ASCENSION SUPREMACY.ASCENSION SUPREMACY.ASCENSION SUPREMACY.
ASCENSION SUPREMACY.
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Ascension Supremacy.
ASCENSION SUPREMACY.
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ASCENSION SUPREMACY.
Ascension Supremacy Flag (old style).
What exactly is Ascension Supremacy? The truth is... Nobody's sure.
It's known that in the early part of FBX 21555320 settlement, people went missing. Some turned up dead later, with a cause of death being determined; Animal attacks, accidents, at least 1 suicide.
After a couple of years, a "quasi" religious order appeared in the villages, mostly the farming villages, ministering to the "spiritual" and medical needs of the settlers,
Ascension Supremacy is also POWERFUL; Too powerful to take on directly without endangering millions of civilians. It has been estimated that it would take FIFTY Special Battalions to take Ascension Supremacy directly (keeping in mind that Battalioners are considered disposable), and even with this, the OverMind would still be intact, but contained; Upgrading Special Battalions to REF Standard Infantry levels would leave the Battalioners and Supremacy mutually annihilated (an acceptable loss, these ARE after all Bravos), but the millions of civilians Ascension Supremacy holds in their control would be dead as well (NOT an acceptable loss). At the moment, the UGC's policy of containment and support for anti- Ascension Supremacy forces seems to be "mostly" working, though the idea of selling guns, even second-rate guns (such as the AKLU-85) has most members of the Council seething with disgust.
Ascension Supremacy's main enemies are The Powers, followed by The Survivors. The Drug Lords are a nuisance, but not a "threat" per se; They're more like Ascension Supremacy's prey.
In the case of the Powers, very little can rally be done; The Power's have the technology and training to inflict REAL injuries, but the size of Ascension Supremacy versus the size of the Powers makes any real gains limited. Also, the Powers are very concerned about "collateral damage" (destruction of dis-engagement pods), and thus can't press a large-scale operation.
In the case of the Survivors, collateral damage is also a concern; Additionally, the Survivors have neither the technology nor training to press a large-scale advance, nor could they hold such a gain. Their last major operation cost too many lives, and they are ill-prepared to try again any time soon.
Additionally, Supremacy has baited Survivors into small scale operations by providing bait, such as small outposts taking on unusually large supply deliveries. This draws the Survivors out into a pitched battle that usually favors the Supremacy, though other operations of similar nature have proven successful by the Survivors.
The drug lords are too divided against each other, and it this respect the Supremacy in fact has a real advantage; They will attack a weakened position, allowing the other drug lords to sweep in and take whatever they can of the position, thus drawing forces from other positions. This weakens another position in their own petty kingdoms which can be exploited by Ascension Supremacy, or by another drug lord.
General Information
Name:
Director:
Assistant Director:
Mission:
Size and Orientation: Super Network (300).
Features:
A: Outfits:
B: Equipment:
C: Weapons:
D: Bionics and Robotics:
Utility Outfits (2)Cheap Gear (2)None (0)Basic Systems (10)
E: Vehicles:
F: Communications:
G: Offices, Hideouts and Distribution:
H: Military Power:
Public Transportation (3)Basic Service (2)Regional (25)Major Strike Force (50; The Army Of The Supremacy Of Ascension).
I: Super Powered Agents:
J: Sponsorship:
K: Special Budget:
L: Administrative Control:
Freelance (10)Agent Sponsored (50)Small Potatoes (15)Above the Law (50); The ARE THE LAW.
M: Internal Security:
N: External Infiltration:
O: Intelligence Resources:
P: Agency Credentials:
Impregnable (50). Either you're supposed to be there- Or you've commited suicde.
