User:Trocyte V./Rider System

The Rider System is an overarching technological concept encountered in Infinite Generation. It refers to the various methods by which notable characters are able to rapidly deploy ancillary armor and equipment for their Infinite Robot without the need for extensive logistics.

Characters who make extensive use of this system are informally referred to as "Riders."

Origins
The Rider System is based off of numerous devices used to transform in the Kamen Rider franchise.
 * Adans, Marius, and Viri's activation items are based off of the Eyecons from Ghost, minus the paranormal motif and instead modified to fit the planetary motif of the Core Gundam/II. The primary exception to this is when Marius finishes the Sinspectre armor, using the original Sinspectre Eyecon (or a similar device in its likeness) to deploy it.
 * The devices used to activate the data cores are copies of the Prototype Mega Ulorder, the device used for Kamen Rider Dark Necrom. In-game, they are portrayed as a finished product and colored according to the paint on their Core Gundams, as the need for the eyedropper function of Alain's finished Mega Ulorder is non-existent.
 * Tass activates the Voltaic Armor using the Build Driver from Build. Gauss does the same, until creating the Evol Driver.
 * Leo uses a Mach Driver and the Signal Chaser from Drive to become Chaser. The Signal Bikes have been renamed to Signal Bolts, and are themed after power cells instead of motorbikes.
 * Zecon activates the Diend armor plus any additional forms or equipment using the original Vali-X, which is based off of the Diendriver from Decade.
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Use
Depending on the device used, the activation process for the Rider System varies:
 * Adans, Marius, and Viri insert their data cores into the Mega Ulorders and confirm their selection with a button on the side. Once this is done, the designated armor pack flies out of a portal in the form of an attack drone before shattering into pieces and attaching to their Core Gundams.
 * Tass and Gauss slot two Fullbottles into the Build Driver and turn the crank as the Voltaic Armor generates in the space around them, which then clamps to their Pale Rider Cavalry. The Evol Driver uses Evol Bottles instead of Fullbottles, but is backward-compatible with the Build Driver's trinkets.
 * Leo opens his Mach Driver before inserting the Signal Chaser into the receptacle, slamming the Driver shut afterwards; the Driver then vents a large amount of heat from the energy contained within the Signal Chaser. Once this is done, Leo is surrounded in a double helix of purple light before the Chaser armor materializes around Leo's G-Stream and attaches to its body.
 * Zecon slots a card into the Vali-X's ammo receptacle before pulling the trigger, during which the Diend armor slowly flickers into existence and materializes on top of his Slaughter Dagger.
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Trivia

 * Though the player character has the ability to summon, reshuffle, and create new weapons and armor seemingly at will, they are never directly referred to as a Rider, with some characters in-universe debating over whether to even use the term.
 * Many of the transformation annoucements for devices making use of the Rider System are altered from their source material to make sense in English or from a thematic standpoint.
 * The Mega Ulorder no longer says "Tengan! ["Eye drop!"] (Core name)!" when activated (as the eyedropper step of activating the system has been removed), and the phrase "Eyes up, commander!" is rewritten from the original phrase ("Mega Ulord," a Japanese pun on the words for "[the/an] eye was moistened") to keep the mention of eyes and the Mega Ulorder's subservient themes.
 * The Build and Evol Drivers use Latin instead of Japanese for non-English Fullbottle names where applicable. Additionally, the Best Match nicknames announced by the Build Driver have been rewritten from their original translations to also work as armor set names.