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Captain Tagon is the human commander of the Toughs. He's a practical and straightforward officer, primarily interested in money, though he will rarely be possessed of principles beyond merely getting paid. Though he does not possess a high-level education, Tagon is a tactical genius and skilled soldier, and remarkably adept at getting money, and often manages to get paid multiple times for a single job.
Captain Tagon is the human commander of the Toughs. He's a practical and straightforward officer, primarily interested in money, though he will rarely be possessed of principles beyond merely getting paid. Though he does not possess a high-level education, Tagon is a tactical genius and skilled soldier, and remarkably adept at getting money, and often manages to get paid multiple times for a single job.


* [[Back From the Dead]]: By way of [[Time Travel]].
* [[Back from the Dead]]: By way of [[Time Travel]].
* [[Book Dumb]]
* [[Book Dumb]]
* [[Colonel Badass]]: While technically a captain, Kaff Tagon is certainly this when he decides that its time to get dangerous. After getting [[Eye Scream|a hidden knife thrown into his eye]] he responds by pulling it out and thanking the thrower for arming him. Then going after him.
* [[Colonel Badass]]: While technically a captain, Kaff Tagon is certainly this when he decides that its time to get dangerous. After getting [[Eye Scream|a hidden knife thrown into his eye]] he responds by pulling it out and thanking the thrower for arming him. Then going after him.
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* [[A Father to His Men]]: He is loyal to his subordinates, and they are to him in return, although he doesn't try for a paternal aura.
* [[A Father to His Men]]: He is loyal to his subordinates, and they are to him in return, although he doesn't try for a paternal aura.
** That said, his actions during the Force Multiplication arc are pretty much ''exactly'' that of a worried parent. Towards the end, he's [http://www.schlockmercenary.com/2011-10-17 basically on his way to stage a one-man rescue of his 'men'.]
** That said, his actions during the Force Multiplication arc are pretty much ''exactly'' that of a worried parent. Towards the end, he's [http://www.schlockmercenary.com/2011-10-17 basically on his way to stage a one-man rescue of his 'men'.]
** His approach to command [http://www.schlockmercenary.com/2010-01-04 in his own words]:
** His approach to command [http://www.schlockmercenary.com/2010-01-04 in his own words]:
{{quote|When I say "Jump" I want to know how high up my troops are going to go. But I still expect them to ask "how high" on the way up.}}
{{quote|When I say "Jump" I want to know how high up my troops are going to go. But I still expect them to ask "how high" on the way up.}}
* [[Genius Ditz]]: He is practically illiterate, misses obvious jokes and thought his [[Good Angel, Bad Angel|Shoulder Angel]] was a large mosquito - but he's positively brilliant as a military commander, and no slouch at contract negotiation (and blackmail), either.
* [[Genius Ditz]]: He is practically illiterate, misses obvious jokes and thought his [[Good Angel, Bad Angel|Shoulder Angel]] was a large mosquito - but he's positively brilliant as a military commander, and no slouch at contract negotiation (and blackmail), either.
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* [[Badass Boast]]: "I am Commander Kevyn Andreyasn. I have shaped the destinies of worlds, of nations, of galaxies. I have created and I have destroyed. I have followed and I have lead. I have known love and it has known me right back. I flirt with death for a living and I have cheated the reaper more times than I can remember"
* [[Badass Boast]]: "I am Commander Kevyn Andreyasn. I have shaped the destinies of worlds, of nations, of galaxies. I have created and I have destroyed. I have followed and I have lead. I have known love and it has known me right back. I flirt with death for a living and I have cheated the reaper more times than I can remember"
* [[Back From the Dead]]: Multiple times.
* [[Back from the Dead]]: Multiple times.
* [[Blind Without'Em]]: Subverted. Kevyn sees perfectly well without his glasses, but [[Goggles Do Something Unusual|only in the visible spectrum]]. He finds the cosmic background radiation comforting.
* [[Blind Without'Em]]: Subverted. Kevyn sees perfectly well without his glasses, but [[Goggles Do Something Unusual|only in the visible spectrum]]. He finds the cosmic background radiation comforting.
* [[Cloning Blues]]
* [[Cloning Blues]]
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An AI that was formerly the mind behind a holographic boy band, Ennesby joined the Toughs first as a stowaway in their computers and then as an AI companion who piloted the Serial Peacemaker. After that ship was destroyed, he remained with the Toughs mostly because they were fun and he was their friend. Most commonly embodied as a "maraca" node.
An AI that was formerly the mind behind a holographic boy band, Ennesby joined the Toughs first as a stowaway in their computers and then as an AI companion who piloted the Serial Peacemaker. After that ship was destroyed, he remained with the Toughs mostly because they were fun and he was their friend. Most commonly embodied as a "maraca" node.


