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Gunnery Sergeant X2

X2 · Mr. Jake Tortokai · Gunny

Level 53 Reaver cyborg drop trooper whose long biography the AI narrates seconds before Tina bites him in half.

Story so far

Carl singles out one especially large cyborg with a human-like head from the semicircle of Reavers defending the Doggie Door beachhead, and the Examine returns "Gunnery Sergeant X2. Reaver Security Force Cyborg Drop Trooper. Level 53." Because it is the first time a crawler has bothered to examine anyone from the Reaver system, The AI delivers an unusually long aside: X2 was born Mr. Jake Tortokai, his designation changing with every deployment, and he carries twenty-three cybernetic enhancements — proof he re-upped voluntarily more than once, since only the first upgrade of a deployment is free.

The AI frames him as a hungry kid from the polluted Reaver Moons who took the recruiter's deal for food, housing, health care and one more upgrade per three-cycle tour, throwing himself feet-first into evictions on Reaver land leases. His 400-cycle march toward Reaver Citizenship ends abruptly in the jaws of a pissed-off, confused child soldier: Tina chomps him in half and he vanishes in a mist of sparks and blood while the eulogy is still running.

Appearance

A massive drop trooper in dinged, dirty olive-colored plate armor threaded with cybernetics, carrying a massive rifle, with a still-human-looking head atop twenty-three enhancements.

Role

The Reaver drop trooper whose examination becomes the AI's lecture on Reaver cyborg conscription.

Relationships

Tina — The tyrannosaur child soldier who bit him in half mid-eulogy
Warlord Fang — Belonged to Fang's personal defense deployment
The AI — Gave him an extra-long biographical description on examination
Carl — Examined him seconds before his death
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Chapter 39
  • Level 53 Reaver cyborg drop trooper whose long biography the AI narrates seconds before Tina bites him in half.
Character sheet
LitRPG stats — unique to this series. Other books surface a different panel here.
Reaver Security Force Cyborg Drop Trooper LVL 53
Notable gear
  • Massive rifle
  • Olive-colored cybernetic plate armor
Character portrait