#ara unit

[schwarzgeier]

Please be in my walls, Please be in my walls, Please be in my walls

[jubeimuffins]

colorssss

[fischlich]

i wanted to draw an ara and i wanted to draw plants. behold

[lynxfrost13]

Also more Macbeth sketches

[hummingjay]

My First OC that I haven't Scrapped in like a week: Kasuar or the Cassowary, flightless harbringer of rage. Fun fact, she was originally an OC Ara unit that was put into the war and I eventually just made her into a different replika type and now she is the manifestation of my rage.

Two pages of lore and three pages of bonus doodles under the cut!

KSAR  (Kampf-schlicht-angriff-replika) “Kasuar”

(Combat-simple-attack-replica) “Cassowary”

Light infantry units, 180 centimeters tall. Light Infantry units mostly used in frontal attacks, excelling in trench and siege warfare.

Kasuars love combat and possess an easy persona to manage with bladed weapons as stabilizing objects. Originally meant to be cheap and simple long-stationed infantry for light work, their violent personalities have convinced our ÆON strategists to exploit their use as beserkers.

Their Neural maps are from a religious zealot of a religion long-banned by both the Empire and the Nation called ##########, their fanaticism now directed towards near-religious patriotism not dissimilar to worship. They suffer from what commanding officers call “extreme bloodlust”, and will wrestle violently with one another, often sustaining injuries from the practice even when not in combat. These units generally imprint on nearby STAR or STCR units, admiring them for their close-quarters-combat prowess, and they regard SAPR units as parental and protective figures, often more willing to listen to them than their commanding officer. For this reason it’s not uncommon for Kasuars to hang on to Schnäpper units as they walk. If their Starling or Storch dies or is decomissioned, they will fall into a state of rage or sadness, sometimes oscillating between the two. It’s also not unheard of for Kasuars to become romantically attracted to respective Starlings and Storches.

They carry bladed weapons, usually heavier ones such as swords and axes as fetish objects. When given the chance, these units relish CQC and will violently maim enemies, storming trenches like rabid animals unless explicitly told to take prisoners. After being disarmed it is not uncommon for units to use discarded limbs as blunt weapons, which they will later carve the bones of which into tools or decorations. Though technically contraband, it’s recommended to not confiscate the morbid carvings. They like to decorate their firearms with flower petals on string, and are fond of Ara units who help them find or grow flowers to gather the petals. They generally treat medical units such as Eules with a strong fondness and will keep a close eye on them to keep them safe. One can grow close to them by catching them sharpening their weapons, when they are at their calmest, when conversation can be initiated. Do not speak of religion of any sort. An additional method of getting close to a Kasuar is gifting them a blunt weapon such as a hammer or club. The more elaborate the weapon the better, and one-handed weapons are preferred, in contrast towards their preferences towards bladed weapons. Do not gift a Kasuar a dagger, as this act is seen as a declaration of love, ill-advised unless one is willing to reciprocate. Kasuars are fervently devoted to their lovers and will carve totems as gifts.

They have a strong group culture akin to Starlings, which they allow other units to enter, though rarely, by proving themselves to the cadre. Eules who heal the cadre report that the units are surprisingly gentle with those who don’t enjoy violence and allow the Eules to style their hair, which is longer than most replikas. Storches and Starlings who enter will often wrestle with them. Kasuars will dig trenches and small openings in the ground for Ara units they grow fond of. Kasuars will sleep close to their compatriots, side to side in a straight line. Older Kasuars sometimes whisper odd chantings in their sleep. Never place a Kolibri or other bioresonant unit near them during this time, as the they will experience deeply unsettling nightmares which they refuse to recount. 

Degraded Kasuars are angry and difficult to control, often crying for hours, before possibly falling into a state of insanity-induced violence towards both allies and enemies due to combat fatigue. This state is called ‘wutblindheit’ by medical units and is untreatable but temporary. It is possible to have a Starling, Storch or Schnäpper that they have grown close to calm them down. It’s also best to give them a blanket and have their respective Starling or Storch talk to them. Once degraded, Kasuars will either fall into a state of wutblindeit or revert to disturbing rituals such as cutting the palm, drinking their own oxidant, making necklaces from body parts such as fingers, seldom but possibly their own, and carving odd symbols from banned religions onto their flesh and armor. The practices are possible remnants of a gestalt life and are mostly harmless to others unless they are interrupted or told to cease, which causes them to attack whoever ordered them to stop. Decommissioning is difficult and it is better to send them on a task with an abyssmal survivability rate.

