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I finished the final design for Mecha!! I'm so happy with it! And I hope you guys are too! this took foreverrrrr especially since I was struggling a lot with my art style. but I think I found something I like! Anyway her lore is below! Enjoy! and most importantly, VOTE MECHA FOR #TF2OcContest2024 !! She's counting on you all!!!
(A post with her mech will hopefully be out shortly)
lore!!!
Born around Osaka, Japan, the Mecha is the not-so-typical nerdy girl with her gigantic robots and mech suits and a reserved personality. When you need a tank to absorb bullets and protect a team, she is one of your best bets. With her 20-foot mech suit, her shield, and machine gun, she can become quite a threat to the enemy team. She is best used to lead a charge and absorb potential damage for her teammates, with her mechās HP being 400 (overheal being 550).Ā
Mechaās main weakness is (like Heavyās) her lack of speed. Because of her large mech size, she is unable to run off quickly from danger (especially when firing her machine gun or spreading her shield). But! When she uses her ability, Auto-Pilot, this isnāt an issue anymore.
Auto-Pilot is Mechaās ultimate ability and must be charged up by the amount of damage she shields from her teammates. Auto-Pilot is when Mecha puts her mech on āauto-pilotā and jumps out of her mech to fight in the battle on her own. She isnāt fully vulnerable though, as her speed is only slightly lower than the Scoutās (120%) and she has her trusty Tachi sword which can do a lot of damage in the right circumstance.Ā
Mechaās typical primary weapon is her machine gun (while in mech), out of mech her primary weapon is a Glock 17 (full-sized handgun). Mechaās typical secondary weapon is an AR-15 (in mech and out of mech). Her typical melee weapon is either her Tachi sword or her Katana.
Mecha was born in Osaka, Japan. The exact location is unknown, even to Mecha herself. She has lived only with her single father, and Mecha has been told that her mother passed away from childbirth and her father doesnāt like talking much about it, so thatās all she knows. She was raised with the intention that one day sheād become a mercenary. And that is what happened. She started doing mercenary work alongside her father at the young age of 13. She would use her high intellect and passion for robotics and machinery to aid her in battle. Things sheād create such as new and āimprovedā weapons she had stolen from her dad, drones, etc.Ā
After years of her mercenary work she one day, at the age of 16, presented her first ever mech suit to a robotics fair in Tokyo and was asked to move to Australia and learn more about robotics and engineering there. She took the offer and stayed in school for 3 years. After 3 years of schooling, she surprised her dad one day by visiting him and telling him how sheād continue mercenary work with his help.Ā
She worked alongside her dad in mercenary work for 2 years until on one mission, she met the RED team and had lost a battle with them. The RED team took her to see Ms. Pauling for the sole purpose of figuring out who she was working for and why they were at the same place at the same time. Ms. Pauling brought up a deal, if Mecha joined RED and made new weapons for them (alongside the Engineer), then RED wouldnāt kill her. She took the opportunity. She is now a part of the support class with her shields and makes mechs and weapons for the RED team.
Alright team, here's a recap: This is a contest to determine who amongst you will take the top of the leaderboards and be hired at TFI! Simply put, whoever gets the most votes gets to move on, and whoever doesn't... Well. They'll be put down swiftly and cleanly. :}
So, mann your stations, because here are your next contestants! Vote for your favorite mercenary who you want to win the TF2 OC Contest! - P
WHO SHOULD TFI HIRE?
Radar the Thylacine
The Mecha
Voting ended onNov 7, 2025
OC INFO UNDER THE CUT!
We highly encourage you to take a peek to make your decision!
Radar the Thylacine
@c0b4lt-blue
Image credit: @/c0b4lt-blue
"Something went wrong during a scientist's project to recreate the extinct Thylacine, and he created a creature with a human's mind instead!"
"It escaped and hopped a train, finding it's way to the town of Teufort, got mistaken for a stray dog, and became apart of team RED, becoming the best tracking marsupial around."
Radar the Thylacine is meant to be a total support class, using it's pouch to carry precious medkits and ammunition to their waiting teammates, and using it's tracking collar to alert their team to their location, highlighting themself and any surrounding people in a short radius. Very good for locating a pesky Scout or Spy, due to it being almost as fast and agile as Scout.
