Dragonflight

The Dragonflight<ref>The Dragonflight isn't fought off for good this time, and virtually every Dragon-mech is backed by 1-2 capes who'd be a hard fight for the whole Undersiders team on a good day. - Comment by Wildbow on Reddit.</ref> is the collective name for the fleet of myriad aerial vehicles that Dragon and her associates create and use. Interestingly Dragon's 'suits', as they are known to the public, usually have names associated with dragons and related mythological tropes.

Unnamed suits

A durable suit that contains multiple layers, heavy weaponry and the ability to release a spray of blue-white liquid "flame" from its mouth. It also features missile turrets and the ability to shed and detonate its outer casing.<ref name="8.x"> Interlude 8 (Bonus)</ref><ref name="8.3">Extermination 8.3</ref>

Cawthorne

Dragon's rapid response unit<ref name="I10.5">Interlude 10.5 (Bonus)</ref> designed for speed rather than durability or firepower.<ref name="10.4">Parasite 10.4</ref>It had a squat, segmented, snakelike body, with a tail and four legs. Four engines mounted on the upper body doubled as weapons arrays, bristling with turrets and missiles.<ref name="10.4"/> The suit was equipped for fighting serious threats at a moment's notice, and thus carried mostly lethal weaponry. The "engines" could spray containment foam, a gas that dissolved the foam, and fire-retardant chemicals. The feet were broad metal talons, and could be electrified and leak the same foam-dissolving gas. The mouth sprayed a burning fluid of some kind.<ref name="10.5">Parasite 10.5</ref>

The Mark Three was seen later described as a sleek model resembling a cross between a dragon and a fighter jet, mounted with four engines around the ‘shoulders'.<ref name="I15"> Interlude 15</ref> Primarily armed with containment foam sprayers.<ref name="16.2"/><ref name="16.3">Monarch 16.3</ref><ref name="16.1"/> Skitter and Tattletale identified it as an updated version of the Unnamed Suit.<ref name="16.2">Monarch 16.2</ref><ref name="16.1"/>

Trivia

• Cawthorne is a town in England that was once said to have a dragon nearby.

Melusine

The Mark Six: A suit with the ability to absorb metal and generate heat, both as a weapon and to re-forge the metal into new components. It could self-repair by creating new components and reshape itself to accommodate them; or "reincarnate", casting off it's outer layer or folding itself inside-out to reveal a new suit inside. Demonstrated immense strength, the ability to fly, the ability breathe liquid blue fire and a grappling-hook weapon in different incarnations.<ref name="16.3"/><ref name="16.4">Monarch 16.4</ref><ref name="16.y">Interlude 16 (Donation Bonus 2)</ref> Skitter identified it as an altered version of the Unnamed Suit.<ref name="16.4"/>

A Melusine V would later comes to serve as Dragon's personal craft.<ref name="E.3"/>

Trivia

• Melusine is a female spirit with serpent features.

Glaurung

The Mark Zero an "old model", designed to deploy drones of varying loadouts.<ref name="16.3"/><ref name="16.5"/> The size of four eighteen-wheel trucks. The mouth shot pressurized blasts of wind. When fighting the Undersiders, it launched drones the size of beach balls, equipped with electric pulses based on Armsmaster's design and antigrav panels based on Kid Win's; they would use the pulse, drop to the ground, and then reboot in a couple of seconds. The pulses would get increasingly powerful if a person refused to comply.<ref name="16.1">Monarch 16.1</ref><ref name="16.5">Monarch 16.5</ref>

Trivia

• Glaurung was the first dragon in Middle-Earth.

Ladon

The Mark Two: A small, almost spherical suit<ref name="I15"/> that can generate force-fields.<ref name="16.3"/><ref name="I15"/> The force-fields are strong enough to ignore Sundancer's attacks.<ref name="16.1"/>

Trivia

• Ladon was a serpent-like dragon-guardian from Greek mythology.

Astaroth-Nidhug

• Astaroth-Nidhug: A hybrid suit, making use of the Nidhug design that was partially damaged in prior confrontations. It looked like a cohesive design, a massive gun barrel with teeth at the end, outfitted with three afterburners at the rear and three at the midsection. The size of a commercial aircraft.<ref name="I15"/> Functions as long-range support, firing at targets from a safe spot in the stratosphere.

