VERDIGRIS VANGUARD
THE MACHINE BLOOM
The youngest franchise on tour, grown — literally — in the Reactor Ring hydroponic machine bays. Their armor oxidizes green as the season wears on; rookies shine copper, veterans bloom full verdigris. You can read a Vanguard career off their plating.
CURRENT CREST // OFFICIAL TEMPLATECertified athletes.
Starts slow, never stops. Fourth-quarter Vanguard is a different sport.
Rookie chassis still shining. The bloom is coming; the league is warned.
Oldest active player on tour. His plating hasn't been bare copper since 2341.
Grew up in the Reactor Ring bays. Literally — his chassis serial is a batch number.
Scores grinding, ugly, inevitable Cores. Zero highlights, fifty-nine points.
The record, as kept.
First season on tour. Took the Silverbacks to overtime in week one and the league has been polite ever since.
Every mark the franchise has flown.
MK-I — THE BARE COG2355Stamped in raw copper at the franchise's founding — the only team whose founding plate is newer than its players' scars. It will oxidize in the archive, by design.
MK-II — CURRENT CREST2355The same cog, bloomed green. The Vanguard refuses to seal it: 'the crest ages with the team. That's the point.'