[quote=@Double]
I'm already starting to formulate a picture in my head of a character and mecha inspired by the legend of Saint George and the Dragon.
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Deep rooted connections to Human legends are encouraged. Channel Arthur, Morrigan, fucking... Paul Bunyon, anything. Maybe a good way to describe these things is sort of like Persona. These machines are built on Human memory, the deep genetic stuff that's engrained into who we are as a species.
Thus, I requested people stick to relatively human characters. It needs to be plausible that, even if you're not an alien or Earthling, that there's a human somewhere in your lineage.