#Except Rinzler they're cool

[murderbees]

more about Black Guard Beck because he lives in my head now

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He went through some horrors, courtesy of Dyson and Clu.

Memory Issues, Yippee! He has vague recollections and feelings about past events, but usually ignores them in favor of whatever mission he is trying to accomplish. General Paige often tries to talk to him, he ignores her as much as possible.

Once released from repurposing, he's put on Dyson's personal squad. They're all freaks Dyson has modded in some way. The rest pity Beck, Dyson is oddly fixated and Beck is going to bare the brunt of his frustrations. (At some point I'll write about them)

The vague vampirism has much less to do with teeth, and much more to do with hidden circuits Dyson personally carved in his skin. Dyson rearranged Beck's lightlines to imitate his own, and the hidden lines imitate Tron's old lines. Beck doesn't know that, but it's like an inside joke for Clu and Dyson.

He can still drink energy, it's a bit less effective because of how his circuits now work. His normal lightlines still process energy like before, but it doesn't filter into his system. It's more storage than anything else. The hidden channels take in processed energy, including from his own system. These channels then redistribute the energy in a useable form. Most of it goes to Beck's regular functioning, but it can be directed as an additional power boost. Downside is that Beck will run out of energy much faster than other programs.

He's usually put on stealth missions. His ability to draw other's energy makes him highly effective.

Unlike Tron or most other programs, Beck does not fight elegantly or with graceful forms. He tears and bites and brawls. When he fights it's messy. He doesn't tend to use weapons, relying on his talons and body. He rarely uses his disc, and if he does, he's more than deadly accurate.

He hates taking his disc off. Every time he's had to take his disc off has been for Dyson and Clu to repurpose or change something about his coding. The idea of throwing it around and losing it drives him crazy.

His coding is not very stable, meaning that, without his disc, he'll turn to a stray quicker as well. He's terrified of losing what memories he has left.

His and Rinzler's relationship is complicated. Clu and Dyson fight to keep them as separate as possible. It's not very effective, since Dyson is Clu's right hand and often works with Rinzler to complete objectives. Beck and Rinzler respect each other, and there's a vague familiarity that sets them at ease with each other.

They also work really well together. They end up becoming friends, or as friendly as you can get as two repurposed programs. Usually they just spar and fight, honing each other's strengths and learning to cover their weaknesses. They don't ever plan anything together, but there's an assured complicity in whatever plot they've gotten themselves into.

He puts his survival above all else. Dyson and Clu reinforced his need for success, but they couldn't get rid of his drive to live. Beck knows that one day they'll try to get rid of him. Before that happens, he's going to kill them first.