Hummingbird mecha suit



The hummingbird mecha suit is a small, nimble weapon developed by Asami Sato and Varrick, and was intended to be used by the United Forces to conduct interception flights. Almost all of the machines were destroyed by Kuvira's spirit energy cannon before they were completed, except for the prototypes, which were stored in Asami's office.

History
The technology used to create the suit was developed by Varrick, after he defected from Kuvira's army. Together with Asami Sato, he continued the project and manufactured the suit in Republic City. Although Varrick said that Asami was the one that designed the machine, he also added that it was he who came up with the basic design by observing dragonfly hummingbirds.

In 174 AG, the weapons were being assembled at a factory in Republic City. Although several machines were nearly complete on the day Kuvira's forces invaded the city, all were destroyed, once Kuvira's forces located the coordinates of both the factory and the hiding place of Team Avatar. The vehicles were destroyed in one swift blow, as Kuvira's massive cannon destroyed the entire facility.

Design


To counter the new weapons used by Kuvira's army, Varrick and Asami set out to create a weapon that the Earth Empire would not be able to counter. After several days of thinking, they came up with and drew the basic schematics of a small, nimble, flying mecha suit.

The suit is to be piloted by two people, one in the head and one in the belly. While in the air, thelanding gear, based on the legs of the dragonfly hummingbird, retract to for a more compact machine. It flies vertical, allowing both pilots to see out.

Although President Raiko asked for the machine to be armed with the spirit energy weapons, Varrick refused, stating that that kind of technology was too dangerous, and the machines were fitted with ordinary armament instead.