  • Rare Minor Traitor (5)
  • Information Sources (10)
  • Cheap Resources (2)
  • Good Connections (10)
  • Hunted (0)
    Q: Salary:
    Personnel:
    None (0)
    The Leader:
    The MainFrame:
    Followers Of The Ascendant:
    The Army:
    The Ascendant is the elected leader of Ascension Supremacy; The First was Dr. Lyman TAGGART, who took upon himself the title of Dreadlord. He believed that he was going to create a perfect world, devoid of emotions, as they are the enemy of logic. He began destroying all traces of humanity in his followers, burning away slowly the world so that he could build his vision in its place. This became the objective of Project New Order. His obsession with creating a mechanized, perfect world began when he hooked himself up to OverMind, an ancient computer of supreme intelligence and capability; It's not clear if OverMind strengthened ideas already present in Taggart's mind or brainwashed him. Dreadlord rarely leaves his massive fortress, running his global empire from Throne Room. The throne itself is an "Interlocker," a kind of crude neural interface that makes him literally part of OverMind, but makes OverMind part of him.
    It is "thought" he began with noble visions, but found the road he choose was paved "with good intentions."
    OverMind;
    OverMind is a machine. An ancient machine, old and some what run down, but still sharp as a tack. Officially, OverMind fills the role of an Executive Officer, converting policy and plan to action. OverMind, being a machine, provides continuity.
    OverMind also selects the NEXT Overseer.
    The reality is, while the Overseer thinks him/herself the leader, and the Ascedents think of him/her as The Elect, OverMind is the actual leader, controlling who is Elect and how their orders are carried out. OverMind would never be so CRUDE as to openly "stuffing ballots"; No no no. OverMind isn't crude. OverMind assassinates anyone it doesn't want Elect, always making it look like they died in the normal course of Empire Building.

    The Followers Of The Ascendant is a small army of dedicated believers who's duty is to administer and develop Ascension Supremacy. This includes Operational Officers (making sure production quotas are met), Ascendant Jurists ('judges' who routinely accept People's Force and Ascension Army testimony even when contradicted by evidence), propagandists titled "Journalist" and "Spiritual Consultant" (they'd be called chaplains in most other societies, if they deserved the title), engineers who develop new equipment and build roads, towns, etc., medical practitioners who treat sick and injured, and "The Philosophers," people's who sole job is to think about how Ascension Supremacy fits into the universe (including what "based men" might be planning to "undermine our society"- in other words, intelligence analysts).
    Officially titled The Army Of The Supremacy Of Ascension, the Ascension Army is made up of around 100,000 beings that have willingly joined Overseer and OverMind's forces. Most of their duties are taken up with controlling the relatively small number of people that still roam outside "The System," though the most faithful serve as Overseer's personal bodyguards.
    Drone Army:
    "The People's Force":
    Field Agents:
    "The People."
    Over ten million various drones serve as the front-line militry force, holding the drug lords and the UGC off. These are also the forces that take Ascension Supremacy's fight to the drug lords, collect slaves, secure cities, and execute "disarrangement."
    Forces:
  • T-1000 Transports;
  • HK-Tanks;
  • HK-Tanks;
  • Phantom Strikers;
  • Occasional Supremacy Army and every so often even one of the "People's Force" cowards.

  • The euphemistically titled "People Force" would be the police force in any other empire; Under Ascension Supremacy, they're sadistic thugs who enforce The Ascendant's Will by blood and whip, and often by merely "disarranging" the people (see "disarrangement").
    That's not to say they're exclusively bad; the break up fights, find rule breakers, etc., and were Ascension Supremacy not a totalitarian slave state, the rules would resemble most other states of the UGC.
    But at the end of the day, they really are nothing more than a slave empire's overseers at best, a brutal militry at worst.
    The tiniest bright spot in a dark realm, Field Agents arrange water, food, cloths, blankets, housing, and other necessities of life, and can, under certain circumstances, make non-work arrangements for The People (based on a "probability of likelihood to return to work" metric that determines if they are allowed to recover, how soon will they return to work versus how many resources will be invested in them; if resources>labor obtained, the field Agent is supposed to transfer their case to "processing agents" of The People's Force, and many Field Agents have hidden long-term injuries and limited labor to protect The People, a capital crime under Ascension Supremacy).
