AXK-7 android

The AXK-7 androids were a series of advanced combat androids manufactured by Krelein Combat Systems, a Bandorian company that took over most of the assets of the former Imperial Advanced Combat Systems corporation after the fall of the Galactic Empire, and which was contracted to develop military robots for use in the War of Bandorian Vengeance (Twenty Years' War) by Mi Xinchiang, the Supreme Leader of the Protectorate at the time. Originally, Krelein Combat Systems was ordered to design and build robot armies in Project Vengeance Legions, however, due to objections by the Union of Human Workers, this plan was largely shut down. Instead, KCS designed and built an original total of 800 specialized assassination robots, with chameleon camouflage exoskeletons and specialized aiming algorithms. These robots were generally equipped with the Krelein Combat Systems Needler advanced sniper rail rifle, effective at a distance of up to 5 km, or the Brock Industries GFW-CRSDSC-10 disruptor sniper cannon, effective at up to 10 km, although a wide variety of other handheld weapons were also used. Unlike the AXK-5s, no AXK-7s were used as pilots, the exact reason for this is unknown, but it is theorized that the AXK-7 units lacked the advanced piloting programs of their predecessors. Like the AXK-5, the AXK-7s were programmed with all-terrain fighting capabilities. The AXK-7 had slightly improved visual and hearing capabilities compared to the AXK-5. Unlike the AXK-5, the AXK-7 did not have an integrated magnadrive, and was not capable of either gliding or powered flight, though it had a specialized system that allowed it to hijack enemy drones within seconds of detecting them. The AXK-7 was capable of running at speeds of up to 60 km/h over mostly flat terrain, and had an advanced microreactor with the capability to power a shielding system to protect from energy weapons when activated. The AXK-7s were built from neutronium, with two arms, ending in seven-fingered hands with a specially reinforced thumb claw on each hand that allowed them to hang from a suitable hold by only that finger, and two legs, with feet that were a slight improvement to the foot design on the AXK-5 foot allowing it to grip most surfaces easily. The AXK-7 could infamously draw and fire a standard QFDP from a normal hip holster in 5 milliseconds, compared to the AXK-5's record of 250 milliseconds in the same test. Its reflexes, especially in combat situations, were programmed to be so blindingly fast, combined with its tactical predictive programs, that it could successfully evade and counter almost any attack by human or android enemies in melee combat. AXK-7s were designed with a special integrated high-power comms receiver that allowed them to send and receive communications from commanders in low or high planetary/lunar orbit of their current location. This was a major improvement on previous AXK-series androids, which, in the case of the AXK-2, only had a 5 km comms range, this being extended to 100 km in the AXK-5 units. The AXK-7s also were equipped with the EMP-dampening field armor used to protect the AXK-5s from enemy EMP weapons, though in both cases, there was a "kill frequency" that would get through the dampening field, programmed this way in case of an android going rogue on the battlefield; the "kill frequency" was kept top secret during the war, and knowledge of the kill frequency even existing was only released in 3854. Overall, during the Twenty Years' War, the AXK-7s proved fearsome opponents in battle, successfully eliminating over 150,000 enemy troops and officials, and destroying over 7,000 vehicles and fixed weapons emplacements in battle. No AXK-7s were lost in battle, making them the most effective military weapon in Bandorian history. A total of 8000 units were produced throughout the war, with an individual unit cost of 12.5 million credits, making them slightly cheaper per unit than their predecessors.