[b]Name[/b]
[color=#ffed00][indent]Erich Volk[/indent][/color]
[b]Age[/b]
[color=#ffed00][indent]27[/indent][/color]
[b]Gender[/b]
[color=#ffed00][indent]Masculine[/indent][/color]
[b]Job[/b]
[color=#ffed00][indent]Commander of the [i]König[/i][/indent][/color]
[b]Country of Origin[/b]
[color=#ffed00][indent]Germany[/indent][/color]
[b]Appearance[/b]
[color=#ffed00][indent]A stout, burly young man with a contemplative countenance, Erich stands at approximately 177 cm. He is generally dressed in utilitarian working clothing, his steel-toed boots and work vest make him fit right in with the engineers and mechanics assigned to maintaining the human fighting machines. Which is no surprise, given his tendency to supervise and assist with repairs and modifications to the [i]König[/i]. His eyes are a bright grey, with short, jet black hair parted down the middle that matches a well kept mustache and near permanent stubble.[/indent][/color]
[b]Personality[/b]
[color=#ffed00][indent]A usually jovial, if admittedly eccentric individual with an obvious interest in the deeply mechanical nature of the machines which he has spent his life building and maintaining.[/indent][/color]
[b]Equipment[/b]
[color=#ffed00][indent]A variety of hand tools and equipment for the upkeep of his fighting machine. In addition, he carries a Navy P03 as a sidearm. An 8mm Luger self-loading rifle is stowed in the [i]König[/i] for emergency use.[/indent][/color]
[b]Fighting Machine[/b]
[color=#ffed00][indent][i]König[/i][/indent][/color]
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[b]Designation[/b]
[color=E4E5E9][indent][i]König[/i][/indent][/color]
[b]Country of Origin[/b]
[color=E4E5E9][indent]Germany[/indent][/color]
[b]Crew[/b]
[color=E4E5E9][indent]5[/indent][/color]
[b]Description[/b]
[color=E4E5E9][indent]A shelled, angular [i]colossi[/i] of broad proportions, standing slightly lower than most of the human fighting machines at 8.7 meters. Squat, and covered in riveted armor plate, the German fighting machine resembles a gargantuan iron arthropod in some respects, its four locomotive magneto-mechanic legs only adding to the image. Each ends in a broad, spade-like armor plate which extends up past the "knee" of each limb, working as feet, protection, as well as earthmoving entrenching tools. A humanoid torso rises up from the "waist" of the colossi, hunched and widening towards the top, with two arms on either side. The left is heavily armored, possessing a massive shield of thick armor plate, which terminates in a hydraulic pincer. The right is smaller, ending in a large multitool and winch assembly.
Two smaller magneto-mechanical limbs extend from the [i]König[/i]'s back, each ending in somewhat smaller armored shields. A gilded ornament extends over the front face of the machine's torso, around the flattened slit viewport for the commander.
Two paired rectangular funnels extend out from the fighting machine's back, one of the few unarmored sections of the machine.
Primarily painted a light battleship grey, sans the gilded ornament and red markings.[/indent][/color]
[b]Weapons[/b]
[color=E4E5E9][indent]Four 17 cm SK L/26 guns mounted in a quad semi-armored position over the 's right shoulder. Equipped with semi armor piercing HE and airburst fragmentation shells. Loaded using a hydraulic rammer and an experimental electric shell feed.
Four casemate mounted 4.7 cm SK L/32 revolver cannons provide closer, more rapid fire support. They are mounted above the König's left arm positioned forward, lateral, and backwards; while the fourth is mounted beneath the right arm near the waist.[/indent][/color]
[b]Traits[/b]
[color=E4E5E9][indent]Clad in Krupp cemented armor plate stripped from the battleship [i]Kaiser Barbarossa[/i], a full 300 mm on the shields and thinning down to 100 mm on the [i]colossi[/i] itself. Its heavy armor and four-legged stance significantly slows down the König compared to many other human fighting machines, though the advantage in survivability and stability more than make up for the lack of maneuverability.
Emphasizing this, the [i]König[/i] has the capability to collapse its shields down to form a single large shell around the [i]colossi[/i]. Digging its spade-like limbs into the earth and diverting electrical power from its magneto-mechanic limbs to its shell feed hoist allows it to drastically increase the rate of fire of its main cannons, at the cost of all movement.[/indent][/color]