Gaiaterra: Elysea's Conflict/Jager Walker

"Talon Steel systems engaged."

-Jager Walker

The Jager Walker is an walker unit used by the Grey Steel. Planned to be voiced by.

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Overview
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History
"Coward! Get down here and face me like a man!"

-Sir Landry the Stalwart, to unidentified Mesofortress pilot

Though the mecha of the Katsuragi Protectorate, the Coalition's Dreadnought series, the walkers of the Socialist Union of Voshkod and the Aion Defense Initiative shocked the world with their first appearances, no one knew that the concept of a walking fighting vehicle existed for nearly a century beforehand. The sketches of the walkers were drawn by the Grey Steel Order most ingenious Forgemaster, Aperta Scriptum, along with other vehicles. One of these sketches was the Jager Walker, a twenty foot tall walker, armed with an array of powerful shrapnel rockets.

The Jager is a bipedal walker, relying heavily on clockwork systems for movement. Its sole duty is as the Order's specialized sky guardian. Its two Congreve rocket racks are large enough to fire a large salvo of solid-fueled rockets. The high-energy-density fuel, used in the rockets as propellant, is able to give a rocket an impressive turn of speed and height, allowing them to easily eliminate any enemy threat in the skies. The rockets aren't accurate like modern spectrum or infrared-guided missiles, but they are still able to easily bring down a fighter. They work not with precision, but by sheer numbers. The rockets are usually fired in huge groups to extend the area of effect, and when the rockets reach the target, they will explode in the manner of modern flak; spraying the air with burning magnesium shrapnel, capable of tearing apart even massive aircraft like the Kirov Airship.

However, the rocket racks cannot reload quickly, taking a substantial amount of time to reload all the racks. This problem was resolved by adding yet another weapon to the Jager: a side-mounted steam cannon armed with a harpoon missile. This weapon is fired by a pressurized steam cannon, which also ignites the fuel of the missile, giving the Harpoon an extremely high velocity. This allows the weapon to catch any aircraft, and pierce its outer airframe. At this point, the heavy walker chassis is used as a anchor, with the Jager's mechanical legs clamping into the ground to secure itself. The Talon Steel cable that connects the harpoon to the Jager is now used to tether the aircraft to the Jager, and the impressive properties of Talon Steel means that the cable cannot be easily snapped. This way, a target can be prevented from escaping or held in place until the Order can bring in more firepower to bear.

Additionally, the Jager also employs a set of claws for engaging ground targets. While they lack the range of its other weapons, the heavy duty appendages can simply be employ to smash apart lesser foes, or crush them in a powerful vice grip. Foes have been surprised by the Jager's claws on more than one occasion, having failed to consider such crude weapons as a threat.

Short story
Radio Transcript between Charlie Airborne Recon Squadron and Delta Base in Tallarn

1:12 am, Season of the Dwayna 44, 2006 V.C.

 Charlie 6 to Delta base, come in Delta Base.

 Roger Charlie 6, reading you loud and clear.

 Delta base, We are requesting final authorization for recon mission, over.

'' Charlie 6, permission is granted. Good luck finding our boys.''

 Thanks Delta Base, catch you on the way out of Elonan Airspace, over.

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'' Delta Base! Come in Delta Base! This is Charlie 6! We are under missile attack by unidentified hostiles!''

 Delta Base to Charlie 6, repeat last, repeat last!

'' We are under attack by an unknown number of hostiles! We have missiles inbound! Shit! Executing evasive maneuvers!''

'' Charlie 6, do you have any identity on those hostiles? Are they Voshks?!''

'' Negative! NEGATIVE! Unknown units! Shit! They got Charlie 4 and Charlie 3!''

'' Charlie 6, you are advised to evacuate the hot zone! Do not engage! Repeat, Do not engage!''

'' We got more missiles inbound! I’m dropping to low altitude to evade. Will try to disengage and retreat. Goddamnit! Charlie 1 and Charlie 5 are down!''

{sound of explosions is heard}

'' Come in Charlie 6! Repeat, come in Charlie 6!''

'' I...thi............radio! .... Char...2..down. I ...visual ......stiles now. Somethin...bipedal...kers! What the...! Shi......Its....arg...Cable!''

{transmission breaks into static}

'' Charlie 6! Come in Charlie 6! This is Delta Base, do you read? Repeat, this is Delta Base! Notify SAR!''