Editing Magistracy of Canopus (section)

== Military ==
[[File:Canopis_Catgirl.jpg|200px|thumb|left|Yes, Catgirl MechWarriors can exist, all thanks to the Magistracy]]
Seeing war as bad for business, the Magistracy has kept it's military presence to a very specific minimum; only ever seeing it as a necessary evil and for awhile was the smallest military in the Periphery, which often backfired against it as they only kept a nominal force together that they often overspent too much too late in order to get proper defense together, to the point that only one company, Majesty Metals and Manufacturing, was responsible for creating almost all 'Mechs, fighters, and armor for the entire Magistracy. This changed drastically under the Trinity Alliance after years of struggle, naturally. Now, the Canopian army is the biggest in the Periphery, though it's often called under the terms of the Trinity Alliance to go clean up whatever mess the Capellans or the [[Taurian Concordate|Taurians]] have caused. 

As a military, the Magistracy has traditionally only ever been combined arms, having loose ideas for what regimental structure needed to look like and preferring to keep their 'Mechs in reserve as a killing blow rather than as main battle forces, and due to the lack of resources tended to favor Light 'Mechs over all others. This has changed with the influx of resources from Tauran and Capellan sources, but the heaviest 'Mechs they will tend to take into battle will usually top out at around 80 tons. As a result, most of their 'Mechs are often kitted out with jump-jets, high-speeds, and emphasis on ammo-efficiency.


==== Notable BattleMechs ====
Canopans name their 'Mechs after prominent female figures from classical [[mythology]]. It's a decent enough theme to roll with.

* '''''Agrotera''''': After the Jihad, Magistracy engineers took the lessons learned from the [[Word of Blake]]'s ''[[Phoenix Hawk]]'' upgrades and just turned it into a hard-upgrade on the ''Phoenix Hawk'' with most of the original 'Mechs flaws otherwise dealt with; with an extra-long range PPC, a Variable-Speed Medium Pulse laser, a regular Pulse laser, and some small pulse lasers, in case you thought you were getting up close.

* '''''Calliope''''': Designed as a hard upgrade to the ''Snake'' 'Mech that had become decrepit from use as a garrison 'Mech in their space, it is a dedicated anti-infantry and anti-armor platform, though it's pretty slow and unusually ammo-dependent.

* '''''Eyleuka''''': A dedicated stealth-missile 'Mech that has a high top-speed and the capability to launch long and short-range missiles, with the only real downside being that both of the launchers are sat right next to the cockpit, meaning a direct hit will make it exceptionally visible the minute the mushroom cloud breaches low atmosphere.

* '''''Penthesilea''''': The very largest 'Mech the Magistracy will field. While it can't move all that fast on it's own, it can cover almost 90 meters thanks to it's jump jets. It's principal job is to punch a hole into targets with it's AC/10, and then fill said hole with it's many, many lasers and PPCs fire until the target explodes. While it can pack a massive gut-punch, it's only barely got enough heatsinks for all it's weapons, making sustained fire a gamble, if not a one-way trip to an overheated 'Mech.

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