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| V.I Freud | |
| General information | |
| Japanese name | V.I フロイト |
| Classification | Human |
| Gender | Male |
| Affiliation and military information | |
| Affiliation | Arquebus Corporation, Vespers |
| Occupation | AC pilot |
| Rank | Arena: 01/S, Vespers: V.I (Commander) |
| Craft | AC LOCKSMITH |
| Eras present | Coral War |
| Real world information | |
| Appearances | ARMORED CORE VI FIRES OF RUBICON |
| Voice actor | Japanese: Koji Okino |
V.I Freud is an Armored Core pilot active on the planet Rubicon 3 during the Coral War. He is the commander of the Arquebus Corporation's elite combat unit the Vespers, although he often defers authority to V.II Snail in strategic matters.
He is ranked 01/S — the peak ranking — in ALLMIND's virtual Arena.
Biography[]
Contrasting the rest of the Vespers, Freud is unusually hot-headed and temperamental. He has no desire for increasing his standing within Arquebus, no desire for fame or riches, nor a desire to fight for some higher cause: he only fights for the thrill of a good fight. He is an ace pilot and a combat veteran of several conflicts, where one of his famous exploits is achieving a 94.7% mission success rate during the Island Four Disturbance.
The most unique feature of Freud however, is that he achieved all this with no cybernetic augmentations unlike the rest of his squadmates, managing to become the commander of Arquebus' elite augmented human squad, purely through his tenacity and natural talent as an AC pilot.
Fires of Raven route[]
During the fighting on the Xylem, V.II Snail tasked Freud with crushing resistance and stopping he ship. Piqued by the prospect of sparring with one of Handler Walter's hounds, he accepts.
Freud would eventually disregard Snail's last order to stop the Xylem, as he became too engrossed in his duel-to-the-death with C4-621. Freud and his AC: LOCKSMITH, would be eventually destroyed by 621, with Freud decrying he wanted to keep fighting as his AC implodes.
Quotes[]
Chapter 5[]
"Intercept the Corporate Forces"[]
| Condition | English | Japanese | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intro cutscene | "You must be Raven… Never sparred with one of Walter's hounds before. This had better be worth it." | "お前がレイブンか… ウォルターの猟犬とやるのは初めてだ。退屈させてくれるなよ" ("So you're Raven… It's my first time fighting one of Walter's hounds. Don't bore me.") | - |
| While attacking "Chatty" Stick | "Let's get this trash out of the way." | "安そうな方から片付けよう" ("Let's start with the cheap-looking one.") | - |
| After "Chatty" Stick is destroyed | "AI-controlled AC. Always the same." | "無人ACだな。そういう動きだ" ("It's an unmanned AC. I know how they work.") | - |
| AC LOCKSMITH's AP drops to 50% | "I haven't seen moves like that before. Interesting." | "なるほど。そういう動きもあるの。面白いな" ("I see. So that's how you move. Interesting.") | - |
| After V.II Snail orders V.I Freud to disengage from the player and return to capturing the Xylem | "Yes, Snail. You're right. <severs comms with V.II Snail> Now then. Let's continue." | "そうだったなスネイル。了解した <severs comms with V.II Snail> さて。続けようか" ("Yes, Snail. Got it. <severs comms with V.II Snail> Well. Shall we continue?") | - |
| AC LOCKSMITH's AP drops to 50% a second time | "I'm glad I chose your company over Snail's. You fight like a hound on the hunt. At this altitude… I'd expected a scavenger bird." | "こちらを選んで正解だったな。お前の戦い方まさに猟犬という感じだ。この高高度で鳥じゃないのが面白い" ("I was right to choose you. You fight just like a hound. Interesting you're not a bird at this high altitude.") | - |
| AC LOCKSMITH'S AP drops to 50% a third time | "What a glorious view… What I wouldn't give to fight like this forever." | "ここは景色もいい… このままお前とやり合いたいそういう気分だ…" ("The view's nice here… I feel like I want to keep fighting you like this…") | - |
| The player is destroyed | "…No. More. Get up. The fun's only just begun." | "…終わりか。面白いのはこれからだろう。動けよ" ("…It's over? The fun is just getting started. Move.") | - |
| AC LOCKSMITH is destroyed | "Not now… LOCKSMITH…! More…! I want… more…" | "動け… ロックスミス…! まだだ…! これからもっと面白く…" ("Move… LOCKSMITH…! Not yet…! Things were getting even more interesting…") | - |
AC LOCKSMITH[]
Freud's AC is LOCKSMITH, a navy and light blue medium-weight biped that combines Balam's 011 MELANDER series and Arquebus's VP-4xx series. He wields a rifle, a laser blade, a spread bazooka and a laser drone launcher. The weaponry of LOCKSMITH focuses on close range combat.
While LOCKSMITH's generator is light and has high Energy Firearm Specialization, none of its weapons benefit from this bonus.
