Dropmech

Dropmechs are a common Military mech used by Starwatch, able to be deployed from dropships and land in a battlefield, both within the void of space and on planetside surfaces.

Description
Dropmechs are large humanoid mechs standing at about 4 stories tall. They have bulky torsos, but relatively thinner arms and legs, although their limbs are clad in large armor plates. Their torsos contain a cockpit for a single pilot, which often sport an extra camera-like component above the cockpit, allowing for greater visibility. Dropmechs are equipped with removable thruster packs, which can be modified to carry extra troop gear. Grenades are often loaded in their packs, and fed to their guns through their arms. Dropmechs are usually an unpainted shade of grey, although they can equip a light membrane of camouflage colors for certain environments.

Capabilities
Dropmechs can fold up their limbs towards their torso, and can use their compacted forms to be deployed from dropships, unfolding and utilizing their thruster packs on the way down. Being mechs, they posses incredible strength and durability, and are equipped with compactible Dark Energy cannons, which can attach to their grenade feeds. However, they can also simply launch their grenades with no cannon attached, utilize built-in laser guns that can extend from their arms, engage in physical combat, and utilize energy blades and other weapons that they pick up or are equipped with. Like Jump Troopers, they can fly into the air or through space, although they do not often keep sustained flight within the atmosphere of a planet like Elite Jump Troopers. Dropmechs are not the strongest Military mech, but have some considerable speed and aerial capabilities, enabling them to jump over enemy lines and assault orbital facilities. Other systems aboard dropmechs include anti-nanite flushing systems, surface defense systems, an ejector seat for the pilot, emergency parachutes, and life support. Similarly to almost all other standard Military tech, Dropmechs posses a considerable resistance to the likes of magic.

Background
Dropmechs were first developed during the Trans-Galactic War, used to assault Imperial planetside strongholds.