▸ THE INCREDIBOTS

Coopertition

I want to creare a comic on FIRST Tech Challenge core values.

Coopertition (helping other teams even while competing against them).

Slice of LifeAmerican ComicsEnglish10 pagesJul 19, 2026

▸ CAST

CHARACTERS

Trent Voss

Incredibots team member (driver/builder)

13-year-old member of the Incredibots. Slicked hair, wears his old team jacket turned inside-out as a joke now. Confident and a little cocky, but a good teammate who backs up Mo when it counts.

Deshawn Carter

Incredibots lead builder

13-year-old mechanical whiz and team comic relief, always has a pun ready and duct tape in his back pocket. Treats every robot malfunction like a medical emergency, complete with dramatic gasps.

Priya Patel

Incredibots lead programmer

13-year-old coding genius with deadpan delivery, oversized glasses. Panics internally but sounds bored externally. Very smart, looks Indian.

Coach Ruiz

Incredibots mentor/coach

Warm, no-nonsense engineering teacher who coaches the Incredibots. Keeps a worn challenge coin engraved "Gracious Professionalism" in her lanyard pouch and produces it at exactly the wrong/right moments.

Maya "Mo" Chen

Incredibots team captain & drive-team driver

13-year-old FTC team captain, fiercely competitive, ponytail always coming undone, wears a hoodie covered in event pins. Secretly terrified of letting her team down, which is why winning matters so much to her.

Jake Bennett

protagonist

thirteen-year-old coding prodigy with oversized glasses and a root beer that never leaves his hand. He delivers every line — good news, bad news, robot-on-fire news — in the exact same bored monotone. Underneath that deadpan calm, he's quietly panicking about six different things at once, but you'd never know it from his face.

Alex Rivera

supporting

A teenager with a confident posture sitting in a modern, lightweight manual wheelchair. They have warm dark brown eyes, short cropped black hair, and light brown skin. They are wearing a bright blue short-sleeved robotics competition t-shirt with a gear logo on it, dark denim jeans, and gray sneakers. Their expression is friendly, curious, and engaged, with a bright smile. The setting is a brightly lit high school engineering workshop.

Student

minor

A young child, around 10 years old, with bright, wide blue eyes and messy curly light brown hair. They have a pale complexion with light freckles. They are holding onto two colorful forearm crutches. Wearing a striped green and yellow t-shirt, khaki cargo shorts, and blue sneakers. Their face is full of wonder, inspiration, and a wide, happy smile.

Casey Nolan

Volt Vipers team captain (rival team)

14-year-old rival team captain, slicked-back hair, shiny team jacket with a snake logo. Talks big about winning but secretly respects teams who play fair. He needs to wear Blue.

Seventh-grade boy

supporting

Sixth-grade girl

supporting

Announcer (V.O.)

minor

A professional male radio broadcaster in his late 40s, depicted inside a classic soundproof studio booth. He has neatly combed, short silver-gray hair, sharp blue eyes, and a light skin tone. He wears a dark charcoal grey suit vest over a crisp white button-down shirt with rolled-up sleeves, a loosened dark tie, and classic black-rimmed glasses. He is speaking directly into a vintage chrome studio microphone on an adjustable arm.

Volt Viper team member

supporting

Ampere

supporting

A custom-built competition robot with a boxy, gleaming aluminum chassis, exposed multi-colored wires, and visible gears. It stands about two feet tall when upright. Its right arm is a metallic manipulator limb that hangs at an unnatural, broken angle, wrapped in peeling silver duct tape at the shoulder joint. The robot's face is a simple rectangular sensor visor with a dim, flickering blue LED light. Its body is covered in small scratches and colorful team sponsor decals, giving it a well-loved, battle-tested appearance suitable for an American comic book style.

Judge

minor

A professional Hispanic woman in her late 40s with dark brown hair pulled back into a neat bun. She wears thin, wire-rimmed reading glasses, a navy blue polo shirt with a small championship badge embroidered on the left chest, and khaki slacks. She holds a silver metal clipboard and a black pen, looking over her spectacles with a keen, analytical yet friendly expression.

