Snipe Character Design

Name: Snipe (Serial Number: 5N-1P3)
Age: Unknown, probably no more than a year old
Occupation: Robot Ninja
Bloodline: Metal/Wires... made in Japan
Home Town: Unknown
Bio:
The 5N series of robot ninja minions is the latest in micro-fiber biotic design. The arms and legs are able to telescopically extend up to five times their original length. When the limbs are at their normal length, they display the same durability as chain mail. Additionally, the arms come standard equipped with transforming appendages, converting from heavily armored battle talons capable of crushing a lead pipe or ripping apart a steal door, to hands as dexterous and sensitive as any human hand. their overall design is light weight for maximum agility and stealth. Their upper legs house powerful kinetic accelerators enabling the 5N series to run faster and jump farther than any design beforehand. Their synthetic brains are pre-programmed with the discipline if nunjutsu and are capable of learning from combat experience. It should be noted though, that for a light weight combat model, the armor is extremely light and the 5N series is susceptible to damage just the same as a human. If the 5N unit suffers cranial damage, than dispose of it immediately due to the possibility of synthetic AI corruption which may result in the 5N unit behaving unpredictably.

second chapter spoilers!
Once a mindless robot minion of the villainous Cyburai, unit 5N-1P3 suffered cranial damage at the hands of Isis when he unwittingly attempted to attack Ila. Having thought to have been destroyed in battle, Unit 5N-1P3 awoke hours later in the wreckage of the urban scene where the battle took place. Not knowing where he was or who he was, 5N-1P3 sot after the last faces he remembers before his system crashed- Ila and Isis. Having found them and pleaded his case, Isis decided to take him in and teach him to lead a peaceful life, giving him the name Snipe.

Artist's Comments:
Snipe was another character who's had a dramatic change to his design. Besides a few little things here and there, his battle talons have been completely redesigned. I wanted to make them look like the old Japanese shoulder armor when it's retracted. Since Snipe can't show a variety of facial expressions, I've decided to fill that space with his appearance in his cloak.