For reasons unknown, Kasuars have a deep love of animals, often attempting to befriend dogs, cats, birds, and horses, and will keep large spiders or centipedes as group pets. It is not uncommon for Kasuars to allow their bugs to build webs and burrows on vehicles. After finding a pet the Kasuars will come together to name it. If an officer is to confiscate the animal it is to be done before this happens, as named pets are honored as part of the cadre, sometimes brought into battle. Some ÆON commanders actually encourage this practice, as seeing a soldier with a centipede coiled around their arm is intimidating at best. The death of named pets speeds degradation, but this can be countered by allowing the cadre to mourn properly. Attempting to gift a replacement pet is ill-advised and viewed as an insult to the previous pet.

Kasuars have a deep love of their melee weapons, keeping them in pristine condition and even sleeping with them. Kasuars rarely allow others to hold their weapons, and often the weapons of fallen Kasuars will be passed to lovers or friends. In the case of a Kasuar allowing one to hold her weapon, know that this is a sign of feeling safe, and is a declaration of affection second only to gifting a dagger.

Kasuars show fear so rarely that it is thought that they are incapable of the emotion, making them ever-suitable for the dangerous tasks they find themselves on. However, in the rare case of a FLKR unit being stationed near Kasuars, they will show signs of deep fear, nervousness, and agitation. Officers report that Kasuars will jump at the sound of a Falke’s voice, and will resort to rubbing the neck and forearms, as if checking for wounds. ÆON psychologists speculate that Falke unit voice modules resemble the mother figure of the gestalt neural template, the former of which has a civil record of domestic violence and abuse. In the case of this agitation, Kasuar units will retreat to areas deemed safe, usually near trusted Schnäppers, Starlings, Storches, and sometimes medical units that healed them in the past. If reprimanded harshly by Falke units, Kasuar units will often retreat to tents where they can be heard crying and muttering that they are safe repeatedly. It is best to have a gestalt officer act as a relay point between Falke units and Kasuars. Never allow a Falke to physically touch a Kasuar, not even gently,, as they will become even more agitated and will freeze up, and will refuse to speak for days on end. The Kasuars in the cadre will become extremely protective of the agitated Kasuar and will refuse to let anyone see her until she has calmed down, sometimes screaming at medical units to stay away.

[lesbokyoko]

Little run down of the girls I've been posting here a lot

I love weird girls in weird love

More info I've cooked up under the cut bc handwriting is hell on my hands:

Kaffee is really interested in what makes Replika tick, though she is not a medically trained Eule. Basically she kinda wants to tear Zwan apart but her only credentials are "trust me bro".

Zwan likes hanging out with her after shifts or when she's slacking off. She's probably one of the Aras building that fucking ship lol. She's kinda a slob, which Kaffee doesn't really like. Tries to clean her maintence shaft sometimes to make her feel better. Isn't really into the whole Kaffee wanting to get into her insides thing, but if she likes it...

Is it love? Probably. Maybe. They both needed someone to hold.

Kaffee got corrupted due to a lot of stress of the illness spreading through the mines and also probably just her being midly persona degraded to begin with. She probably would've been decommisioned if she hadn't fallen sick.

They probably listen to music together, Zwan thinks classical calms her plants.

They're fucked up they shouldn't be allowed within feet of eachother

[rotfront-cunt]

I've been thinkin a lot about the mechanics of specifically protektor units. This is something entirely inconsequential but I think its something that would make sense. For Star's and Storch's in particular I feel like they would have some sort of ear protection system built in.

While its easier and perhaps more costly to just have a large stock of ear plugs in the facility, which would make sense considering Sierpinski is a a mining station. Even if all replika units were equipped with some sort of way to suppress loud sounds that would otherwise damage their hearing, they would still need some sort of ear protection for the gestalts working in the mine. Again it would make sense for ptrotektor units to just have ear plugs on hand or in the firing range, but i feel like being able to activate some sort of noise suppression system in the field would be an important feature. This i think especially works because they don't necessarily need to communicate with each other through speech. Storch units could simply strategize with the cadre of kolibri and they would be able to broadcast any order to the rest of the protektor squad. This could all be nonsense and I think the most sensible thought is that they do just have earplugs lmao.

[some-creep]

Instead of sleeping I'm thinking about pants Ara 😔

Thinking about her relationship with emotional intimacy and sex and the hard line she was designed to establish between them and how that was difficult but in every situation where she's made to perform sex acts she falls back to that logic and how as a Replika and needs to feel useful by doing the things she was designed to while at the same time not really getting anything out of the experiences with people other than the woman who designed her to begin with. How she sees herself as just a tool to be used because that was her original function anyway and it's easier than trying to make sense of everything.

[thebibliosphere]

Heads up, NeilMed Pharmaceuticals’ has issued a precautionary recall of over 89,000 bottles of NasoGel Spray due to possible microbial contamination.

These bottles would have been available for purchase through 2024.

