KalMalog

Also known as: Strider

KalMalog, or ″Striders″ as they have been dubbed by their brethren, are a marvel of fubarnii ingenuity and Delgon manufacturing. Following Plutom’s creation of legs for the crippled Enarii, Malog, he was instructed to provide such legs for the troops. The KalMalog were driven into existence under close scrutiny of the gods themselves, regardless of the huge costs involved. The KalMalog tower over other Delgon soldiers, their powerful artificial legs propelling them at great speeds towards their enemies. Once engaged they cause great casualties, trampling their enemies beneath their metal hooves as plumes of acrid smoke follow in their wake.

Young KalGarkii that show good potential but an unhealthy disregard for authority are sometimes selected to serve in the ranks of the KalMalog. The unfortunate fubarnii goes through several months of long, painful surgery as her legs are removed and the mechanical limbs are grafted in place. The success rate is low, but those that survive the initial process there follows a long rehabilitation period as they learn once again how to walk and fight.

During that period they are tutored in the language of the gods so that they may serve them directly and they also form a strong camaraderie with the other fubarnii within their cadre.

The KalMalog are lucky enough to get blessed with the leg upgrades. They essentially get their legs mangled, extracting the core muscle/tendon equivalents and grafting them onto and through the mechanical interface. The fubarnii heal very rapidly so can grow around the mechanisms. The neural pathways that would trigger the leg muscles to contract remain, but connected to other parts of the mechanism. Once the grafts have taken the engineers can rebuild the legs, connecting the correct sections together and hoping that the strider can learn to walk again. It is in theory possible (but difficult) to move the ‘pilot’ between two chassis.