CENTURION

 

 

ALLEGIANCE: Kingdom of Allah

FUNCTION: Anti-Transformer Warmech

PROFILE: The Centurion Mark XVIII Anti-Transformer Warmech is the mainline combat unit used by the Kingdom of Allah in their newly declared fatwa of Jihad on any and all Cybertronians throughout the galaxy. Based on a design originally used by the United States, and later by the United Nations of Earth, the Centurion series of warmechs has been continuously upgraded and strengthened over the past four and a half centuries so that now each mech is capable of holding its own and often defeating any given Transformer in singular combat. Typically working in squads of five, the Centurions are remotely controlled by pilots with specially designed enhancement nano implanted into their brains. The pilots are also immersed inside tubes of reaction gel, which works in conjunction with the nano-implants to translate the combat movements of the pilots exactly to the Centurion without any perceptible lag and with full fluidity. Kingdom of Allah Centurion squads have not yet pushed farther then the few systems that neighbor Sol yet, but as the Jihad continues they will draw ever closer to Cybertron, and into more frequent and more deadly contact with the Cybertronians themselves.

ABILITIES: Each Centurion is capable of carrying a variety of weapon loads or mission-specific armament. However, the typical load-out consists of one heavy plasma rifle with variable rate settings and sniper capabilities as well as a forearm mounted hyper-velocity projectile cannon topped by a pair of point-defense lasers. The left forearm usually mounts a heavy blaster cannon flanked by a pair of high-explosive short-range seeker missiles. To prevent capture or dishonor of the remote pilots, each Centurion frame is capable of detonating its own fusion core when the mech is incapacitated or otherwise unable to continue fighting. In-built safety interlocks do prevent the core from detonating when friendly unites are within the half megaton force blast range.

WEAKNESSES: The Mark XVIII Centurion models can be rendered inert by destroying or removing the head, even to the point of disabling the self-destruct systems. Also, as time progresses the existing robots are slowly wearing out and suffering for lack of proper maintenance and a lack of skilled technicians. The Kingdom of Allah is incapable of manufacturing or upgrading Centurions on their own and the supply they inherited from the defunct UNE is slowly dwindling.

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