Dalek Drones - Generation 01.
The Strider was the largest casing designed by Daleks for single mutant occupancy. At ten times the height of a regular Mark Three Travel Machine, the Strider towered over the battlefield, providing a rain of fire down on the enemy. Strider casings were costly to produce, and the unique model was only seen on planets of key strategic importance to the plans of the Dalek Prime / Emperor Dalek.
In looks, the Strider seemed to be a scaled-up version of the Spider Dalek casing. Standing on eight, claw-footed legs, the Strider marched accross any terrain with little difficulty. Four high-powered blasters were slung beneath the main, sensor globe covered casing. One-hundred a nd twenty five (125) sensor globes were in evidence around the casing. These fed ample data to the Strider's occupant allowing the four energy weapons to rain fire upon their foes. A number of the sensor globes acted solely as safety cutouts that prevented the risk of the Strider destroying one of its own legs. Above the main casing area, the casing's legs attached to a large mechanical ring. The ring also held a number of external energy collectors as per the Mark Three Travel Machine. An enlarged version of the standard dome tops the casing. Nine luminoscity dischargers encircle the dome.
In this casing, the habitation module was located in the dome section where it was obscured from the fire power of ground based enemy units. The life support systems and nutrient tank were located beneath it, within the main body of the casing. All computer and power related systems were also buried within the main bulk of the casing. The bonded-polycarbide used to construct the Strider casings was far thicker than that on standard Dalek units, making the Strider a very tough opponent in battle.
The torso area of the Strider housed a powerful generator that provided the enormous amounts of power the Strider required. In prolonged battles, Striders needed to withdraw in order to recharge their power supply due to the drain of power caused by the powerful energy weapons firing repeatedly. The motive unit was similar to that of the Spider casing – but scaled to the larger proportions of the Strider.
War of the Daleks