Musclehide — MCB

TRAITS
VEHICLE
All-Terrain Crane
GENDER
Male
WEAPON CARD
Variable Arms
Crane Bhuh
COLOR
Caribbean-Green

Arsenal & Techniques

Sidearms

Mace: Musclehyde's main weapon made from his vehicle form's crane boom, can be used as both a bludgeon and fire yellow energy beams like a bazooka. When not in use, it hangs on the back and is shortened. The hook attached to the other side remains usable, allowing the crane boom to be used as a fishing rod.
Vulcan: An outrigger-style firearm on each of Musclehyde's forearms folded inward when not in use.
Weapon Card

Weapon Card - Variable Arms (메탈카드 - 베리어블 암, Wepon Kadeu - Berieobeul Am): A pair of additional arms that are attached to Musclehyde's back unit, granting him a total of four arms.
Weapon Card - Crane Bhuh (메탈카드 - 크레인 부지, Wepon Kadeu - Keurein Buji): An axe made from the blade on the Variable Arms in storage and his mace.
Brachio Slash (브라키오 슬래쉬, Beurakio Seullaeswi): Musclehyde's main technique; he generates green energy around the Crane Bhuh and strikes the opponent with a shockwave powerful enough to fracture the ground.
Bronto Strike (브론토 스트라이크, Beuronto Seuteuraikeu): Musclehyde slams the energized Crane Bhuh down, creating a powerful crack in the ground.
Dreadnought Storm (드레드노트 스톰, Deuredeunoteu Seutom): Musclehyde rotates the Crane Bhuh so fast that it leaves a green afterimage before attacking.

Personality

As a former reporter, Musclehyde is intelligent and inquisitive, so he asks plenty of questions when in unfamiliar situations. He is usually composed and courteous, especially to those he feels loyal to, but feels strongly and doesn't hesitate to use force when upset. He can change the position of his horns to help focus his aggression, but it's only symbolic and has no tangible effect.[1]

Appearance

Musclehyde is a Caribbean-green/white large Cardbot with a bull motif, a bull-based head with an axe symbol on each side, a guard with an "M"-based symbol on the forehead, yellow eyes, yellow axe-shaped horns, black shoulders and upper arms, golden-yellow circles on the elbows, black hands, two-barreled armor plating on the shoulders and forearms, Caribbean-green/white torso with Caribbean-green markings on the white chest, bull horn-designed buckles on the white hip, white upper legs with Caribbean-green lines, Caribbean-green/white/black lower legs with a golden-yellow horn, two-digit black feet with a Caribbean-green base, and a Caribbean-green/white back unit for his Variable Arms. The horns can change position based on one of his two personalities: when positioned down, Musclehyde is in his docile persona; when the horns are upright, the guard on the forehead comes down and the M glows red, and the eyes become fierce to show his violent personality. His vehicle form is a wrecker crane based on the Kobelco KMG5220.

After the Speranza crash-landed on Earth 4,000 years ago, Musclehyde was painted with a symbol representing the crew's bond with Mukara on the right side of his chest.

History

On planet Machina, Musclehyde was a war correspondent for the Cardian Post, covered a battle between Metal Cardbots and Wild Cardbots. Documenting a Metal Cardbot dying from the Beast Virus, he was spotted by a Wild Cardbot and infected from the Wild Cardbot's claw, which gave Musclehyde his horns. However, he was able to suppress the berserk factor of the virus and regained his sense of awareness not long after.

Later, he became one of the three Cardbots Gigantrex asked to join him on his spaceship Speranza's journey to establish a new civilization. Musclehyde acted as the ship's pilot. After the Speranza crashed on Earth due to Red Blitz's failed attempt to save Machina, Musclehyde and his crewmates became friends with the people of Porcaca Village, especially Mukara, who, due to a lack of resources, sealed them with the Metal Breath given to him by Gigantrex and placed stone tablets concealing their Metal Cards in the Porcaca Ruins temple. At some point, all of the stone tablets were stolen, and Musclehyde's ended up in a cargo plane in transit to and from unknown locations.