EZ-035 Lightning Saix
Type: Cheetah
Length: 18.4 meters
Height: 8.8 meters
Weight: 65 tons
Speed:
325 kilometers per hour
90.25 meters per second

Equipment:
Laser Killer Fangs x2
Strike Laser Claws x4
Double-barreled Laser Vulcan Gun
Pulse Laser Rifle x2
Boosterpack
IR and Noise Suppression

Armor Description:
Designed more for quick strikes than for heavy assault, the Lightning Saix has moderately thick armor for its size. It's a lightweight compound not unlike the material used on the Heldigunner and Rev Raptor. While strong, the Saix doesn't have much of it. It's thickest on the legs, especially the hips, as well as the head, chest, tail, and back. Its flanks aren't as well-armored, with some exposed vents to handle the heat built up by this high-performance Zoid. Best rely on your speed and agility to avoid damage.

Mobility and Power Source:
The Lightning Saix is a cheetah, and like the real cheetah, is an expert sprinter. It can bust out an amazingly fast sprint over the course of six seconds or so, but it really isn't designed to be running that fast forever. It can go loping along at 290 kph very easily, but achieves best endurance at 250 kph or below. It's still almost obnoxiously maneuverable, far more so than any Liger could dream, and its feline build make it one of the most agile Zoids in existence. It's no Rev Raptor, but the Lightning Saix outclasses just about everything else in the maneuverability department. Just avoid heavy melee with anything bigger, as its lightweight frame means it isn't very physically strong. Its core is very finely-tuned, and has great trouble accepting energy-intensive modifications.

Laser Killer Fangs x2
Two slightly stubby, yet sharp fangs located in the mouth of the Lightning Saix. They can be charged up with laser energy to aid in tearing into your opponent. Since the Lightning Saix isn't as burly as the Saber Tiger or Shield Liger, it's not as good at it as they are, but it's competitive in its own right.

Strike Laser Claws x4
One on the end of each of the Lightning Saix's legs, these claws are made of a sharp, extra-strength alloy and can be retracted into the feet when not in use. They can be charged with laser energy for more damage. The Saix, being very fine-tuned, needs all the help it can get if it tries to melee against the more solid Liger types.

Double-barreled Vulcan Gun
A small, dual-barreled weapon mounted and fixed forward on the Saix's head. It's very, very accurate, almost out to a full kilometer, mostly because it's a laser weapon. It fires little yellow bolts of light at a vulcan-like rate of thirty rounds per second, or sixty per second from both barrels. They're fairly potent, comparable to 20mm bullets, but in laser form.

Pulse Laser Rifle x2
This large dual-barrel cannon mounted on the back of the Lightning Saix is fixed forward and has nearly no pivoting, with just ten degrees up and down for general aiming. Though the shots fired appear to be slightly longer streams of standard laser bolts, they're actually something else entirely. Like the similar systems on the Giga Gojulas and Glaive Quama, pulling the trigger actually results in a hailstorm of individual bolts fired within a very short time frame. The Lightning Saix's pulse lasers, however, are even more compressed. Within a mere sixteenth-second of pulling the trigger, a flurry of fifty to seventy-five 30mm bolts erupt from each barrel, burning into armor so quickly the targeted armor vaporizes and bursts outward. The damaged Zoid feels "impact," but in reality this is its own vaporized armor exploding outward thanks to the enormous energy present. One battle showed a particularly nasty hit knocking a Dibison off its stride. These are best fired once every 1.5 to two seconds, as the barrels need time to cool. They're accurate out to one kilometer, if the Zoid isn't running.

Booster Pack
The small, clustered boosters of the Lightning Saix are fixed rear-facing, directly behind the Lightning Beam Cannons. The boosters provide 35 kilometers per hour of extra speed, bumping the Saix's top speed up to 325 km/hr. Without them, the Saix can run at 290 kph. Once every battle, they may be overclocked similar to a real cheetah truly booking it, pushing the Saix in a dead sprint right up to 350 kph for four seconds. Afterwards, the boosters are out for one round to cool. Finally, keep in mind that these are boosters. Like any boosters, they're not designed for continuous use. Six seconds is the maximum recommended burn for these babies before you let 'em cool.

IR and Noise Suppression
The Lightning Saix features many interesting internal mechanisms including a silencing capability on its legs and a constantly circulating heat dispensing system throughout its body. Together, the Lightning Saix can make itself move with little to no noise and a significantly lessened heat signature, making it nearly invisible to infrared and audio sensors. It's excellent for surprise attacks, especially since the standard dark paint scheme is designed for night operations.