MG144-HE006 Auxilia Recon Drone

Herosine Empire

144th (10 or 12mm)

Platoon of four vehicles supplied.

Size (Bounding Box, assembled): 13.83mm x 17.51mm x 11.18mm

The Ax-I Auxilia Mark 6 Recon Drone is one of the Herosine Empire’s most prevalent reconnaissance vehicles. While the Psiloi Orb Scout is best suited for infantry support, the Auxilia is capable of dealing with armoured targets itself. It is much faster than the Psiloi, and more manoeuvrable and even capable of engaging enemy aircraft in a dogfight if pushed.

With an advanced sensor array, and a similar stealth package to the Psiloi (though its much larger size and power make this less effective) the Auxilia can perform a wide variety of tasks, from missile designation to sabotage, using its forward mounted Tier 14 disruptor cannon. While a short ranged weapon in its own right, at very close (>3m) ranges, the Auxilia can modify the output down to pencil-thin, enough for simple engineering tasks, especially when aided by the pair of small tractor beam arrays that are placed in the same mount.

The Auxilia’s main killing power, however, comes from its two missile racks. These, located beneath hatches on the dorsal rear slope of the hull, pop up just enough to allow a missile to fire. The five missiles in each rack are placed in a magazine, and can be fired in rapid succession. The magazine itself can be replaced very quickly from a dedicated engineering vehicle or structure, or somewhat more slowly by an engineering team or even by a second Auxilia if spares are to hand. The Auxilia typically uses SGMAT-23 Vastator missiles. These weapons have only a relatively short ranges of 2500m and carry a Tier 17 rated warhead, but the advanced lock-and-launch systems means that the Auxilia can unleash a barrage and drop down out of sight and minimise is own exposure