Class 1 Akkenshan

# Akkensha's Jack

"*No single entity can rival the range, versatility, and expertise of the Class 1 at the same cost. In a world of soul enhanced demigods and world ending tyrants- these enhanced men can butt heads with the mightiest foes.*" -**The Old One** upon the first deployment of the Class 1 Akkenshan

### Significance

The Class 1 Akkenshans are 6-12 foot hulking, further modified, Akkenshans bred to serve and exist as Akkensha's main principles. They serve as the bridge from mortal to deity and serve to show the cost of arrogance against the experienced, gifted, and powerful. Created by Mysterious originally to serve as the default form of infantry, they proved difficult to manufacture due to difficulties with enhancement and resource cost.

### Origin

As stated before, The Akkenshans were designed to be the new line of soldiers Akkensha would offer against its opponents, but due to many issues it never arose that way. Before the 'class' system arrived, soldiers were simply Akkenshan or human- the Akkenshan people could outperform the humans in every way due to their enhancements save for a few freak cases, the class system would be developed after the first deployment of the class 1. The first class 1 prototypes were only about 6 feet tall and possessed accelerated energy expenditure for combat situations at the cost of lifespan- a factor that would hold over until the final result.

The project would seemingly be put on indefinite hiatus for reasons of cost as the limited prototype tests demonstrated issues regarding questionable effectiveness in open environments and cost to kill ratios. This was until an external company was able to receive Mysterious' research in the **Shield Wall Program**. This opted to increase the size of the soldier up to 100% more and resulted in extra carry weight when used in tandem with flesh replacement viruses and symbiotic brain amoebas. However the human augmentation was not enough, they required new equipment as well. A stone on the only found on the Akkenshan 'moon' resultant of volcanic eruptions proved to be extremely kinetically insulative when shot, acting as a cermet- this soft-red stone was heavy however, so it was only useful on the new Akkenshan unit- being utilized in their iconic red armor.

Their purpose from this project was to work as bodyguards for political figures due to their size and resistance, they were utilized as elite reinforcements however in battles of great significance.

#### Armor

The stone wasn't the only component of their armor, even if it is the most recognizable. Energy weapons quickly fell out of fashion for infantry due to ease of conducting away any heat or reactive elements, due to this the Akkenshan body glove is relatively primitive but its ability to distribute the weight of the stone armor is why it is kept around- though it does compress when torn, the class 1 Akkenshan body already does this to a degree large enough to render such a property obsolete.

The Akkenshan armor is not mechanized due to issues concerning cost- beyond that it was actually a benefit not to do so as tests with mechanized suits heavily reduced mobility to a 'tank like' effect. Such technology would be used on the much heavier 'juggernaut' Akkenshans.

The Akkenshan helmet is the most advanced component of the armor, though such was never a high bar to cross, it contains lights, flash protection, a built in gas mask, and nothing else as the Akkenshans never bothered to develop heads up displays for their units. However the armor does contain built in 'brass knuckles' on the fist as well as sharp sliding-crampons in the sides of the boots. Their large backpacks contain jet packs for descents as their armor is too heavy to provide lift.

On their pauldrons are charged "shield cores" that provide extra protection lost from the primitive body glove, they regenerate from traditional direct current charge and are the Akkenshans first line of defense, though rare- it is not considered their most high tech aspect.

#### Weapons

Akkenshans carry an anti-personnel weapon, and an anti-materiel weapon. Their rifle next to recoilless due to advancements in gas management, counterweights, and the soldiers size against a 7.62 round. Their anti-materiel rifle however is a 14.5\*300 'spit' round designed to punch through armor and fragment inside certain structures. They thankfully seldom use these weapons as they usually utilize enemy weapons to save on their own ammunition.

### Feats

The Class 1 Akkenshan is not dangerous for their size or weaponry, despite their height, their width is barely more than that of a normal Akkenshans. Their agility allows them advantage in terms of speed to strike a disoriented enemy. This was demonstrated in their victory over the sub cultist golems