The War Chronicles of a Little Demon (Youjo Senki alt)

[RogueInquisitor]

First from Lexi we have Quirinus (Left) in her Harmonia air superiority suit watching Fabia (Right) show off the Sarpedona ground attack suit's upgrade package. This is also a slightly more updated reference for these two suits.

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What exactly is the upgrade package? Is it built into the faulds?

 

[Sunshine Temple]

What exactly is the upgrade package? Is it built into the faulds?

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And much of the torso armor and the (unpictured helmet).

The Sarpedona Life Extension and Performance Enhancement program will get explained in more detail in the start of book 3 (I've written that much!).

But in short ("short"): it's a package of block upgrades to the scrying system, increase the range of the anti-armor weapon systems, and increasing the flight envelope to enable ah higher cruise speed and better high velocity maneuverability. (and all the power system upgrades to keep that going). The goal is very much *not* to turn the Sarpendona into an air superiority platform. Instead it's to keep it competitive and more survivable against enemy anti-air and second line RP assets. The higher cruise is for things as simple as making mission planning more easy and having is so that Sarpendona can reposition on the battlefield more easily.

The motivation to have this as an upgrade package is to keep the Imperial Legion's massive number of ground attack suits (~60% of Legion total) in service longer. The Legions have a lot of kit and RP is only one procurement line among many, and they have a smaller budget than the Fleet. So it is in their interest to keep the existing units in operation. It also comes into who pays for them, the Sarpendona is the only RP model that the Fleet has fewer in service than the Legions (The fleet does have Landing Support Wings but they are not universal). So unlike say Harmonia, Polyxo, or well any other RP suit, the Fleet wouldn't be the primary one paying for the upgrades, and the Fleet is less concerned about the Sarpendona becoming more obsolescent. Their main concern is keeping their strike, air superiority, multi-role, and scrying suits top of the line.

For example the Legions have about 7 thousand Sarpendona, but only about 900 Polyxo Multi-role, and not quite 2 thousand Harmonia. (Meanwhile the Fleet has so many more Polyxo and Harmonia)