* [[AI Is a Crapshoot]]: Almost unique amongst AIs in this setting, as he ran away from the former owners to join the Toughs and is [http://www.schlockmercenary.com/2005-06-30 FREE].
* [[A.I. Is a Crapshoot]]: Almost unique amongst AIs in this setting, as he ran away from the former owners to join the Toughs and is [http://www.schlockmercenary.com/2005-06-30 FREE].
* [[Contagious AI]]: His architecture allows to exist as a virus, or more politely, "ghost in the machine".
* [[Contagious AI]]: His architecture allows to exist as a virus, or more politely, "ghost in the machine".
* [[Hurricane of Puns]]: Particularly in his early appearances after joining the protagonists.
* [[Hurricane of Puns]]: Particularly in his early appearances after joining the protagonists.
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An AI that Tagon created specifically to be loyal to him after Ennesby demonstrated his independence by getting the Serial Peacemaker blown up. TAG eventually ends up being rebuilt with a female avatar named Tagioalisi.
An AI that Tagon created specifically to be loyal to him after Ennesby demonstrated his independence by getting the Serial Peacemaker blown up. TAG eventually ends up being rebuilt with a female avatar named Tagioalisi.


* [[AI Is a Crapshoot]]: More in the line of gloating and occasionally dangerous initiative. Other than that, he was nicer than he looks and sounds—not that it was too hard. But eventually proved to be not mentally robust enough to withstand working with Toughs indefinitely and required a fix.
* [[A.I. Is a Crapshoot]]: More in the line of gloating and occasionally dangerous initiative. Other than that, he was nicer than he looks and sounds—not that it was too hard. But eventually proved to be not mentally robust enough to withstand working with Toughs indefinitely and required a fix.
* [[Dropped a Bridge on Him]]: He saved almost everyone's live at Credomar and what's his reward? Getting taken apart to be 'repaired' by Para and never waking up again, after he [[Heroic BSOD|"resigned" and went catatonic over this]].
* [[Dropped a Bridge on Him]]: He saved almost everyone's live at Credomar and what's his reward? Getting taken apart to be 'repaired' by Para and never waking up again, after he [[Heroic BSOD|"resigned" and went catatonic over this]].
* [[Evil Laugh]]: It [http://www.schlockmercenary.com/2006-12-31 comes with the standard skin].
* [[Evil Laugh]]: It [http://www.schlockmercenary.com/2006-12-31 comes with the standard skin].
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Masterwork of Para - the warship AI built from scratch, since TAG experienced fatal breakdown and needed replacement, and Ennesby never was a proper tactical ''or'' ship AI in the first place.
Masterwork of Para - the warship AI built from scratch, since TAG experienced fatal breakdown and needed replacement, and Ennesby never was a proper tactical ''or'' ship AI in the first place.


* [[AI Is a Crapshoot]]: Remember, kids - misuse leads to malfunction!
* [[A.I. Is a Crapshoot]]: Remember, kids - misuse leads to malfunction!
* [[Combat Aestheticist]]
* [[Combat Aestheticist]]
* [[Commander Contrarian]]: Being critical and sassy is not a glitch, it's a feature. Tagii was programmed to "[http://www.schlockmercenary.com/2010-09-25 exhibit a small measure of adversarial behavior]".
* [[Commander Contrarian]]: Being critical and sassy is not a glitch, it's a feature. Tagii was programmed to "[http://www.schlockmercenary.com/2010-09-25 exhibit a small measure of adversarial behavior]".
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* [[Me's a Crowd]]: Already multitasking to run a giant space station, with nodes in great many robots scurrying around it - and, of course, maintains local and long-range communication. And there's also an attendant space fleet now, because defences were needed yesterday, while growing and testing necessary to have a ''dependable'' AI takes time - as was pointed out by Ennesby earlier and demonstrated by TAG 1.0 breaking down. And the crypt spiders. And then added a corporeal avatar.
* [[Me's a Crowd]]: Already multitasking to run a giant space station, with nodes in great many robots scurrying around it - and, of course, maintains local and long-range communication. And there's also an attendant space fleet now, because defences were needed yesterday, while growing and testing necessary to have a ''dependable'' AI takes time - as was pointed out by Ennesby earlier and demonstrated by TAG 1.0 breaking down. And the crypt spiders. And then added a corporeal avatar.
* [[Remote Body]]/[[Spaceship Girl]]: Chinook eventually followed Petey's example to a degree and made a networked body matching her holographic avatar - the windy, elfy one. With lean version of [[Impossible Hourglass Figure]]. Though she didn't fully expand to "meatspace" (yet) - it's a robot avatar made of typical space dock materials (and PTU, but she may have meant integrated gravitics allowing it to float around), "but it does make personal appearances more meaningful".
* [[Remote Body]]/[[Spaceship Girl]]: Chinook eventually followed Petey's example to a degree and made a networked body matching her holographic avatar - the windy, elfy one. With lean version of [[Impossible Hourglass Figure]]. Though she didn't fully expand to "meatspace" (yet) - it's a robot avatar made of typical space dock materials (and PTU, but she may have meant integrated gravitics allowing it to float around), "but it does make personal appearances more meaningful".
* [[Try to Fit That on A Business Card]]: She seems to collect fancy sounding titles as a hobby or something.
* [[Try to Fit That on A Business Card]]: She seems to collect fancy sounding titles as a hobby or something.
{{quote|'''Thurl''': Chinook, of Eina-Afa... Goddess of Earth, Wind and Plumbing... Our Sentinel of Perpetual Overwatch... Cryptkeeper, Vaultminder, Stormtender, [[Brick Joke|Spider Queen]]... Wealservant, Avenging Deputy... Warm Breath Upon the Holy Wind...
{{quote|'''Thurl''': Chinook, of Eina-Afa... Goddess of Earth, Wind and Plumbing... Our Sentinel of Perpetual Overwatch... Cryptkeeper, Vaultminder, Stormtender, [[Brick Joke|Spider Queen]]... Wealservant, Avenging Deputy... Warm Breath Upon the Holy Wind...
'''Chinook''': If you read the whole list every time I show up, I'm going to stop calling ahead. }}
'''Chinook''': If you read the whole list every time I show up, I'm going to stop calling ahead. }}
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* [[Absurdly Sharp Blade]]: [[Armor of Invincibility|Fullerene-cloth armor]] is technically clothing, so naturally he must be able to cut the material for them.
* [[Absurdly Sharp Blade]]: [[Armor of Invincibility|Fullerene-cloth armor]] is technically clothing, so naturally he must be able to cut the material for them.
* [[Improbable Weapon User]]: His scissors.
* [[Improbable Weapon User]]: His scissors.
* [[Took a Level In Badass]]: '''[http://www.schlockmercenary.com/2010-09-18 I AM A SURGEON.]'''
* [[Took a Level in Badass]]: '''[http://www.schlockmercenary.com/2010-09-18 I AM A SURGEON.]'''