    "The People." Anyone not contained, and not part of the army, are called "the people."
    In reality, though, they are slaves in all but name. under the pretense of "raising the people," they are forced to serve Ascension Supremacy in whatever capacity the warriors dictate.
    Any. Way.
    Any refusal to serve is punishable by death or containment. (Homosexuality is a sin under Ascension Supremacy- one that is always overlooked if it involves the people.)
    ASCENSION SUPREMACY.
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    Ascension Supremacy Army.
    ASCENSION SUPREMACY.
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    HAPPY ASCENDANT SOILDER.
    A "Happy Ascendant Soldier."
    Officially titled The Army Of The Supremacy Of Ascension, the Ascension Army is made up of around 100,000 beings that have willingly joined Overseer and OverMind's forces. Most of their duties are taken up with controlling the relatively small number of people that still roam outside "The System," though the most faithful serve as Overseer's personal bodyguards. The bravest follow the drone army into the field, executing the OverMinds orders, especially in terms of "disarrangement."
    Requirements for service include being not less than 5 foot 6 inches tall, human of European or certain Asian decent (these candidates must be not less than 5 feet tall), and "good looking"; Recruiters reject candidates on appearance alone constantly.
    Homosexuality is a sin (and a crime punishable by death) under Ascension Supremacy, except when it's Supremacy Army personnel "disciplining" The People; Then it's considered "Incentive Training," and the more brutal the force used, the LESS sinful it is, and worse the more it's applauded. Supremacy Army could probably teach a few of the stricter Atorian factions a thing or two about inhumanity.
    General Information
    Name: The Army Of The Supremacy Of Ascension.
    Colors: Red On Black.
    Symbol/Crest/Banner: The Supreme Ascendant.
    Owner: Ascension Supremacy.
    Commanding Officer: The reigning Overlord.
    Executive Officer: The OverMind.
    Strategy:
    Weaken the drug lords, then allow them to destroy each other.
    Tactics:
    Surround and drown.
    Size and Orientation: Mercenary Army (300).
    Features:
    A: Sponsorship:
    B: Outfits:
    C: Equipment:
    D: Vehicles:
    Criminal: Organized Crime (Ascension Supremacy).Utility Outfits (5): Everyone wears the Ascension Supremacy uniform with armor.Medical Equipment (10); "Medical Equipment" includes field repair equipment for drones.Basic Transportation (3). Everyone travels in T-1000 Multi-Mode Transports or riding on HK-Tanks to the front line areas, or they walk.
    E: Weapons:
    F: Communications:
    G: Internal Security:
    H: Permanent Bases:
    Basic Weaponry (5)Secured Service (10)Iron-Clad (20)Company City (60)
    I: Intelligence Resources:
    J: Special Budget:
    K: General Alignment:
    L: Criminal Activity:
  • Scout Detachment (5)
  • Special Military Operatives (10)
  • Nickels and Dimes (5)Evil: Miscreant and Diabolic (0). The Ascensions "think" of themselves as HIGHLY principled. The truth is...
    They're evil.
  • Cyber-Docs; A small army of them.
  • Gangs of Robbers: The fact is, that is ALL that the Ascension Supremacy "army" is; A gang of thugs with better hardware than their enemies.
  • M: Reputation/Credentials:
    N: Salary:
    Personnel:
    Hunted (0). By litterally everyone. Tśentrædi and Atorian Malcontents can get full pardons for killing Ascension Supremacy members. Syhith members can get pardons for it. NO ONE likes these guys. Even the Palpatians hate them. Beorge are liked better.None (0); "Is not service it's own reward? Does not the Machine provide for your needs?" ~The Edict Of OverMind.
    The senior leadership of Ascension Supremacy is unchanged; As both an order AND militry at the same time, the leaders of the Order are the leaders of the army.
    Only the junior membership is unchanged, and only marginally; Full Ascension Supremacy members are soldiers and members. Just "Don your armor, Warriors Of the Only Faith," and suddenly you're no longer a Regional Line Inspection Agent but a Third Class Soldier (UGC equivalent would be a Sergeant).
