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=== Castel ~ Light Combat ===
 
=== Castel ~ Light Combat ===
 
{{main|Castel}}
 
{{main|Castel}}
[[File:Def_castel_bot-1-.png|100px|thumb|Castel ~ Light Combat]]
 
 
The [[Castel]] represents the [[Pelistal]] combat ideal: absolutely loyal, absolutely subservient, and ready to march out and do battle to the death in droves. What the Castel may lack in creative or unusual tactics it more than makes up for with its relentless, grinding style of combat. It is said that you will always know when the Castel has been truly incapacitated, because only then will its launchers stop cycling.
 
The [[Castel]] represents the [[Pelistal]] combat ideal: absolutely loyal, absolutely subservient, and ready to march out and do battle to the death in droves. What the Castel may lack in creative or unusual tactics it more than makes up for with its relentless, grinding style of combat. It is said that you will always know when the Castel has been truly incapacitated, because only then will its launchers stop cycling.
  
 
=== Troiar ~ Light Electronic Warfare ===
 
=== Troiar ~ Light Electronic Warfare ===
 
{{main|Troiar}}
 
{{main|Troiar}}
[[File:Def_troiar_bot-1-.png|100px|thumb|Troiar ~ Light Electronic Warfare]]
 
 
Even amongst the [[Pelistal]], [[Troiars]] are viewed with suspicion. They represent the eyes and ears of the Ictus, and beyond them, the masters of the Pelistal Empire. Swift and secretive, a Troiar on the battlefield ensures two things: first, that the endurance of the bots facing the Troiar’s forces will be tested, and second, that the Pelistal Empire itself has taken an interest in what you are doing.
 
Even amongst the [[Pelistal]], [[Troiars]] are viewed with suspicion. They represent the eyes and ears of the Ictus, and beyond them, the masters of the Pelistal Empire. Swift and secretive, a Troiar on the battlefield ensures two things: first, that the endurance of the bots facing the Troiar’s forces will be tested, and second, that the Pelistal Empire itself has taken an interest in what you are doing.
  
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=== Waspish ~ Assault Combat ===
 
=== Waspish ~ Assault Combat ===
 
{{main|Waspish}}
 
{{main|Waspish}}
[[File:Def_waspish_bot-1-.png|100px|thumb|Left|Waspish ~ Assault Combat]]
 
 
If the [[Castel]] is the horde unleashed by the [[Pelistal]], the [[Waspish]] is their taskmaster. In any group of Pelistal, the Waspish can be seen amongst the Castels, providing a harder platform for taking and receiving punishment, drawing attention away from the Castels and allowing them to deal out their own damage. The accuracy and range of the Waspish is unparalleled amongst assault bots, and many are the targets of the Pelistal that have been so softened by Waspish fire that they are easy prey when the Castel tide rolls over them.  
 
If the [[Castel]] is the horde unleashed by the [[Pelistal]], the [[Waspish]] is their taskmaster. In any group of Pelistal, the Waspish can be seen amongst the Castels, providing a harder platform for taking and receiving punishment, drawing attention away from the Castels and allowing them to deal out their own damage. The accuracy and range of the Waspish is unparalleled amongst assault bots, and many are the targets of the Pelistal that have been so softened by Waspish fire that they are easy prey when the Castel tide rolls over them.  
  

Revision as of 20:20, 5 January 2013

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Robots able to be piloted are Separated by faction. There are currently 4 different factions in game, The Pelistal Empire, The Nuimqol Union, The Thelodica Clan and the Nian Industrial Trust. Each of the factions have their own distinct specializations.


Pelistal Empire

Specialization | Missiles

Light Robots

Castel ~ Light Combat

Main article: Castel

The Castel represents the Pelistal combat ideal: absolutely loyal, absolutely subservient, and ready to march out and do battle to the death in droves. What the Castel may lack in creative or unusual tactics it more than makes up for with its relentless, grinding style of combat. It is said that you will always know when the Castel has been truly incapacitated, because only then will its launchers stop cycling.

Troiar ~ Light Electronic Warfare

Main article: Troiar

Even amongst the Pelistal, Troiars are viewed with suspicion. They represent the eyes and ears of the Ictus, and beyond them, the masters of the Pelistal Empire. Swift and secretive, a Troiar on the battlefield ensures two things: first, that the endurance of the bots facing the Troiar’s forces will be tested, and second, that the Pelistal Empire itself has taken an interest in what you are doing.

Assault Robots

Waspish ~ Assault Combat

Main article: Waspish

If the Castel is the horde unleashed by the Pelistal, the Waspish is their taskmaster. In any group of Pelistal, the Waspish can be seen amongst the Castels, providing a harder platform for taking and receiving punishment, drawing attention away from the Castels and allowing them to deal out their own damage. The accuracy and range of the Waspish is unparalleled amongst assault bots, and many are the targets of the Pelistal that have been so softened by Waspish fire that they are easy prey when the Castel tide rolls over them.

Mech

Tyrannos ~ Mech Combat

Main article: Tyrannos

The Pelistal Empire’s industrial might is leveraged nowhere so much as in the production of Castels and of Tyrannos. Like the Castel, the Tyrannos is a cold, methodical machine of war, content to win battles through endurance and attrition - the Pelistal’s credo. Driving legions of Castels and Waspish ahead of it, a Tyrannos is truly a tyrant of the battlefield. Until the arrival of the Kain, the Tyrannos feared little, and even with the Kain’s arrival, the Tyrannos still represents a ruthless presence, willing to sacrifice itself without a thought to annihilate a foe.

