Manticore

## Traits

SLAG CARAPACEThe Manticore has RESISTANCE to Energy damage and Burn.

UNSTABLE SYSTEMWhen destroyed, the Manticore explodes as pera reactor meltdown at the end of its next turn.

CASTIGATE THE ENEMIES OF THE GODHEADWhen you rest or perform a FULL REPAIR, you canpush the Manticore into an unstable CASTIGATIONSTATE (or bring it out of one). In this state, theManticore explodes immediately when destroyeddue to damage or reactor meltdown, vaporizing itand instantly killing you and any otherpassengers. Characters within **Burst**  2 must succeedon an AGILITY save or take 8d6 explosive damage. On a success,they take half damage. This only takes place if youare physically present in the Manticore.

The Universal Threat Assessment Manual identifies the Manticore pattern group as “an
experiment in HORUS’s ‘corebreak’ combat doctrine.” The Manticore PG specializes in using
focused, projected electromagnetics to neutralize enemy reactor cores without conventional
ammunition, while also fielding a compliment of coherent-beam energy weapons. A fully charged
Manticore is an impressive sight, wreathed in brightly glowing nets of plasma that lash out
at nearby targets.

If anything gives away a Manticore-PG mech, it is the tall spines protruding from the PG’s
signature lightning generator. The spines act as heat-dispersal systems for this crude
weapon, providing a channel for the incredible amount of heat it generates to bleed from
the mech’s body following projection of a close-range arc whip. This system isn’t a perfect
heat-dispersal mechanism, and as a result Manticores can often be identified by a chassis
covered in cooling, melted metal.

The Manticore has only recently appeared on the omninet, and its combat efficacy has prompted
other galactic manufacturers to scramble for a response. Analysis of after-action reports
from pilots who have engaged this pattern group in the field note a significant uptick in
certain omninet noise-to-signal ratios: anoriginary recitations of passages from the Old
Humanity Book of the Dead, jigsaw corruptions of ancient works of apocalyptic art, and other
eschatological renderings, all of which point toward a nascent psychological warfare tactic.

# Core System

## Charged Exoskeleton

*LET MY NAME ENVELOP YOU. SEEK NO SHELTER FROM THE FLAME OR THE TEETH OF THE BEAST. CLOAK YOURSELF IN THE FIRE OF MY WORD AND CAST BACK TO YOUR ENEMIES THAT WHICH WOULD BLACKEN YOUR FORM.*

**Charged Exoskeleton**
**1/round** when you take **Heat** you may deal **2 Energy AP** to a character within **Range 3**

### Destruction of the Temple of the Enemies of RA

**Active (1CP), Protocol**
Your mech crackles with energy: gain **RESISTANCE** to **Heat** for the rest of this scene and a **CHARGE DIE – 1d6**, starting at 1. Whenever you take **Heat** or **Energy damage**, even from yourself, increase the value of the **CHARGE DIE by 1**. When the **CHARGE DIE** reaches **6**, the absorbed energy discharges in a **Burst**2 inferno. Characters within the affected area must succeed on an **ENGINEERING** save or take **6d6 Energy AP**. On a success, they take **half damage**. Objects in the affected area are automatically hit. Once discharged, this effect ends.

# Licenses

## License I

### Beckoner

**2 SP, Unique, Quick Tech, Invade**

Gain the following options for INVADE:

**BECKON**: You take **1d6+2 Energy AP** and swap places with your target, both characters teleporting to the other’s position. Your target must be a **MECH** and be the same **SIZE** as you or larger, or this action fails. Characters can only be swapped to spaces they could normally stand or move on (i.e., if a character cannot fly it can’t be swapped midair).

**SUMMON**: All characters within **Range 3** of your target are pulled adjacent to them, or as close as possible.

*“I am heard in the House of Stillness; I am clad in the Magick of RA. Know this, blasphemer: what exists is within my grasp.”*

### Catalyst Pistol

**Auxiliary CQB, 2 Heat**(Self)[Cone 3][Threat 3][1d3 Energy damage]
*“Burn, thou fiend, before the fire of the Eye of RA!”*

## License II

### Arc Projector

**Heavy CQB, 1 Heat**(Self)[Range 5][1d6+1 Energy Damage]
**On Hit**: You may also make a secondary attack against a different character within **Range 3** of the first target. You can continue making secondary attacks on hits, as long as there are new, valid targets within range; however, each attack generates 1 **Heat**, and secondary attacks can’t deal **bonus damage**. Characters can’t be hit more than once with the same firing of this weapon.

*“Fire be upon thee, APEP! Thy flesh is seared from thy bones; The Lord of the Duat will never enable thy shade to rise again!”*

### Smite

*3 SP, Unique, Quick Tech, Invade*

Gain the following options for INVADE:

**SMITE**: You take **1d6 Energy AP** and your target must succeed on a SYSTEMS save or become **STUNNED** until the end of their next turn. Each character can only be STUNNED by this effect once per scene.

SEAR: You take **1d6 Energy AP** and you deal **2 Heat** to your target for each other character of **SIZE 1** or larger that is **ENGAGED** with or adjacent to them – including you – up to a maximum of **6 Heat**.

*“Go with thy face averted, thou emission of chaos! The hidden ones have overthrown thy words, thy face is turned backward, thy head is divided in two at the sides; thy skull is ripped from thy spine. Taste thou death!”*

## License III

### EMP Pulse

**2 SP, Unique, Quick Action**
You become **STUNNED** until the end of your next turn and all characters within **Burst 1** without the **BIOLOGICAL** tag must succeed on a **SYSTEMS** save or also become **STUNNED** until the end of their next turn. Characters other than yourself can only be **STUNNED 1/scene** by this effect.

*“Crawl away, APEP! Thou hateful serpent; thou shalt not copulate. Thou art put in chains and taken to the place of execution; there thy slaying shall be carried out.”*

### Lightning Generator

**3 SP, Unique, Protocol**
When you activate this protocol, take **1 Heat** and deal 2 **Energy damage** to all characters and objects adjacent to you.

If you are in the **DANGER ZONE** at the start of your turn, this protocol activates automatically, but the damage increases to **4 Energy AP.**