Deviation Mobile Guardian

## Tactical Analysis

* **Complex deviation:** Keeping the Contingent blockade safe from bullets, rockets, artillery and cannon shells coming at their direction, the Deviation constantly twists around small, nearby packets of gravity in battle, causing hostile projectiles to stray off their intended path, hitting less overall than usual.

* **A -> !B:** That is not the Deviation's only ability, as in dire situations, it can even further strengthen its artificial field of gravity with a bigger area of effect, completely stopping projectiles in flight and preventing oncoming ones from hitting friendlies. Note that the amount of power required for such a feat will overload the Deviation's device; disabling the treads that heft it and leaving it unable to shield for a few seconds while recharging.

* **Margin of error:** A support unit in every sense of the word, this means that aside from its unique mode of assistance, the Deviation will inevitably be included in Contingent statistics of units killed/destroyed in action if not protected properly.

* **(Title 4):** (Upgraded nature)

## Background

For the Contingent, the most important post-war objective for the time being is to simply ensure that their people do not die. Increased military presence has been deployed in Australia and New Zealand's borders in preparation for any coming invasions, a massive healthcare system has been established (talks of further supplementing the Contingent's own welfare system are gaining traction as well), and legislating gun control laws in virtually every municipality and city in the region.

Further exemplifying the Contingents drive to preserve every life is choice of vehicle design. It is no coincidence that many of the Contingents tanks, ships, and other military designs are heavily armoured for their size. With every trained recruit a priceless asset the Contingent is dedicated to protecting the lives of its troops the best it can.

Such was the creation of **Deviation Mobile Guardian** or DMG for short, a support unit designed to protect Contingent forces from harm. Originally the plan was for the DMG to block and redirect enemy fire with short lived gravity bubbles but this proved to be impractical, the power need to create such gravity anomalies was too much for the DMG’s engine to handle without overloading. Instead a more restrained mode was chosen. Instead of changing the path of projectile entirety, the weaker gravity bubbles would slightly “nudge” them. Shells loose some of their velocity, energy beams fail to land a direct hit, and guided munitions find themselves flying off course. While not enough to stop a round from hitting the ability to turn a killing blow into a regular one is priceless. And if the situation is truly dire the DMG can overload its gravity generator to create an impenetrable bubble for a short time though doing so leaves it powerless afterwards.

Drivers of DMGs are considered some of the most courageous members of the Contingent. It doesn’t take a genius to know when the bullets start flying that DMGs will be priority targets. Despite the risks DMGs crews dedicated to their role for they fight not for money, honor, or fame but to protect their own.