A prototype reconnaissance type bio zoid. Standing at 5 meters tall, it is the smallest land based bio zoid ever constructed by the digald empire (the bio raptor gui is smaller but it’s an aerial type that has no need for terrestrial legs). It’s small size enables it to approach targets much closer than the standard bio raptor but because of the compactness, only machine soldiers can operate it.

the skeletal design was based on countcarbon’s depiction of what a pony’s skeleton would look like >>760513

the semi-grimdark tag is based on the concept of how machine soldiers are made in the zoids genesis universe. bio zoids need physically compatible humans to operate. those who are unfit have their souls ripped out and placed into mechanical bodies. so what was once a ‘oh they’re just robot soldiers, we can kill a lot of them without worry’ became nightmare fuel for a lot (and was the main reason for the mass defection of the digald empire’s army)