Trivia

• The Nidhug is a dragon from Norse mythology.
• Astaroth is a demonic Kabbalistic reinterpretation of Ishtar, he is depicted as riding dragon-like creature and said to give to mortal beings the power over serpents.

Pythios

The Mark Two had a spoked, wheel-shaped contraption on its back as wide as the suit is long, that crackles with electricity and spins faster as the suit uses it's abilities. The legs are long enough that the knees rise above the body, ending in four sharp points, and wing panels join each of the legs like flaps of skin. The body is low to the ground, with a long tail. It can fight with electrical discharges, and pull people around even if they aren't carrying metal.<ref name="16.2">Monarch 16.2</ref><ref name="16.3"/>

Trivia

• Pythios is another name for the Greek deity Apollo, who slew the serpent, sometimes represented as a dragon, Python.

Azazel

A suit that was designed to go up against the Slaughterhouse Nine on an even footing, constructed in cooperation with Defiant. The first original suit Dragon produced in four years.<ref name="16.3"/> It took two weeks to produce. Although mechanical, it resembled a biological organism, with scales, batlike wings, and incredibly dense and numerous internal mechanisms. It had a lizardlike body, snakelike neck, and humanlike shoulders and arms. The gaps between the scales glowed like coals, and the wing-tips had holes in them. It spoke in a deep voice. The Azazel could generate thin, telescoping rods by slamming it's foot down, that rapidly formed barricades equipped with nano-thorn extrusions. It's mouth could breathe superheated air or containment foam. The chest fired a grappling hook that could freeze in a manner mimicking Clockblocker's power, but it drained the suit's power reserves.<ref name="16.5">Monarch 16.5</ref>

The Azazel was later reproduced in greater numbers in preperation for End of the World, and ended up being used in the effort against the The Slaughterhouse Nine-Thousand. In addition to the capabilities displayed by the original suit, they had an interior compartment outfitted with windows,<ref name="27.4">Extinction 27.4</ref><ref name="28.4">Cockroaches 28.4</ref><ref name="26.2">Sting 26.2</ref> powerful thrusters, a strong tail, numerous long-range sensors, and powerful cutting lasers.<ref name="26.x">Sting 26.x (Donation Interlude; Saint)</ref>

Trivia

• Azazel refers to a fallen Angel who instructed mankind how to create weaponry - fitting, given Defiant's connection to it as a disgraced hero and tinker.

Kulshedra

Dragon craft used for prisoner transport, destroyed by Bambina during a rescue attempt it Las Vegas.

Trivia

• Kulshedra is a demonic dragon from Albanian folklore, that requires human sacrifices.

Pendragon

A mechanized dragon painted in black and green, glossy, with gold framing the shield at the dragon's forehead, at the ‘wings' and shoulders.<ref name="22.5">Cell 22.5</ref> Used for combat and transport, usually piloted by Defiant, the ship contained seats and had screens lining the walls. It was "built to take a beating".<ref>Cockroaches 28.4</ref><ref name="26.6"/> It had lethal force-field generators on the underside, but they took around four minutes to recharge.<ref name="26.6">Sting 26.6</ref>

The Mark Two served as Defiant's workshop as he worked on Pandora.<ref name="E.3">Teneral e.3</ref>

Trivia

• Pendragon means "dragon's head" in Welsh, it is a title of Uther from Arthurian legends.

Uther

Defiant's craft.<ref name="I15">Interlude 15</ref> Four legged, has "panels of knightly armor".<ref name="20.5">Chrysalis 20.5</ref> Defiant can control it with his mind at a distance, and get sensory feedback and telepathically create blueprints for new technology while at the controls.<ref name="16.y">Interlude 16 (Donation Bonus 2)</ref>

Dragonfly

A vehicle dedicated to ferrying Weaver around, once D&D decided that she is safe enough to be left without convoys.

Trivia

• Dragonfly is an obvious pun based on thematic crossover.

Tiamat

Used as a vehicle by Defiant, never described in detail.<ref>Interlude 24 (Donation Bonus #1)</ref>

Trivia

• Tiamat is a Babylonian goddess, mother of monsters, including the first dragons, and possibly a D&D reference.

References

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