Steamjacks
Steamjacks are among the greatest of all modern mechanikal wonders, and they have revolutionized warfare, industry, and agriculture in countless ways since their introduction
to western Immoren. Laborjacks work in logging camps, freight yards, docks, and construction sites throughout the continent, and every citizen of the Iron Kingdoms is familiar with the fearsome sight of warjacks—the greatest weapons of war of the modern age, equipped with dedicated military weaponry and the most advanced cortexes that the finest arcane mechaniks can produce.
These steamjacks combine all the principals of mechnika, demonstrating how the melding of magic and industry can produce something beyond the powers of either. Steamdriven engines power a metal chassis controlled by a cortex, the steamjack’s mechanikal brain. Although not as smart or adaptable as humans, steamjacks possess a basic intelligence and an ability to solve specific problems—two properties that combine with their tremendous strength and durability to make them incredibly valuable as heavy laborers.
Although these iron giants are expensive to manufacture and maintain, their industrial applications are so numerous that all the nations of western Immoren consider them indispensable for a wide range of tasks. Laborjacks are the backbone of heavy industrial work throughout Cygnar and Ord. In Khador, these tireless creations work in sweltering forges, pounding metal plates and other parts for heavy industry, while Rhulic ’jacks work in mining and excavation operations. Although the Protectorate of Menoth has routinely prioritized producing warjacks over laborjacks, the latter can still be found assisting in construction efforts and other heavy tasks in the now-depopulated nation.
The conflicts that rocked the Iron Kingdoms over the last decade led to rapid innovations in new technology, including Cygnar’s development of powerful storm chambers, which have largely replaced the older steam engines in modern Cygnaran ’jacks. King Julius has pushed the nation to produce a new army of high-tech warjacks the likes of which western Immoren has never seen.
These steamjacks combine all the principals of mechnika, demonstrating how the melding of magic and industry can produce something beyond the powers of either. Steamdriven engines power a metal chassis controlled by a cortex, the steamjack’s mechanikal brain. Although not as smart or adaptable as humans, steamjacks possess a basic intelligence and an ability to solve specific problems—two properties that combine with their tremendous strength and durability to make them incredibly valuable as heavy laborers.
Although these iron giants are expensive to manufacture and maintain, their industrial applications are so numerous that all the nations of western Immoren consider them indispensable for a wide range of tasks. Laborjacks are the backbone of heavy industrial work throughout Cygnar and Ord. In Khador, these tireless creations work in sweltering forges, pounding metal plates and other parts for heavy industry, while Rhulic ’jacks work in mining and excavation operations. Although the Protectorate of Menoth has routinely prioritized producing warjacks over laborjacks, the latter can still be found assisting in construction efforts and other heavy tasks in the now-depopulated nation.
The conflicts that rocked the Iron Kingdoms over the last decade led to rapid innovations in new technology, including Cygnar’s development of powerful storm chambers, which have largely replaced the older steam engines in modern Cygnaran ’jacks. King Julius has pushed the nation to produce a new army of high-tech warjacks the likes of which western Immoren has never seen.
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