The Daemon - A custom Warhammer design, was a custom order put together out of salvaged parts from many an old Warhammer.
Alius 'Al' Cad'ver showed up in Blue's salvage yard with a bunch of C-bills, accompanied by one Casey Putnam and a recommendation from a valued patron. The young man seemed to know what he wanted, and the Blue crew got to work.
The ER PPCs and double heatsinks were easy to handle, going with a stock 7M chassis. For the other modifications, a lot of work had to be done to the side torsos, though some swapping with the legs had to be done, as well.
The biggest oddball was the request for Tripple Strength Myomer. That was a hard call, but the salvage company had its methods and acquired a sample along with some schematics to work out a process to make their own. It would take nearly a year to make enough.
The bulk of the Myomer wasn't too hard of a problem. The 6R Warhammer had extra space in the legs due to the heat exchange systems that wouldn't be necessary with the Freezer array tucked in the arms and sides and engine. The arms were tightly packed already, so instead of placing the bulky myomers there, they went with some guidance from martial arts pros putting the extra punch and pull in the sides, near the waste. A hit derived its power from the action of the torso and less from the strength of the arms.
The rest of the modifications were quite simple. The techs, understanding how the Myomer functioned, and the rate of cooling a 7M could get, they worked out an array of stock armaments that could hit the sweet spot with controlled fire-grouping.
First to go were the ammo weapons. Al was going into the merc trade, so ammo dependency was a consideration, and the Mech would be riding the heat curve. The Machine guns were swapped out for another pair of small lasers.
The armored SRM housing was kept, used to hold a Guardian Class ECM Module. While it would have little effect against many of the opponents he might face in the periphery, should he face a more advanced foe, it would be handy.
The shell was mostly simple. There was enough tonnage to get away with swapping the armor for those found on a 6D, with some exceptions. The back armor had to be tweaked so that the SRM housing and shoulder light fixtures could remain. Some creative programming mean that they would get the full frontal protection, and keep the back protection. The 7M's rear plate had to stay on, the extra half-ton just not there to get what the techs deemed a trivial boost in protection.
Finally, the Medium lasers were swapped out with some advanced ER versions they had acquired through the Tech Upgrade kits.
The heir to the company has accompanied Al into his employ. The reasoning is that he wants to evaluate the performance of the design, and he's the best person to handle any repairs. Al has agreed and kept him on retainer.
Visually, it is indistinctive from other dated Warhammer designs, looking very much like a 6R or 6K, or 7M. But, the design parameters alone ensure it is something completely different.
Rumor has it, however, that the Blue Salvage firm is conducting an experiment with yet another modification to the design. As of 3066, our operative inside the Prepper Faction's little seed experiment has seen a drastic performance difference in the Mech that exceeds standard performances. We call into question some of the after-action reports by this operative, but the conclusion cannot be ignored.
We suggest we activate the operative, bring an end to the experiment, and bring the Mech in for study.
Report from Adept Mu VII Jon Kotes
23 September 3066 PS - there are stories to some of the additions. The slight variation in Paint scheme is to show fresh paint on replaced locations after a hard mission that led into a base encounter once back. The 'lizard tooth' has a
fanfic about that encounter, an after-action report from a very interesting scenario a friend threw at my mercs as a mission curve ball.
I did make a modification to my Awesome mini with a dino skull I found in some random cheep toy. Need to finish painting that one and post a pic again. Magnetized it so that I can field the Awesome as stock, or with the custom trophy dangling from the front.
