Soul_of_Shadows
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After being given more time to show their improvement, the Z-Team wonder how their dispatcher did it.
Everyone knows the SDN only hires heroes, ex-heroes, and ex-villains-turned-Phoenix-Program-heroes.
They just think Robert's the third option.
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- Part 2 of Robert is Sort of a Mystery (Dispatch)
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19 Nov 2025
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The Z-Team didn’t like Robert.
They were villains. They were fuck ups. They each had a giant chip on their shoulders that barely let them stand next to each other on a good day. As soon as his voice first came on the group call, they had to give him shit. If they didn’t start harassing him, the Blonde Boss Lady would have benched them thinking they were being mind controlled.
Every handler thought they could “handle” the Phoenix team. Tame them, make them palatable, water them down. Turn them good. So they didn’t like Robert.
But they did like his voice.
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19 Nov 2025
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Mandy has fallen out of love with Phenomaman, she thinks she needs to shake things up. Maybe she doesn't need to settle for someone who doesn't appreciate every part of her.
For 15 years Robert was alone, fighting against criminals and super villains as Mecha Man. After his defeat to shroud his life is shaken up, but maybe it could be shaken up some more. Maybe he doesn't have to always be alone.
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17 Nov 2025
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The Phoenix symbolizes renewal, rebirth, and resurrection, emerging from the ashes of its own fiery death to be reborn anew.
This is what Robert Robertson the Third tried to see himself as: A Phoenix. After losing his identity and job as Mecha-Man, he has a chance to reemerge as Dispatcher of the notorious Z-Team, a group of dangerous criminals given a shot at being heroes.
And, while everyone else regards the Z-Team as a dumpster fire, a nuclear bomb just waiting to be set off, Robert sees something else—he sees pain, understanding, and above all, an intent to be better. He sees people who had always drawn the short stick, who bet on losing cards, and who were always regarded as less.
What Robert sees... is a group of Phoenixes.
And he'll be damned if he won't stick by every one of them, regardless of what anyone else thinks.
tldr:
Robert is highly emotionally aware and fiercely protective, refusing to give up on anyone in the Z-team, even when the stakes are high and tension is rising. They're all a bunch of fuckin' idiots, as Chase would say, but they're undoubtedly his idiots, through and through. Blonde Blazer, oddly enough, supports this change of pace.Bookmarked by Soul_of_Shadows
17 Nov 2025
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Make the Man Mecha Again by Burreaux
Fandoms: Dispatch (Video Game), DCU (Comics), Justice League - All Media Types, Batman: Arkham - All Media Types
19 Nov 2025
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Robert is not actually an idiot with tech. He’s actually a bit of a genius in regards to the stuff. Surely, this wouldn’t change much… would it?
Or; What if Robert is just really, really prepared, like a certain other armor-wearing superhero in another universe, but every bit as messed up as the two of them combined?
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17 Nov 2025