This initial recall was issued last week as of February 5th 2025 but the new prevention.com article just dropped today which is what a friend sent to me.

The FDA says some of the following SKUs were included in the recall:

GSP30-2R-48-ENU-USL

GSP30-0R-96-ENU-USL

GSP30-ARA-INTL

GSP30-SWE-INTL

GSP30-ENG-INT

GSP30-MAL-INTL

GSP30-SPA-INT

The affected product was sold in 20 states and also sold in the countries of Ireland, Mexico, and the United Kingdom

[wondipity]

UR THE FIRST PERSON TO SUPER BOOP ME. GET SUPER BOOPED BACK!!

AHHH I WILL SUPER BOOP U FOREVER !!

[schwarzgeier]

Just a quick sketch of a Geier and a local welder Ara finding a stray bird

[jubeimuffins]

I just love her so much

[fischlich]

fellas is it gay to dig the plants that grew too deep out of your girl best friends back

closeup + extra info and doodles under the cut yippee

any text in the images is in the alt if its hard to read! last one has some ara doodles in general because i love them so much you guys

[schwarzgeier-side]

Another oc you say? You are now psuedo-legally obligated to yap about them. Pretty please?

Uhmuh uhh scrambles through my notes

OKAY SO disclaimer She's not finished yet cauze uh im too gay

But here's my concept for Geier, the Vulture! I know others probably made better Geier concepts but fuck it i love vultures and i wanted to make my own.

Geier units in my head could be something akin to Exterminators , a sort of. Clean up unit as a response to any bioresonant fenomena or any massive "casulties". They also serve as reserve back up in case a Falke goes a bit rouge since they would be made with bioresonant supressors built in. Like an opposite to what Kolibris and Falkes have. This module makes them a lot more resistant to any bioresonance shenanigans but also makes them. More numb in a way? They literaly think . Less sorta. Not in dumb way just kinda. Doesn'r get nosy or curious , doesn't question many orders or things outside of their objectives. They're there to burn corpses and burn bioresonant fuckery. And they do it well.

Im still deciding on the coloring but I'm torn between black motives or orange . NOW A FUN THING is that Geiers have a built in mask! It's very similair to Starling ones but the very small mouth part being the only removable part. The vents on the side serve for better breathing and filtering during clean up and burning. The visor is fully detachable though and ofc is anti heat equiped. They also have canister ports on their backs for ease of attacking the gasoline tanks that hook up to the flamethrowers. Height wise they average between a Star and an Ara and have more animal style hind legs to ease movement for any big mushy places.

Personality wise Geiers are. Scarily calm and blunt. Straight to the point , short stern sentences. They don't take shit from anyone though sdhdh they're built to face off Falkes so they will gladly spar with other Protektors too. Which happens quite a bit as a source of stabilization , along with maintaining their guns and flamethrowers. They don't need much regarding hobbies or stabilization since the supression module already makes them. More apathetic. Makes them kinda loners , squads go up to max 5 with the members of Geier cadre being in the sort of a dynamic where they don't talk at all in their dorm but they will loyaly die for eachother without a question.

Saying all that deep down they are not that bad to get along with , they're just intimidating and blunt. Stuff like a stray Eule asking for help with moving supplies or an Ara needing some metal ripped out , Geiers will help without question. They are just quiet about it. They uh do have a tendecy to come off as extreme , specialy with fresh Geiers reacting to anything suspicious , yanking an Ara from vents on accident or cornering a coughing gestalt dhdhhd , but this mellows out with experience. If any replika decides to warm up to a Geier and put in the time and effort, Geiers are terrifingly loyal and good companions ,just very specific and introverted.

A slight sidenote , since Nation ofc wouldn't like a replika thats fully immune to bioresonant mental checks , the mind and thoughts of Geiers can be accesed through their neuro-ports by manualy plugging in. They have weekly check-ins like that with either a Kolibri or Falke or any of the leading figure at their facility.

Andd some more misc doodles

Thank u for asking btw hhhh it's weird coming out and yapping even more about replika ocs but it's so much fun.

[kerboid]

“Even though they may seem like quiet simpletons, do not underestimate Aras. While they may not show it, they judge those who are rude or unkind harshly and will quietly share this judgment with their entire Cadre. Aras get along best with Eules, who tend to be patient and friendly, and have a talent for reading Aras' expressionless faces. In many facilities, Aras will construct service tunnels accessible only to them, often under floors and in walls. Unstable units may retreat into these tunnels. It is not recommended to attempt to retrieve them. Ara Personalities can be stabilized by allowing them access to plants to take care of, ideally colorful flowers or trees."

Really happy with how this model came out, I love ARARs sm

[am0stia]

the ara units are the plugs of sierpinski