Mecha

Unknown

N/A

Blitzkrieg

Theropod-legged Tank

Metal

Mechanical

140,000 metric tons

Height: 88 meters (288.714ft)
Length: 41 meters (134.514ft)

Protect humanity by fighting/destroying monsters.

Slow. Lacks subtlety. Weapons easily result in collateral damage.

Crew: 1-2

Heat-resistant metal. Reinforced Magnesium skeleton. Powered by nuclear reactor. Travel at up to 185 km/h (114.95 mph). All-terrain treads. Omnidirectional rotational torso.

Base-mounted twin heavy machine guns, Geyser-class flamethrower. 2-shoulder-mounted 12-cell heat-seeking missile launchers. 2-rear-mounted thrusters/rocket launchers, 180° rotation in forward-to-rear arc, 360° rotation in side-to-side arc. Rear-mounted lightning cannon. Proximity mines. Left arm pile bunker w/ 6 explosive cartridges. Reinforced shield/right arm w/ gripping claws.

Developed in secret in Germany over a year, the Balmung was the first mecha unit to be completed and deployed. Armed to the teeth with as many explosives as could be managed, the Balmung has saved many lives by fighting off kaiju attacks.

Of course, the Balmung is hardly perfect - a sentiment that has only grown greater over time. While effective, it seems unable to go one battle without extensively damaging its surroundings. Critics are quick to call attention to the mech's very design, a hodgepodge of highly dangerous and destructive armaments.

Others put the blame firmly on its pilot for the past ten years - Theo Leibold - for improperly utilizing it, claiming a lack of discipline. The stance of the Balmung's development and maintenance team is that collateral damage is virtually unavoidable - owing to the varied abilities of kaiju and how little is actually understood of them - and even preferable to the decimation Germany would face without the mech.

Regardless, the Balmung has proven its strength time and again, and its team is constantly making tweaks.

A non-humanoid, bulky robot. Camouflage paintjob, with black undersides.

Main body shaped like a trapezoid, protruding forward at the front, with a flat top. Its underside has a duo of proportionately-sized heavy machine guns; these can retract and be replaced by a single, larger flamethrower nozzle. Each shoulder has a missile pod. On each corner of its rear is a cubical pod; pods house thrusters on the back, and concealed rockets on the front. Left arm ends in a pile bunker. Its right arm is very bulky, resembling an armored gauntlet, with three metal claws in a tripod arrangement. Legs are thick and reverse jointed, with large feet housing tank treads.

Strength: 8
Speed: 3
Armor: 8
Weapon: 8
Mobility: Terrestrial