Mecha

In the *Rabydosverse*, a "**mecha**" is any vehicle that has two legs that is larger than powered armour. Some mechas are used for heavy or dangerous work, while many other mechas are used for combat.

Smaller mechas are usually called "**walkers**".

## Countries and groups that use mechas

* Igarin Empire
	+ Igarin mechas tend to resemble frightening depictions of their solar god Faneson in his wrath. They utilise death rays that sweep across armies, burning entire regiments and hordes to clouds of ash.
* Konjor Supercorporation
	+ Konjor mechas vary between clunky ogres of metal to crude constructs built from scrap.
* Malendor Supercorporation
	+ Malendor mechas tend to be sleek, refined, and pale. Some of them also have wheels to run over enemy armies.
* Sarmelonid Empire
	+ Mecha-duels were a popular sport during Sarmelonid times.
* Rukania
	+ An early form of mecha was developed in the kingdoms of Rukania by Valjadii engineers, who rebuilt salvaged Aspuruk wreckage into powerful suits of armour. These "cannon knights" (as they were known) were used as heavy troopers or fire support, launching a volley of plasma from a vast distance.
	+ Rukania is among the several nations that still uses mechas in the present day.
	+ Rukania and Porashon are two nations where newly-liberated members of the Zvestarid Coalition learned to build various machines, including mechas. Later and modern Rukanian mechas were built from wreckage left by failed Wannaenid, Thralondian, and alien invasions, like almost all Rukanian technology and the machinery used by its various global allies.
* Porashon
	+ Porasonid mechas tend to be sleek and curved. They function mostly as fire support, defense, or to break down enemy fortifications, so they utilise cannons that fire towards a long distance.
	+ Porashon is also one of a handful of nations that regularly uses mechas in the present day, while most countries have abandoned the use of mechas in favour of flying bikes, tanks, and aircraft.
	+ Two notable classes of mechas in Porashon include the Yakshon class (flying suits) and the Rakashon class (larger siege/fire support suits).
* Pinoguni
	+ Pinoguni is also one of the few countries that still use mechas as part of its military, although they tend to be as large as cars or buses.
	+ Pinoguni has its own genre of science fiction that is based on fictional mechas.
* Marnos
	+ Mecha-duels are a popular sport in Marnos. As every sports mecha in Marnos is required by law to be as tall as a forklift truck, "forklift" (vyngrilos) became a slang term for poor-quality sports mechas.
	+ Marnos still uses mechas in the present day.
* Bujan
	+ Instead of discontinuing the use of mechas, the first Bujanski mechas were used in the 1920s AT. Bujanski mechas were mostly lighter vehicles with two legs and several cannons, as scouts or anti-tank or anti-air units. They were deployed in eastern Bujan to look out for pirate raiders, and then to Baido as reinforcements.
	+ The usage of mechas in the Royal Baidovian Armed Forces may had suggested the Bujanski to do the same.
* Baido
	+ Light mechas were built by Baidovian revolutionaries from plundered Wannaenid vehicles. They were especially useful as artillery or anti-air support, traversing through the vast jungles of their nation.
	+ The Baidovian usage of mechas in the Royal Armed Forces may had influenced the Bujanski to start building its own mechas.
* Siangwaan - "dual mode" mechas are used by the military, especially on patrols along mountainous slopes and forests. Upon the press of a button, such a mecha will fold its legs and use engines to fly, or fold its engines and open its legs.
	+ Like much of the country's modern technology, Siangwaanian mechas were a desperate mixture of different designs, adapted and tested to the most suitable conditions. Porasonid, Rukanian, Celestial elements were used in nearly all models and designs used for Siangwaanian mechas, ensuring they follow the state of the art level used throughout the republic's armed forces. Even imported mecha blueprints from other nations, such as Gimbarish and Pelarin, eventually had the localised mixture embedded into their engines and AI.
* Gimbarish - the last mecha used in its armed forces was recorded in 1928 AT, to stop a Trimallean raid. It was a rather small walker, light enough to quickly pursue any target across any terrain, especially desert and mountain slopes. After that, a replica was made for a museum while the original was melted into a tank.
	+ That model was known as the Zāb 8 Class, known for its usage during the revolution against Thralondian rule. Its name means "a jackal" in Gimbarsian, referring to the death god Anpuw (Anubis) who appeared as a jackal, and the agility of the walker mecha.
	+ Zāb-walkers are still used in military parades as a symbol of the revolution against the Thralondian tyrants, having been independently developed by the resistance using the weaknesses in Thralondian military vehicles.
* Pelarin - the last recorded mechas in the Pelarin Armed Forces were dated to the victory over the Thralondian colonial forces. Now mechas are seen as nothing more than historical artifacts, obsolete and always outmatched by aircraft.

## Specific mechas

* Siangwaan
	+ Lok Bai, the last puppet ruler of Siangwaan, had a black-painted mecha whenever he had to fight. However, it was damaged during a battle against revolutionaries led by his cousin, so he had to fight his cousin on foot. Lok Bai was afterwards slain by his cousin.

## Trivia

Various mechas in the Rabydosverse were influenced by the Titans of Warhammer 40,000.

## See also

* Robots
* Raktesai
* Thamunzar
* Malendor creations