Damien DiArco

"I am not going for any sort of ‘look,’ got it? It’s just how I am, okay?"

- Damien DiArco

Damien DiArco is an unskilled pilot who succeeds through luck and technical savvy in the ZUB series.

Appearance
A touch short and scrawny, Damien's othewise meek appearance is broken up by his wild tangle of dreadlocks. He has dark skin and eyes, and sports a lean, toned build. His clothing is universally rough, centered around cargo pants and a tattered leather jacket. Since coming under public scrutiny, he has begun sporting t-shirt with various online phrases and slogans on them.

Personality
Despite his rough appearance, Damien is surprisingly meek and friendly. His manners are rough and his language is sometimes crude, but he is generally polite. Damien often feels out of his depth in the rich and glitzy surroundings of his team's new home, and sometimes resents the sort of cash that Christina and Melissa seem to throw about. At the same time, he finds himself attracted to both the abrasive goth and the well-mannered hieress. As yet Melissa has flatly turned him down, and Christina seems oblivious to his intentions.

Background
Damien grew up poor in a rough district. His parents ingrained a deep sense of honesty and respect in him, and he worked hard and did his best to avoid the ever-prevalent criminals in his neighbourhood. He dropped out of school early to take up a full-time job at his uncle's Zoid workshop, where he developed a knack for technology.

Over the years he soaked up seemingly endless information from customers and the other technicians on all manner of Zoids. In his spare time, his uncle taught him the basics of Zoid operation, and he took every chance he could to practice in the workshop's own machines. He also worked extensively with the shop's computer systems, and all but taught himself a variety of coding, programming and hacking skills.

Damien's life changed when he took a chance on a competition and won a brand-new Whitz Wolf. He leapt at the opportunity this presented, and entered the elitist ZUB competition. A combination of speed, situational awareness and sheer luck won him through to the final four in the opening match, and as such he caught Reed Dowling's eye for inclusion in his new team. Now thrust into the limelight, Damien has grown popular amongst online fans for his consistently displayed technical savvy and constant reference to Zoids discussion sites and particular posters on the same.

Combat Style
Damien keeps mobile, using the Whitz Wolf's speed to both avoid fire and make slashing hit-and-run attacks. In team battles, he moves ahead of his allies to break up enemy formations and harass opponents, usually leaving the killing blows to his more heavily armed teammates. He often contributes more before the battle with extensive research on their designated opponents.