Chassis

The 'M-63' Mule was developed by the Opus Institute as one of the first open source Mech blueprints. They remain a ubiquitous presence across the wasteland as a result. Their design was replicated not only by other corpos, but numerous enthusiasts with a crafting bay. The Mule's spacious cargo bay makes the Mech invaluable to wastelanders, corpos, and salvagers alike for transporting salvage over a wide array of terrain, whilst its general hardiness allows it to survive numerous threats from raider ambushes to radiation storms.

The Mazona 'PR1-M3' was created by DronTek Systems in the aftermath of the first Luddite Rebellion. It was designed as a delivery drone that could be piloted by a worker rather than automated. Its design remains useful due to the majority of automated drones malfunctioning as a result of the increased radiation storms across the wastelands. Whilst fragile, the DronTek patented hover function enables it to operate across a wide variety of terrain, plus it is a cheap Mech to rebuild if it does get blown apart.

The 'S-5000' Scrapper was designed by Hodgson & Vasquez, a subsidiary of Evantis Heavy Industries, for trash haulage and waste disposal. Its Hazard Protected Chassis was necessary to protect the Pilot against the accumulated toxic wastes of the great trash mountains that dotted the Arid Steppes around the Evantis home arco of Haven.

The 'Z-80A' Spectrum was developed by Advanced Microprocessor Systems (AMS), a subsidiary of Thatcher Steel, as a pilotable, mobile, data centre for use in the establishment of colonies either offworld or within inhospitable locations. The Spectrum's Chassis is specifically designed to protect its data core and other vital components from any environmental damage and in the event of a colony collapse it can be moved with ease along with the vital intelligence contained in its mammoth core.

The 'T-690' Thresher was designed as a multi-purpose agriculture Mech by Hodgson & Vasquez to aid in the large-scale crop harvesting and forestry operations within the Verdant Crescent. It is one of the longest operating Mechs in existence, said to have been used in the Great War. Its multiple layers of heavy armour are a clunky holdover from that era, but provide solid protection to the Mech in the perilous wastes.

The 'O-F-531' Forge was developed by Osiris Construction as a fabrication Mech that could rapidly construct and repair structures within the field, whilst also defending the area from attack. They were purchased en-masse by Herrsch Manufacturing, and used effectively to prevent the inner tier of their home arco in the Verdant Crescent from being breached by starving citizens during the great food riots. This proved successful, and Osiris soon rolled them out to other corporate arcos to operate in a similar capacity.

The 'TC40' Gopher was originally designed as a battlefield cargo Mech by the Opus Institute. It was intended to rapidly shuttle supplies in the midst of active combat zones, whilst providing mobile support. It was utilised by the TDA during the Colonial Wars and has become a workhorse for the Salvage Unions thanks to its spacious cargo capacity, efficient design, and cheap cost.

The 'V-IG83' Hussar was designed as a general purpose light-combat Mech by Contour Aerospace that was relatively cheap for the corpo to mass produce. Able to rapidly mobilise against threats, they were primarily used as a 'peacekeeping' force by Contour Aerospace security detachments during the Oceanic Expanse. They fell into disuse following the war and have since become a Mech utilised by wasters of all kinds, due to their speed, cheap cost and hit and run capabilities.

The 'BG-288' Jackhammer was commissioned by the Terrestrial Democratic Alliance and constructed by Thatcher Steel. The Jackhammer was built in response to a series of costly uranium mining accidents on off-world colonies, due to lax worker safety protocols, in which a slew of mining Mechs were destroyed in tunnel collapses and the worker pilots tragically killed. The reinforced chassis of the Jackhammer was designed to protect the Mech's expensive reactor and core systems in the event of an accident which immobilised or crushed the Mech. That it happened to also protect the worker pilot was of secondary consideration to the corpo.

The 'USM-53' Kraken was developed by Aegean Dynamics as one of the first hybrid land and water Mechs. Able to carry a large crew to the depths of ocean trenches, it proved instrumental in the construction and repair of underwater fibre net pipelines which were a vulnerable target during the cyberwars. It has a reputation for being a chunky Mech on land, but its pilots often extol its comfortable environmental systems which keeps it both airtight and watertight. When on land this also keeps it protected from wasteland debris, dust, and dangerous gases.

The 'Type 43' Magpie was developed by Thatcher Steel on behalf of Stefanus as an industrial worker Mech. Its universal mounting points allowed for rapid transition between the various complex servo arms needed during the development and roll out of the Stefanus Prion Chassis. This means its parts can be rapidly hot swapped in the field, even in a combat situation making it something of a holy grail for salvagers, though less so for its namesake.

