A Steampunk Perspective Submission: The 1st Child Protective Gear by Aaron Liu
CUSTOMIZER: Aaron Liu @ 2-Far Playthings [www / Facebook]
CUSTOM-NAME: The 1st Child / Origin of ‘Brain Child’ Protective Gear
Original Toy: Brain Child 8” Vinyl
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STEAMPUNK-STORY: The 1st Child – A 40 feet tall, steam powered robotics, was built purposely for The Republic’s amusement parks and parades. Eventually, this prototype was exhibited at tech expos and carnivals.
During the 3rd War of Zealots (human resistance against Giant tribes’ invasions), The 1st Child was customized and recruited into propaganda campaigns by the military, and most importantly was to demonstrate the Republic’s capability of advance weaponry.
It was never successfully mass-produced and deployed into any combat missions before the the War came to an end. Due to the fading of steam technology, it was then sealed in an abandoned underground facility.
500 years later, long after the Fall of the Republic, an expedition team; The Seekers accidentally found the vault and recovered The 1st Child during their search of Copper (a very rare metal by the time). The steam robot’s dissected-head design and components inspired the intellect-being ‘Brain Commander’ to re-create his own life-support unit (Intellec-Beings Protective Equipment - IBPE) in the likeness of The 1st Child – aka ‘Brain Child’.
