Grounder

Grounder is the second-in-command of the Super Special Sonic Search and Smash Squad.

Appearance
Grounder bears a strong resemblance to another Badnik, Burrobot. He is a small, short, stocky teal machine with tank tracks for feet, an antennae on the back of the top of his head, compass bellybutton as well as drills instead of his hands and nose, vaguely resembling a mole. He also carries a plate on his back that reads "X-14".

Biography
Grounder was built, along his brother, Scratch, after Coconuts went missing. Their first task was to find and repair Coconuts, but they were stalked by Sonic and Metallix. After a short, yet shocking encounter, Scratch and Grounder succeeded with their task.

It is revealed that Scratch and Grounder convinced Coconuts to join the Super Special Sonic Search and Smash Squad.

Personality
Grounder is darker, smarter and more evil than his canon counterpart, mostly to make Freedom Fighters NEO darker. He admits when he makes mistakes and how he's mistaken. However, Grounder's canon counterpart does shares a trait with him: DETERMINATION.

Powers and abilities
Grounder is the basically the brawn/artillery of the Super Special Sonic Search and Smash Squad - his robot body is filled with accessories, mostly stored in his drill-mounted arms, which can be replaced with hands or any number of weapons or tools such as ropes, Ray guns, helicopter blades, Rocket engines, gas guns, Glue Guns, parachutes and boxing gloves. He also stores assorted equipment (commonly, his Robocom Phone) in his torso and even has the components of a Swiss Army knife installed in his tongue.

Besides his gadgetry, Grounder is also noticeably stronger than Scratch, often doing the heavy lifting involved in setting up traps or assembling machinery. His treads also allow for considerable speed, usually carrying Scratch on his shoulders in attempts to catching Sonic. His treads can also turn into Rocket engines to increase his speed. Grounder is also a competent cook.

While appearing very fragile due to constantly blowing up, Grounder is fairly durable - whenever he gets damaged or blown to bits, he can be repaired very easily and always comes back for another battle.

Scratch
Scratch and Grounder have a slightly better relationship than their canon counterparts, as of they don't fight against each other as often.

Dr. Eggman
However, they still are as loyal to Eggman as their canon counterparts.

Trivia

 * Since Freedom Fighters NEO is based on Sonic SatAM, which is the darkest canon Sonic AU, Grounder is smarter than his canon counterpart, to make him darker.
 * An enemy with the same name appears in the game Sonic the Hedgehog 2.