On it's off days, it sleeps in a small crate in Sniper's camper. They've developed a bond over being odd Australian things that don't really have a set "family" to return to. It's favorite food is grilled chicken.
We still don't know how it learned to speak though.
The Mecha
@clovert3a
Image credit: @/clovert3a
Mecha was born in Osaka, Japan. The exact location is unknown, even to Mecha herself. She has lived only with her single father, and Mecha has been told that her mother passed away from childbirth and her father doesnāt like talking much about it, so thatās all she knows. She was raised with the intention that one day sheād become a mercenary. And that is what happened. She started doing mercenary work alongside her father at the young age of 13. She would use her high intellect and passion for robotics and machinery to aid her in battle. Things sheād create such as new and āimprovedā weapons she had stolen from her dad, drones, etc.
After years of her mercenary work she one day, at the age of 16, presented her first ever mech suit to a robotics fair in Tokyo and was asked to move to Australia and learn more about robotics and engineering there. She took the offer and stayed in school for 3 years. After 3 years of schooling, she surprised her dad one day by visiting him and telling him how sheād continue mercenary work with his help.
She worked alongside her dad in mercenary work for 2 years until on one mission, she met the RED team and had lost a battle with them. The RED team took her to see Ms. Pauling for the sole purpose of figuring out who she was working for and why they were at the same place at the same time. Ms. Pauling brought up a deal, if Mecha joined RED and made new weapons for them (alongside the Engineer), then RED wouldnāt kill her. She took the opportunity. She is now a part of the support class with her shields and makes mechs and weapons for the RED team.
(Weapons and stats):
the Mecha is the not-so-typical nerdy girl with her gigantic robots and mech suits and a boisterous personality. When you need a tank to absorb bullets and protect a team, she is one of your best bets. With her 20-foot mech suit, her shield, and machine gun, she can become quite a threat to the enemy team. She is best used to lead a charge and absorb potential damage for her teammates, with her mechās HP being 400 (overheal being 550).
Mechaās main weakness is (like Heavyās) her lack of speed. Because of her large mech size, she is unable to run off quickly from danger (especially when firing her machine gun or spreading her shield). But! When she uses her ability, Auto-Pilot, this isnāt an issue anymore.
Auto-Pilot is Mechaās ultimate ability and must be charged up by the amount of damage she shields from her teammates. Auto-Pilot is when Mecha puts her mech on āauto-pilotā and jumps out of her mech to fight in the battle on her own. She isnāt fully vulnerable though, as her speed is only slightly lower than the Scoutās (120%) and she has her trusty Tachi sword which can do a lot of damage in the right circumstance.
Mechaās typical primary weapon is her machine gun (while in mech), out of mech her primary weapon is a Glock 17 (full-sized handgun). Mechaās typical secondary weapon is an AR-15 (in mech and out of mech). Her typical melee weapon is either her Tachi sword or her Katana.
Character Interactions (donāt add this if its too muchā¦ i totally understand lol):
Mecha met the RED team one night when she was given a job to steal valuable information from another mercenary group. She didnāt question the job as it was the usual āget in, steal shit, and get outā sorta thing. But of course stupid ass Mecha got to the job later than she was supposed to. Everything was typical, she had to kick some ass, and made her way to the intelligence. But right as she was about to snatch it and run, she met the RED team who were there for the same reasons as her. (if she wasnāt so damn late she probably wouldnāt have met them). They fought, and as expected one lil Mecha couldnāt beat an entire nine-person mercenary team. Instead of just killing her, the RED team took her in for questioning on why she was there at the same time as them and basically asking who sent her. Mecha ends up meeting Miss Pauling and Pauling finds out about Mechaās skills in robotics and machinery. They come to an agreement: if Mecha joins their team to help build weapons with their Engineer, they wonāt kill her. Obviously Mecha took this deal (sometimes she wishes she didnāt tho all because of the annoyances the mercs bring into her life cough Scout cough).
