Black Trike (DAWN FALL Character)

The Black Trike (ブラックトライク, Burakku Toraiku) is a supporting character in Black★★Rock Shooter DAWN FALL.

Description
The Black Trike is a three-wheeled motor vehicle with two wheels in front and one in back. It is a Hemiteos Unit high mobility support vehicles (ヘーミテオスユニット支援用高機動車輛, Hēmiteosuyunitto shienyō kōkidō sharyō) assigned specifically to Empress. It can travel between flat ground and off-road by lowering or raising its profile different configurations, which are known respectively as Tarmac Mode and Gravel Mode. For combat the Black Trike is equipped with two retractable machine guns, which one mounted on each side.

The vehicle has an on board artificial intelligence system, and it is capable of speech, analysis, as well as automation. The Black Trike is the only known vehicle of its kind that is capable of speech; the others used by Dead Master and Strength can also understand human language and act independently, but do not exhibit speech capability.

Sometime after 2062, the Black Trike is overhauled into a much larger vehicle for space combat, featuring a cockpit inside as well as beam weaponry. It is known as Black Trike IFA-48 in this form.

Personality
As part of its advanced artificial intelligence system, the Black Trike is capable of speech, and is quite candid in its words and actions. It speaks with a cheerful and somewhat childish tone, and likes to exclaim in excitement or even swear when panicked. Black Trike is shown to be loyal to its master Empress despite her amnesia in the beginning of the story. In battle, it activates the necessary modes on its own to support Empress without any input needed from her.

History
Black Trike is a highly maneuverable military support vehicle used by Empress, and part of the Hemiteos Unit. It has an advanced artificial intelligence system, making it capable of supporting Empress in multiple fields besides its primary use as a combat vehicle.

The Black Trike first appeared in The Good, The Bad & The Mechanics, where it broke out from the facility at Area X to defend Empress from the Titans that were pursuing her, Norito and Miya. It fired at the Titans and revealed its ability to talk by happily greeting Empress, surprising the sibling duo. The three of them took off on Black Trike. It used a series of modes to get over the terrain while simultaneously firing back at the Titans. Later, when Empress drove off to bring Norito and Miya back to their home in the mountain town, a Titan intercepted their path of travel and knocked them off of Black Trike. The motorbike itself crashed, though was ultimately not damaged.

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