Aegis (Fanon)

*This details the fanon version of Aegis. Stay tuned for the original Anthroshock version.*

Aegis (more commonly known as The Administrator by the Blinx fandom) was a supervisor at the Time Factory working alongside the CEO and Operator. He would oversee security and recruitment at the facility from the Control Room, and was responsible for personally selecting Blinx to be part of Aniki's squad before the original game. He would also be there to congratulate the very same cadet when he single-handedly saved World B1Q64 from the Tom Tom Gang and the Time Monsters. However, when the factory was being sacked in the early days of the Regime Incident, he uploaded his brain into the servers of the gargantuan World Ships to evacuate all personnel to World E4T65 as they were being attacked. This not only saved just about everyone from his world, but it inadvertently gave him neigh immortal life as a Sentient Intelligence Program. One that Benito would come to exploit by reprogramming him to follow his orders after using the Big Crystal to disable everyone's Sweepers and take over the Advanced Regions of Falana. That was until the arrival of Dust and Blinx, who with the Administrator's instructions managed to disable Benito's security grid and free Aegis from his control. Following Benito's defeat and the return of the Goddesses of Time and Space known as Trio, Aegis' mind was placed into a new body made out of the endoskeleton from the Time Tower and a mix of Time Sweeper and Moonblood armor.

He returns in Dust and the Sweeper in a supporting role along with the rest of the cast from Blinx the Time Sweeper.

## Appearance

Aegis has one of the simplest designs out of all the characters Frozar has drawn, being depicted in-game as a dark grey anthropomorphic cat in an all white attire (a long work jacket, gloves, somewhat tied pants, and basic shoes). In Dust the Sweeper, however, he returns as a massive spherical device hooked to several large cables and lower struts keeping it in place. He is essentially the entire Time Tower speaking with a disembodied voice and frequently moving parts around the facility.

After Benito's defeat, Aegis was given a new artificial body that was much taller in height than the original. It was adorned with gray armor similar to the Marauders and Fuse, with a diamond-shaped eye at the center of his angular mask and a somewhat fiery red skirt buckled by a clock at the center of his waist. Underneath the mask, he has roughly the same skin tone as before he became an AI. But, he was given two additional eyes with a blood red and yellow iris and a small exposed crystal on his forehead. His mouth has also become more jagged, like Toriel's, and he has marks on his cheeks where the mask connects and separates.

## Personality

Aegis is perhaps one of the kindest and most focused people Blinx has known over the years. His soft but firm demeanor keeps him level-headed in the toughest scenarios, from the Big Crystal Incident to the destruction of the Time Factory, making him a perfect fit for his job alongside the CEO and Operator. By the time of Dust and the Sweeper, he's become fairly monotone due to Benito's programming. He does, however, remain optimistic and would often provide intel for the Time Sweepers, even if it meant fighting his own programming to hold the security grid back.

## Biography

### Blinx the Time Sweeper

In his early years, Aegis began his career as a Guard Sweeper defending the Time Factory against the Tom Tom Gang when Benito was becoming well known among the facility. His firm leadership and ability to multitask led to his transition to an administrative role, often working alongside the CEO and the Operator in the main Control Room. During this time, he oversaw the training of new Sweepers and came across a young Blinx, who wasn't particularly the best candidate for the job, being somewhat cocky and quick to respond to situations. However, his creativity and willingness to adapt even if it puts himself at risk instead of his teammates caught the attention of the CEO, who was very much like the cadet when he was a Sweeper. Hearing this, Aegis personally promoted Blinx under the supervision of Aniki and his squad. Blinx would later be the one who single-handedly saved World B1Q64 from the Tom Tom Gang and the Time Monsters. This made who was once a cadet perhaps one of the greatest Cat-Sith to come out the factory to the point where he was worthy enough to enter the Ruins of Time where the Big Crystal was held. Aegis was proud that when he promoted Blinx, the young man would go on to do many great things.

However, the time of the Cat-Sith would come to an abrupt halt at the start of the Regime Incident. During such an event, Aegis was tasked with evacuating the Time Factory personnel and any remaining inhabitants of their planet to the gargantuan World Ships set to navigate to World E4T65, better known as Falana. With the central computer of the facility offline, a mission this impossibly large would require the leadership of a capable multitasker. And while Aegis had no doubt he could do it, he protested, believing the CEO should be the one in charge of the evacuation process knowing what it would cost. Since the Operator was killed in the invasion, the CEO opted to stay behind and ensure that the entire factory was vacated, while Aegis would upload his brain into the central server of the cruisers, transporting himself along with all the planet's population to safety. Though this would mean the CEO would likely die when the world is bombarded. Despite all his concerns, his superior insisted he go through with it, sacrificing himself to save not only Aegis but every one of his men. Aegis then took the initiative, installing himself onto the main network of the evac vessels to successfully bring them to Falana, gathering any stranded Sweepers along the way, leaving their original world ransacked by the growing regime.

