History Characters / ArmoredCoreVICorporations

* TheBigGuy: He is the third best ranked Redgun in the arena mostly because his AC is a durable tank with strong firepower.

* AffablyEvil: A curious mix of this and a bit of FauxAffablyEvil. He serves as your liaison when Arquebus contacts you for a job, and while he does act rather cold, he is nothing short of polite and courteous in the mission briefings and messages to you. [[spoiler: If you accept the mission to assassinate him and V.V Hawkins, it's revealed that the two were close friends, and both become distraught if the other is downed first, the former starting to sob. In the "Alea Iacta Est" route, it is revealed that he also formed a close friendship V.III O'Keeffe. Pater's polite behavior goes flying out the window in favor of rage against 621 for having killed his friend and mentor V.III O'Keeffe, and during his bossfight, Pater practically breaks down in tears over O'Keeffe's demise. The FauxAffablyEvil part comes into play due to the fact he has no problems sending you off to be "re-educated" in Chapter 5, and while he expresses sadness for the demise of his two friends and mentors, at the same time, he becomes joyful at the idea of getting a promotion. This implies that he suffers from some kind of SplitPersonality disorder, hence his AC's name, "DUAL NATURE."]]

* AffablyEvil/FauxAffablyEvil: A curious mix of both. He serves as your liaison when Arquebus contacts you for a job, and while he does act rather cold, he is nothing short of polite and courteous in the mission briefings and messages to you. [[spoiler: If you accept the mission to assassinate him and V.V Hawkins, it's revealed that the two were close friends, and both become distraught if the other is downed first, the former starting to sob. In the "Alea Iacta Est" route, it is revealed that he also formed a close friendship V.III O'Keeffe. Pater's polite behavior goes flying out the window in favor of rage against 621 for having killed his friend and mentor V.III O'Keeffe, and during his bossfight, Pater practically breaks down in tears over O'Keeffe's demise. The FauxAffablyEvil part comes into play due to the fact he has no problems sending you off to be "re-educated" in Chapter 5, and while he expresses sadness for the demise of his two friends and mentors, at the same time, he becomes joyful at the idea of getting a promotion. This implies that he suffers from some kind of SplitPersonality disorder, hence his AC's name, "DUAL NATURE."]]

* AffablyEvil/FauxAffablyEvil: A curious mix of both. He serves as your liaison when Arquebus contacts you for a job, and while he does act rather cold, he is nothing short of polite and courteous in the mission briefings and messages to you. [[spoiler: If you accept the mission to assassinate him and V.V Hawkins, it's revealed that the two were close friends, and both become distraught if the other is downed first, the former breaking down in tears. He also forms a close friendship with V.V Hawkins and V.III O'Keeffe, breaking down in tears when both of them are killed has no problems sending you off to be "re-educated" in Chapter 5. In the "Alea Iacta Est" route, Pater's polite behavior also goes flying out the window in favor of rage against 621 for having killed his friend and mentor V.III O'Keeffe.]]

* FauxAffablyEvil: He serves as your liaison when Arquebus contacts you for a job, being nothing short of polite and courteous in the mission briefings and messages to you. [[spoiler:He also has no problems sending you off to be "re-educated" in Chapter 5. In the "Alea Iacta Est" route, Pater's polite behavior also goes flying out the window in favor of rage against 621 for having killed his friend and mentor V.III O'Keeffe.]]

* ThemeNaming: They're all named after Earth rivers, lakes or waterfalls. In a darkly humorous touch, the PosthumousCharacter G7 Hakra is named after a ''dried-up'' river in Pakistan.

* RedRightHand: Almost literally. From the scan take 621 takes, the left arm of Hakra's AC was brick-red, contrasting the dull green paint scheme the rest of the mech had.

* TheGhost: 621's status as G13 ''should'' imply there's a G8 through G12, but if there are, they aren't present on Rubicon. Considering [[ButtMonkey what]] [[GoldfishPoopGang we]] [[CurbStompBattle see]], it's not hard to guess [[PosthumonousCharacter what might have happened to them]].

* TheGhost: 621's status as G13 ''should'' imply there's a G8 through G12, but if there are, they aren't present on Rubicon.

* Foil: To the Redguns. Both are elite squads of [[CorporateSamurai corporate mercs]], however, while half of the Redguns are made up of criminals with questionable skill and loyalty, the Vespers are made up of next-gen pilots who operate by a strict code of conduct.

* CorporateSamurai: Act as these to Arquebus, being an elite squad of mercenary pilots. They also seemingly posses a strict code of conduct. If C4-621 accepts [[Dirty Coward V.VII Swinburne's]] offer to spare him, V.VIII Pater subsequently provides the promised reward, but adds that Swinburne's conduct was shameful and dishonored the Vespers, so V.II Snail ordered that he be sent off for [[FateWorseThanDeath re-education]].

