Spinebuster

> *"Hold it! Spinebuster's my car! Nobody drives my car but me!"*
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> -Leonidas Aewar
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A custom car made by Leonidas "Leo" Quinn Aewar after his first car, a Mazda RX-7, unfortunately broke down.

## Usage

### Clash on the Coast

During the Clash on the Coast, Leonidas took Spine Buster out for a spin to intercept Adam Carter and Thomas Schmitt's race, in order to prove himself as being more than just a kid. He eventually caught up to the two drivers, spinning them out and wrecking their cars by grinding in between them and passing by. Leo proceeds to see GIG hovering in the road, causing him to panic and miss a turn, driving right through a guardrail and beginning to freefall. He grapples onto the cliffside, eventually being able to crank Spinebuster back up.

### Storm Realm

In the Storm Realm, Leo was one of the seven humans selected to race. While no damage was sustained to Spine Buster within it, Leo did give David Pliskin a ride after RD-L1 destroyed Twin Mill with an energy ball. The two finished the Realm in second place.

### Swamp Realm

In the Swamp Realm, Leo took a split in one of the many branching paths. Later in the Realm, he found himself chased by an RD-06 and a Racing Drone Jet. While he wasn't able to dispatch of them himself, a quick run-in with a Moss Gorilla and a giant leech did. Near the end of the Realm, Spine Buster once again found itself behind Adam and Thomas, this time with their new vehicles. Rather than crashing both of them, Leo bumps Adam from behind as he tries to pass Thomas and offers the Metal Maniac leader the option to draft with him rather than a Teku. He spins out Power Rage hard, proceeding to get into a draft with Bully Goat as the two vehicles sped down the track, away from the Swamp Beast's vines. However, the two vehicles are not fast enough, with Thomas being grasped by the vines first, and Spine Buster being abducted a few seconds later. Leo was one of the last drivers to exit the Realm.

### Lava Realm

Leonidas participated in the Lava Realm, taking the left path both times. No damage was sustained to Spine Buster.

### Metro Realm

Before the Metro Realm, Adam Carter threw a wrench into David Pliskin's new vehicle of Rat-ified. Thomas gave the suggestion for him to take Spine Buster into the Realm, much to Leo's dismay. David took the vehicle into the Racing Realm anyways. At the start of the Realm, he used the vehicle's lava plow to break the barrier between lanes and get in the proper traffic lane. He stayed on the freeway at first, getting into a scuffle with Kyle Jackson, and getting a huge lead. However, David eventually did leave the freeway and go onto the main roads. After avoiding a Kamikaze Semi, Snake returns to a freeway, where he and Spinebuster become the first victim of the Sweeper.

### Cliffside Realm

During the Cliffside Realm, Leonidas was in the Acceledrome. The RD-S1 previously taken back from the Storm Realm had stolen Dr. Tezla's biosuit and then made a run for it, taking the incomplete chassis and frame of Spinebuster that Leo had been working on. Leo leaped onto the vehicle as it entered the Acceledrome loops, just barely being able to stop the car from being hijacked and taken into the Racing Realm.

### Junk Realm

Leonidas completed his rebuilt version of Spinebuster before this Realm began. During the Junk Realm, Leonidas was one of the drivers to be called in and participate. He was among the Metal Maniacs to be chased down by two of three Sweepers in the Racing Realm.

### Reactor Realm

In the Reactor Realm, Leo exercised a personal grudge against Henry Caine for most of the Realm. Once he and Patrick Smith were separated from the Teku, they found themselves in a tunnel system being chased down by one of the Reactor Realm's Sentry Drones. On a sharp left turn, while Patrick is able to clear the turn, Spine Buster fails to make it, slamming into the wall and crushing its front end. Leo hit the EDR as acid began spilling out of the wall. He has not rebuilt Spine Buster since.

## Features

Lava Plow - This activates a pointed plow right in front of your car. It can be used as a battering ram, or for extra protection.

Grappler Claw - Fired from the front of the car, the Grappler Claw can be used to grab onto opponents or to hoist up a car and out of danger.

Nitrox II - Nitrox II is a special boost formula created by Dr. Tezla that temporarily increases the speed of the vehicle to exactly 300 MPH. It is the required speed needed to pass through the portals to other dimensions.