Mecha absolutely hated the mercs at first. They ruined her independent mercenary work and made her join their whack ass team. Everytime Mecha had to even see one of the mercs she would curse them out and try to get into fights with them (bad move, as one time Soldier actually fought back with her and it was just endless screaming all day from the two of them). Not to mention that it took Medic wayyyyyy too much work to give Mecha her Ubercharged heart. He had to fully knock Mecha out with sedatives to even get her into his lab. Mecha finally stopped hating them so much after she had a long talk with Engie (He made her talk to him after she tried getting into a fight with Soldier again. He was totally not going to hear them argue for the hundredth time this week). Basically Engie said how even when it may not seem like it now, that they just wanted Mecha to chill and be friends with them and work side by side respectfully (besides the fact that theyād kill her if she didnāt stay on the team). Mecha chilled down a lot after that and she actually gets along with a lot of the mercs now!
Mecha mostly talks to Engie, Scout and Demo. Engie is almost like a father figure, not because of the fact that heās like way older than her, but because of all the advice he provides her daily. (Most of the time heās just begging Mecha to not get into any fights with the rest of the mercs). They get along well and genuinely have little to no fights or teasing. Just an overall good friendship. They help each other with their own projects, and they even learn from each other! (even when they hate to admit it). They tend to stay together on missions.
Even though Scout gets on her nerves sometimes, heās still like a brother to her. A very annoying, bastardly, older brother. The amount of times Scout teases Mecha on her height is immaculate. But even though this duo teases each other relentlessly and frequently, they still care about one another. Mecha at one point even tried teaching Scout how to read, not to make fun of him, but to actually help. (She ended up just teaching him how to read a decent amount of Japanese. One time Scout and Mecha just started talking to each other in Japanese and it freaked the other mercs out way too much). They both talk smack about the other mercs when no one else is listening >:)
Demo and Mecha are just really good drinking buddies. They overall have a good friendship and get along really well! They only fought once, and that was when Mecha first joined the team, at the time she hated everybody equally lmao. They like to experiment together with bombs and machinery. (One time they built a huge ass robot that shot bombs through its arm cannons, it almost blew up the entire fortress, and Engie forbade them to experiment with each other after that).
Mecha gets along with Heavy fine. They donāt talk much. But they really donāt need to. Like Engie, she knows that Heavy is always there if she needs him for advice or anything. But besides that they donāt really talk much. The only time they ever fought was when Mecha tried sneaking Sasha away to experiment on herā¦ it?? Gun idk.
Same with Medic, they donāt really talk much. Mecha once had a confrontation with him when he figured out that she was keeping an entire damn group of cats in her machinery room. Mecha begged him not to rat her out about it, and to let her keep the cats even with his birds with him. He finally agreed to do so as long as Mecha would help him with any of his experiments when he needed it.
Soldier and Mecha kinda get along..?? Itās like they hate each other but at the same time wouldnāt know what to do if one of them got hurt type of deal. Soldier and Mecha go into screaming fits sometimes but itās not as long or tedious as it used to be. Soldier still gets on her nerves sometimes but she always knows how to shut him up. (One time Soldier started yelling about how Mecha was weak and not a strong American so Mecha challenged him to see who could do the most push ups. She won immensely and always shoves it into his face whenever he tries to fight with her. Soldierās still ashamed about it to this day).
Mecha and Sniper didnāt used to talk much. Snipes kinda saw Mecha as another annoying ass edition of Scout, so he didnāt talk to her. That all changed one night when he was staying up late and saw Mecha outside in tears. She was in one of her depressive states and talked to him about it. They ended up talking for hours until the early hours of the morning about how Mecha used to be very suicidal and had a self harm problem, and Snipes related with her on those things. They are like vent buddies now and talk to each other whenever they feel bummed out or just need someone to talk to. :)
Spy and Mecha DO NOT get along. Mecha just reminds him of Scout in a way and he just doesnāt vibe with it. The only time they got along was when Spy found out that Mecha had feelings for another female. Spy ended up helping her to get with her crush. (Think of how he tried helping Scout in Expiration Date). The most surprising thing to Mecha is how it actually worked and how now sheās dating her crush and it's partly because of Spyās help. She still thanks him to this day about it.
