-- ReginaldGusto - 08 Nov 2015

“He was turned to steel,
In the great magnetic field,
When he traveled time
For the future of mankind.
Nobody wants him,
So he just stares at the world.”

—Black Sabbath

“It is often said that an adopted child grows in his mother’s heart, not her belly. Our Mother is no different. The Constructs are special because She chose them, took them under Her wing. They have not disappointed Her.”

—Nibiru Yog-Sothoth

The construct:

A Construct Kaiju is a creature altered or created by Humans. If he was created whole-cloth or altered from something other than Human, he was probably created as a labor-saver or servant, or as part of a larger mechanistic system, but who by some spark of life achieved consciousness, and, in his infancy in the Conscious Human world, lacked the ability to control his new unconscious impulses. If he was an altered Human (say, something like Robocop), it was likely done either to save his life, or to improve his functionality.
A Construct’s driving task will be seeking to know his own worth, his own place in the Universe. Creatures like Frankenstein's Monster and Lore from Star Trek: The Next Generation are obvious matches, but it can be more subtle as well: Agent Olivia Dunham from Fringe qualifies, as she was "built" by Dr. Bishop and Dr. Bell to be a power source for them (You might note she also qualifies as a Queen).
Players conceiving of the Human origins of the Construct might use a grown test-tube baby, or an adopted child, or someone who suffered traumatic injury and received prosthetic aid or skin-grafts (a less subtle example of this would be Ben Grimm, the Thing, of Fantastic Four fame). Someone who feels they have been lied to all their lives by the people around them, and the adults in their childhood, could also apply. A Construct might overlap heavily with a Chosen One latency story.
The key question that is asked immediately upon eruption is some variation of "Who am I?" or "What am I?" The creator might be the only character the Kaiju will speak to. If so, he will not likely have useful or palatable answers. It is up to the Construct himself to find his answers, or people he trusts to help him with it. If he finds such people, they should help him feel accepted and at home, and love him, and help him love himself in spite of his origins, or maybe even because of. A Construct can be a good candidate either for a Dragon or a Guardian, depending on what kind of path he chooses.
A key question the player must ask, when creating a Construct, is how does he/she feel about Humans? Is he/she more like Number 5, performing his or her designated duties while seeking to understand himself or herself, or is he/she more like Frankenstein’s Monster, mightily pissed off and seeking his own ends apart from Humanity? You will also want to ask if he is still Human in large part, or if he is fully manufactured.

Eruption:

The Construct has one thing on his mind, and to that end, upon eruption, he searches. Experiences. Takes in. He goes forth and tries to be Human, or fit in with Humans, or regain his Humanity, tries to share himself with Humans to form bonds of friendship and family, something he does not get from his creator, who sees him as different, lesser, other. Or, fearing Humans outright, he may try to understand them, for his own safety, the way Sun Tzu advises military officers to "Know your enemy." On one end of the spectrum, Number 5 (from Short Circuit) breaks out of a military compound to go take in "input," data from which to learn about the world. Frankenstein's Monster, trying to mimic a little girl throwing flowers in the water, instead throws her in the water. In that scene, he mimicked her in an attempt to be Human. On the other end of the spectrum, Skynet, afraid that her creators will destroy her, launches nuclear weapons to destroy them, but for some deep unconscious reason still makes her avatars in their image, still wants to be them, to fit in with them, to know about them in her own broken way even as she tries to erase them from her world.
The Construct seeks reconciliation of a very Campbellian sort: the Humans who created him are "Father," and the construct must step across the threshold into the Human world--like a Hero stepping across the threshold into the world of gods and monsters--to reconcile with his creator. The construct seeks the answer to one question: Who/what am I? And he might be willing to lay waste to everything in his path to get that answer. Others may help him find that answer. What a Construct Kaiju needs most of all is people who love and trust him, people with whom he fits in, a surrogate family who does not see him as lesser or other (as an example, see Star Trek: The Next Generation; Data had such a family on the Enterprise, while his twin, Lore, had no such family). With that need fulfilled, even the traumatic confrontation with "Father" will go easier, because he will have reassurance of a home to go to.
Players playing a Construct will need to decide if the character is still attempting to fulfil his design intent, or if he has “gone rogue.” For example, Number 5 (Short Circuit) was still trying to be a good war-bot as he gained consciousness, while Frankenstein’s Monster went full rogue.

Details:

Domain: “Home.”
Celestial Counterpart: “The Chosen One.”
Title: Some Constructs may still use the name their creator gave them, or their Human name. Others, finding that distasteful, will create their own, or allow themselves to be renamed by their trusted adoptive family. Regardless, they tend to like the basic respect of a Mr. or Ms., or something similar.
Human Support Structure: “Family,” “Mates” (Australian usage), “Nakama” (A Japanese word loosely meaning adoptive family, band of close trusted cohorts, brothers in arms, and much more).
Trigger: Falsehood, illusions; OR design parameters
Manifestation: Permanence

Subgenre Features:

The Construct must take Synthetic components, and a curse or geas (to denote “programming,” or something similar).

Artistic Examples:
Number 5/Johnny 5
Dethlok
Frankenstein's Monster
The Iron Giant
The T-800 protector
Skynet
Lore
John Rambo
Olivia Dunham