(All this I was writing on the fly, sorry for long the text)



No, in a distant future Twilight became the Empress of the entire Sacred Terra, so among her greatest projects was the creation of Astartes from the Equestrian races that were loyal to their mandate. Of a Spike in the best facet of his life added to multiple biological and magical improvements would come the genetic seed of all the dragon warriors of the equestrian empire.



With the improved genes of the dragons their super resistant skin would be strengthened even more, being the common servoarmors wasted if they were placed on a dragon astarte, limiting their mobility, agility and flight capacity because the so complex biology of their bodies would not allow implement the black carapace.



Therefore the protections were eliminated and only some elements that would be rather aesthetic to the taste of the dragons were maintained. The only official piece of his "armor" would be a right shoulder pad that indicates the role they fulfill within their chapter of the equestrian marines, while the symbol of their legion is tattooed on some area of ​​their skin, mostly on the left shoulder, what they consider their "authentic armor".