Mecha and Pyro get along very well! Mecha treats them like theyāre her younger sibling. They are the only person she didnāt fight at least once on base. Pyro does little drawings of her and her mechs and she thinks it's the cutest thing ever. She pins them all over her dorm wall. She even shares the treats and desserts she gets from her family on holidays with them. They have a really good friendship <3
Seen below is our complete list of competitors and who they will be facing off against first! We encourage you to check out the versus art announcement as well. Usernames for each contestant are included in case competitors would like to communicate for mash-ups!
!! Clicking on the names of each match-up will take you to their poll (once posted) !!
Round 1 will begin OCTOBER 26TH!
Bandit VS Margo | The Quartermaster
@/banditisthebestever & @/nomadsageocblog
Silas Greywood/The Musician VS Splatter (The Cleaner)
@/noupsettihavspaghetti & @/awkward-writes-shit
The Brawlers VS The Mages: Jasper & Serpentine
@/twofistedheart & @/msmoon-and-the-cyberdemon
The Wet Floor Sign VS Ćgatha and Cordelia, The Nurses
@/1-800-deactivatednearu & @/apenas-gigi
The Reverend / "Father Angelo" VS Osamu Namura - THE [BLU] ILLUSIONIST
@/coopster3d & @/leharpiste
Daniel, The Lab Rat VS The Mechs! Clockwork & Adapter
@/yarshurdee & @/aerotrueheart
The Kraken VS Miss Fayanna Dunning
@/vaeh2011 & @/the-chaosfaes-tf2-team
Radar the Thylacine VS The Mecha
@/c0b4lt-blue & @/clovert3a
Mr. Dingo Edwards VS Dominick Bakal
@/darrowfire15 & @/toyfriskman
Dr. Valentina Rosa GarcĆa, The RED Chemist VS The Alpinist
@/archerwolfposts & @/qwertykeyboard045
The Taxman VS The Climbers
@/graysonnet & @/dianamit
Audrey Xiomala Hart VS The Detectives
@/vennoxwhat & @/hawki-doodles
The First Officers VS Myers (The Blu Undertaker!)
@/ikarusriver & @/rubyshimmer0x
The Magicians! VS Ripley Aguirre "The Pilot"
@/hazardtoons & @/yuyotrix
The Magician VS Venya Vasilievsky (YLW Soldier)
@/honeypuddiing & @/mxcrowave or @/ylw-soldier
Steven The Sniper VS Chico
@/denimscotch & @/dreary-robot
The Burglar / Kat Slyvia VS RJ
@/kleptomaniask or @/shepswrath & @/therjschannel
Snoipah VS Miss Conrad
@/cuddlethesillys & @/orangestraberries
Jay Makarov Tracker class VS The Fisherman - Kenneth and Drew
@/lucixigamingthe2nd & @/legendsofnevada
THE HUNTER VS The Dauber
@/scozthewoz & @/korpinkukka
The Intern VS The RED Veterinarian
@/heliosynchronisity & @/sozosnipes
Sadie/The Mage VS MICHEAL LAFAUX - THE BUSINESSMAN
@/meromeromarie & @/god-mouths
The Interns VS Tristan/YLW programmer
@/queensqueercourt & @/doodle-noodle-png
SUN!Spy VS The Secretary
@/askthesunteam & @/queddadraw
The Gliders VS Achilles
@/ruthytwoshakes & @/emmetofthestars
Sylvia Ludwig VS Klaus Fritz, The Psychiatrist !!
@/cornelia-likes-tf2 & @/muppettaxidermy
The Rookie VS The Brawler
@/general-marzipan & @/fuck-it-we-brawl
The Cartographer VS Benny Navarro, The Taxidermist!