* CorporateSamurai: Act as these to Arquebus, being an elite squad of mercenary pilots.

* CorporateSamurai: Act as these to Arquebus.

* DeconstructedCharacterArchetype: Of the BadassNormal and TeamNormal. He is regarded as the best pilot of the Vespers, seemingly getting his rank as V.I [[AssKickingLeadsToLeadership solely due to how deadly he is in an AC]]. He's also the only member to have no augmentations, but that is just about where any "normal" qualities he has ends. Contrasting Snail, who strategizes for and effectively leads the Vespers on top of being an above average pilot, [[CripplingOverspecialization Freud's contribution to the Vespers seemingly begins and ends at piloting his AC for combat missions]] due to an extreme fixation on fighting with his AC, improving his AC for combat, and not much else. At its worst, this elevates to a level of psychopathy rivaling the worst of the neurotic behavior augmentation can cause.

'''Snail:''' This is no time for ''fun and games'', Freud! Our objective is to seize the Xylem. [[UnderestimatingBadassery You can ignore the]] ''[[UnderestimatingBadassery mutt.]]''\\
'''Freud:''' [[TranquilFury Yes, Snail. You're right.]] ''(Freud hangs up the comm) Now then.'' ''[[BringIt Let's continue.]]''
* BrokenAce: He is ranked number one in the arena and the official leader of the Vespers. However he is so bored out of his mind when things aren't about fighting and so obsessed with fighting that he forgets any other objectives that Snail took over as leader and Rusty is the one entrusted with most serious missions.

* FantasyCounterpartCulture: Schneider is what you'd get if you combined the Ferrari company with German naming schemes and a focus on robots instead of high performance cars. Like the real life Ferrari company, Schneider's focus on machinery involves creating vehicles that focus on raw speed and power, resulting in a machine that is considered difficult to use but with few rivals to match its speed performance. [[spoiler:And just like Ferrari, Schneider's machine designs were reviewed by Lamborghini's [=AC6=] equivalent Elcano Foundry, who created an AceCustom based on their rival company's specs and made several changes Elcano saw as improvements, all the while infusing their own exotic flair in fashion and design while ensuring their product is more comfortable and easier to use than their competitor (in this case trading speed for better defenses and load capacity). What's more, just like how Ferrari and Lamborghini started off as bitter rivals, Schneider is affiliated with Arquebus, who opposes the Rubicon Liberation Front that is being supplied by Elcano Foundry]].

* FantasyCounterpartCulture: A high-tech, sporty Italian AC parts company that focuses on speed, style, and flair. They're Lamborghini if they were making giant robot parts instead of high performance cars. [[spoiler:And like Lamborghini, Elcano does their homework on a rival's machinery specs, Schneider, eventually using that information to create an AceCustom model that sought to improve on the rival's designs while adding their own flair in appearances.]]

* OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: [[spoiler: In the Liberator route, Rusty splits off from you after the Smart Cleaner to deal with Arquebus' Interceptor Fleet; the same one you would have had to deal with yourself during "Breach the Kármán Line." Sadly, this moment also turns out to be [[DyingMomentOfAwesome his swan song,]] as he's unceremoniously shot down by Walter soon after.]] There is an early mission to retrieve logs of how destructive he was during Operation: Wallclimber and [[spoiler:He will kill Michigan and his whole army if you don't take the mission.]]

Rank 17 in the arena, Volta pilots the AC CANNON HEAD. It's a TIAN-QIANG/BORNEMISSZA tank AC capable of oppressive fire from long distances. It's notably equipped with Dafeng's GOU-CHEN Grenade Launcher and Balam's long-range ZIMMERMAN shotgun.

* MightyGlacier: His AC can take a lot of hit and steamroll resistance on a flat ground but it is little surprised he died during Operation Wallclimber with all the artillery fire he couldn't dodge.

* TankGoodness: His Armored Core, CANNON HEAD, lives up to its name as a tank-styled AC outfitted with tank treads as a base and multiple explosive weapons.

* CannonFodder: As MT pilots they stand little to no chance agaisnt Raven and are only there to buy some time while Michigan deploys LIGER TAIL.

* TechnicianVsPerformer: The technician to Schneider’s performer, Elcano Foundry created lightweight frame parts with their FIRMEZA lineup that focused more on the basics of overall improved stats and loading capacity, in comparison to Schneider’s focus on raw speed and power that demanded great skill and improvisation to deal with avoiding enemy attacks. [[spoiler:Elcano later decides to create an AceCustom — the ALBA lineup — after studying the specs of Schneider’s frame parts, creating an all-around versatile lightweight setup that boasts both impressive speeds and a balance suite of stats plus better loading capacity. And Rusty ends up being the one to pilot it.]]