Vindicator Regal Enforcement Strider

''"For the first time in countless millennia, I have forged an enforcer. This is not a tool or a weapon, like the ones that came before, but an abomination, a horror that has no place under the stars." ~ Regal Vindicator Dyt'Myllae''

Overview
Widely considered the most dangerous mechanical unit deployed by the Iyiul, the Vindicator Regal striders are an ancient design that has seen constant refinement over many millennia and represent the former pinnacle of Iyiul gravity-bound machinery. Originally created as a last resort, these machines have since become a regular sight among the Iyiul's ground forces. Engaging them without overwhelming force is ill-advised, as even a lone strider is a significant threat and anything smaller than a regiment is likely to be destroyed entirely.

Original Design
Modern iterations of the VRES are, while extremely destructive, a lot less threatening than the original. The first iteration, most closely resembling the modern "Marble" or VRES-CF strider, was equipped with laser weaponry substantially weaker than anything seen on the modern iterations but possessed a much more volatile reactor that completely lacked radiation shielding and had no means of deactivation. If their deployment was deemed necessary, planetary forces were recalled before one to three of these striders would be activated and dropped onto the planet from orbit, where they would be directed to attack any facilities that may possess means of containing the radiation of their core if opposition managed to disable the strider, followed by any spaceports or other locations possessing the means to remove the strider from the planet. Assuming an effective deployment and the lack of an effective response to the presence of these striders, the planet would often be rendered uninhabitable within a few decades.