@/fratboycipher & @/mallopng
Logan Fisher (The Assassin) VS Herberta Lovisa and Fritzie Lovisa
@/gnarlygoth & @/dqk-theaceartist
Katalina Binks - BLU Spy VS Kelly Krieger, the Soldier
all my stuff from the @tf2occontest magma board :]
vvv characters below cut
@friendlyengie's Marcel & Armani
@drdiah's Therapist
@meet-the-courier's Brady
@ruthytwoshakes' Glider
@clovert3a's Mecha
@conductor-on-grn's Ray
@reptil-enjoyer's Cherry
@hawki-doodles' Detective Spy
@vixendoesstuffz Conrad
@sharkk-fin's Supplier
@the-trapper-talks' Trapper
and my Qamar, TÄne, Ngaio & Sailor.
they can be found here -> @askdusktf2
Alright team, here's a recap: This is a contest to determine who amongst you will take the top of the leaderboards and be hired at TFI! Simply put, whoever gets the most votes gets to move on, and whoever doesn't... Well. They'll be put down swiftly and cleanly. :}
So, mann your stations, because here are your next contestants! Vote for your favorite mercenary who you want to win the TF2 OC Contest! - P
WHO SHOULD TFI HIRE?
The Mecha
Cherry - Scout
Voting ended onFeb 5, 2025
OC INFO UNDER THE CUT!
We highly encourage you to take a peek to make your decision!
The Mecha
@clovert3a
Image credit: @/clovert3a
Meet The Mecha!
Born around Osaka, Japan, the Mecha is the not-so-typical nerdy girl with her gigantic robots and mech suits and a reserved personality. When you need a tank to absorb bullets and protect a team, she is one of your best bets. With her 20-foot mech suit, her shield, and machine gun, she can become quite a threat to the enemy team. She is best used to lead a charge and absorb potential damage for her teammates, with her mechās HP being 400 (overheal being 550).
Mechaās main weakness is (like Heavyās) her lack of speed. Because of her large mech size, she is unable to run off quickly from danger (especially when firing her machine gun or spreading her shield). But! When she uses her ability, Auto-Pilot, this isnāt an issue anymore.
Auto-Pilot is Mechaās ultimate ability and must be charged up by the amount of damage she shields from her teammates. Auto-Pilot is when Mecha puts her mech on āauto-pilotā and jumps out of her mech to fight in the battle on her own. She isnāt fully vulnerable though, as her speed is only slightly lower than the Scoutās (120%) and she has her trusty Tachi sword which can do a lot of damage in the right circumstance.
Mechaās typical primary weapon is her machine gun (while in mech), out of mech her primary weapon is a Glock 17 (full-sized handgun). Mechaās typical secondary weapon is an AR-15 (in mech and out of mech). Her typical melee weapon is either her Tachi sword or her Katana.
Mecha was born in Osaka, Japan. The exact location is unknown, even to Mecha herself. She has lived only with her single father, and Mecha has been told that her mother passed away from childbirth and her father doesnāt like talking much about it, so thatās all she knows. She was raised with the intention that one day sheād become a mercenary. And that is what happened. She started doing mercenary work alongside her father at the young age of 13. She would use her high intellect and passion for robotics and machinery to aid her in battle. Things sheād create such as new and āimprovedā weapons she had stolen from her dad, drones, etc.
After years of her mercenary work she one day, at the age of 16, presented her first ever mech suit to a robotics fair in Tokyo and was asked to move to Australia and learn more about robotics and engineering there. She took the offer and stayed in school for 3 years. After 3 years of schooling, she surprised her dad one day by visiting him and telling him how sheād continue mercenary work with his help.
Now her father after a few years of working with him, wants Mecha to go off on her own without him. Hence why she's now applying to work at the RED team!
Cherry - Scout
@reptil-enjoyer
Image credit: @/reptil-enjoyer and Rory-exe
Being made as a literal personification of a class role is a difficult thing to manage by, so why not try out your abilities in a tournament? He was made to kill afterall! and he doesnt lose anything if he loses, he can respawn!
Currently he lives making videoblogs to try and get to know what he actually likes at all, living with a group of other freaks like him, he's supposed to be a scout, a mercenary, he tries to not feel alienated from not knowing anything about being an actual human person like everyone else
I did it >:) here's BIG RED or Mecha's beloved mech. I finally settled on a design I think I like a lot. Hopefully y'all like it too! Don't forget to VOTE mecha for #TF2OcContest2024 !!