    The People, however, remain the same; You're a farmer, a day laborer, a construction worker, etc.
    The Overseer and OverMind remain in charge of the organization.
    Weapons, Equipment, and Resources:
    Standard Issue Weapons:
    Standard Armor:
    Transport Vehicles:
    Combat Vehicles:
    AA-1 Laser Pistol; An exact clone of the REF Wolff sub-machine pistol. This is issued to all Supremacy Army and People's Force members.
    AA-5 Laser Rifle; A T'luaza Milldiem 281 Assault Rifle clone. The shell is slightly different and it uses e-mags (inserts in the stock, like Special Battalion's rifles do), but is otherwise identical. Only issued to Supremacy Army members; Can be issued to People's force on a case by case basis.
    AA-XXI Armor: A light suit of armor. It's "mostly" good against "the people." In actual combat, Ascension Army are supposed to lead the drones like Sergeants and Captains, since it's not really nearly as good as the propaganda portrays it to be.
    Weight: 13¼ pound.
    MDC: 100.
    Penalty: -15% prowl.

  • T-1000 Transports: Used as general purpose heavy lift bodies. They also serve as bombers and, from time to time, as forward command posts (usually manned by Supremacy Army personell). The have also carried armies into battle, but not "as" often.
  • HK-Tanks: Often used by Supremacy Army troops into battle, from which they deploy with the T-100 Drones.

  • HK-Tanks: Heavily armed and armored, the HK-Tank is actually a decent match for most UGC Destroids.
  • Phantom Strikers: Also heavily armed and armored, and capable of making intra-gravity quasi-spacefold jump.
  • T-100 Drones: Pseudo-humanoid drones used to get into spaces that the tanks cant, and as a screening force.
  • ASCENSION SUPREMACY.
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    "The People's Force."
    ASCENSION SUPREMACY.
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    HAPPY ASCENDANT SOILDER.
    A Member Of "The People's Force."
    Officially titled The People's Force and commonly referred to as Enforcers, this is Ascension Supremecy's police force, composed of around 15,000 members in total. Their written duty is to maintain the peace, but more commonly they are the cause of disturbances to the peace; Even an unavoidable insult is a major offence, and they take all offences seriously. It's literally written into their training protocols; "By insulting the peace keepers, the people are insulting the Ascendant by proxy. The 'little' thing today, festers to the major thing of tomorrow. Tearing down the system of Ascendency is the goal of the common, the unwary, the ignorant; By stamping out this hate driven malcontent now, you save many more later."
    Requirements for the People Force is the same as requirements for Ascension Army; Be not less than 5 foot 6 inches tall, human of European or certain Asian decent (these candidates must be not less than 5 feet tall), and "good looking." The "good looking" requirement can be waived on two conditions; The first is prior army service, which is not unknown to age even the youngest. The second is those of quite scary appearance (a human with a horror factor of 5 or more).
    Homosexuality is a sin (and a crime punishable by death) under Ascension Supremacy, and the People's force is "supposed to" enforce this; When it comes to the people, enforcement is as strict as discovery of the crime allows, but when it comes to fellow People's Force member, a blind eye is often turned when not particularly obvious; "Don't ask, don't tell, and don't hold hands." The rule is strictly NOT enforced when applied to the people, as this is described as incentive training.
    For all of their bad points, the Force does in fact maintain order with the people; The people are so scared of Enforcers that they are wary to even attempt to break the rules, and only do so when they know they can without any chance of getting caught. Bribery is also very rare; Firstly because Ascension Supremacy does, in fact, supply all their needs, secondly because the penalty to for treason (bribery) is far, far worse than death. It's Disengagement and transfer to The System's worst nodes, called Gulags, where the Disengaged is quite pointedly tortured for as long as they stay in there. IF they ever come out, they are mentally broken, blubbering useless meat bags that should, of their own accord, die soon enough.
    General Information
    Name: The People Force, individually called Enforcers.
