Mimic

Mimic is the nickname given to Zoya Gabbro's custom Maniform mech. It's a very small mech (a little larger than the hand of a medium-sized humanoid mech) that resembles a cross between a hand and an octopus.

Its abilities include adapting its shape to reduce or increase its profile or aid in producing a convincing disguise with its biological camouflage systems, and using its many limbs to grab, pull, or crush objects with unprecedented dexterity and force.

It has a circulation system comprised of tehoma, which also floods its cockpit and enters the pilot's own bloodstream through a specialised breathing apparatus that the pilot wears as a mask. It's not impossible to pilot a Manifold unit without such an apparatus, but it causes severe discomfort and a feeling of drowning, which is a common cause for panic or stress, though it's not dangerous.

When pushing the Mimic's systems to its limits, the tehoma inside will appear to "boil" and distort. This is normally not possible in a stock Manifold unit.

The Mimic was customised by Tanja "TT" Tuff.