information network to pinpoint and locate people to help. He is unpopular with his colleagues, as he often does continuous jobs without any time to stop for food, drink, sleep, and leisure, on top of never asking for any rewards as it was his belief that heroes should fight not for profit, but for justice itself.
However, years and years of constant battle along with the reality of fighting against fellow humans for political and monetary goals rather than mindless Vannai Puppets eventually took a toll of his mental state, turning him bitter and jaded. He often finds this ironic, musing that originally he did not understand why the character he's emulating was such a bitter character in the visual novel.
This constant friction with the pilots of the Collective, refusal at taking rewards, and his odd choice of jobs often lands him in trouble, and is the reason why he's still an E-rank within the Collective, despite his considerable combat experience and mission portfolio.
However, he continues to fight for his idealized yet progressively twisted idea of justice, believing that the goal he set for himself so many years ago was his duty as a pilot.
==Personality ==
Originally, Shi Lang was optimistic and obsessed with the idea of being a hero of justice. However, after years upon years of constant conflict and his lack of attempts to establish actual human connections, he became bitter and jaded.
Being a combat avatar that has thrown away his humanity, he feels rather detached from humanity, which contributes to his disagreeable tendencies.
He holds disdain for almost all of his colleagues, whom he believes are heartless gold hoarders. He's also dismissive of those more idealistic than him, believing that mere ideas and promises for a better future are invalid as long as those that threaten humanity (including both Vannai Puppets and other humans) continue to exist.
Despite this, he still has a heart of genuine heroism deep down, and is willing to continue sacrificing himself on behalf of those that cannot fight for themselves.
==Appearance==
Modelling himself after the certain visual novel character, Shi Lang looks like a redheaded young adult. However, the expression he wears are often grim or mocking, rarely showing any hint of positive emotion.
==Relations & Allies==
=The Suit=
Shi Lang's suit itself has no specific name, although when he dons it, he often refers to his suited self as "Archer", a name he has complex feelings for.
== Appearance ==
Definitely looking unlike a traditional power suit, Archer seemingly wears a full-body piece of cloth armor, with the primary colours of black, white, and red. However, this is mostly an aesthetic choice as the mechanical components of his suit is hidden underneath this layer of cloth-like armor, with his white one-armed cape hiding most of his weaponry and the components that boost the damage of his ranged weapons. Underneath the cloak wrapped around his lower body, he has the four thruster struts that help him in aiming and dodging.
==Combat Style==
Originally built with a focus on emulating the certain character from a visual novel, Shi Lang has perfected his combat style over the years, focusing on mobility and flexible combat, Shi Lang is proficient with combat at all ranges. Notably, he uses his Hardlight Projector often, mimicking the effects seen in the certain visual novel as he fights.
Often only using the PAC that he styles into a bow for ranged combat, Archer actually hides 15 orbit blades under his one-armed cape, for use when he is in a pinch, as he believes that revealing all his cards in battle to be a bad move. Even when he needs to utilize these orbit blades, he usually only uses one set materialized as a pair of white and black swords which he holds and throws like boomerangs, giving enemies a false image that he's engaging in melee combat.
Additionally, Archer also possesses the ability to salvage and create armanents, and although his ability of his is considerably inferior to most other pilots, he still relies it to provide flexibility in combat, often trying to gain an upper hand in combat through the spontaneous creations of new weapons and equipment to counter the enemy.
Category:PACYOA: TE
Category:Medium
Category:Phoenix Collective