The 'V6.10.3' Mirror Ball was developed by Aeon as a mobile shield Mech designed to protect machinery and workers within inhospitable locations. During the 'Great Exodus' Mirrorball units were used effectively as a rearguard against corpo harriers by the first salvagers who fled their home arcos to forge a destiny of their own. Its nickname derives from the sparkling ball of energy that surrounds and protects it when it is operational.

The 'MK8' Atlas was developed by Evantis Heavy Industries as a mobile, heavily armoured, resupply base. When Evantis switched their Mech production to focus on their Colossus Chassis during the midst of the First Corpo War, it made the Atlas technically the smallest Mech they still produced. This led to the Atlas being known colloquially as the 'Evantis Scout'.

The 'GC-C21' Brawler is a combat Mech favoured by corpo mercs due to its relatively low scrip debt cost. The Terrestrial Democratic Alliance began to mass produce Brawlers during the Second Corpo War, and deployed them in the siege of the Central Wastes where they obliterated the Herrsch home arco. They later became one of the first combat Mechs to be produced as an open source blueprint by the Opus Institute.

The 'НC-15' Little Sestra is a Mech designed by DronTek Systems to control a Sestra Drone in the field. Little Sestra Mechs are utilised for reconnaissance or in larger numbers to support DronTek's Big Brother Mechs in battle. Sestra Mechs were utilised effectively in the First Corpo War to pick off retreating Evantis forces following their failed invasion of the Northern Wastes. The majority of remote drones are unusable in the wastes, but the Little Sestra's high end, specialised drone controller continues to function where others have failed.

Developed as a collaboration between the software arm of Stefanus Industries and Sakura Futures, the 'MCS-1337' Mantis was designed as a lightweight hacking Mech. Rarely deployed on the battlefield, it has primarily been utilised in a series of Black Ops operations, most notably during the endless intra-corporate cold wars. With its high energy capacity and a wide array of Module customisation options you sometimes just have to respect corpo engineering.

The Photon was a byproduct of numerous aborted attempts to create clean energy reactors as global temperatures began to routinely rise to 50 degrees Celsius. Stefanus Corporation commissioned Noel Sküm, a populist tech mogul, to develop clean energy reactors that would fuel the vast mainframes within their home arco. Instead, he used the funds to build the 'EM-28' Photon, which whilst flashy and powerful was expensive, over designed and failed to gain mass adoption. When the venture with Sküm failed, the Stefanus Corporation instead moved their home arco to the frozen Forgotten Tundra.

The 'S-1300' Solo was designed by Sakura for use in wetwork operations due to its capability to smuggle deadly weaponry close to exposed targets, whilst avoiding radar and scanning systems. As a result of its design, it has become prized by smugglers across the wastes who utilise its Chassis to ferry all manner of contraband through the various arcos and militarised checkpoints dotted around the wastelands.

Designed as a terraforming Mech by Kombu Technology, the 'T-246' Terra is able to project a human habitable atmospheric bubble around it, making it invaluable in the process of colony formation. As the space elevators dotting the globe began to be destroyed or fell into disrepair, the Terra found a new use in the wastelands in creating habitable zones for wastelanders. It is utilised efficiently by salvagers for picking apart wreckage within hazardous zones.

The 'V8.12.5' Aegis was developed by Aeon as a combat Mech intended to protect trade convoys or VIP corporate personnel against attack and ambush. The energy absorbers which power its Advanced Shield Projector were developed atop the great cloud spire of the corporation's home arco. Aegis units were subsequently utilised in the rebuilding of the Central Wastes following Impact Day, its shielding protecting construction units from debris, solar flares, and rival corpo attacks.

The 'Mk7' Colossus is the main battle Mech of Evantis Industries, and sums them up as a corpo. It is big, dumb, and gets the job done. They are still manufactured in the Evantis home arco of Haven and its surrounding smog soaked sprawl. These were rolled out in droves during the First Corpo War, their thunderous advance captured entire arcos whose resources and facilities were fed into the guzzling industrial maw of Evantis.

Consul Mechs are designed to be utilised as diplomatic envoys and are often used by corporate council members. They are a means for corpos to flex their wealth, power, and prestige when dealing with other corpos and diplomatic entities whilst maintaining a veneer of civility and decorum. As a result, they come in a vast array of different designs as befits the branding of the corpo, with the only commonality being that they are all, in a means unique to their corpo, incredibly flashy. Their inbuilt Morph Sphere technology further allows their pilot, typically a high ranking corpo exec, to rapidly exit an area in a dangerous situation.

