Autorooper
Autroopers are a group of human-created artificial Transformers that serve the Earth Defense Command. 48 Autroopers are known to exist, divided into 12 squads, each named after one of the signs of the Chinese zodiac.
Autroopers are physically identical to one another apart from their squad markings. They are armed with rifles that fire Kremzeek bullets and can convert into the alternate mode of a police-style Mazda RX-8.
Each Autrooper is assigned a Kiss Player partner by the E.D.C. These young women serve a very important purpose. In times of crisis, a Kiss Player will kiss her Autrooper, activating a power that lets her merge with the much larger robot, bestowing upon it enhanced combat and regenerative abilities. When the merge's time limit expires, the Kiss Player is disgorged from her partner unconscious, naked and covered in viscous fluid.
Autroopers are often dispatched to the scene of Transformers-related incidents. This usually brings them into conflict with Legion attackers, but they also sometimes find themselves battling or pursuing anti-E.D.C. resistance fighters such as Optimus Prime, Hot Rodimus, and their human partners.
Autroopers have an as-yet undisclosed connection to the same ParasiTech fusion process that Legion units use. One Autrooper partially fused with the corpse of Optimus Prime before Marissa Faireborn interceded.
The name "Autrooper" is a pun on the English words "auto" and "trooper". The name has been officially rendered in English as both "Autorooper" and "Autolooper".
The primary Autrooper that we have seen is designated "Ne 4", the 4th Autrooper of Ne Squad. Ne 4 is initially partnered with Shao-Shao Li, acclaimed as the most powerful Kiss Player in the E.D.C. Shao is said to be able to enhance her Autrooper to levels far beyond those of her fellow squad members.
During an encounter with a hostile Legion, the Ne 4 Autrooper was badly damaged. With Shao unconscious and unable to re-merge, the Autrooper turned to the nearby Atari Hitotonari and demanded that she kiss him. The frightened girl complied and the two together were able to defeat their opponent. During the battle, the merged Atari took on a more violent and bloodthirsty personality.
When it was discovered that Atari was an even more powerful Kiss Player than Shao, Ne 4 was reassigned to her, and Shao left the E.D.C. to pursue resistance activities with her new partner, Hot Rodimus. Atari has since noted that while the giant robot initially intimidated her, she has since found it to have a warmer personality. The Ne 4 Autrooper's compassion for Atari extends to giving her shoulder rubs when she becomes carsick riding in it.
Atari's Autrooper appears to have a slightly mischievous personality, as when it was inexplicably shrunken to palm size following a kiss, it sneaked inside Atari's shirt while she was distracted thinking about desserts. Extremely passive on her best days, Atari exhaustedly capitulated to the tiny robot's advances.
But this would not be the Autrooper's only experience with shrinking...for soon, Atari would discover that she had a Legion inside her stomach!