Red Team Member

minor

A teenage girl of South Asian descent with long dark hair tied up in a messy bun and round wire-rimmed glasses. She wears the matching red team t-shirt and has an intense, analytical expression while looking over code on a laptop. Her skin tone is light brown and her eyes are dark brown.

Red Team Captain

supporting

A teenage boy of Latino descent with short, wavy dark brown hair, warm brown eyes, and an olive complexion. He wears a red team t-shirt featuring a custom robotics logo, dark jeans, and safety glasses pushed up onto his forehead. His expression shifts from stressed confusion to profound relief and gratitude as he shakes hands with his rivals.

Red Team Members

minor

A tall teenage boy of Caucasian descent representing the red team's mechanical crew. He has short blonde hair, blue eyes, and a friendly, energetic smile. He wears the red team t-shirt with minor grease smudges, work pants, and heavy-duty protective gloves as he hands tools back and forth.

Tournament Official

minor

A middle-aged Black man with short-cropped black hair graying slightly at the temples, a neat goatee, and dark skin. He wears a bright yellow event staff polo shirt, a black headset with a boom mic, and an official tournament badge on a lanyard around his neck. He has an organized, professional demeanor.

PAGE 1

PAGE 2

Panel 1:An establishing shot of a high school gymnasium packed with FTC team banners, crowds of students, and competition fields. In the foreground, the Incredibots pit area is set up with a colorful banner.

Panel 2:Maya "Mo" Chen adjusts a wire on Ampere mismatched aluminum frame. Deshawn Carter stands next to her, holding a large roll of silver duct tape.

“Deshawn Carter: With a little duct tape, Ampere is completely unstoppable today. Maya "Mo" Chen: Let's keep it to the official parts for now, Deshawn.”

Panel 3:Priya Patel sits at a folding table, typing rapidly on her laptop. Jake Bennett stands beside her, holding a glass bottle of root beer, looking forward with a completely blank expression.

“Priya Patel: Code is uploaded. The autonomous routine is ready. Jake Bennett: My heart is beating at a perfectly normal, calm pace.”

Panel 4:Coach Ruiz stands behind the team, smiling warmly, with her hand resting on the metal challenge coin in her lanyard pouch.

“Coach Ruiz: You've worked hard, team. Just focus on playing your best.”

PAGE 3

Panel 1:A wide shot of the Volt Viper ' pit area. Casey Nolan stands in front of his team's worktable, staring down at Volt Viper with its side panels completely removed.

“Casey Nolan: The main drive motor isn't getting any power. Check the connections!”

Panel 2:A close-up shot focusing on the interior wiring of Volt Viper A thin wisp of dark grey smoke rises from a black electronic module.

Panel 3:Maya "Mo" Chen and Trent Voss walk down the busy pit hallway, carrying a plastic parts bin. Mo stops in her tracks and looks over at the Volt Vipers' pit.

“Trent Voss: Looks like the Vipers have a major system meltdown. Maya "Mo" Chen: That's their main motor controller smoking.”

Panel 4:Casey Nolan looks up from his damaged robot, his face tense, spotting Mo and Trent watching him from the hallway.

“Casey Nolan: Nothing to see here, Incredibots. We've got this under control.”

PAGE 4

Panel 1:Mo steps forward into the Volt Viper pit space. Casey stands with his arms crossed, blocking her view of the robot.

“Maya "Mo" Chen: We have the same control hub, Casey. Is it fried? Casey Nolan: It overheated. And we don't have a spare.”

Panel 2:A close-up on the fried electronic module inside Volt Viper The plastic casing is visibly warped and melted.

“Casey Nolan: If we can't replace it in ten minutes, we're disqualified.”

Panel 3:Mo looks down at the damaged robot, then looks back up at Casey with a determined expression.

“Maya "Mo" Chen: We have a spare controller in our pit. Casey Nolan: Why would you help us? We're your top competition.”

PAGE 5

Panel 1:Mo is back at the Incredibots pit, explaining the situation to her team. Trent Voss has his arms crossed, looking skeptical.

