Francisco

Francisco, known as Mechanical Catastrophe, is a direct Beyond Grade A Mechanic of the Arcane Church whose main body serves a prison sentence for causing a machinery-related catastrophe. The Church usually deploys him through a Lord's Avatar, counting his authorized combat contributions toward a shorter sentence.

Biography

Intelligent Plague and the Association

Francisco first deploys his Lord's Avatar and mechanical army in the Arcane Church's operation against Hila, restraining the stronghold fleet while fighting alongside Kasuyi's doppelganger and Tolaen. He shields less durable teammates from death energy, coordinates control effects, and tries to oppose Han Xiao in the virtual domain, but Han Xiao compromises his machines and crushes the avatar. During the Intelligent Plague, Francisco joins the civilization-sponsored gathering of Mechanics. He contributes only five thousand mechanical soldiers, supports planning against the virus, and openly sides with the Church because obtaining the virus core could restore his freedom. After the core's destruction, he helps end Han Xiao and Manison's prolonged battle on institutional orders, while insisting the intervention is not a personal favor to Han Xiao. (Chapters 1047–1053 and 1102–1118)

Sanctum Revival and the Super Crisis

Francisco later appears among the Arcane Church's direct Beyond Grade As summoned to confront Han Xiao during the Super Crisis. Rather than assuming that Oulou can win the opening duel, he explains that the match is a deliberate test meant to expose Black Star's current capabilities before the joint force commits to a larger plan. After the assembled direct Supers fail to defeat Han Xiao, Francisco remains present to watch the subsequent contest and trades dry remarks with the other wounded combatants. These scenes confirm his continued service and survival, but they do not establish that his underlying sentence has been fully discharged. (Chapters 1302–1306)

Appearance and personality

Francisco's organic main body is not described in the supplied corpus. His deployed Lord's Avatar is a mechanical body patterned with psionic light and fitted with rear thrusters that emit six deep-blue flame trails. He is pragmatic, calm under pressure, unsentimental about alliances, and notably reluctant to spend his own mechanical troops. His thoughts also reveal an irritable, sardonic reaction when teammates leave his comparatively fragile avatar to absorb attacks. (Chapters 1047–1049 and 1104)

Abilities and class

Francisco is a Beyond Grade A Energy Branch Mechanic with an unusually low cost and unusually broad range when enhancing machinery through Mechanical Force, allowing him to empower a larger army than comparable Mechanics. He controls mass mechanical forces, projects energy shields, uses plasma electromagnetic restraints, applies virtual techniques outside his main specialization, and fights remotely through Lord's Avatar. His virtual defenses and avatar durability are nevertheless inferior to Han Xiao's. (Chapters 1047–1053)

Relationships

• Han Xiao: Francisco opposes him during the attack on Hila, later cooperates with him against the Intelligent Plague, and again joins the Arcane Church's force sent to test and contain him.
• Hila: A target of Francisco's first shown deployment; he helps surround and restrain her with his avatar and army.
• Kasuyi: Francisco deploys alongside Kasuyi's doppelganger during the Church operation, though Kasuyi's concealed restraint frustrates the attack.
• Tolaen: A fellow attacker who repeatedly uses Francisco's shield and avatar as cover against Hila's death energy.
• Manison: A fellow pinnacle Mechanic whom Francisco helps stop after the virus-core dispute, for both official and personal reasons.
• Oulou: Francisco explains that Oulou's duel with Han Xiao is intended to gather intelligence rather than secure an expected victory.

Items

No persistent named personal item is established for Francisco in the supplied corpus. His Lord's Avatar, mechanical army, spacetime stabilization devices, and wormhole restriction devices are operational machinery rather than individually named possessions.