    Colors: Red On Beige.
    Symbol/Crest/Banner: The Supreme Ascendant (old style).
    Owner: Ascension Supremacy.
    Commanding Officer: The reigning Ascendant.
    Executive Officer: The OverMind.
    Strategy:
    Keeping the peace requires nuanced approach, if mere words do not gain compliance they brutally beat or even murder the offender.
    Size and Orientation: Mercenary Army (300).
    Features:
    A: Sponsorship:
    B: Outfits:
    C: Equipment:
    D: Vehicles:
    Criminal: Organized Crime (Ascension Supremacy).Utility Outfits (5): Everyone wears the People's Force uniform with armor.Medical Equipment (10).Basic Transportation (3); Police transports are available.
    E: Weapons:
    F: Communications:
    G: Internal Security:
    H: Permanent Bases:
    Basic Weaponry (5)Secured Service (10)Iron-Clad (20)Fortified Regional Headquarters (20)
    I: Intelligence Resources:
    J: Special Budget:
    K: General Alignment:
    L: Criminal Activity:
  • Scout Detachment (5)
  • Special Military Operatives (10)
  • Nickels and Dimes (5)Evil: Miscreant and Diabolic (0). The Ascensions "think" of themselves as HIGHLY principled but the truth is they're evil.Gangs of Robbers: The fact is, that is ALL that the Ascension Supremacy "army" is; A gang of thugs with better hardware than their enemies.
    M: Reputation/Credentials:
    N: Salary:
    Personnel:
    Hunted (0). By literally everyone. Tśentrædi and Atorian Malcontents can get full pardons for killing Ascension Supremacy members. Syhith members can get pardons for it. NO ONE likes these guys. Even the Palpatians hate them. Beorge are liked better.None (0); "Is not service it's own reward? Does not the Machine provide for your needs?" ~The Edict Of OverMind.
    The senior leadership of Ascension Supremacy is unchanged; As both an order AND militry at the same time, the leaders of the Order are the leaders of the army.
    Whereas Ascension Army personnel don their armor in times of battle, the Enforcers full-time job is enforcement of the rules, and therefor they've already "Don(ned their) armor, Warriors Of the Only Faith." Most enforcers have a second job supporting Field Agents, but this is as much to spy on Field Agents and the people as to appear civic-minded (despite the propaganda otherwise).
    The Overseer and OverMind remain in charge of the organization.
    Weapons, Equipment, and Resources:
    Standard Issue Weapons:
    Standard Armor:
    Transport Vehicles:
    Combat Vehicles:
    AA-1 Laser Pistol; An exact clone of the REF Wolff sub-machine pistol. This is issued to all Supremacy Army and People's Force members.
    AA-5 Laser Rifle; A T'luaza Milldiem 281 Assault Rifle clone. The shell is slightly different and it uses e-mags (inserts in the stock, like Special Battalion's rifles do), but is otherwise identical. Can be issued to only on a case by case basis.
    AA-XIIa Armor: A light suit of armor. It's "mostly" good against "the people." It's really not nearly as good as the propaganda portrays it to be, but has often meant the difference between life and death in a back street brawl.
    Weight: 8 pound.
    MDC: 30.
    Penalty: No prowl penalty.
  • T-1000 Transports: Used as general purpose heavy lift bodies, they are to transport large numbers of lesser "criminals" to lesser penalties, like serving time at the Dienneier Mine and as major incident command posts. The have also carried enforcers into major incidents, but not "as" often.
  • Common 4-door cars painted in People's Force livery.
  • The People's Force does not have armored vehicles of their own, but can call for the Army's HK-Tanks, which are heavily armed and armored, a decent match for most UGC Destroids. These will deploy as Army vehicles, and then simply kill anything they see.
    ASCENSION SUPREMACY.
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    Ascension Supremacy Hardware.
    ASCENSION SUPREMACY.
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    Like any faction, Ascension Supremacy Hardware has some equipment unique to themselves.
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    T-100 Hunter Killer.
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    T-800 HUNTER KILLER.
