En-Mercs comic

Despite being the smallest mech in the story, the Jacker is probably the most sinister. Originally designed to latch onto and take over control of enemy vehicles, it’s new targets are much more frightening… humans.

After stunning it’s target with low voltage tasers on it’s front legs, the Jacker inserts cables into the base of the neck through to the spinal chord. This effectively allows it to control the host from the neck down, and whilst this is not perfect, it is enough to acheive the task of attacking others.

The scary part is that the host is still alive, unable to control their body! The Jacker does this to allow the host’s brain to carry on with homeostatic functions (e.g. beating of the heart, breathing etc.) as a live body without rigor mortis to stiffen the limbs is much easier to control.

Not being in control of your own body as you’re forced to kill others around you isn’t the best of experiences to have. Just look at the expressions of some of my friends below as they cameo as Jacker Zombies in the comic:

Ethics and science, at the best of times, try and go hand in hand along with us into the future. The exciting possibilities science can offer with stem cell research or over at the CERN reactor are just the tip of the iceberg.
However, the possible dark side of all of this is more or less reigned in. You don’t hear much about Eugenics or human cloning any more as they’re pretty much considered dick moves in the science community and civilised world.

But what if science wasn’t shaped or restricted by ethics? What if the only limitations were that of the human imagination? On top of this, what if the darker side of humanity tainted all of this with emotions such as hate, anger and revenge?

The Raeden creature is a product of just that. A genetically engineered human, designed only for one thing – killing Destrato. Designed to only last several minutes after deployment, this creature runs purely on adrenalin to fuel its immense bulk and rage. Whatever it doesn’t smash, tear or bite to peices it can melt with the numerous bio-plasma filled pustules covering its body. Anyone foolish enough to shoot or cut one open won’t live long enough to make the same mistake twice… If Destrato could feel anything, then these are one of the few things he would fear outright.

This is a new commission for one of the true bad guys in En-Mercs, by Xero Reynolds.

Click on the image below to enter Raedens’s gallery and see it at a higher resolution.