Mr Crane
From Earth Central
| “ | They called him Crane because he was so very tall. They called him Mr Crane because he was so very prone to dismembering people. | „ |
| —Gridlinked, Chapter 5 | ||
| “ | You couldn't be more wrong. Mr Crane was a Golem Twenty-Five who used to work for ECS. His moral governors were broken by full sensorium downloads from the mind of a psychopath, and then he was reprogrammed for our purposes. The metal skin you see is case-hardened ceramal, netted with superconductor, over his usual ceramal skin. He runs from four different micropiles and all his joint motors are somewhat more than Cybercorp standard. | „ |
| —Arian Pelter, Gridlinked, Chapter 14 | ||
Mr Crane is a Golem Series 25 prototype standing 2.5 metres tall. He is
controlled through a control module. His appearance was designed to call to mind thoughts of the Greek god Apollo.
His preferred attire is a coat, a wide-brimmed hat and lace-up boots.
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Gridlinked
In Gridlinked, Arian Pelter has the control module implanted with a Gridlink by Sylac. He retrieves the Golem from a cellar below the Pelter residence, where Mr Crane had been stored for about two years.
He is then sent to the neigbouring residence of Alan Tenel to kill him. He kills several members of the Cheyne III Police: Jack, Pearson, Solen and Alex. He also injures First Constable Abram and takes his binoculars for his "toy" collection.
In the attack on Cormac on Viridian, Mr Crane is torn apart by Cento and Aiden, his mind shattered.
Objects
Along his way, Mr Crane collects various objects that he "plays" with occasionally.
- Piece of green crystal
- A chainglass blade
- An old egg-shaped data unit
- A rubber toy dog
- Antique binoculars (taken from Abram)
Appearances
- Gridlinked, Chapter 5-6
- Brass Man
- Line War