==== Thnempha, Andy ====
==== Thnempha, Andy ====
An enthusiastic Fobott'r mercenary, whose species possesses four arms. Andy is usually in the company of Legs or Schlock, and his multiple limbs make him an effective combatant.
An enthusiastic Fobott'r mercenary, whose species possesses four arms. Andy is usually in the company of Legs or Schlock, and his multiple limbs make him an effective combatant.
Hooked up with Tandersil thanks to Schlock, however unlikely this may sound.
Hooked up with Tandersil thanks to Schlock, however unlikely this may sound.


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* [[Puppy Dog Eyes]]: Unlike Schlock, she can actually pull it off effectively.
* [[Puppy Dog Eyes]]: Unlike Schlock, she can actually pull it off effectively.
* [[Remember When You Blew Up a Sun?]]: King Lota.
* [[Remember When You Blew Up a Sun?]]: King Lota.
{{quote|'''Karl Tagon''': Ventura already instigated ''one'' robot apocalypse. I'm dropping a marker and calling that the career limit. }}
{{quote|'''Karl Tagon''': Ventura already instigated ''one'' robot apocalypse. I'm dropping a marker and calling that the career limit. }}
* [[Stealth Pun]]: Para ''Ventura'' (aka "Para Chute")
* [[Stealth Pun]]: Para ''Ventura'' (aka "Para Chute")
* [[Teen Genius]]: Nineteen, [[Older Than They Look|looks like she's twelve]], and is so good at robotics that her [http://www.schlockmercenary.com/2008-03-30 mere presence can terrify AIs]. (Her name suggests that she's possibly descended from the co-originator of the Hencke/Ventura scale of AI capability.)
* [[Teen Genius]]: Nineteen, [[Older Than They Look|looks like she's twelve]], and is so good at robotics that her [http://www.schlockmercenary.com/2008-03-30 mere presence can terrify AIs]. (Her name suggests that she's possibly descended from the co-originator of the Hencke/Ventura scale of AI capability.)
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A giant robot built by Para out of spare parts and a damaged tank. LOTA is highly intelligent, can teraport, and after saving Credomar from itself, becomes the administrator of the entire station.
A giant robot built by Para out of spare parts and a damaged tank. LOTA is highly intelligent, can teraport, and after saving Credomar from itself, becomes the administrator of the entire station.


* [[AI Is a Crapshoot]]: Non-evil example, but he ''clearly'' did not work out as intended.
* [[A.I. Is a Crapshoot]]: Non-evil example, but he ''clearly'' did not work out as intended.
* [[Cranial Processing Unit]]: Averted, it's even commented on how it would be foolish to stick a robot's AI core in a bit sticking out at the end. Of course, hitting the part that actually contains the core won't always work either.
* [[Cranial Processing Unit]]: Averted, it's even commented on how it would be foolish to stick a robot's AI core in a bit sticking out at the end. Of course, hitting the part that actually contains the core won't always work either.
* [[Humongous Mecha]]: An upright walking robot built from the damaged chassis of a flying ''tank'', anyway.
* [[Humongous Mecha]]: An upright walking robot built from the damaged chassis of a flying ''tank'', anyway.
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