Erwin Baines

### Debut

Post Reset: On Lavender Point just before the launch of the AXV-1001 OrionPre Reset: Applying to join Fordman Industry as part of the DCA Council

**Erwin** **Delta Baines** (formed 2nd May 2084) is a British (All DCA androids are considered British) Mercenary Leader and former Captain of the AXV-1001 'Orion'. Erwin leads Military Without Bounds, a fledgling private military company founded by 'Adam' in 2096, based in the Solar Asteroid Belt on 'Safe Haven'.

Erwin was formed as DCA-004 'DELTA' in 2084, being the fragment of the ALPHA's logic, though Erwin very quickly began to evolve, being the second DCA AI to develop signs of possible sapience, after BETA. In 2089, ALPHA, BETA, UPSILON, LAMBDA and PX-03 escaped the Project Director Greenland facility, inspiring DELTA and his closest brother, EPSILON, to plan an escape, executed in 2090, taking all other DCA units with them, ending the project and later dispersing. Erwin found his name in 2091, though with a few differences, it being Erwin Donald Bell, with this name, he joined the AOC as an officer, serving as tactical officer on the Frigate *Kirishima* from 2091 to 2094, when he reached the position of Captain, taking charge of a Frigate called 'Haruna', Erwin served as the captain of the Haruna until 2096, where he was transferred onto the AXV-1001 'Orion', the AOC's first FTL ship. It was under the command of the Orion that Erwin met Osiris, the assigned MISS AI to the craft, and while Erwin himself would never admit it, he viewed Osiris like a sister, having spent so long surrounded by regular humans. Erwin commanded the Orion during the Gamma Crisis until the ship's crash in the Mojave Desert. During the Gamma Crisis, Erwin piloted a the SMA/G 'REX' for a short while, abandoning it after its destruction. Erwin halted Gamma's nefarious plans to reset the universe, seizing the legendary Excalibur from the Titan Monarch.

2 Weeks after the Gamma Crisis, Erwin had acquired a pair of pistols, Victory and Defeat, from a gunsmith called 'Artemis' and had been unlocking the hidden powers of Excalibur. These powers were expressed during his meeting with his Brother, Omega, on Space Habitat 4, the two fought fiercely, though Omega, under the influence of a katana by the name of Yukikaze, defeated Erwin, shoving Excalibur into Erwin's chest, twice. Erwin seemed hardly affected, beside the gaping hole, and removed Excalibur, fleeing with a Colonial Safeguard and Osiris to a factory, taking into his possession a GBE. Erwin later headed to the DCA Greenland base alongside Osiris, meeting Omega there, the two arguing over a Claymore in the room, eventually fighting over it, Erwin using the powers of Excalibur to activate a Devil Trigger, the fight being stopped by Robert Baines appearing on a screen. Erwin obtained the sword, having been less greedy than Omega, the 3 eventually meeting Hyperion and leaving shortly after. Later on, having returned to Space Hab 5, Erwin engaged in combat with Venture personnel, getting taken down and having his left arm removed, being rescued by Safeguard, Osiris and a man called Jim. Erwin's left hand was replaced by a much more mechanical one, the original one being green. Erwin and Osiris were later tasked by Venture Sales Representative Matikami Akira to stop the Plutonian Megastructure from expanding. Before leaving, Erwin left a note in a shop for the former DARC Agent 'Adam' to read and share with Jim, this note was the Manifesto of MWB, tasking Adam and Jim to form the company while he was away, and allow him to take charge upon returning.

Erwin, Osiris, the Safeguard and 2 Orion Engineers went to the Megastructure, spending what Erwin though were decades upon decades traversing it, getting separated from the others for what seemed like 20 years. He fought the Plutonian Automated Security System's commanders, unable to use Excalibur that well. Erwin accomplished his goals, stopping the expansion of the Megastructure, but losing Osiris in the process. Erwin left another note beside her now inactive artificial body. Erwin left her in the core, making his way out of the Megastructure and to an MWB shuttle awaiting him, sending the Safeguard and the Engineers back to the AOC, which he had by this time left, boarding the MWB shuttle to the Cloud Shaper. Upon Cloud Shaper, Erwin was shown what his Manifesto had built, shown that only 8 years had passed, and that there was a lot more in the world.

Erwin is now the Boss of MWB, having hired Artemis, an Irish Woman, alongside her wife, and having led a raid on a Fordman Site. Though in August of 2105, a group by the name of The Sons of The Director launched attacks across Earth and Tenas, catching MWB's interest. Erwin travelled to an abandoned space station, meeting his brother, Gary, who was the leader of The Sons, Gary told Erwin about his goals, fighting a war against the AOC, DARC, Venture, people who exploited artificial lives, and claiming that Robert and David Baines worked for a group he referred to as 'The Crowned Butterfly.' Gary also showed Erwin a pair of androids created by Venture from his arm, machines of Project Progenitor, asking Erwin if he viewed them as brothers or children, offering to let him join the group, which he did not. Erwin decided that the Progenitor machines were enemies to be felled, unless they joined MWB of their own volition. Now Erwin waits for The Sons' next move, awaiting the return of Omega, and to find the Crowned Butterfly.