Mechanik’s Union

The bigger servitors than the manikin servants common to Cygnaran foundries have always been something of a novelty best reserved for the eccentric minority. Most men will cite a warjacks endless durability and reliable firepower over any hulking monstrosity cobbled together by a crackpot in some out of the way workshop. However as this machine attests, there are some mechanists out there that just wont take no for an answer. The chassis is much the same as a medium manikin, a humanoid bipedal design, although heavier set to aid with balance. However its engine has of necessity been retrofitted to accommodate the added entropy of the larger pistons and actuators. As such it requires twice as much coal and water as previously. Its gait can best be described as apelike, hunching forward from its waist socket due to better support its torso cowling.

This particular model has been outfitted as a bodyguard, with two reinforced arms built into a large tower shield on the left, and a Engines East pneumatic Turret gun on the right. Two smaller manipulator arms emerge lower down its torso to aid in manual tasks that its fighting arms are incapable of performing. Its flat clam-shell head has optical tubes embedded in both the back and front, allowing it a full 360 vision and negating flanking bonuses against it. Its large Turret gun is built into the steam engine which powers the servitor, and as such prevents it from moving more than a 5ft step when charging pressure and firing.

This lurching machine also has a party piece likely inspired from the Khadoran devastator. On command the servitor crouches down and pulls in its arms, the Turret gun fitting together with the rubber sealed circular section cut out from its shield; forming a solid whole. Mounted on top of the Turret guns barrel is an additional optical tube to give it full vision in-front when locked in its defencive stance. This stance grants the servitor full cover from the tower shield.  In passing it also grants the servitor a +4 bonus when attempting to squeeze though smaller spaces that its large size would normally allow. However this stance reduces the servitors movement to 10ft and its attack roll by -2 due to the fixed firing position.

Lastly its shield has a small convergence engine bolted on behind it. When activated via its mechanikal trigger, it projects a small power field in-front of the servitor. This field acts like the spell ‘protection from arrows’ (CL 6) granting 10/magic against ranged attacks. It can absorb up to 60 points of damage from non-magical ranged weapons before being dispersed. Any projectile which doesn’t penetrate this damage resistance is returned to its source at its original attack roll and damage. This effect lasts for 1 hour until dispelled or dispersed and draws 2 charges from its accumulator per use (5 uses).