Phoenix Logs/UNSC Units/Mantis


 * Mark IX Armor Defense System


 * The Mantis is a combat vehicle used in a number of different configurations by
 * the UNSC and licensed security forces. The Mantis replaces the Warthog in
 * Sergeant Johnson's force. Its default weapon is a chaingun, which can target
 * both ground and air targets. The Missile/Shield Requisition upgrade increases
 * the number of missiles the Mantis can fire and adds energy shielding, while the
 * Gauss/Designator Requisition upgrade replaces the conventional chaingun with
 * a gauss repeater and adds a networked target designator. The target
 * designator allows the Mantis to "paint" a single unit and coordinate attacks
 * using the local battlenet, increasing all damage the target takes from friendly
 * units. Groups of Mantis walkers will smart target their designators.


 * Highly mobile, well-protected, air-droppable, and reconfigurable, the Mantis
 * represents the state-of-the—art in infantry walkers. Mantis units were
 * stationed at the Henry Lamb Research Outpost for site security, but many
 * were destroyed in the initial Banished attack. Well aware of their combat
 * potential, Isabel has begun producing a modified version of the Mantis for the
 * use of Spirit of Fire's ground forces, with adjustments to reuse parts produced
 * for the Cyclops and Colossus. While capable, these units lack the neural
 * interface control systems installed on contemporary UNSC models; a necessary
 * concession due to the Spirit of Fire's older manufacturing technology.