Ah the Shogunate Fides otherwise known as the Megazome. A 65 ton mecha requiring a minimum level of 36, and a heavy skill of 20 to pilot. Not too bad on the price tag either. 4,600 Ferrite, 2,600 Biopics, and 95 Niodes will get you one fresh off the showroom floor. It comes with a wide range of weapons it can utilize right off the bat. Stock issue comes with one Galaxy Eye laser, one Shrieking Pain projectile weapon, one Poison Dart missile system, two Rail Gun slug throwers, and two Focused Icer ice weapons.Now from there we'll be looking at what one of these looks like when it is grown up a bit, say level 116. Before equipment at that level it has Crit-Kill, Slow, Trample, Projectile Damage, Missile Damage, Fire & Ice damage, with 2X &3X Damage to round it all out for inbuilt abilities.
They have 3 Cockpit slots, 6 Chassis slots, 2 Engine slots, and 3 Shield slots, with 31 weapon slots. Now aside from Chassis these really don't have much for slots. Really just enough to pump you up a little beyond base stats. But with the Chassis you can make this one hell of a difficult mecha to hit. Not to mention that they get bonuses to all weapon types not just specific ones, well that makes them highly versatile in any combat situation.
Okay so no you don't have a lot of equipment slots to play with, but if you efficiently use what you do have you can eek a few nice perks out of this machine. Are they the biggest, baddest, fastest shooting mecha out there? Of course not but if utilized properly these can clean your enemies clock in little time at all. Perfect mecha for tonnage specific KOTM, or Specialist line ups for a war. These allow you to play with the whole weapons spectrum if you want to at one time, and gives you bonuses for such. Not a lot of mecha can say that honestly. That alone makes them worth the investment.
Not to mention that cool camouflage they are painted in. Given how many of the rocks out there in the galaxy are just that, rocks. Or even dry desert regions, if one of these hunkers down among the sand and rocks chances are you won't see it until it's too late. Mega pilots have mastered powering their mecha down to go undetected, then at the last second they come on line and attack as the prey has no time to react, often in overwhelming numbers.. Many a heavy all the way through to a BFM have fallen to that particular trap. This tactic alone has earned the mecha another nickname aside from The Mega, or the Shogunate Fides, survivors of the ambushed mechas by these insect like creations call them the Rock Spider.
Submitted by Pat Willis#224534