#unfortunate operator

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You may remember this drawing from the previously posted scale ref -but I wanted to post the original art as is, too. Drawn and designed by @sorceryhounds

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Roulette - illustrated an designed by Charodei (lil soldier guys were added post for scale and are not on the original drawing) You've all met Blondie, now you get to meet Rou. Roulette was originally going to be Blondie's antagonist, but has since become a deuteragonist. The story might even start with him in the protag-seat, since the storytelling imo just makes more sense that way. While Blondie pretty much is fractionless at the start of the story, Roulette is (still) running with the US military, functioning as some sort of wildcard or secret weapon. He's majorly deployed into combat and missions where regular weaponry and units would yield unsatisfactory results, too many costs and casualities or otherwise prove difficult to execute; he's as fast as any modern jet, but has a whole lot more of maneuverability. If it can be managed, Roulette likes marching to the beat of his own drum, though. Not the most obedient guy out there. Probably why Blondie got promoted to be captain when he was still alive, while Roulette didn't. During their time together as fighter pilots, they've had some rivalry going on (which mosty was pushed by Rou - Blondie really hardly could've cared less) Roulette is also the one who took on dying and respawning as plane monster the best; unlike the rest, he's not particularly phased by the trauma of death but particularly fond of his "cool new looks". The reason for that is probably because he's not 'normal' in his head as most people are; he's the type of guy who'll get bored our of his mind pretty easily, and vastly prefers even bad stuff happening over no stuff happening at all. As a result, he's not suffering from any mental damage, splitting, or losing himself in the process of dying and respawning, being in full possession of his personality, morals, thought-patterns and mental capacity.

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Unfortunate Operator main cast. From left to right and top to bottom: Roulette, Blondie Orca, Vex All of them were originally designed by Charodei Art was done by me

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Blondie - engulfed by green fire, probably caused by himself

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Unfortunate Operator main cast scale reference Blondie (grey aeromorph on the very left) was drawn by me, the other characters were drawn by Charodei All of the characters were also designed by them (Blondie just went through a small simplification re-design by me) Lil soldier shilhouette guys are yoinked from some stock image online.

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Vex, illustrated by @sorceryhounds

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Another Blondie doodle. He's maaaaad!

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Blondie (bottom) and Roulette (top) battling it out. At this point in the story, neither of them knows who they are actually up against. This is the first time they meet again post their deaths, they have never seen each other looking like they do now. Blondie just wants to intervene with 'green napalm' weapon testing. Roulette is tasked with stopping whoever is getting in the way of it. Rou(lette) is also dealing with the trauma of dying and still somehow being tethered to Earth in this half-dead, half-alive state a whole lot better; unlike Blondie and Co., who generally experience a stark loss of self and altered state of consciousness, he's in full possession of all his memories, morals, thought-patterns and convictions. Blondie... well, not so much.