Name: Ice Blazer
Alignment: Guylos Empire
Family: Doberman
Registration Number: DPZ-21
Crew: 1
Height: 9.4 Meters
Length: 14.4 Meters
Weight: 64 Tons
Top Speed: 390 kph (boosters), 290 kph (boosterless)
Weapons: Twin AZ80mm Hyper Photon Cannons, 45mm Pulse Laser Cannon, Dual 60mm Beam Cannons & 30mm Laser Cannon, 30mm Laser Machinegun, Hardened Alloy Blades, Claws, and Teeth.
Special Abilities: 3D Doppler Radar, Reflective Metal Ice Armor.
Level: 4
The Ice Blazer is equipped with all ranged laser weapons as well as Reflective Metal Ice Armor, making it probably the least effective Zoid in its class to use against itself. Well, maybe not, but it’s up there. Anyway, the Ice Blazer is often referred to as the Guylos answer to the Hound Soldier. Though that analysis is technically incorrect, both the Ice Blazer and Hound Soldier are dog-typed. The Ice Blazer, as it so happens, if of the Doberman family. It’s heavily armed but with light armor, roughly the same as that of the Lightning Saix. Still, that same armor the the aforementioned Reflective Metal Ice Armor, which is great for fighting beam-weapon wielding opponents.
The Ice Blazer is also blazing fast. It’s capable of a full 390 kph with boosters engaged, but really only in a straight line. Don’t mistake the Ice Blazer for the Lightning Saix, because it really isn’t. At any the time the boosters are engaged, or even at high speeds when they’re not, the Ice Blazer really finds itself lacking in maneuverability. Speed it has, but agility it lacks.
Weapons:
Twin AZ80mm Hyper Photon Cannons:
Sounds impressive, doesn’t it? It’s really nowhere near as powerful as the name makes it seem. The Twin AZ80mm Hyper Photon Cannons are a pair of semiautomatic weapons mounted to the Ice Blazer’s back. The cannons are photon-based energy weapons that have unmatched penetration. That’s all there is to it. They have great penetration, but little else to boast. They’re really great for going through armor, but deal next to no surface damage. All of the damage is internal. Also, the weapons can incline up to 90 degrees up or down.
45mm Pulse Laser Cannon:
The Ice Blazer has a 45mm Pulse Laser Cannon mounted to its head to supplement the main guns. It’s fixed facing forwards, but points wherever the head does. Also, the cannon is fully capable of firing 12 rounds per second, so its actually reasonably powerful.
Dual 60mm Beam Cannons & 30mm Laser Cannon:
The Ice Blazer has a weapons pod mounted to either leg, where each pod consists of two guns. Those two guns are a 60mm Beam Cannon and a 30mm Laser Cannon, both of which are semiautomatic and able to pivot up to 45 degrees upwards. Otherwise, they’re just four standard cannons.
30mm Laser Machinegun:
Used for quite literally covering the Ice Blazer’s behind, the 30mm Laser Machinegun is a rear-facing fully automatic weapon. It can pivot up to 90 degrees upwards and 10 degrees to either side, and while not large in caliber, it can fire 30 shots a second. 30 per second. That’s enough to give some pursuers pause. It’s also a weapon that’s great for covering retreats (namely your retreat), because its pivoting ability means that it doesn’t only have to hit something directly behind you.
Hardened Alloy Blades, Claws, and Teeth:
The Ice Blazer has the usual array of melee weapons if it needs them. Claws and teeth are the standard stuff, sharpened and great for ripping and tearing. The Blades are a different beast altogether, great for slashing and cutting, or high-speed strafing. When not is use, they’re mounted to the back in a “V” shape, vaguely resembling a boomerang. However, when needed, they extend out to the sides and allow the Ice Blazer to slice and dice.
Special Abilities:
3D Doppler Radar:
The Ice Blazer possesses 3D Doppler Radar, which allows it to map out the terrain around it and find enemy Zoids more effectively. This system is reasonably basic, and doesn’t grant a targeting bonus. The sensors themselves are mounted in the Ice Blazer’s head, making them impossible to deactivate with destroying the cockpit. Which is, of course, illegal in sanctioned Zoid Battling. (All’s still fair in war, though.)
Reflective Metal Ice Armor:
The Ice Blazers armor coating might be thin, but it has one special quality: energy resistance. Being made out of Reflective Metal Ice, roughly 2/3s of the power of any energy attack (beam or laser included) is harmlessly refracted or dispersed, giving the Ice Blazer an extra edge in toughness. Charged particles are unaffected by the Metal Ice Armor.
Available Modifications:
