Character discription for Mach.


Name: Mach
Species: Cheetah
Age: 18
Weapon: Forearm Snap Blades (2)
Special abilitites: Speed- crusing- 70 Mph. Bursts up to 140 Mph.
Skills: Weapons Master of F.A.S.Blades, Martial artist, Medic.

Mach is a 6'3" cheetah, he weighs in at 145lbs and is considered larger than average for his race. He normaly wears nothing but a pair of running shorts, forearm snap blades, and a light metal vest- offers some protection against Swatbot laser rifles.

Mach is driven by a need to protect his people from extinction. He is not the type to worry about personal safety. He often takes what others would consider suicidel risks to take out a foe or save a friend. He relies heavily on his speed to get him out of any problems he runs into and this can cause him to overestimate himself. Though Mach is a willing fighter he is also a capable medic, he has to be since any wounded cheetah left behind to Robotnik is killed on sight. Mach is a fan of Sonic's and he does act like him somewhat, this is mostly due to the fact that Mach and Sonic have Similar personalities.

The Southern Plains Cheetah Clans:

Mach comes from the southern plains. He is on a mission to ask the Knothole Freedom Fighters for aid. Mach's species is in grave danger, Robotnik, having developed a real hatred for anything that reminds him of Sonic has decided to wipe the cheetahs off the face of Mobius. So far Mach's people have been reduced to about 100 individuals. If this continues much longer the southern plains Clans will die out.

In the cheetah clans any argument that could end in violence is settled by a race, these races are the stuff nighmares are made of- think Deathrace 3000 and you might have an idea... Ex: "Okay you guys will go up the mountain , accross the lake, through the Cave of Certain Death, past the Swamp of Sinking Sands, and return accross the Desert of Doom. Any questions?" These races never end in a participants death, if one gets in trouble the other helps him out, it is considered extremely bad sportsmanship to fail in this. This method of setteling arguments arose due to the cheetah's decresed population. The cheetahs cannot afford to lose any of thier numbers.

Forearm Snap Blades:


Ever since the rise of Robotnik and his murderous plans, the cheetahs have developed a new weapon: The Forearm Snap Blade. This weapon looks like a metal forearm and wrist bracer, until- at the snap of a wrist three six inch, razor-sharp, stainless steel blades *Snickt* into place (think of wolverine :-3 ). This weapon coupled with the cheetah's quick reaction time and speed makes it a perfect swatbot can opener.

Mach has trained with this weapon since his tenth birthday. This is traditionally the time all cheetahs that chose to take the warrior path get their first set of 'blades. He is considered unusually skilled in thier use.