La Mancha

The La Mancha is a heavily-customized PFR-04C Cheetah owned and operated by Nuevo Aztecan expatriate Antonio Cervantes.

Unit Description & Combat Characteristics
The La Mancha features enhanced armor that visually mimics the street garb of duelists from Spanish antiquity. Its vibrant red, green, white, and gold coloration is at once both a reflection of the pilot's bravo nature and the colors of the flag of former Mexico.

Armaments & Features

 * Beam Saber
 * Despite the name, a beam saber is not a traditional beam weapon; the blade is a plasma arc held in place by a magnetic field, which can be set by the manufacturer into a wide variety of simple shapes. These melee weapons can cleave through steel armor with no problem, but find difficulty cutting through surfaces with an anti-beam coating applied. Hand-carried in use, they receive power through couplings built into the palm of an AF's hand.


 * Grappling Anchor
 * This ranged tool allows an AF to ensnare opposition with a drag line, or manipulate cargo and equipment. Propelled by either a jet of compressed air or a ballistic cartridge, the drag line is tipped with a hook or similar sharp implement to catch onto a surface (or the drag line itself if it's wrapped around an object).


 * Beam Shield
 * Mounted on La Mancha's left shoulder, this magnetic field of the shield takes the shape of a short cloak, and is designed to defend against attacks that would damage or destroy its dueling arm. Beam shields are another application of the technology used to produce beam sabers, and offer protection against particle weaponry, solid munitions, and explosives, but overuse can lead to shutdown to prevent cascade failures.