Dragoon BA-115

## Overview

After the military alliance between the Kingdom of Nodith and the Grand Duchy of Julithar the Nodith began using the Julitharian's bunker armors in their standard military activities. The Bunker armors complimented the Nodith's generally weak physiology but changed their combat tactics to account for the slow speed of the armors. The Nodith eventually were able to begin manufacturing their own armors under the supervision of the Grand Duchy, but unable to get the desired effects of speed. That was until 362 DoS when the Grand Duchy and Nodith approved a new design, the Dragoon.

## Development

Standing at 3.87 meters tall the Dragoon is not the tallest of all Bunker armors but its size is deceptive as it was developed for increased speed. Triple joined legs, increased tension control, engine boost and increased heat distribution made the Dragoon much faster then all other Bunker armors developed. Its increased speed required the use of neural links in order to process all the information and guide the machine. Due to the expense required to construct the Dragoon's neural link and increased speed the Dragoon became the only mass produced model of Bunker armor put out by the Nodith. A single standard body was designed that could fit a multitude of weapons, such as a CGF-rail gun stolen from the Bunker-P armor being mounted on the top of the armor. Due to its hands it could carry many specially made weapons and even use magnets located in the rear hip area to secure an additional weapon or ammo. In combat operations the Dragoon is often has ammunition and supplies strapped to it to support its self or a unit. However the one major draw back of the Dragoon is its battery life, the high speed and use of all its sensors make the Dragoon chew through even the most advanced batteries in a matter of hours, vastly limiting its operational windows. They are intended to be deployed as shock force during the initial stage of invasion, breaking through lines at blistering speed well Nodith infantry bring up the rear. This required the Dragoon to be able to be dropped in from orbit and used heavy drop pods. This proved very expensive and wasn't intended to get beyond prototyping.

## Serpent war

During the Serpent war of 377 DoS the Dragoon got to explode onto the field, putting the older generations of Bunker armor to shame. Its high speed trampling over Serpents unsuspecting lines. However their limited battery life restricted them to smash and stall operations.

## Statistics

### Cost

Battery: 2,450,000 Duchies

Armor: 7,550,000 Duchies

Neural link: 8,000,000 Duchies

Price of armor: 18,000,000 Duchies

Weapon cost: per-weapon bases

### Size

Height: 3.87 meters

Length: 0.74 meters

Width: 2.22 meters

Mass: 12.4 metric tons

### Armor

Armor composition: carbon laminate ceramic composite

Armor thickness: 16mm-95mm

### Speed

Walking speed: 35 km/h

Running speed: 70 km/h

Extreme speed: 95 km/h (unsustainable, not recommended as the battery cannot support this speed for any period of time)

Strafe speed: 43 km/h

### Weapons

ALCG-180F

CGF-rail gun 9.55mm AP rounds (200 RPM)

KV85 machine gun  5.55mm rounds (2,000 RPM)

Ralor Heavy Machine Gun-408 9.96x17mm rounds (12,000 RPM)

Resprim Heavy auto cannon-112 40x80mm rounds (600 RPM)

Vengeance Anti-material rifle-001 70x500mm anti-tank rounds (1 RPM)