    T-800z
    Humanoid Hunter Killer Units are androids developed and intended to be similar to a human endoskeleton in appearance and function.
    Ascension Supremacy studied the human body, and used that knowledge to create the Infiltrators, machines that look and behave more like real humans with real skin, so they could infiltrate the Resistance.
    A number of Terminator series have been released over the years. Some series have sub-series which are basically an improved version of the original series. Sometimes, the fuel system is upgraded or the CPU is replaced with a more advanced chip. Further divergent timelines show evidence of additional advanced, increasingly organic infiltrating Terminator series developed and fielded in both the past and the Ascension Supremacy-dominated futures.
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    FK.
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    DIAGRAM VIEWS.DIAGRAM VIEWS.DIAGRAM VIEWS.
    FK.
    The FK (Flyer Killer) is a type of Non-Humanoid Hunter Killer flying machine built by Ascension Supremacy; Originally developed as a "proof of concept" system shortly after the T-1, the FK was later re-commissioned to penetrate confined spaces (tunnels, etc.) to search for humans.
    It is a direct predecessor to the HK-Aerial, armed with twin plasma cannons, with three rockets under each wing and two under the nose. The re-commissioned version is also equipped with a self-destruct mechanism (on-board detonation of the rockets, which is then amplified by on-board fuel), turning them effectively into recallable, re-fuelable missiles.
    It uses three rotatable jets for locomotion and is very maneuverable. At only 3 feet 6 inches in length, 1feet 6 inches in width, and 9.5 inches feet tall, it makes a small target when moving. But because of its size it has little armor and cannot take much damage before its destruction. It sees in the familiar red tinted vision of the Series 8xx. Its rockets and cannons are deployed out of slots in its sides when it finds a target. It is used mainly for patrols and when attacking targets of opportunity.
    ASCENSION SUPREMACY.
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    T-1000 Multi-Mode Craft.
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    A TRANSPORTER IN FLIGHT.
    A Transporter In Flight.
    DIAGRAM VIEWS.
    Diagram Views.
    The T-1000 Multi-Mode Craft (also called the Transport, because the original purpose was as a transporter) is a supersized variant of the HK-Aerial used as a large flying transport; The Transporter had to add forward vector-thrust jets and dedicated quad waist vertical thrusters (the waist thrusters have dorsal and ventral hatches for horizontal flight motion, and only used for vertical take off; they are minimally used for landing). As a large VTOL-style craft, the transport is also capable of carrying a HK-Tank, 200 HK T-100's, 12 FK's, and two HK-Aerials. This complement is reduced to zero HK-Tanks and T-100's but increasedto4 HK-Aerials and 20 FK's when used as a Flying Fortress or bomber.
    T-1000's can be any heavy-body aerial platform; Troop transport, general transport, bomber, or flying fortress (airborn command and control and/or ground-attack and close air support gunship).
    In a particularly brilliant strike, The Survivors "allowed" a member to be captured, thus putting her in position to hack a T-1000, which she then ordered to land, disgorge prisoners, then fly into an Ascension Supremacy factory, destroying an estimated 100,000 T-100's and nearly breaking A/S's back. (Unfortunately, A/S had tens of thousands of T-1 in a decommissioning yard, which were pressed into duty to hold the line for TEN YEARS until A/S was able to fully rebuild.)
    The brilliance of this operation was that Ascension Supremacy never knew exactly why the attack occurred, though they did realize it had something to do with the presence of human cargo. As a result, they installed a new generation of access panels that can not be opened from inside the cargo compartment (though Powers might be able to land on top, and Survivors would be willing to allow themselves to be taken captive to allow another member to climb on top).
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    HK-Aerial.
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    HK Aerial 2029.
    HK-Aerial.
    The term HK-Aerial refers to Ascension Supremacy's airborne VTOL-capable Close Support Hunter Killers. Featuring a devastating array of under-slung and wing-mounted lasers, missiles, and plasma cannons, the HK-Aerial is fearsome and terrifying to behold.
