Code Name: Dragoon
Unit Type: Mass Production Powered Armor.
Operator: Vatican Solar Guard, Church Military Orders.
First Deployment: 2932 A.D.
Accommodation: One pilot in torso cockpit
Dimensions: Height: 12.6 ft. (3.85m), Width: 3.9 ft. (1.2m)
Armor Materials: Classified.
Powerplant: Aramaki Type battery-powered engine.
Propulsion: 2x wheels in the feet.
Performance: 100 mph (wheeled), 60 mph (running).
Equipment & Design Features: Wheeled feet, UI feed into pilot helm.
Fixed Armaments: Beam Saber kept in hip socket, Beam Rifle stored on the back.
Optional Fixed Armaments: Grenade, Missile, Rocket Pods in shoulder mounts.
Optional Hand Armaments: Ordinance (grenade, rocket, missile) Launcher, Beam Lance.
The Church needed a smaller unit to act in the roles that larger mecha would be awkward at best to handle. The current model fulfilling this role is the Dragoon, introduced as a mass-production robot-only derivative of the Cavalier, and meant for primary use as a garrison and paramilitary unit to provide security at Church facilities throughout the galaxy. While the Vatican Solar Guard's use is most prominent, the Church's military orders also make routine use of it for their facilities; Dragoons in Hospitaller colors are the second-most common sighting.
As a mass-produced model, its stylings are far less sophisticated than its transformable counterpart; if Cavalier is the knight in shining armor, Dragoon is the army of mail-clad men-at-arms under its banner. The wheels in the legs are intended to allow for speedy deployment and maintain some chase capacity while reinforcements converge on any pursuit. Most use of its standard rifle is at a low-powered state, intending to minimize damage to just the intended target; its full power state does allow it to take on larger targets and pose a viable threat in numbers, especially when some are outfitted for firepower.
The unit is well-regarded by its users, and a space-specific variant exists that swaps the wheels for magnets so it can be deployed to defend the exteriors of stations and ships; the Church looks to make the next iteration of the design such that it has both by redesigning the feet servos to incorporate them into the structure directly rather than swap out the wheel subsystems. It remains in service throughout the Matter of the Milky Way, first out of institutional inertia and then out of necessity.
Pilot: Various Guardsman and Brother-Knights First Appearance: Hounds of Nimrod
Original Mechanical Designer: (TBD)
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