I'd like to be a pilot!

I already have an idea for his mech!

I was thinking what Etherion could be used for, and I thought that if its an energy source, then its gotta used for BEAMS!

So my idea for the mech is that its vehicle mode is a tandem rotor helicopter, like the following:

[img]http://www.ainonline.com/sites/default/files/styles/ain30_fullwidth_large_2x/public/uploads/2015/01/ch-47f.jpg?itok=SuZSo8w1&timestamp=1422476038[/img]

Except each rotor has five blades. By itself, the helicopter can't do much, it has a simple beam machine gun mounted on the front and little else, used mostly for scouting and transport. But when combined, the helicopter forms the shoulders and upper arms of the mecha, the rotors folding and draping behind the shoulders. Now each of the 10 blades (5 per rotor) is a 'funnel' or 'bit' or 'remote laser' or dragoon' or what have you, basically, a small, remotely controlled, self-propelled, flying laser gun, that can detach from the rotor and fly around, attacking independently as demonstrated in the below video in an attack traditionally called an all-range attack:

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CVx9aJgX0ek[/youtube]

Now it would be cool if these blades could also emit beam swords. This would allow the entire rotors to be detached and used as GIANT DOUBLE STAR-SHAPED BEAM SHURIKENS, or spun at high speeds to generate a BEAM SHIELD. The rotors could also simply swivel forward in a configuration where all attached blades point forward and spin, firing off a DOUBLE SHOULDER-MOUNTED BEAM GATLING ATTACK.

My character then, would be a youngster, who was intentionally exposed to Etherion as an experiment, and gained psychic powers, allowing him to telepathically control these blades. As a helicopter pilot, he is mediocre, but his job on the mecha is to coordinate the blades.