    Specification
    Often operating in support of ground sweeps by swarms of Series 800 Endoskeletons, they are one of the more dangerous targets for the members of the Resistance to engage. HK-Aerials can be brought down by shoulder fired surface to air missiles. They are able to carry two T-100's onboard.
    A surprise to most, the HK-A doesn't have landing struts or gears; They use quad reverse-articulated legs each of which is about 75% the length of the craft. In theory, they could be used as ground combat platforms, but this is only used in the MOST pressing of situations, to close a tunnel/cave (like a watchdog). The HK-A isn't armored enough to be seriously used in this capacity, and the resistance groups know this; as a result, they've on occasion dove into tunnels, with a booby trap or ambush set in advance.
    Like all Ascension Supremacy drones, the HK-A is susceptible to on-board hacking, which is usually not an issue as the HK-A is an airborne platform; However, a year after the Transporter Hijack, a resistance member snuck into an Ascension Supremacy airdrome, climbed onto an HK-A, and ordered the craft to take off and strafe the area. It destroyed over 100 HK-A's and an HK-Tank before it was brought down. (Only2 HK-A's survived the massacre, both by taking off and bolting.) This set Ascension Supremacy back in the sector for the next year, forcing them to stay on the defense.
    If the HK/A looks familiar, that's because it is; The first hundred or so XTNDR II's were in fact reprogrammed HK/As, which "may" have contributed to the program's failures; Most of the REF personnel working on the project were themselves FBX veterans, and seeing HK's, even in REF colors, would have been "off-putting."
    ASCENSION SUPREMACY.
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    HK Tank.
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    HK TANK.HK TANK.
    HK Tank Diagram Views.
    The term HK-Tank refers to a wide variety of Ascension Supremacy's ground-based combat Hunter-Killer vehicle.
    Developed from the original T-1, the HK-Tank is several stories tall and vaguely humanoid in overall shape, possessing a rotating, conning tower-like "head", two steel "arms" equipped with twin-barreled directional plasma cannons, and two "legs" consisting of massive individual tank treads. While formidably armed, the HK-Tank can be easily destroyed by a well-placed demolition charge.
    With the increase of effective anti-HK tactics used by the Resistance to not only disable these units but to scavenge them for heavy weapons, power sources, and armor, Ascension Supremacy has started equipping some units with crew compartments, containing concealed endoskeletons to counterattack the human assault teams.
    Systemic Weakness
    The HK Tank has a Systems Service Access Panel on the aft of the mast, which is not secured in any significant fashion. In this is a standard USB port, so a jump drive of sufficient capacity "could" be inserted and automatically upload a Systems Command Override (basically, a hacking virus that transfers control to other parties).
    In reality it doesn't work that way (it's not that simple), but if you can board the rear most HK Tank unseen, you can use their own tanks to wreck havoc. (Actually, all Ascension Supremacy drones are susceptible to this hack, but only HK Tanks are susceptible; T-100 are too close together and can escape, and FK's, HK-Aerials, and T-1000's are flyers.) A far more common (and generally more effective) tactic has been simply to drop a grenade, or even a flare, down the hatch.
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    T-1 Drone.
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    T-1 DRONE (old style).
    T-1 Drone.
    The T-1 Drone was Ascension Supremacy's first drone, meant only as a proof of concept platform, and kept on-line for 10 years until the T-100's superseded them in every way.
    Unfortunately, the production of ONE T-100 equals about five T-1's (even with a massive upgrade). When The Survivors turned a T-1000 Transporter on the Supremacy, T-1's were pressed into service to hold the lines until a new T-100, HK-Aerial, and HK-Tank factory could be brought on line.
    As a result, THREE T-1 factories are kept on-line, with any one on line for 3 months at a time, producing 100 drones every year. These are kept in the rear as a security force.
    Like all Ascension Supremacy drones, theT-1 has the all too easily accessed USB port on the back. However, unlike the HK-Tanks, the T-1 can turn to face the threat fast enough to counter it.
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