Talk:UFE Deucalion/@comment-80.121.86.219-20140819221735/@comment-188.22.96.113-20140905091313

In Marito's flashback we got to see the Vers Kataphract in its full glory and how it annihilated the tank squad. Its abilities are:

1) Defensive field: A gravity field which would redirect any tank shells fired at it.

2) Hovering: by applying the gravity manipulation onto itself, it can float in the air.

3) Attacking with gravity: The gravity field is used to throw hostile units such as tanks into the air, destroying them.

The UE military assumed that all Vers kataphracts were like that since that was the only Vers kataphract they have seen in action so far. The Jumpjets on the terran kataphracts were most likely a measure to render the third ability useless.

And the Deucalion battleship was built by reverse engineering the technology from the mech. Its ability to stay afloat was surely salvaged from the mech and it is also quite possible that it also possesses the same defensive field which would provide some protection against incoming fire (it would be ineffective against energy weapons though)