Junker (Rockyroads)

By Gabriel

• September 23, 2017




Age: Approximately in his mid 30's

Gender: Male

Species: Earth Pony

Appearance: <p> Junker is fully concealed in a custom power armor. It only faintly resembles the signature armor of the Steel Rangers as the hind legs and tail armor are of the standard SR model. The armor consists of thick, unpainted metal with rust forming in several spots. He is rarely seen out of his armor so not many know what he looks like under it. Even if he did get out to do his basic necessities, he'd still be fully concealed in a black, helmeted jumpsuit. </p> <p> His battle saddle has two weapons attached to it, one on each side: a 5 mm minigun on his left and a grenade chaingun on his right. </p>

Cutie Mark: <p> No one really knows what his special talent is as most only know him by his adopted name, Junker, rather than his real name RockyRoads (no relation to Crossroads). Maybe his road is rocky, (metaphorically) and he excels at adapting to situations? Or maybe he just likes baking rocky roads? <s>(Secretly it's the second one and his cutiemark is a rocky road cake)</s> </p>

Personality: <p> Junker might seem like an awfully deranged pony on the first glance, mostly because of his absolute lack of any sort of moral compass and/or his equal lack of situational awareness. He is quite skilled in the arts of combat but it is more often than necessary countered by his general <span style="color:#2a2a2a;">cluelessness.</span><br />   </p> <p> <span style="color:#2a2a2a;">He is not a gentle giant though, and sees every other living and lifeless being as a mere object just waiting to be taken advantage of. Therefore Junker is not to be trusted when traveling alone with him, because if you drop, don't expect any help from him. He might come to you, but only to loot you from valuables and proceed to leave you as you were. Once a raider, always a raider.</span> </p>

Backstory: <p> RockyRoads was born into the Steel Rangers of the Manehattan Contingent. He was well taken care of and loved by his parents, going through the standard route of progression and education from initiate to a knight. He originally wanted to be the "best cake baker of the Steel rangers!" but there was little practical use for such things. he was extremely good at it though. It was on his first actual field mission to recover lost tech that his life took a twist however. When his squad mates were recovering the said technological mumbo jumbo artifact from the 15th floor of a skyscraper he did something no one called for. He opened direct fire at his teammates without a pint of remorse. </p> <p> Now, there are many theories on why he did this, though the best one is quite obvious as he grabbed the artifact and defected to a local raider group. Later he was seen with a big, loaded and polished grenade chaingun that had "prize" written all over it. (Metaphorically).  </p> <p> He later earned the nickname "Junker" as he continued this vicious route of prize hunting, attaching all and everything to his power armor. At the peak of his adventures he had road signs and chains wrapped all around him and a piece of road railing chained to his chest armor, only later adapting a more simplified style after realizing that you can't really outrun a mini nuke when you are wearing a junkyard. </p> <p> Eventually he defected from the raiders too. Reason being an argument with the warboss over the subject of "who can keep the spork that we just stole from the local settlers." Needless to say, it ended up in a heavy shootout and nowadays Junker travels the wastelands alone, in the eternal search of sweet upgrades. </p>