Massive dark grey robotic lion creature with a mane of cables, glowing eyes, and a mechanical claw, in a foggy desolate landscape.

Standing nearly twenty-one meters tall, this Empakaai variant possesses the unmistakable silhouette of IPS-N engineering: broad shoulders, heavy armor, and brutally functional construction. Yet beneath that industrial exterior lurks something unsettlingly alive. Where most mechs display sensor arrays or armored visors, the Red Butcher bears a sculpted mechanical face. The visage resembles a predator's skull—part lion, part machine—with narrow optical sensors glowing from deep-set sockets. Its expression is permanently fixed in a cold, calculating snarl. Surrounding the head is a vast mane of armored data cables. Unlike loose wiring, these cables are intentionally arranged to mimic the mane of a great hunting beast. Thousands of sensor fibers, cooling conduits, NHP interface lines, and neural transfer cables flow from the rear of the skull and shoulders, creating the appearance of black metallic hair. When stationary, the cables hang heavily around the frame's neck and back. When the reactor surges or the NHP awakens, they ripple as though moved by an unseen wind. The right side of the frame is dominated by Iku's Hand, an immense grappling limb nearly the size of a light mech. The arm houses an exposed industrial winch assembly and reinforced cable spool capable of launching the hand across the battlefield. Thick braided superconductor cables disappear into the forearm, allowing the hand to be fired, grapple targets, and violently retract them into melee range. Massive Ver más