Blowel

"The mass production version of Diablo, blessed by a low grade Earth spirit. It is the primary machine of the Langran army." - Paraphrased from the Gate of Magus entry on the Blowel.

While Langran Kingdom is well protected by its roughly two dozen unique, high performance Elemental Machines, they cannot be everywhere. In order to maintain a passable armed force across the nation, a few of those machines served as the basis for mass production models. Chief among these is the Blowel, which takes the long range fire support design of Diablo and trims features until it could be affordably produced. The resulting machine is by no means spectacular, but certainly acceptable as the backbone of an army. Its primary features are relatively heavy armor and a versatile selection of weapons that mostly revolve around its twin shoulder railguns, but are flexible enough to be useful in a variety of battles.

History
Much as the GM series are the mass produced versions of various unique Gundams, the Blowel is the stripped down, mass production version of Diablo, which has served Langran as a long-range fire support unit. The heavily armored and weapon-laden chassis proved to be a reliable platform for its mission role, but would require simplification in order to be plausible for large production runs.

The changes were numerous, but few features were specifically outright removed in the conversion. The most noteworthy changes are a reduction in armor, and removing two of Diablo's original four shoulder-mounted linear railguns; the Blowel only has two. The multi-warhead missile system was instead divided into two distinct sets, one firing smaller Caloric Missiles, the other firing larger Anti-Air Missiles that also replaced Diablo's Anti-Air Laser. From there, minor changes to the structure and replacing parts with those easier to afford and maintain resulted in a fairly smooth transition. While Diablo remains in active service with Langran, it also remains a unique machine while its descendant, the Blowel, has become one of the kingdom's most common machines.

Technology
Nowhere near as impressive as Cybuster, this C-Class Earth Elemental is nonetheless built on the same basic principles and maintains some of the same technologies. While unable to fly and lacking the Laplace Demon Computer, Blowels operate on a prana/spirit connection between themselves and the pilot, facilitated by the blessing of a low grade nature spirit. This blessing influences the Blowel's performance, compounding its inclination toward only modest speed in favor of heavy armor and powerful long range weapons.

Weapons Systems
Plasma Sword - A beam saber by any other name, and generally identical in function to those laser swords of the surface world.

Pulse Laser - A beam weapon mounted in the Blowel's torso, it fires a single energy ray and serves as a point defense weapon, somewhat comparable in role to head vulcans.

Caloric Missile - In contrast to the 'magic missiles' fired by Cybuster, this version of the Caloric Missile system simply fires modest-sized, conventional explosive warheads. Generally a light weapon in the Blowel's arsenal.

Linear Railgun - The primary weapon of a Blowel, twin shoulder-mounted railguns emit a laser sight for targeting, then fire a large projectile at high speed over incredible distances. These weapons enable the Blowel to serve as a modest sniper, but more commonly as a long range fire support machine. Relatively quick to aim for their size, their use as a heavy support weapon does not preclude a Blowel from protecting itself well in close combat.

Anti-Air Missile - Large rockets stored in twin racks on the Blowel's back, these missiles home in on their target and explode upon impact. While easily the most powerful weapons a Blowel has, and vital against high-speed flying enemies, their limited ammo capacity means Blowel pilots must choose their shots carefully.

Certain exceptional pilots have developed unique techniques to use in their Blowels, though this is rare.

Pilots
As Langran Kingdom's primary combat machine and produced in significant numbers, the Blowel has several pilots from that region. Unlike some of the higher-grade, unique Elemental Machines, a Blowel will accept nearly anyone that can get inside and has adequate prana energy to control it. Being a low-grade Elemental primarily employing conventional weapons, that requirement is relatively easy to fulfill.

Alia Winchester - Was assigned a Blowel when she first moved to Langran; it was her first machine after she swore off the use of Gundams, mobile suits, and personal troopers. Her Blowel saw action through several campaigns, including battles against the Devil Gundam's forces. Her Blowel now sees little use, as Alia has been reassigned to the superior Zefholm.

Irunia Baranel - A young pilot by most standards, this Langran native in her early teen years has used a Blowel for her entire career to date. It is her primary machine, and she has even come up with a few special attacks all her own.

Several characters not apped at this time due to their obscurity also use Blowels. These include individuals such as Tours Zetikines and General Kevin Ourt (though his is a highly modified, much more powerful model known as a Blowel Custom).

Significant Errata
A somewhat obscure machine in the Super Robot Wars series despite its role in Langran's army, Blowels have to date only appeared in one game: Super Robot Wars EX. It is a playable machine in some parts of that game, piloted by Tours Zetikines and is available to the player's team, where it functions very much like a weaker version of Diablo or Zamjeed.