Ictus ~ Mech Electronic Warfare

Main article: Ictus

Earth’s closest analogy to the Ictus are the dark assassins of medieval Catholic church - secretive, plotting, humble, and terrible when met in anger. The “touch” of the Ictus is something feared by the Nuimqol and Thelodica equally, and even Syndicate Agents who control the Ictus say that a certain chill sits in their bones for days after.

Heavy Mech

Gropho ~ Heavy Mech Combat

Main article: Gropho

Ruthless, methodical, merciless, unyielding - these are the hallmarks of the Gropho, one of the largest expressions of the Pelistal Empire’s strength. Although not the ultimate power in the Pelistal Empire, no Nian - Theolodican or Nuimqol - dismisses the power of the Gropho’s fusillades. Even the Gropho’s masters recognize the power of their subjects, and are mindful of it, as a kennel owner is of its most dangerous dog.

Nuimqol Union

Specialization | Magnetic weapons

Light Robot

AssaultRobot

Mech

Heavy Mech

Thelodica Clan

Specialization | Lasers

Light Robot

AssaultRobot

Mech

Heavy Mech

Nian Industrial Trust

Specialization | Mining ~ Harvesting ~ Transport

Light Robots

Argano ~ Light Mining

Argano ~ Light Mining

While the Niani Industrial Trust as a group is engimatic, even fewer understand the Argano. Lacking the Termis’s efficiency or the Riveler’s ravenous hunger, the Argano nonetheless contributes well with its small stature. It will never be the most rapid of the mineral harvesters, but Agents who drive the Argano are known for determination and hard work for a reason.

Laird ~ Light Harvesting

Laird ~ Light Harvesting

Few claim to understand the Industrial Trust, or why it works equally and without complaint in all three nations. Fewer still understand the Laird - while the Gargoyle disappears into the woodlands, and the Symbiont will intensely study a flower, the Laird’s simple work ethic shows as it wanders from the tiniest patch of flora to another, harvesting what can be had while gently making sure not to destroy the plant, even as a Mesmer’s shattered remains stand five meters away. In a world torn apart by war... the Laird quietly tends the gardens.

Assault Robots

Sequer ~ Assault Transport

Sequer ~ Assault Transport

The Sequer struggles daily with its place on Nia. Only useful as a carrier of goods, Sequers are well aware that within the ever-more-efficiency-seeking Niani Industrial Trust, only its cheap and disposable cost allow it to compete with the working juggernaut that is the Lithus. So obsessed is the Sequer with remaining legitimate that, unattended and unordered, one can actually witness the bot enter a semi-powered-down status, almost making the little transport worker seem sad or resigned.

Mech

Termis ~ Mech Mining

Termis ~ Mech Mining

Do the Niani Industrials know or care of the war they are supporting? Are they simply automatons of low intelligence, or are they the ultimate puppeteers of a master plan only the Industrial Trust perceives? Does the slumbering giant of Nia’s “fourth faction” exist? The Termis represents this mystery perfectly: a tireless worker, communicating only in regards to its trade, caring nothing for the results of its work - and yet, never ceasing to work as efficiently as it can, for what goals and motivations, no one knows.

Gargoyle~ Mech Harvesting

Gargoyle~ Mech Harvesting

While any military-minded individual might question the memory integrity of any bot that spends its day frolicking in the woods, the Gargoyle is notable for the amount it brings home at the end of that day. More effective than the Laird, and far easier to construct and maintain than a Symbiont, the Gargoyle is judged as a reasonable middle ground for anyone needing the bounty of Nian flora.

Heavy Mech

Riveler ~ Heavy Mech Mining

Riveler ~ Heavy Mech Mining

The Riveler is the Industrial most held in respect by the combat bots of Nia. Capable of gathering the raw materials of war more effectively than any other platform, their cost to build and maintain still cause them to be viewed as an indulgence, rather than a necessity. All the same, a group of Rivelers harvesting a chunk of terrain has an impact like no other, and every Nian nation respects that bottom line. If you can afford its services, the quiet effectiveness of the Riveler is without peer.

Symbiont ~ Heavy Mech Harvesting

Symbiont ~ Heavy Mech Harvesting

If you ever wish to see a Nian look puzzled, observe one examining a Symbiont. No less massive than the Riveler, and no less effective at its job, the Symbiont still ultimately spends a great deal of time in what humans would term as “picking flowers.” It is not unusual for a Symbiont to pause in their mass-harvesting of huge quantities of flora to regard a particular flower or plant with a fascination, carefully avoiding damaging it, and then moving on with its job. To other Nians, this is yet further proof of the strange, alien, and generally bizarre nature of the Nian Industrials.

Lithus ~ Heavy Mech Transport

Lithus ~ Heavy Mech Transport

The Lithus occupies a strange niche in the Nian hierarchy - that of an industrial bot that is left alone. These ponderous behemoths complain little and communicate less; while their role is not the glamour of the fighting corps, nor the grunge of the harvesters, they know their position as the invaluable movers of massive loads. The Seth, Mesmer, and Gropho do not move out of the way of the Lithus, but they have no desire to step in the way of one working. No one understands the Lithus and its ways - but the Lithus does not expect them to, either.

Heavy Gliders

Scarab ~ Heavy Glider Transport