As the second-most ubiquitous Axel on the face of the earth during UEPC dominance, it's no surprise that KR-14s would fall into the hands of the Global Resistance. In many ways these machines were much easier to acquire than the more successful P7 variants, on account that they did not need to manufacture the machines in secret.





Uncommon due to their inefficiency, many KR-14D models in Resistance service were often modified beyond thier original specifications. The most common of which was trading out the visual processing circuit board and camera to enable color projection. Targeting software was never retained as stock, and custom software was introduced to remove balancing errors out of the shoulder modules. By the time the Global Resistance was a serious challenger to the UEPC on Earth, these modifications were easy enough to acquire that KR-14Ds could serve in the Resistance without being a serious handicap on the battlefield.







Though commonly used in low-intensity garrisons and rear-guard holding, some aces actually preferred to use these modified D models over waiting on superior machines. Many of them were defecting UEPC pilots that wished to use something familiar, but slightly improved, to make use of the skills they honed on their main machines. More than once UEPC pilots expecting Resistance machines to be as much of a pushover as their own were unpleasantly surprised.





Nothing could be done to improve the shoulder articulation problems and cramped cockpit inherent in the parent model. Nevertheless, these units served with just a little more distinction than their UEPC counterparts- and they are still an improvement over the dismal A model (which was also used by the Global Resistance, but to a much smaller degree).







Pictured is the standardized scheme determined by the Global Resistance, based on the P7 scheme. Many were further customized by their resistance cells.











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Recolors are simple! The board game prototype I'm working on has, at base testing, KR-14Ds facing against one another. To justify the forces fighting I thought I'd whip up this quick scheme.



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