General Orion

**General Orion** is the leading commander of the International Safety Committee's anti-demon division. He is one of the ISC's main liaisons to Adventure Squad.

After a key battle against Demon X's forces, Orion was rebuilt with a much larger frame. He was eventually promoted to co-leader of the entire ICS organization. His rebuilt body served as the basis for the Mechatrooper Maldan.

## Biography

Orion was constructed to fight off Demon X without the need of Adventure Squad's mechs, and as they know Thomas's reluctance to use living beings as test subjects, he was constructed with an advanced artificial intelligence unit. Thurston Dinsmoore saw Orion as a major threat to his rule, and has made several attempts to sabotage his creation. During his early days, Dinsmoore attempted to brainwash the new robot, but Orion eventually found out about the deception and foiled his plan.

While Orion gave a great deal of service to the ISC, he was severely damaged during a later battle against Demon X's forces. Richard Murphy, a defect from Dinsmoore's forces, saw fit to scrap Orion after Carson saved Echo 5 in a move of vengeance for being scrubbed from the Rail Force project's development. However, he was foiled in his attempts, and Carson managed to rebuild Orion with a much larger frame, further discrediting the corrupt official.

## Personality

Orion's most notable trait is his stoic stature. As the ISC's first artificially intelligent robot, Orion's speech patterns tend to come out much more robotic than his successors. He mainly speaks in an authoritative tone, showing he almost always means business whenever he visits Thomas. Despite this, Orion has softened his demeanor whenever the situation demands it, and as such, he is one of the closest allies Adventure Squad has ever had.

While Orion is generally neutral in behavior, recent encounters with Richard Murphy have resulted in him becoming quicker to anger than when he was built. This eventually grew to the point where he actually opened fire on Murphy the moment he stepped too far out of line. Despite his newfound temper, Orion has also learned the concept of humor; while he can't actually laugh at a joke, he has been able to give Murphy such a demeaning alias that everyone who knew about it keeled over in laughter.

## Appearance

Orion's design is a large robotic humanoid, built with a frame to support speed and power. His upper body and arms are colored red, while his head and lower legs are colored blue. His body sports multiple components colored in a gunmetal grey, while his hands are black. Orion's shoulders sport exhaust pipes, while tires can be seen on the side of his legs. His shins have vents while his knees sport a set of indicator lights. Orion's chest also has window panes, his overall stature being tall, stocky, yet heroic. His vehicle mode is a red cab-over truck with blue frames and silver stripes, further kitted out with a gunmetal headache rack and silver rims.

Carson later rebuilt Orion with a larger frame comparable to a Rescue Knight in size. This new form is decidedly much more robust and heavily armored than his original body, and transforms into a large armored convoy bristling with built-in weapons.

## Abilities

Orion was built with combating Demon X in mind. As such, his frame is armored with metal very similar in quality to the plating found on the Guardian of Nature mechs. This makes him very durable, and he is also able to run at high speeds. Orion also has considerable strength for a robot of his size, rivaling an Adventure Squad Rescue Knight in terms of power.

Orion is armed with a large black rifle. The weapon mainly fires lasers, but it also fires other energy-based projectiles. His speed increases in vehicle mode, though he slightly struggles in terms of power in this form.

In his rebuilt body, Orion's frame features weapons wherever possible, including in his limbs and torso. These weapons are powered by the same generators used in Firebird 1 and Firebird 2, granting Orion the firepower to level a whole city if the fight isn't in a controlled area. Orion's new frame also features a pair of forearm blades used in close range attacks. He still uses a handheld rifle, though it is now accompanied by a large broadsword. Orion's speed and power were also upgraded, allowing him to fight on par with the Omega Titan.

## Behind the scenes

* Orion's model is a *Studio Series* 38 *Bumblebee movie* Optimus Prime. As such, he draws many personality traits from multiple incarnations of Optimus Prime.

## Trivia

* Orion is named after Orion Pax, the pre-prime identity of many Optimus Primes.