The 'V-TX15' Drop Bear was designed by Contour Aerospace as a means to return aerial dominance to its rightful place in the battlefield. The great rocky eyrie where the Contour home arco is situated in the Oceanic Rim is perfectly suited to maximise the speed and aerial capability of the Drop Bear. Vast flocks of these are said to patrol the rocky fortress and surrounding wastelands. The distinct saw-like buzzing sound of its VTU System is often the last thing the victims hear before being shredded by fire and then picked apart for salvage. Originally named the 'Dragoon' by Contour, this Mech was 'affectionately' nicknamed the Drop Bear by local salvagers who came into contact with the Mech.

The 'V-X 113.5' Vorpal is a highly heat efficient Mech designed to mount vastly oversized mining lasers for use in heavy duty excavation operations. Designed by Thatcher Steel, the Vorpal was so efficient that the majority of uranium mines within the Ferrous Range were rapidly stripped bare. Thatcher Steel then pulled out and pumped resources into its space elevator program to start off-world mining. This left the various worker satellite colonies to fend for themselves. Many of these miner settlements were said to have joined up together in one of the first examples of a proto Salvage Union using scrapped Mechs to retake swathes of Thatcher Steel territory and declare it independent.

Developed by Contour Aerospace as a mobile Mech carrier. The 'TJG-93' Carrier can launch Mechs from its mammoth bays, and acts as a mobile recharge and resupply base. It has proven invaluable for salvagers able to scrap one together as it effectively acts as a support crawler, allowing Pilots to operate for longer periods of time away from the Union Crawler and get to the hardest to reach places to claim sweet, sweet salvage.

The peak of Sakura stealth technology, the 'E-1T2' Eidolon has a polycarbonate stealth Chassis combined with integrated stealth projectors which when activated make it for all intents and purposes invisible. Sabotage by this Mech is considered responsible for the year long blackout of Cothon, the Osiris home arco during the corpo cold war. It is difficult for advanced electronics to detect the Eidolon, but their stealth systems can be foiled by some surprisingly low tech solutions. Shrapnel and other explosives, even a simple hose can all outline the void the Eidolon occupies.

The 'AUG-440' Neura-Phage is a fully neuralinked Mech that connects directly to a Pilot's nervous system. This allows for direct one-to-one control of the Mech as though it was their own body, making pilot and machine as one. Developed at the end of the Second Corpo War by Ascension PLC, the Neura-Phage mech was purchased by numerous other corpos and deployed as the last lines of defence in their home arcos. The reasoning behind this deployment was that any Pilot who would wire themselves directly to their Mechs were significantly devoted to their corpo. In practice, many often had little choice in the matter with many corpos recruiting Neura-Phage Pilots from terminally wounded veterans or Pilots who would otherwise be captured and killed by enemy forces.

The 'EPBM-S11' Iron Wyrm is a mammoth tunnelling Mech capable of subterranean operations. It was designed as a joint venture between Sakura Futures, Herrsch Manufacturing, and Thatcher Steel in order to construct a vast tunnel network that would connect the Ferrous Range with the Central Wastes. Nobody knows whether the project was completed or what the current state of the tunnel network is, but some say the tunnels still exist and that they are filled with salvage just lying around. ready to be plundered. They also say that the tunnels are inhabited by those who have not seen the red sun for generations.

The pinnacle of the Evantis range, the 'Mk3' Leviathan is currently the only general release Super Heavy Mech available to buy on the Corpo Net. Enormously powerful, it can be fitted with a veritable arsenal of lasers, missiles, and cannons, as well as enough Modules to make those shots count. It uses a modified reactor from a 1,000 tonne terraforming rig, and is so heavily armoured that nothing short of a tactical nuke can take it out. If you find yourself against one of these, you will either need a madcap plan under your belt to stop it or a good pair of running boots.

The 'v3.94.0' Shaitan is a custom crafted and over-designed Mech favoured by corpo execs who want to play. It packs an exec body suit, custom branding, high speed actuators, gold plated gyroscopes, and an array of hood ornaments. Even its bells have whistles. It can hit a max top speed that rivals all but the fastest of pure mil-tech design, and has a polycarb Chassis as well as integrated VTU for extra mileage. It contains frankly too many Module slots, allowing it to pack in extended comms, advanced optics, and multiple recreational devices.