Artillery MK VI and Nuclear Artillery

After the successful development of the MKV fully integrated combat system, the Project's research group began to look for ways to improve the survivability of the combat unit. Technology cribbed from the Rikti and Praetorians gave the Project's team access to a completely safe micro-fusion power generator. With that limitless power supply (or nearly so!) The project was able to create a more traditional combat suit- still missing significant armor, however.

New technologies also allowed for the creation of new radiation based attacks. The project was able to use a newly discovered element [information with-held due to National Security priority] with a half life of a few seconds to allow for the safe use of radiation as a weapon in an urban environment. The Artillery MK VI combat suit had many improvements over earlier suits, using powers that would weaken opponents before even starting combat. Of course this caused a slight drop in offensive power, but the debuffing made the existing damage more effective.

The pilot of the MK VI, Colonel Gerry Wallace, has made a significant impact on Paragon City already, especially with the help of the supergroup the Faithful Friends of Fallout.

Unfortunately, like so many of the project's successes in the past, the recent achievement of Project Pegasus have engendered interest by the criminal classes in stealing the technology. After the Sky Raiders debacle of the late '90s the project implemented many safeguards to try and protect their technology. However no system is perfect and late in 2006 one of the design team members for the MK VI stole a prototype of the MK VI combat suit. This rogue scientist, [name withheld due to on-going FBI investigation], made his way to the Rogue Isles and established himself as the villain Nuclear Artillery. Joining up with fellow ne'er do wells in the Faithful Fiends of Fallout (the evil antithesis of the heroic FFoF) this rogue began to set up a name for himself. He has dropped out of sight since that group of criminals disbanded, but we anticipate his return in the future.

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