Roshinok sat in his workshop, tinkering with his arm. He was trying to apply a few upgrades to it, mainly increasing the load capacity. His body was in pieces right now, his left arm sitting on the table, the connecting cable hanging from his right shoulder, one dripping a bit of water, a slow leak, nothing for Ro to worry about really. He also had his steam jets and mechanical wings sitting out on the table, each part of the mechanism separated.

It was maintenance day, and as such he was going to upgrade and fix whatever problems he was having with his body, and currently, that meant fixing a leak in his Steam Generator, oiling the joints in his limbs, wings, tail, and anywhere else he needed it, as well as finding a way to clean The Clockworks.
The Clockworks were what he referred to his inner mechanisms as, mainly because it was like the inside of a grandfather clock inside his body, so many gears and moving parts, a rock in there could cause catastrophic failure.

Roshinok was a human in a robotic skin, designed more than 20 years ago in the age of steam power, he was simply a robotic shell, designed to hold human organs and function as much like a human as a machine could. Doctor Roshinok had been the scientist behind his own body, and had become his machine when he finished it. The body, which Roshinok called Model R in the original plans, completed his creation in his dying breath, and his apprentice, Kira, a young protégé, a skilled mechanic and surgeon, was tasked with the final stage of the robots design, transferring the human organs and brain of Doctor Roshinok into the Model R, using experimental procedures that had little chance of success. Somehow though, the 16 year old Kira was able to make the procedures work, despite all odds, and as The Clockworks within the Model R began clanking and its gear began to turn, it began moving, and even if the movements were rather choppy, due to some less than perfect machinery, both Roshinok and Kira were enthralled to see their machine and all their hard work come to fruition.

As the years went on, Roshinok found it rather difficult to find a decent way to make a living other than as a mechanic, fixing whatever needed to be fixed with the aid of Kira. As the years went by, Roshinok found his mind to somehow be preserved by the machine, shielding him from the effects of aging.

Then as more years went by, technology began improving dramatically, allowing Roshinok and Kira to upgrade their creation, improving every aspect of its movement, speed, durability, and eventually installing a few new creations into the R-body, including the Steam Cannon, Steam Generator, and Steam Boosters.

The limits of the R-Body were never truly tested until about 13 years after its creation, when Roshinok was walking home and someone decided to set off a bomb on the train tracks that ran overhead, the bomb did two things that required Roshinok to push and test the limits of the R-Body; the first being that it knocked a section of the track clean from the rails above, causing it to fall, and causing Roshinok to test the R-body’s reactions, speed, durability, and strength as he used it to support the tracks, keeping them from hitting the crowd. He then used the Steam Boosters, which had only been used to perform high jumps up until this point, to hold himself and the tracks up for a total of 38 seconds until the oncoming locomotive could pass over top. Roshinok fainted shortly after due to overexerting the R-Body, but from that moment on, for a good long while, Roshinok and Kira were considered heroes, often being asked to come to events to speak about the tech behind the R-Body, often being given a hefty sum of money for their time. This was what gave Roshinok the resources he needed to finally give his creation a proper tune-up.

Though, being a hero did come with its downsides, mainly the competition. As other scientist got wind of the R-Body’s design, they began creating their own robotic minions, though none were a match for Roshinok. It was one of the doctor’s former colleagues and friend, professor Sohun who ended the career of the R-Body, Kira, and Roshinok as heroes.

One day, Roshinok had decided to attend a charity event, not knowing what he was truly getting himself into. As soon as the large doors locked behind him, he knew he was in trouble, the R-Body ticked away as it walked to the center of the dark room, a spotlight suddenly shining down on it in the center, then a second out at the room’s edge.
“It’s good to see my engineering teachings paid off so well for you, but now you’re reign will end before the might of the S-Body.” Professor Sohun’s voice rang through Roshinok’s audio receptor’s all too well, and as the R-Body turned to face it’s attacker, Roshinok felt as though he was looking in a mirror, one that had distorted his designs into the large mechanical dragonoid that now lay before him.

The eyes lit up and the fight was on.

The dragon came at Roshinok with great speed, a speed that was difficult for the R-Body to react in time to. The battle was swift to say the least, or Sohun thought it would be, as the S-Body’s claws tore right through the R-Body, Sohun grew confident, but he was quick to misjudge the R-Body’s strength and durability, as well as Dr. Roshinok’s creativity. Roshinok had created a clone, and had hidden the real R-Body amongst the rafters, watching as the dragon tore through an image of himself, it happened in such slow motion and the sheer sight of such ferocity out of a machine was unsettling for the doctor.

The ticking of the cloned R-Body changed slightly after it was struck, sounding less like a clock and more like a bomb, which was precisely what it was, and after five seconds passed there was a boom, but to little avail, the dragon stood almost unharmed by the blast, and it had also set its eyes for the real R-Body.
The R-Body and Rashinok only managed to escape out of luck that Sohun wanted them to return to their home in pieces as a warning to those who might have tried to stop Sohun.