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Obscure liger post:

A proto-Schneider.

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Development History of the Command Wolf

And the zoids that came from it, which the internet at large seem to have forgot.

I'll note here that the following took place on the continent of Delpoi according to the Zoids Bible lore book, making this zoids a separate species than the later Konig Wolf, which originate on the continent of Europa.

(Source & further reading: https://theironbible.com/IndexZoids/CommandWolf.php)

This role will later be filled by the Shadow Fox after the Liger Zero becomes the primary infantry zoids of the Helic Republic. (Source: https://theironbible.com/ZoidBooks/OfficialFanBook/1-9.php)

I adore the HMM boxes because that have the most complete breakdown of technical details I have ever seen. Source & further lore: https://theironbible.com/ZoidsModelKits/HMM/CommandWolf.php

From the base models we get several variants, from the very well-known Irvine custom and the Command Wolf AC:

Source & Advanced Lore: https://theironbible.com/ZoidsModelKits/HMM/CommandWolfAC.php

And Of course Town Wolf:

Blitzer and Climber Wolf:

The Blitzer Wolf was actually the creation of one Yusuke Chiba has an entry in the 2nd CoroCoro Zoids Remodeling Grand Prix which was held in 11/2000 and won the wind-up category. The Blitzer Wolf, like the motorized winner, Death Stinger KFD, were featured in the Zoids Official Fan Book 3 and the wolf was also added to the card game. (Source: https://theironbible.com/IndexZoids/BlitzerWolf.php)

Now moving onto the unused concepts, firstly comes:

This fuselage was apparently intended to compete with the Imperial Lightning Saix, but the power demands on the core were too high and it was scrapped after several unsuccessful prototypes were tested. (Source: https://theironbible.com/IndexZoids/CommandWolfMKIIConcept.php)

Now for my absolute favorite, that I really wish had been a kit or action figure at some point:

The bigger, more complex looking armored legs, the claws, the overall more advanced armor and segments that make up the neck and torso, the close combat focus

unfortunately this wolf never featured in a story or merchandise, and it's only official appearance was in the pages of Dengeki Hobby Magazine, January 2002's Smack Zoids! B-Part. In universe it was apparently declared impractical due to its close combat focus and never saw mass production. Boo!mo

And now for my absolute least enjoyed entry in the Command Wolf development chronicles:

I have no damnable clue how two additional heads were meant to either fold-up and deploy from inside this thing, or be attached via the hangar/transport/whatever. don't like the heads gimmick, don't like the weapons pack, glad it got canned.

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On the Geneology of Liger Zoids

Here is a long post detailing the relationships between these zoids as I understand them.

So starting from the right-hand side of this chart, we have the older ligers/lion types. I assume that at least one of these types are mechanized versions of this->

which is from the continent of Delpoi, which was initially ruled entirely by the Helic Republic before a schism formed in the royal family that led to the first Helic Republic/Zenebus Empire war.

From this species came 2 machine beasts, one developed by each faction

And, of course, our old standby,

Just going by the chart it seems like Zenebus never further developed their ligers, which is the complete opposite than the Helic Republic, who developed a new fuselage for the core type

And then improved upon the design with a 2nd iteration.

From this point onward the Kings seemed to be either phased out or just declared "good enough" and R&D centered squarely on the Shield Liger; I will focus on the linear Shieldy->Blades lineage here because to avoid bloating the post, I'll detail their off-shoots later.

So after the Shield Liger came...

After which came MK-II & MK-II B

What really catches my attention is the construction of the laser blade mount-

and its resemblance to->

The high-output ion boosters on the blade arms of the Liger Zero Schneider. I can't be sure though, since I assume the weapons and equipment list only includes features common to all 3 versions.

So at this point the old Delpoian Ligers' core is deemed to be of insufficient strength by the Republican Army, which left them at a developmental dead end; the Imperial Army meanwhile has begun to develop a fuselage based on this-

From the western continent of Europa. Their prototype was stolen by the Republican Army and thus we got 2 versions of the resulting zoid:

These zoids were designed partly around the concept of the Changing Armor System (CAS), which makes the zoid suitable for a variety of different missions. I won't cover all the CAS units since I assume that most zoids fans are familiar with them, so I'll just be posting the versions that seem to have never left the hobby publications.

So first I will show the Imperial side,

So basically the Empire took a very stealth based approach to their ligers.

Next, one of my very favorites <3

So firstly, I wonder what this zoids' top speed looks like. 2nd, those drill swords might be the most terror-inducing weapons on a Liger Zero beside the Panzer's homing missiles. 3rd, it's equipped with a little spy drone on it's tail!

So up next->

I don't have anything to add, I just know nothing. I seems to link directly back to the Ultimate Liger, so maybe it was intended to be an Imperial Zoid?

And last & absolutely least:

Yup. A CAS that concerts the Liger Zero into a buffed Shield Liger. It just doesn't thrill or interest me, even though I won't deny it's versatility.

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A page attempting translation of the Geneology of Liger Zoids. This was guessed from start to finish using Google Translate, so as expected will have quite a few errors. Nonethelesss, it may be a fun read for those who are curious about some of these Zoids~ Spino Liger, and maybe one of the others  were never featured as an image in any media that I’m aware of. They are just a passing name in the development of this species.