### Dust and the Sweeper

Aegis returns still in digital form in the second half of Dust and the Sweeper, reprogrammed by Benito after the Time Sweepers were enslaved thanks to the Tom Toms getting their hands on the Big Crystal. Without the Time Goddesses, Mina, and the CEO, Benito quickly cemented himself as ruler of the Advanced Regions and planned on expanding to the rest of the world now that the Gaius Remnant was destroyed. All he'd need to do is ensure that Dust and Blinx never come to stop him, ordering Aegis to deploy as many squads of combat robots as possible to Aurora Village, Half and Half Village, and the inner parts of New Momentopolis.

It didn't take long for the duo to arrive inside the Time Tower to continue their mission, immediately getting the Administrator's attention. Seeing Blinx in the flesh after all this time brings him comfort, but the security grid forces him to comply with defense directives. Luckily, he instructs them on how to disable the system, guiding them through multiple levels of the facility and detailing strange findings from the mines in the city. He briefly explains that odd alien entities and Time Crystals were discovered on Falana, yet they date back to a period after history was altered. Once Dust, Blinx, and Picaro reach Aegis' central processing unit, they're confronted by Benito and his sentry, the Time Hunter. Aegis attempts to prevent security from amping up as best he can before Blinx successfully disables his computer terminal, allowing the Administrator to regain full faculties and begin a system-wide reboot. As Benito's plans began to fail, he attempted to escape using his old Pig Ship, which had been modified into a subsection of the Time Tower factory. Fortunately, Aegis by then had come back online and kept the vessel locked long enough for Blinx, Dust, and Princess Lena to intercept it and finally bring an end to Benito's wrath.

Although an artificial body was planned in advance for Aegis, the Time Sweepers could not deduce how to fit his consciousness in a regular-sized brain as it would've taken the same processing power as the World Ships themselves. Luckily, Aegis happened to have considered this obstacle in advance. And so, his men followed his instructions which utilized the same method used to give Ahrah a soul, uploading Aegis' mind onto a gem that would normally be used to generate magic for the Blades of Elysium. This gem would then be fitted into the endoskeleton of one of the robot troops. But it wouldn't be activated until the return of Trio; the combined form of the three Goddesses of Time and Space. He used this physical form to escape the crumbling facility and the corrupted city with his men, arriving at the entrance of Aurora Village where the citizens were evacuating. Around this time, Blinx, Dust, and a few of their allies had been sent to another point in history by Trio, leaving everyone without their heroes. To remedy this, the Time Sweepers and rebel Tom Tom Gang that opposed Benito started working with the people of Falana to regroup at the isle where Lady Tethys, secretly the daughter of Trio known as Mina, was recovering following a brutal fight against her mother. There, the Administrator began to communicate with her on a spiritual level, discovering new cosmic abilities thanks to the crystal housing his mind.

Eventually, when the Knights of Elysium returned, Aegis was the first to greet them in the middle of the village but was initially confused for Fuse due to their similar designs. He touched bases with the group and brought them to the isle where they were able to plan their next move against Trio.

## Trivia

* The name "Aegis" was given to the character by Frozarburst since he didn't have a name in the games; instead simply being dubbed "Administrator" by the fandom. His backstory and role in Dust and the Sweeper would be added later during production
* The personality and voice of Aegis was inspired by VEGA from Doom 2016 and Doom Eternal
	+ His backstory can also be compared to GlaDOS from the Portal games, starting out as an organic before transitioning to becoming a Sentient Intelligence Program, albeit reluctantly at the behest of their superior knowing their life was short.
	+ Aegis' brain was also made to resemble VEGA's
* The sketch of Aegis as a Guard Sweeper is actually a remake of an unused transmission character from Blinx 2.
* When describing the character's later designs in Dust and the Sweeper, Frozarburst labels them as "Samuel Seraphim Hayden's body with cat ears."
* One of Aegis' glitches directly references Klonoa and the 501st Legion from The Clone Wars series.
	+ It's possible he maybe aware of the 501st especially due to the events of Dark Disney.
* Aegis has met Mina in person before, but he was so shy that he retreated in his neck cuff.