LXR-008 Recon Malibu

- Forged Marchosia

## Equipment

### Standard

- Reconnaissance Assembly (5 cameras: 2 Side Cameras--FrameBreaker Helm, 3Vertical Cameras--Hi-Sensitivity Targeting Sensor)

- 2x right shoulder Rocket Anchors

- 2x Clawed Grapple Feet

- External Fuel Tank

- 2x Sub-Arms

- Calypso Armor w. Onboard CNSDrive

## Standard Armaments

### Fixed

- Left Shoulder Swarmfire Missile Silos- 2x 30mm Head-Mounted Vulcans

- EC-07 Core Mounted Destroyer Gun "Tesla Cannon"

- 2x Six-Barrel 40mm Miniguns w. Forearm Flamethrowers

## Optional Armaments

### Hnd

- Telescopic Rocket Hammer

The LXR-008 Recon Malibu is a Garrisai from the *Harbinger - Century's End* Novel. It is piloted by Henry Lassiter.

## Armaments

- EC-07 Core Mounted Destroyer Gun "Tesla Cannon": Due to the Malibu's Arcandite Core, it can power its EC-07 CMDG with relative ease. Using an added Gyrotumbler Unit as its base, the machine fires the weapon from the chest, coming out of an amplification nozzle affixed to the front.

- Six-Barrel 40mm Minigun w. Forearm Flamethrower:

- Telescopic Rocket Hammer:

## Special Equipment and Features

- Calypso Armor: The Malibu is equipped with an external layer of factory LANDSTRIKE-inspired plating, which (since 2568) was attached to units when being transported to prevent the disruption of sensitive materials. This provided the Garrisai not only an extra layer of armor, but also protection of its smaller weapons against incoming fire. When working as a CQC unit, this armor protects the Chariot during charges, rams, and other extreme brute force attacks. Equipped with an Onboard CNS Drive, it restrains the Bastille Matrix from activating on the Sapphire Chariot, using the heavy armor plates as physical barriers to METACOM waves. After being unlocked using all five of its “Calypso Keys,” the armor will unseal, revealing the Sapphire Chariot. Due to the use of an external frame--the first of its kind in LANDSTRIKE Systems--the Calypso Armor can stand upright on its own, meaning it would technically be possible for the Chariot to dock back with the Calypso Armor if needed.

## History

- After the battle against the CS-Peacekeeper and Dominic Ramirez, veteran Lucy Faraday realized that the integration and use of Old-Era War Celestial Vanguard technology was too dangerous to leave unattended. As such, she developed the Bastille Matrix--a sort of technological jammer that intercepted the wavelengths of Vanguard weapons, and by extension METACOM Systems, siphoning them into the Chariot. When active, the Bastille Matrix can significantly weaken the reaction time of these weapons while boosting its own, meaning the playing field is significantly leveled out.

- However, this system would only activate in proximity to a large concentration of METACOM waves. Not only would this interfere with all active METACOM machines, but cause immense mental strain on the pilot. With that in mind, Faraday developed the Calypso Armor--the third development of the LANDSTRIKE System. With the Calypso, multiple layers of interconnected armor plates and rubber joint protectors would create a complete seal around the Sapphire Chariot, preventing any of the Bastille Matrix’s excess jamming waves from breaking through. This would be topped off with an Onboard CNS (Calypso Network Suppressor) Drive, which was a special device that recycled the used wavelengths deployed by the Bastille Matrix back into the system, keeping it under control when in proximity with Celestial Vanguard Technology.

- In order to unlock the Calypso Armor, Lucy developed a five-key release gate, which requires five specially-encrypted keys inserted into the cockpit in order to unlock. Each of the five keys were distributed to a member of LEGACY Team from the Harbinger Uprising, ensuring that the Bastille Matrix would only be used in times of extreme danger. After developing the Sapphire Chariot, Lucy would have the failsafe she needed to begin work on her CS-based mass-production Red Hornet Project.

## Trivia

- aka the Apocalyptron//VEB II

- The name Calypso is a girl's name of Greek origin meaning "she who hides," referencing the Calypso Armor hiding away the true face of the Sapphire Chariot. It also is a reference of the Apocalyptron, with a relatively similar sound.