Editing Tecton (section)

==History==
===Background===
Presumably a natural trigger, may have been bullied given his tinker specialty.<ref name="Tinkertypes1"/><ref name="WDT:CT">
*The ''Templar'', a power-armor wearing tinker, with weapon options being primarily melee or very short ranged, forcing the tinker to get into the fray.  A shard-gear link allows the tinker to charge up gear for special actions by attacking in melee.<br/><br/>
Combat tinkers arise from a threat to one’s person, of a physical nature.  Such threats exist over the long-term, but typically require a special element to make them into a tinker trigger rather than another classification with long-term context: the threat has to be present for a time, be relentless, or have a problem-solving aspect tied into it.<br/>[...]<br/>Helplessness and frustration are common elements here, as are close relations to the attacker.<br/><br/>
A key element here is the aspect of melee vs. range vs. defense, both in the long and the short term.  - [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1hQx5XfXrb0cilcP3J178cq1Uj6Dlggcz2X9U3C5zV4U/edit#heading=h.nlsitfycfwxa COMBAT TINKERS], Excerpt from document by Wildbow.</ref>

Worked with [[Gully]], from the San Diego Wards, in the past. He claims to only be as strong as he is because of the data he got while studying her power.<ref name="19.3 e5">"Tattletale, Undersiders, this is Gully.  I'm only as strong as I am because of the data I got from studying her power.  There was a time that she looked after two members of my team, when they were based in San Diego.  Wanton was one of ‘em.  If you treat her with anything less than the utmost respect, you won't get any more cooperation from me.  Got it?" - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/02/26/scourge-19-3/ Excerpt] from [[Scourge 19.3]]</ref><!--cite example of case 53s having a reason for being released where they were. 

cite WOG on tinkers
https://forums.spacebattles.com/posts/15849046/

<ref name="R1">'''themanwhowas:''' Don't have important capes at the top of your org chart. This is just basic org structure; the people at the frontlines shouldn't also be the ones in a management position. There's a reason that generals don't go into war with an AK47, and it's not because they're cowards. On top of that, having a powerful cape as a manger means that they're doubly irreplaceable. If your organization has members that it simply cannot lose, you don't have an organization; you have a group of people temporarily working together. A properly built organization can't be crippled by the loss of a single member (and they certainly don't put that member in harm's way). This is all before considering the influence that the shards have on people.<br/>[...]<br/>'''Wildbow:''' Most of the people at the top of the org chart are those who've proven their ability to weather the battlefield. It's stated in story that there's a general preference for tanky, tough types at the frontline (see Tecton, Weld, Aegis, etc). These figures serve as figureheads and an example that suggests 'we can fight them and we can win, we can be great!' - so more people see the likes of Alexandria and Legend in leadership positions and join. Keep in mind that we see Worm just as things are really breaking down. A year or five earlier, and the turnover is much lower. - [https://redd.it/3dil7d What would a responsible Protectorate actually look like?] ([[Wildbow]], reddit.com, 2015-07-16)</ref>

--> At some point he joined the [[Chicago]] Wards and became a co-leader with [[Raymancer]].  

===Post-[[Slaughterhouse Nine]]===
The Chicago Wards were called in to help fight a new S-Class threat in [[Brockton Bay]]. They were directed to pair with the Undersiders by [[Miss Militia]]. Later, Tecton made the choice to join the Undersiders in abandoning their armbands and defending [[Eidolon]], showing a degree of trust in the villains. During the Echidna battle, Tecton emphasized organization, trust, and communication between the participating groups.   

He fought Echidna one on one with some help from Eidolon and [[Grace]]. She eventually overwhelmed him however.<ref>[[Interlude 18]]</ref> He was freed  a short time later by [[Weld]].<ref name="19.1 e1">Another wave of flame washed over the clones.  They were Regents, Tectons and Graces, as well as various dogs, and none were able to withstand the heat.  Each and every one of them burned.<br/>[...]<br/>Grace and Tecton fell, and Weld dropped after them.  He turned the blade of one hand into a scythe, then chopped a segment of Echidna’s foot free.  With one motion of the scythe, he sent Tecton, Regent and some of the dogs skidding our way, sliding them on the vomit-slick floor like a hockey player might with a puck on ice. - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/02/19/scourge-19-1/ Excerpt] from [[Scourge 19.1]]</ref>

===Post-[[Battle against Echidna|Echidna]]===
Tecton fights with Weaver and several others in [[New York]] during one of Weaver's field assessments.<ref>[https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/05/25/drone-23-1/ Excerpt] from [[Drone 23.1]]</ref>

He later asks to have Weaver placed on the Chicago Wards team, and defers leadership to her during the Behemoth attack in New Delhi. After having his team gutted, he built his new team with the intent of having a more synergetic power line-up (like the New York 'lancer' teams, etc.), rather than trying to have a wide power spread, like other Wards teams. He thinks they need a "certain kind of leader" to make this work. He knows Skitter pulled it off with the Undersiders, and hopes Weaver can do the same for this team.

Planned a successful operation against the [[Folk]] and carried out several more roll outs in the area around the city to put criminal groups down. 

===[[Timeskip]]===
Deployed against [[The Twins]] where his loadout and powers proved useful.<ref name="25.6 e1">There was a distant sound of something massive crumbling. I now knew it was Tecton, tearing through the area. I’d be using bugs to direct him to trapped citizens. I was avoiding the terrain features, he was simply plowing his way through them, doing maximum damage. - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/07/13/scarab-25-6/ Excerpt] from [[Scarab 25.6]]</ref>

===Post-[[Timeskip]]===
Tecton becomes a member of the Protectorate, and tries to convince his long-time teammate to join as well.

Deployed against [[The Slaughterhouse Nine-Thousand]].

Helped Golem against his first test by causing controlled demolitions on a building some slaughterhouse members were operating out of.<ref name="26.2 e1">A rumble marked Golem’s real direction of attack. A second hand, down on the street below, gripping the large, six-story tower he’d created earlier in the fight, pulling it down.<br/><br/>It toppled on top of the building that Winter and Crimson had emerged from.<br/><br/>Toppled towards Screamer and Cherish.<br/><br/>In that same moment, Chuckles made an appearance. He moved so fast it was almost as though he teleported, appearing beside the two girls. My bugs barely had time to make contact and try to get a sense of him before he was moving again, holding the two villains this time.<br/><br/>They jerked to a stop. I felt a fraction of the same confusion Chuckles no doubt did. I sensed his arms, extended to ridiculous lengths. He realized they were caught, bound to the computers. Too entangled to take along.<br/><br/>And then he was gone, out of the building as the hand struck home. Two floors crushed, the two villains crushed with them.<br/><br/>Tecton had provided the calculations on what the building could withstand, I’d provided the general data and information on where the hostages were. The damage was controlled, the hand crashing a specific, certain distance into the building before coming to a halt. - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/07/20/sting-26-2/ Excerpt] form [[Sting 26.2]]</ref>  

Over all he acquitted himself well against the innumerable threats involved.

===[[Gold Morning]]===
He was seen in the early engagements, was not seen at the end.