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Ascalon 2nd Generation Limited Production Gigantes

Overall Height: 47.3m (Head Fin included) / 45.2m (Head Fin excluded)
Width: 28.2m
Empty Weight: approx. 300 metric ton
Max Weight: approx. 450 metric ton
Reactor: 1 x Vagrant Core
Reactor Output: approx. 500MW

Gigantes are giant humanoid weapons designed to fight the invaders from another dimension, the Vagrants, the Ascalon is one such machine designed to give humanity a fighting chance in their losing war against the vagrants.

The Ascalon is a 2nd Generation Gigantes built and operated by Hoffen Initiative, it is much smaller than the 1st Generation Cyclops which stands at 60m tall, the Ascalon is much more powerful and less bulkier than contemporary nuclear-powered machines such as the Dansleif and Gungnir operated by the International Union of Nations.

The Ascalon is powered by a Vagrant Core provided by the infant Vagrant Pillar under Hoffen Initiative's care codenamed 'Harmonia', the power output of the Vagrant Cores provided by 'Harmonia' rivals that of an aircraft carrier and is limited at approximately 500 megawatts for safety reasons.

The Ascalon doesn't come with many built-in armaments, it is only equipped with a pair of 35mm gatling cannons on each arm and a pair of High-Frequency Combat Dagger hidden inside the sheath under each arm. The Ascalon however, have a wide variety of weapons developed for it as part of the Weapons and Spare parts Standardization Project, these weapon includes:
-M101 155mm Assault Cannon: A bullpup assault cannon designed to be used by 2nd Generation Gigantes, it has a high capacity magazine capable of holding 144 rounds of 155mm artillery shells.

-M111 500mm Shotgun: A shotgun chambered in 500mm, the shotgun shells are filled with several hundred flechette darts that scatters upon leaving the barrel, this weapon is designed to take out multiple smaller size worker vagrants at close quarter combat.

-M121 230mm Railgun: An electromagnetic accelerator designed to launch 230mm projectile accurately over a long distance at hypersonic speed, the railgun could launch anything as long as it fits inside the barrel.

-M131 230mm Support Cannon: A rapid-fire cannon firing 230mm artillery shells, it feeds from a 200 rounds drum magazine.

-M151 Positron Cannon: An anti-matter weapon designed with reverse-engineered Vagrant technology, the Positron Cannon is a powerful weapon capable of annihilating larger Worker Vagrants, however, it can only be fired when connected to an energy source such as the Hoffen’s fusion reactor or the Gigantes own vagrant core.

-M141 155mm gatling gun: A 6-barrel gatling gun capable of firing up to 2000 rounds of 155mm artillery shells per minute.

-M102 Battle Sword: A melee weapon resembling a long sword, it is equipped with heated edge and vibrating blade to easily cut through vagrants.

-M112 Shock Spear: A melee weapon resembling a spear, it is 55m long with a sturdy handle, when penetrating an enemy deep enough, the spear could release superheated gas to destroy the enemy from within, it is very effective against Vagrants when hit near the core.

-M122 Riesenschwert: A melee weapon resembling a great sword, it’s much bigger and heavier than the Battle Sword, it has vibrating jagged edges to increase damage against the vagrants and enemy Gigantes.

Being a powerful machine comes with a drawback, the Ascalon's full potential could only be unleashed by augmented humans, non-augmented humans could pilot the Ascalon just fine but they're constrained to the sticks and pedals to manipulate the limbs. Meanwhile, an augmented human could finely control the machine by their thought alone with the stick and pedals serving as backup control, in addition to this, they could also utilize the Temporal Hyper Active Neural Transfer Operational System or commonly known as THANATOS which could boost combat performance up to 500% depending on the pilot.

THANATOS utilizes the Vagrant Core's unused computational power to process information and augment the pilot's reaction time and performance, THANATOS have a 300 seconds activation limit to avoid permanent brain damage from neural overload, the pilot however could disable this limiter at their own risk of receiving permanent brain damage or worse of all death.

Another drawback of the Ascalon is the power source it uses, the Vagrant Core itself, the Vagrant Core is known to be mentally harmful to its pilot, other than the risk of permanent brain damage during the operation of THANATOS, the Vagrant Core could also contaminate the pilot's consciousness slowly assimilating their mind into the core itself, this mostly resulted in 'mental death' but could be alleviated with the use of a special drug.

Despite being outfitted with powerful rocket motors on its legs and back thrusters, the Ascalon still couldn't achieve long-duration independent flight due to the lack of lifting surfaces, this could be remedied by the use of an external flight unit such as the Icaros Flight Booster unit.

The Ascalon would later be developed into the simpler to maintain and easier to use Ascalon Trooper, the Trooper variant however uses weaker Vagrant Core to allow non-augmented pilots to safely and easily pilot it.

A total of 16 Ascalons were built alongside 32 units of Ascalon Troopers.

The Ascalon is heavily inspired by mechas like Fafner and Tactical Surface Fighters...

Anyway, commission is open, you can check Commission Open! or PM me for details, I'm in desperate need of money...

