The heroes of Animator's Dream and the roles they play

I'm almost done with Noel's first side story, so to fill in the gap of a blog post per week, I'd write about the five primary characters and the sort of roles they play.

Before I discuss this, though, I'd like to point out that I got this idea from Electronic Arts' Battlefield games, as well as Star Wars: Battlefront. The two games are known for their classes of soldiers with their own strengths and weaknesses. I wanted to create groups of heroes in the Animator's Dream novels because I didn't want a team where one size fitted all. That would be boring. So without further due, the classes of the heroes.

Kirk - Assault - Kirk is the front lines specialist of the bunch. His job is to clear out the baddies in the middle of a fight. Advantages include being good against most infantry types and at least light vehicles, but weaknesses include not being able to take on heavy vehicles without the right weapons.

Tigercat - Special Assault - Like Kirk, Tigercat is a front lines specialist, but she is unique in that she uses different weapons, such as suppressed weapons. This means that she gets the jump on enemy infantry when she can. Again, advantages are infantry types, but her disadvantage is not taking on vehicles as well as Kirk or B.W.

Miyu Kusanagi - Close-Quarters/Missile Spam hybrid - Miyu Kusanagi is a different basket of eggs altogether. She is good at all ranges both close and beyond. This means she can not only deal with swarms of infantry, but also take on vehicles and things that can fly. Her only weakness is that she can only take on one group of enemies at a time, and her missiles were really meant to overwhelm defenses.

B.W. - Heavy Weapons Specialist - If there's a target to break, B.W. will break it. His heavy weapons like grenade launchers, rail guns, heavy laser rifles, large missiles and rockets smash foes like no other. Advantages include being a threat to vehicles and infantry, and even some aircraft, too, but weaknesses are a crippling specialization due to the nature of his specialty.

Noel - Unique - If you thought Miyu was different, wait until you see Noel. Noel is even more different than Miyu in that she is the niche role in the Animator's Dream Five Man Band. She specializes in being able to do what the others can't. She has no notable weaknesses as a result.

So there, that's the Five Man Band of Animator's Dream in a nutshell. Quite a cast, I say.