Legoverse Assault Force Review	Air Force
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This is the primary planetary assault vehicle, the Assault Drop Ship (ADS). Six ADS's are carried and launched by an Assault Transport (AT). Each ADS carries eight Autonomous Combat Mech's (ACM's), two Deployment Coordinators, and one Command Pilot.

After release from its AT, the ADS drops from orbit in a powered descent. Rate of descent is controlled by the four vertical thrusters in the landing pads. Directional maneuvering is controlled by the three primary engines and the two vectored thrust engines in the rear. The deployment coordinators handle the defense of the ship using one dorsal mounted plasma cannon. Note the drop clamps for AT carriage and the dome of the dorsal shield generator.

Here, all hatches and canopies are open. In a combat assault, the crew canopies would remain closed. The ACM's are just visible in the deployment bay. The ACM troops onboard are normally activated at 1500 meters to begin their scanning of the battlezone through the hatch transparency. The deployment hatches begin opening at 20 meters, and the ACM's deploy immediately upon landing.

Here, the ACM's are deploying. An ADS has two squads of four ACM's. Both platoon leaders are in the background, with one currently exiting the ADS. The special weapons carrier has an unidentified lifeform pinned as the heavy weapons carrier looks on. On the far left, the material handler scans the drop zone for hostiles.

Current production models (left to right): ACM level-1 heavy weapons variant, ACM level-1 special weapons variant, ACM level-1 material handler variant, ACM level-1 platoon leader, ACM level-2, ACM level-3.

On the left: ACM level-2. Big brother to the level-1. Often used in the same theater to reinforce level-1 units. Intelligence level comparable to the Level-1, but with enhanced weapons, mobility, and strength. On the Right: ACM level-3. Currently largest known ACM model. Rarely seen in combat, these are commonly deployed as weapons of terror and intimidation and to quell uprisings on subjugated worlds.

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