You can also follow me in Twitter to see progress on my models! twitter.com/Stupolevbear

Description
Ascalon 2nd Generation Limited Production Gigantes

Overall Height: 47.3m (Head Fin included) / 45.2m (Head Fin excluded)
Width: 28.2m
Empty Weight: approx. 300 metric ton
Max Weight: approx. 450 metric ton
Reactor: 1 x Vagrant Core
Reactor Output: approx. 500MW

Gigantes are giant humanoid weapons designed to fight the invaders from another dimension, the Vagrants, the Ascalon is one such machine designed to give humanity a fighting chance in their losing war against the vagrants.

The Ascalon is a 2nd Generation Gigantes built and operated by Hoffen Initiative, it is much smaller than the 1st Generation Cyclops which stands at 60m tall, the Ascalon is much more powerful and less bulkier than contemporary nuclear-powered machines such as the Dansleif and Gungnir operated by the International Union of Nations.

The Ascalon is powered by a Vagrant Core provided by the infant Vagrant Pillar under Hoffen Initiative's care codenamed 'Harmonia', the power output of the Vagrant Cores provided by 'Harmonia' rivals that of an aircraft carrier and is limited at approximately 500 megawatts for safety reasons.

The Ascalon doesn't come with many built-in armaments, it is only equipped with a pair of 35mm gatling cannons on each arm and a pair of High-Frequency Combat Dagger hidden inside the sheath under each arm. The Ascalon however, have a wide variety of weapons developed for it as part of the Weapons and Spare parts Standardization Project, these weapon includes:
-M101 155mm Assault Cannon: A bullpup assault cannon designed to be used by 2nd Generation Gigantes, it has a high capacity magazine capable of holding 144 rounds of 155mm artillery shells.

-M111 500mm Shotgun: A shotgun chambered in 500mm, the shotgun shells are filled with several hundred flechette darts that scatters upon leaving the barrel, this weapon is designed to take out multiple smaller size worker vagrants at close quarter combat.

-M121 230mm Railgun: An electromagnetic accelerator designed to launch 230mm projectile accurately over a long distance at hypersonic speed, the railgun could launch anything as long as it fits inside the barrel.

-M131 230mm Support Cannon: A rapid-fire cannon firing 230mm artillery shells, it feeds from a 200 rounds drum magazine.

-M151 Positron Cannon: An anti-matter weapon designed with reverse-engineered Vagrant technology, the Positron Cannon is a powerful weapon capable of annihilating larger Worker Vagrants, however, it can only be fired when connected to an energy source such as the Hoffen’s fusion reactor or the Gigantes own vagrant core.

-M141 155mm gatling gun: A 6-barrel gatling gun capable of firing up to 2000 rounds of 155mm artillery shells per minute.

-M102 Battle Sword: A melee weapon resembling a long sword, it is equipped with heated edge and vibrating blade to easily cut through vagrants.

-M112 Shock Spear: A melee weapon resembling a spear, it is 55m long with a sturdy handle, when penetrating an enemy deep enough, the spear could release superheated gas to destroy the enemy from within, it is very effective against Vagrants when hit near the core.

-M122 Riesenschwert: A melee weapon resembling a great sword, it’s much bigger and heavier than the Battle Sword, it has vibrating jagged edges to increase damage against the vagrants and enemy Gigantes.

Being a powerful machine comes with a drawback, the Ascalon's full potential could only be unleashed by augmented humans, non-augmented humans could pilot the Ascalon just fine but they're constrained to the sticks and pedals to manipulate the limbs. Meanwhile, an augmented human could finely control the machine by their thought alone with the stick and pedals serving as backup control, in addition to this, they could also utilize the Temporal Hyper Active Neural Transfer Operational System or commonly known as THANATOS which could boost combat performance up to 500% depending on the pilot.

THANATOS utilizes the Vagrant Core's unused computational power to process information and augment the pilot's reaction time and performance, THANATOS have a 300 seconds activation limit to avoid permanent brain damage from neural overload, the pilot however could disable this limiter at their own risk of receiving permanent brain damage or worse of all death.

Another drawback of the Ascalon is the power source it uses, the Vagrant Core itself, the Vagrant Core is known to be mentally harmful to its pilot, other than the risk of permanent brain damage during the operation of THANATOS, the Vagrant Core could also contaminate the pilot's consciousness slowly assimilating their mind into the core itself, this mostly resulted in 'mental death' but could be alleviated with the use of a special drug.

Despite being outfitted with powerful rocket motors on its legs and back thrusters, the Ascalon still couldn't achieve long-duration independent flight due to the lack of lifting surfaces, this could be remedied by the use of an external flight unit such as the Icaros Flight Booster unit.

The Ascalon would later be developed into the simpler to maintain and easier to use Ascalon Trooper, the Trooper variant however uses weaker Vagrant Core to allow non-augmented pilots to safely and easily pilot it.

A total of 16 Ascalons were built alongside 32 units of Ascalon Troopers.

The Ascalon is heavily inspired by mechas like Fafner and Tactical Surface Fighters...

Anyway, commission is open, you can check Commission Open! or PM me for details, I'm in desperate need of money...

You can also follow me in Twitter to see progress on my models! twitter.com/Stupolevbear