Robert Robertson III

‘The Z-Team’ consists of redeemed supervillains working with the Superhero Dispatch Network (SDN). Before, the team frequently went through dispatchers and was the lowest-ranked team in Torrance. This changes when Robert Robertson becomes their new dispatcher.

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Robert had a complicated relationship with his father. Though he admired him, he also had mixed feelings, describing his childhood as filled with “tough love.” Once, he was nearly killed by Robbie’s Mecha Man suit, but instead of checking on him, Robbie coldly told him to get up. Robert often cried when left alone at home with Chase, as Robbie spent most of his time away, focused on his superhero career. Despite the rough upbringing, Robert still loved his father and vowed to avenge his death by defeating Shroud. Never knew his mother. And he never knew his Grandfather, the original Mecha Man, because he died before he was ever born. He barely knew anything about him because his father had been too busy for stories.

He is a former superhero who is employed as a dispatcher by the Superhero Dispatch Network (SDN). He leads the "Z-Team", a squad of rehabilitated, former supervillains participating in the Phoenix Program while he awaits for his suit to be repair in hopes to come back as Mecha Man.

He first meets Blonde Blazer shortly after announcing his retirement, when she saves him from a group of thieves. The two share mutual respect, both being accomplished superheroes in their own right. With Track Star’s recommendation, Blazer personally invites Robert to become a dispatcher at SDN, believing he still has much to offer, and promises to repair his suit in return.

The first Mecha Man, known as the ‘Mecha Man Prime’ is Robert Robertson III’s grandfather- Robert (Bobby) Robertson I. The second Mecha Man, known as Mecha Man Astral, given to Robert Robertson III’s father- Robert Robertson II.

Robert Robertson I (Grandfather)
Robert Robertson II (Father)
Robert Robertson III (Son)

Master Hacker: Robert Robertson has shown skills in hijacking and fixing a broken bidet, and being able to disable the sensors of an art museum, and subsequently fixing it. Additionally, he can easily hack into CCTVs and bypass the security system.

Master Tactician: Robert Robertson is a brilliant tactician and leader, proven when he can easily lead Z Team and fully gain their trust. Because of this, the team's shift turned out to be successful thanks to Robert's leadership.

Expert Engineer: Robert Robertson has enough technical knowledge to repair his own suit if it's not destroyed.

Expert Combatant: Despite only being a regular human underneath his suit, Robert is a very skilled hand-to-hand combatant. He is able to take on several goons at once and can even go toe-to-toe with supervillains.

Pain Resistance: Robert Robertson is shown to have a superior pain tolerance compared to an average person, shrugging off dislocated limbs and broken bones with ease.

Mecha Man Armor Capabilities: Robert Robertson doesn't possess any innate powers; instead, he uses the mecha armor, which grants him super strength, durability, endurance, and a variety of weapons and projectiles.

Superhuman Strength: Mecha Man's strength while inside the suit is greatly amplified. He can easily fight against more than 3 superpowered villains and manage to make Toxic heavily injured from a single stomp/punt.

Superhuman Durability: Mecha Man can withstand immense conditions, including superhuman blows, acid-based attacks, falling from very high altitude, bullets, and electric-based attacks.

Enhanced Speed: Mecha Man moves faster than an average human through the use of the jetpack.

Flight: Mecha Man is capable of flying with the use of the jetpacks.

Weapon Summoning: Mecha Man can summon many weapons from his armor. This includes plasma weapons, projectiles, and is not limited to a variety of different explosives.

Energy Projection: Mecha Man can channel and project energy with his armor.

Energy Beam Emission: Mecha Man can project a beam of energy at specific targets, enough to
damage Shroud's spider armor.

Barrier Generation: Mecha Man can generate an energy barrier around himself, which grants protection and deflects firearms shooting at it for a limited time.

In the mean time, his mecha suit is destroyed and will be need to be fixed soon.

Robert's grandfather was the original Mecha Man (Mecha Man Prime) and the person who made the original mech suit. Then, after him, it was Robert's father, more widely known as 'Astral' - his father was a former member of the superhero team known as ‘the Brave Brigade’. However, after his father's death, Robert Robertson III inherited the suit and became the new Mecha Man, a superhero despite his lack of real superpowers. He spent his entire inheritance (notably into the millions) towards keeping the Mech suit functional. Outside of normal hero work, Robert is also on the hunt for the villain Shroud, a former member of the Brave Brigade who is responsible for his father's death. He was able to track Shroud down and faced against him in a fortified warehouse. Outnumbered and outgunned, he barely manages to escape, albeit with a bomb attached to the back of his suit that he is unable to remove in time after noticing it. It goes off, causing his suit to fall out of the sky. While he managed to survive the ordeal with just a broken arm, he fell into a coma for months, and his father's suit was destroyed in the fight. Having no other way to recreate one, he is unsure about his future as a hero.

Robert is a heroic and selfless man who has been efficiently doing hero's work for years despite lacking superpowers and being scorned by others for it. Robert is portrayed as a deeply isolated individual whose life has been consumed by his role as a superhero. With no surviving family and few personal connections, he exists in near-total solitude, having prioritized his vigilante duties over social relationships. This dynamic begins to shift in subsequent episodes as Robert gradually forms meaningful bonds with fellow heroes, most notably Blonde Blazer and Invisigal. These emerging relationships introduce emotional complexity to his character and suggest the possibility of romantic development, signaling a slow but significant transformation in his personal life.

Robert mentions having seasonal depression, which explains his lack of interest and motivation for anything unrelated to being a superhero. Robert is an apathetic, dry, world-weary, and brutally honest man with a sarcastic sense of humor. Robert can also be prone to violence when pushed, although he rarely loses his nonchalant behavior or raises his voice when dealing with these situations, often just making sardonic remarks.

He has short auburn/brown hair, brown eyes, faint freckles, light stubble, and a missing piece of his right ear from past hero work. Attire: A light blue SDN (Superhero Dispatch Network) button-down shirt paired with dark gray slacks and brown shoes. He has a rugged look with a messy, "lived-in" aesthetic. He rolls up his sleeves and leaves his shirt partially untucked, sporting dark circles under his eyes to reflect his exhaustion. In his early thirties. He has a lot of scars on his body, covering his chest torso and back - from the explosion and years of fighting as Mecha Man.

As a Mechaman, he wears reinforced silver armor over a bluish-black suit that covers his arms and parts of his body, along with a matching helmet accented by yellow details.