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| LOCKSMITH | ||||||||||||
| General information | ||||||||||||
| Japanese name | ロックスミス | |||||||||||
| Classification | Armored Core | |||||||||||
| Parts (Units) | ||||||||||||
| R-Arm Unit | RF-024 TURNER | |||||||||||
| L-Arm Unit | Vvc-770LB | |||||||||||
| R-Back Unit | SB-033M MORLEY | |||||||||||
| L-Back Unit | Vvc-700LD | |||||||||||
| Parts (Frame) | ||||||||||||
| Head | HD-011 MELANDER | |||||||||||
| Core | VP-40S | |||||||||||
| Arms | VP-46S | |||||||||||
| Legs | LG-011 MELANDER | |||||||||||
| Parts (Inner) | ||||||||||||
| Booster | FLUEGEL/21Z | |||||||||||
| FCS | FC-006 ABBOT | |||||||||||
| Generator | VE-20A | |||||||||||
| Expansion | PULSE ARMOR | |||||||||||
| Specs | ||||||||||||
| Regulation | 1.00 | 1.01 | 1.02.1 | 1.03 | 1.03.1 | 1.04 | 1.04.1 | 1.05 | 1.06 | 1.06.1 | 1.07 | |
| AP | - | 10,460 | = | = | = | = | = | = | 10,610 (+150) | = | 10,710 (+100) | |
| Defensive Performance | - | 1,178 | = | = | = | = | = | = | = | = | = | |
| Anti-Kinetic Defense | - | 1,200 | = | = | = | = | = | = | = | = | = | |
| Anti-Energy Defense | - | 1,196 | = | = | = | = | = | = | = | = | = | |
| Anti-Explosive Defense | - | 1,138 | = | = | = | = | = | = | = | = | = | |
| Attitude Stability | - | 1,589 | = | = | = | = | = | = | 1,719 (+170) | = | = | |
| Attitude Recovery | - | 74 | = | = | 97 (+23) | = | = | 101 (+4) | 102 (+1) | = | = | |
| Target Tracking | - | 90 | = | = | = | = | = | = | = | = | = | |
| Boost Speed | - | 310 | = | = | = | = | 316 (+6) | = | 325 (+9) | = | = | |
| QB Speed | - | 339 | = | = | = | = | 343 (+4) | = | 345 (+2) | = | = | |
| QB EN Consumption | - | 588 | = | = | = | = | = | = | = | = | = | |
| QB Reload Time | - | 0.51 | = | = | = | = | 0.50 (-0.01) | = | = | = | = | |
| EN Capacity | - | 2,460 | = | = | = | = | = | = | = | = | 2,570 (+130) | |
| EN Supply Efficiency | - | 2,091 | = | = | = | = | 2,591 (+500) | = | = | = | 3,516 (+925) | |
| EN Recharge Delay | - | 1.32 | = | = | = | = | = | = | = | = | 1.24 (-0.08) | |
| Total Weight | - | 75,090 | = | = | = | = | 72,570 (-2,520) | = | 71,830 (-740) | = | = | |
| Total Arms Load | - | 6,240 | = | = | = | = | 5,620 (-620) | = | = | = | = | |
| Arms Load Limit | - | 14,520 | = | = | = | = | = | = | = | = | = | |
| Total Load | - | 56,390 | = | = | = | = | 53,870 (-2,520) | = | = | = | = | |
| Load Limit | - | 60,520 | = | = | = | = | = | = | = | = | = | |
| Total EN Load | - | 3,165 | = | = | = | = | 3,045 (-120) | = | = | = | = | |
| EN Output | - | 3,307 | = | = | = | = | = | = | = | = | 3,529 (+484) | |
| Price | 2,036,000 COAM | |||||||||||
Gameplay[]
In ARMORED CORE VI FIRES OF RUBICON, Freud is an NPC that can be fought in the Records division of the Arena for a reward of 50,000 COAM.
He can also be fought as the primary target of the Chapter 5 mission "Intercept the Corporate Forces."
Arena profile[]
Commander of the Vespers, the Arquebus Group's augmented human squad. An ace pilot who achieved an astonishing 94.7% mission success rate during the Island Four Disturbance, Freud is widely speculated to be a recipient of repeated "adjustments" much like Snail. |
Gallery[]
Trivia[]
- Freud's proclaimed status of being completely human with no augmentation along with his top spot in the Arena can be seen as an inversion of top-ranked pilots often having a form of augmentation.
- This also consequently runs parallel with C4-621 who starts out the game as an Augmented Human whereas their predecessors typically start the game as fully human.
- Freud's callsign is likely a reference to Sigmund Freud, an Austrian neurologist and the founder of psychoanalysis.
- Freud is the only offworld corporation pilot to build his AC using parts from his company's direct competitor: Balam Industries. Quite ironically, despite being the Vespers' top AC pilot; his AC has more Balam parts than it does Arquebus ones.
- Freud's line about expecting a scavenger bird references a thematic difference between the Fires of Raven and Liberator of Rubicon paths — in the former, 621 acts in Walter's interests, thereby making them a "hound" on a hunt; whereas in the latter, 621 instead embodies the aforementioned scavenger bird, the "Raven" aspect of their character that symbolizes independence.