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War Mongrel | |
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Autonomous War Machines | |
Appearance | Varies; most are humanoid |
Size | Varies; average 1.6 bio (1.37 meters) in height |
Powers | Various Kraata powers (Sapient, Retaliator, and Sentry-exclusive) |
Tools | Various firearms and melee weapons |
Creators | Antharahk, Drakah |
The War Mongrels were a type of mechanical soldier (and, to an extent, a variant of Rahkshi) 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 Makuta who utilized them were their creators.
History[]
Prehistory[]
Due to the threat which Toa of Iron and Magnetism posed to the Makuta species, Teridax had long had the island of Leskya Nui, located in the west Southern Island chain, under review due to its considerable population of Fa-Matoran. As soon as the island's Matoran population proved itself capable of producing Toa by forming its own Toa team for self-defense, Teridax finally made the decision to have the island's Fa-Matoran swiftly exterminated. He ordered fellow Makuta Antharahk, who specialized in developing plagues and infections, with enacting such a feat.
Initially, Antharahk attempted to use his signature diseases to kill Fa-Matoran whilst keeping other Matoran alive as carriers, but this method proved ineffective, forcing him to reluctantly give up the usage of disease. For the next handful of years, he searched for members or associates of the Brotherhood of Makuta to assist him, eventually coming across Drakah, a fellow Makuta and a weapon engineer for the Brotherhood who had a vast knowledge in robotics and computer programming. She agreed to help him, due to the interest she found in running experiments with him after the two completed their task. They soon began brainstorming ideas, eventually coming to the conclusion that an army would be the best option if they were to try and kill only Fa-Matoran.
Creation[]
With the army idea settled on, Antharahk and Drakah immediately looked to Rahkshi. Several problems stood in their way, however: Teaching Rahkshi to avoid killing non-Fa-Matoran proved difficult and unintuitive, and the process of creating two whole high-level Kraata to create a single unit was inefficient and took up time. While observing Rahkshi behavioral patterns (which led them to the first issue), however, Drakah theorized that they could combine the animalistic minds of Kraata with advanced computers to create a form of sapience. The two found this to be possible, and from there, the idea of the War Mongrel developed, named after the fact that the sapience was a "hybrid" bond between two distinct entities.
While Drakah began developing and testing for a hierarchal order of command for sapient soldiers through vigorous programming, Antharahk utilized his knowledge of biology to study the behaviors of sapient War Mongrels and find a balance between critical thinking and obedience. Drakah, however, would eventually come to play a major role in behavioral testing; when the time came to choose which sapient War Mongrels would become commanders, she hand-picked a unit named Ruthos as the War General, the highest-ranking War Mongrel. A good balance between critical thinking and obedience was unable to be met, leading to several uprisings before the War Mongrels had even met the field of battle. Because of this, Antharahk chose to force obedience upon them through a series of strict rules, which successfully prevented future uprisings.
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Deployment[]
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Post-War of Pestilence[]
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Description[]
Although the various models of War Mongrel varied in physique, all models except the Pilot and Diffuser were humanoids roughly the same height as the average Toa, even with a hunched stature, but were skinnier than most Toa. Those with heads possessed a helmet containing only a single eye. Most were gray or white in order to blend in with the snow seen on Leskya Nui.
Models[]
- Footsoldier: The most easily created model and the most common, they were dark red and bright silver. The Footsoldier design could be easily modified to give it certain functions, even in the middle of battle. They received orders wirelessly from commanding Sapients known as Officers, and the closest thing to an artificial intelligence they possessed was a backup program allowing them to react to losing communication with their Officer. If cut off from an assigned Officer, they would attempt to locate and reconnect with them. If their assigned Officer was offline, they would either reassign themselves to another Officer.
- Undertaker: A variant of the Footsoldier, similarly working under Officers. They acted as combat medics, scrapping fallen comrades for parts and using them to repair other damaged War Mongrels. In addition to this, they would also repair fallen Officers whose Kraata and computers were intact to form Emergency Officers. Undertakers were considerably common for a combat medic-type model. Like Footsoldiers, they possessed programs to run if disconnected of an Officer, which primarily consisted of finding and repairing damaged Officers. Undertakers were also seen out of the field of battle, although they repaired units rather than scrapping them for parts.
- Retaliator: Similar to Footsoldiers, but designed to incorporate Kraata and utilize their abilities, 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 that were otherwise very difficult to manage.
- Sapient: Like Retaliators, Sapients were powered by Kraata, but were given a form of sapience through a combination of the Kraata's own brain and nigh-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.
- Officer: The "lowest" form of Sapient, commanding directly over Footsoldiers within the field of battle. The only reason they were made humanoid was so that they could defend themselves; designs for Officers which eliminated the disadvantages of having a true body were scrapped in favor of the ability to effectively utilize Kraata powers against opponents.
- Emergency Officer: The result of an Undertaker rebooting and repairing a damaged Officer whose Kraata and computer systems remained intact. Due to the difficulty of working with Kraata life support systems, most Undertakers only repaired such life support systems and the computers, not having time to give back mobility. Because of this, most Emergency Officers were immobilized and were fused to the backs of other troops for protection.
- Officer: The "lowest" form of Sapient, commanding directly over Footsoldiers within the field of battle. The only reason they were made humanoid was so that they could defend themselves; designs for Officers which eliminated the disadvantages of having a true body were scrapped in favor of the ability to effectively utilize Kraata powers against opponents.
- Sentry: Used solely for defending Drakah and Antharahk's domain, they were physically linked to a system within the building they protected which could connect them with different Kraata breeds. This allowed them to switch quickly between various Kraata powers, making them highly adaptable. As a downside, their physical connections to their surroundings made them virtually immobile. Some models were modified to connect to Dodge Kraata to escape attacks, but using the power had a high probability of breaking their connective cables.
- 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 determine 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.
- 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 replaced previous devices made for the same purpose, modified from existing War Mongrels to making communication easier between them and the Sapients that commanded them.
Weaponry[]
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Known Units[]
- Ruthos: Former War-General, ejected from the army and supposedly killed in the first detonation of the Incendiary
- A Pilot model present at the first detonation of the Incendiary
- A troop of Footsoldier models present at the first detonation of the Incendiary
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Appearances[]
- Dirge - First appearance
- Against the Storm - Volumes II, III, V, & VI
Trivia[]
- The War Mongrels were initially inspired by the Brotherhood of Makuta soldiers seen in KylerNuva's Reign of Terror series.
- Although they were initially named the War Machines, Chondrya eventually decided to change their name due to an article of the same name already existing on the wiki. While brainstorming names, Chondrya thought up "Warmongrel" as a portmanteau of "Warmonger" and "Mongrel". Although she thought the name was silly
andstill does to an extent, she liked how the word "mongrel" implied that the soldiers were born from an amalgamation of different things and eventually incorporated this into their history.