Tecknight

"A tecknight is a force multiplier that can rarely be compared with other vehicles. Between fifteen and twenty-two feet tall and weighing between ten and eighteen tons. A tecknight can generate physical power that a stone giant would balk at, and maintain unassisted flight for weeks on end. Through the use of many advanced weapon systems, a tecknight can engage nearly any foe. Do you know what the two biggest weaknesses of a tecknight are?" He pauses to see if anyone will answer. " A tecknight is relatively fragile, it is maneuverable and fast, but it can't take a hit. The second weakness is that every tecknight is expensive. You could outfit a full battalion of infantry with armor and weapons. You could order a heavy tank for a similar price." 

Gunnery Sergent Amis Fladders

A powerful mechanized war machine that comes in several forms. The most common is humanoid with weapons that are carried or attached at hardpoints. They are employed mostly by the Northern alliance to allow their troops to respond quickly and allow smaller forces to respond to powerful threats.

Utility

Each tecknight comes standard with fully manipulatable hands, and a series of high precision manipulators that are small enough to do small scale repairs.

Manufacturing

Tecknights are produced in a small number of factories that are specialized in their creation, but a few are fully crafted in some specialist workshops tuned to extremely tight specifications.

Social Impact

Because of the mission of defending against the dangers of the wild, the reputation of these machines, who are later in their service fairly intelligent is near untainted.

Parent Technologies

• Ætherknight

Inventor(s)

The tecknight was reverse engineered by the The first foundry research group.

Access & Availability

Tecknights are restricted to the organization called The Knights of Steel.

Complexity

High tech, using myomer bundles, high-speed actuators, a learning AI, and multiple sensor arrays.

Discovery

Tecknights were developed by modifying the design of Ætherknight Magitech, the designs of which are based on the Xarite war suits used in the latter days before the colonization.