GR2-DAGGER

The DAGGER is widely considered the fastest AA currently in production; it is also deemed one of the weaker ones in terms of defense. Regardless of what is said, one cannot doubt the utility of a fast, effective, and versatile AA. The original model of the DAGGER was fielded before the Six-Month War, and used extensively during it.

GR2R-DAGGER
The R in the serial code stands for Refined, which separates the original from the re-production version being produced.

The DAGGER stands at an average height for AA, about 12 or so meters. Whereas most AA have either blocky or rounded features, the DAGGER sports a smooth and sleek design. Its legs and arms are noticeably thinner than the average AA's, with less pronounced thrusters to boot. The feet are in a less pronounced heel shape, with a vernier thruster located directly behind each heel of the feet. The shoulders are slanted upward, meeting at a square shaped shoulder-guard that houses the joints of the arms; with three square openings located for sub thrusters on the shoulders. One for each side, as it were. The head of the AA is styled oddly, being the shape of an upside-down pentagon, with two short ‘dog ear’ shaped parts that originate from the sides of the head and are aimed back. The head sports the two-eye camera design, featured on the Hoplite and Spartan.

The backpack of the AA was interestingly designed; or rather, it lacked one. Instead of a backpack usually filled with thrusters and supplements for them, it was instead a singular large thruster, slanted at a 60 degree angle. The thruster shared the coloration and frame as the AA, and in fact the only thing that gave it away as such was when it was actually used. The reason the DAGGER's main thruster is integrated is fairly obvious; the suit was designed to be efficient and singular. Backpack units were mostly modular. This was all part of the DAGGER's design idea; it boasts the highest top speed and acceleration because of all of its thrusters were integrated properly, and synchronized to perfection.

Besides being fast, the DAGGER is very easy to take apart, tinker with, and rebuild. With every part of it being fully-integrated, you don’t have to worry about modular parts that do not work with other, custom parts. Therefore, it’s much easier to retool the entirety of the AA, since everything is already integrated. Due to this, there are a variety of DAGGER variants.

The DAGGER is no longer produced for military purposes, although occasionally a group or militia will acquire some. Its popularity stems from being used in space races, as you'll see most professional racers use them. It's also quite popular for engineering groups looking to test their skills, usually at creating the most tricked out variant of it possible.