Model number: Type-10R Code name: Burai Unit type: modified mass production fourth generation knightmare frame Manufacturer: Kyoto House (based on a design by the Holy Britannia Empire) Operator(s): Kyoto House; Resistance/Order of the Black Knights; Japanese Liberation Front; United States of Japan First deployment: a.t.b. 2017 Accommodation: pilot only, in standard cockpit in torso Dimensions: overall height 4.56 meters Weight: combat weight 7530 kilograms Armor materials: unknown Powerplant: energy filler, replaceable electrical cartridge, uses Yggdrasil drive superconductor transfer system, power output rating unknown Equipment and design features: factsphere open sensor camera, mounted in head, range unknown; landspinner high-mobility propulsion system, mounted in legs; cockpit ejection system Fixed armaments: 2 x slash harken, mounted on chest; 2 x protector, mounted on forearms; anti-personnel machine gun, mounted in chest Optional fixed armaments: 2 x stun tonfa/stun gun, mounted on forearms Optional hand armaments: assault rifle, mounts on backpack; 8-tube missile launcher; cannon
Technical and Historical Notes
Though Japan is easily conquered by the Holy Britannia Empire, it is forced to surrender by the sudden death of Prime Minister Genbu Kururugi at a point when the military is still eager to fight. As a result, even seven years later when the renamed Area 11 is firmly under Britannian control, the region is a hotbed of resistance as former soldiers and Japanese nationals fight back as best they can. One method of resistance is provided by the Kyoto House, a group of Japanese industrialists who fund and support anti-Britannia groups in secret. Using their resources, the Kyoto House constructs the Type-10R Burai, a Knightmare Frame heavily cannibalized from the RPI-11 Glasgow. The biggest changes to the Glasgow's design is the addition of a samurai-styled head and protectors, small shield-like bracers that allow the Burai to defend against enemy attacks. Initially developed for the Japanese Liberation Front, the Burai is later sent to the rising Order of the Black Knights, with one customized unit piloted by Zero, the Order's mysterious masked leader.