“Trent Voss: If they don't play, we have an easy path to the finals. Maya "Mo" Chen: That's not how we want to win, Trent.”

Panel 2:A close-up on Coach Ruiz's hand as she pulls out her metal challenge coin from her lanyard pouch, showing the engraved words 'Gracious Professionalism'.

Panel 3:Deshawn Carter holds up a blue plastic bin containing a brand new electronic controller module, a big smile on his face.

“Deshawn Carter: Besides, keeping a cool robot on ice is a mechanical tragedy!”

Panel 4:Priya Patel looks up from her laptop, adjusting her glasses with a serious look.

“Priya Patel: Their firmware configuration is tricky. They'll need help flashing the new module.”

PAGE 6

Panel 1:Mo, Deshawn, and Priya walk back into the Volt Viper pit. Deshawn holds the spare module, and Priya has her laptop ready. Jake Bennett follows, taking a sip from his root beer.

“Maya "Mo" Chen: We brought the spare part. And some extra hands.”

Panel 2:Close-up on Casey Nolan's face, his eyes wide in surprise as he looks at the spare module in Deshawn's hand.

“Casey Nolan: You're actually going to let us use your backup?”

Panel 3:Jake Bennett stands in the background, holding his root beer, his face completely expressionless.

“Jake Bennett: Beating you when you're broken is boring anyway.”

Panel 4:Mo smiles and hands the module directly to Casey.

“Maya "Mo" Chen: It's called Coopertition, Casey. We rise by lifting each other.”

PAGE 7

Panel 1:Deshawn Carter uses a small screwdriver to secure the new module inside Volt Viper while Casey Nolan holds a flashlight over the workspace, lighting up the wires.

“Deshawn Carter: Hold it steady. This wire goes into port zero.”

Panel 2:Priya Patel sits next to Casey's laptop, pointing at a line of code on the screen as Casey watches intently over her shoulder.

“Priya Patel: I'm pushing our configuration template. It should resolve the port conflict.”

Panel 3:Maya "Mo" Chen and Trent Voss stand nearby, watching the two teams work together on the robot.

“Trent Voss: They're actually working pretty well together. Maya "Mo" Chen: That's the whole point of this, Trent.”

Panel 4:A close-up of a digital wall clock in the gymnasium, showing the countdown timer reading '03:15' until the next alliance match.

PAGE 8

Panel 1:Deshawn pulls his hands back from the robot. The LED strips on Volt Viper light up with a bright, steady green glow.

“Deshawn Carter: Power is green! We have liftoff!”

Panel 2:Casey looks down at his fully functional robot, a genuine smile on his face.

“Casey Nolan: It's completely functional. The code cleared instantly.”

Panel 3:Casey turns to Mo and extends his hand for a handshake. Mo shakes it warmly with a proud grin.

“Casey Nolan: Thanks, Mo. Seriously. We owe you one. Maya "Mo" Chen: Just play your best out there, Casey.”

Panel 4:The Incredibots and Volt Viper walk side-by-side out of the pit area, pushing their respective robots, Ampere and Volt Viper , on rolling carts toward the competition fields.

PAGE 9

Panel 1:A wide view of the FTC game field. Ampere and Volt Viper are placed on the foam tiles, lined up and ready for the match.

Panel 2:Maya "Mo" Chen and Casey Nolan stand at adjacent driver stations behind the clear plexiglass perimeter, controllers in hand, looking focused.

“Casey Nolan: Ready to see what this thing can actually do? Maya "Mo" Chen: Bring it on, Casey!”

Panel 3:Close-up on the field. Ampere's wobbly arm lifts a yellow plastic game element, placing it perfectly on a high rack, while Volt Viper secures another element right beside it.

Panel 4:The match buzzer sounds. The crowd in the bleachers is cheering. Coach Ruiz, Deshawn Carter, Priya Patel, Trent Voss, and Jake Bennett are high-fiving and cheering from the sidelines.

“Coach Ruiz: That's what this competition is all about!”