Reploid Aliases: Burn Dinorex (バーン・ディノレックス)/Mattrex

Character Name: Remington Everard Xerxes “REX”  Barron

Sex: Male

Race/Ethnicity: White non-Hispanic

Sexual Orientation: Heterosexual

Hair Color: Crimson

Eye Color: Green

Height: 5’ 8” in human form; 13' or thereabouts as Mattrex

Age: 17

Likes: Writing, Drawing, Swimming, Rowing, Martial arts, Foreign foods, Ginger ale, Astrology, Money

Dislikes: More than 75% of the people still on Earth, Shoveling snow, Idiots, Racism, Sexism, Ageism, Homophobia, Being called an elitist, Zero

Worst Fear: That he will someday lose his intelligence and individuality, becoming another “common worm within the human race.”

Favorite Mega Man Games: Mega Man 5, Mega Man 4, Mega Man X5, Mega Man X4, Mega Man X6, Mega Man X

Boss Name Preference: The English names. "Mattrex" sounds much more like an outlaw than does "Burn Dinorex," and for the other Reploid bosses, the English names are easier to pronounce.

Backstory: REX is among the approximately 480 million human survivors of the Eurasia Crisis, who, for the most part, had hidden underground and had been about halfway around the world from where the space colony crashed five years ago.  He was born to a fairly average family, but his sophisticated-sounding name was his parents’ prayer for him to someday become far more successful than they.  In the months following the Eurasia Crisis, the remaining humans tried to return to their regular lives and/or help the Reploids reconstruct the rest of the Earth.  In the five years following the Crisis, REX returned to school as though nothing had happened.  He kept his place among the top five percent in junior high school and then in high school, and did not abandon his plans for college and the future.

However, when REX was trying to help clean up a nearby area that was ruined by the Eurasia crash, he found the remains of the Reploid Mattrex among the wreckage.  Thinking that the Reploid could be rebuilt, reprogrammed and sent to help with restoring the earth, he tried to take the enormous armor to someone that could help.  However, he fused with the armor pieces on contact.  He later realized that he could willfully change back and forth between Mattrex and REX Barron; this was fortunate for him, since he would still be able to blend in with other humans and keep working towards a normal future.  Later on, he met the other Reploids that were linked to the Eurasia Crisis; thus Critical Mass was born.  REX decided that he was most qualified to lead the newly formed team.  However, thinking that earning some money on the side would help him to pay tuition for six years in college, he accepted the other members’ suggestion that they should become mercenaries.

Personality: REX can best be described by three A-adjectives: aloof, arrogant and aggressive.  He may come across as an elitist, but he knows his place— he’s not better than EVERYONE, just a VAST MAJORITY of them.  He hates to be around people that he considers to be much too immature, irresponsible, insensitive or idiotic.  However, under the surface lurks a much more violent persona.  He would kill all of the most worthless and despicable people of the world were there not dire legal consequences.  He took martial arts for a short while, but when he sparred, it seemed as though he believed he were fighting for real; he was only acting overzealous as a way to vent his anger at those whom he feels deserve to die.

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