War Mongrel



The War Mongrels were a type of mechanical soldier developed by Makuta Drakah and Makuta Antharahk and used extensively by the two during the War of Pestilence against Leskya Nui. Although they were associated with the Brotherhood of Makuta, the only two Makuta who utilized them were their two creators.

Prehistory
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Creation and First Deployment
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Post-War of Pestilence
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Description
Although the various models of War Mongrel varied greatly, most shared common traits, namely height and strength roughly comparable to those of the average Toa, a helmet containing only a single eye for a face, and a hunched stature. They were typically colored with varying shades of dark red.

Models

 * Footsoldier: The most easily created model and the most common, they were dark red and bright silver. They received orders from commanding units, and the closest thing to an artificial intelligence they possessed was a backup program giving them adaptable instructions on how to retreat should they be cut off from communication from a higher authority. The Footsoldier design was easily modified since certain tools and equipment could be given to them to allow them to serve a different function without necessarily having to modify them directly.
 * Pilot: A model designed to be incorporated into the systems of a Brotherhood airship. They consisted only of a torso and head possessing plugs and ports with which to connect to the onboard computer of an airship. There were typically two per ship, a "co-pilot" to receive orders from a commander (i.e. "gun down the nearest enemy") and figure out how to pursue that order, and a "true pilot" to receive the more specific orders from the co-pilot and control the airship itself.
 * Retaliator: Similar to Footsoldiers, but designed to incorporate Kraata and utilize their abilities, also giving them 42 sub-types. As they were tougher to make, they were used sparingly and were only produced when needed. Their name came from the fact that they were produced to counteract, nullify, or impede threats which were otherwise very difficult to manage.
 * Sapient: Sapients were the rarest model, powered by a Kraata, but given a form of sapience through a combination of the Kraata's own brain and artificial intelligence. They were used as commanders and possessed ranks ranging from an on-field Officer to the War-General, the highest ranking War Mongrel.
 * Sentry: Used solely for defending Drakah and Antharahk's domain, they were linked to a system within the building they protected which could quickly connect them with different Kraata breeds to make them highly adaptable.
 * Diffuser: A model consisting only of a computer, with no humanoid form. They could access Leskya Nui's radio broadcasts and were used to spread "infected" broadcasts through the island's airwaves. They were only considered War Mongrels due to them being capable of receiving orders from Sapients in order to make the process of infesting airwaves easier for Drakah and Antharahk.

Weaponry
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Known Units
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 * Ruthos: Former War-General, ejected from the army and supposedly killed on a mission
 * A Pilot model present at the first detonation of the Incendiary
 * A troop of Footsoldier models present at the first detonation of the Incendiary

Trivia

 * The War Mongrels were inspired by the Brotherhood of Makuta soldiers seen in KylerNuva's Reign of Terror series.
 * Although they were initially named the War Machines, Cap eventually scrapped this name due to an article of the same name already existing on the wiki. While brainstorming names, Cap thought up "Warmongrel" as a portmanteau of "Warmonger" and "Mongrel". Although he thought the name was silly and still does to an extent, he liked how the word "mongrel" implied that the soldiers were composed of parts of differing origins and eventually incorporated this into their history.