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Name: Lift Package
Cost: $20,000
Weight: 6 Tons
Function: Carrying Abilities
Mounts On: Dragonfly Stinger
Mount Location:
--Each of the Dragonfly Stinger's legs, as well as the spot behind the wings
In Brief: A set of powerful magnets and extra magnessor lifters for allowing the Dragonfly Stinger to carry Zoids up to three times its original weight.

When the Dragonfly Stinger was created, the intention was that it carry troops, supplies, and vehicles into combat. This it did well, but there was a problem. The Dragonfly Stinger was incapable of hefting other Zoids into combat, which was a significant disadvantage in a world where Zoids rule the battlefield.

Seeing this problem, Guylos leaders ordered their researchers to find a way to give the Stinger carrying ability. They ran into a problem immediately after settling for magnets over grapplers. The Dragonfly Stinger's wings were not designed to carry much weight past its own, meaning that any attempt at making it able to carry another Zoid would result in a crash. The answer was found in the very technology that had hindered the process; the scientists decided to attach extra magnessors to the Stinger in order to support the extra weight. Consequently, the Lift Package also allows the Stinger to ascend at a slightly faster rate of 100 kph, but also hinders its agility a bit due to the extra weight of the magnets.

In addition, the Lift Package does what it was designed to do: lift Zoids. With this modification, the Dragonfly Stinger can lift Zoids up to three times its weight, at the cost of agility. When carrying a Zoid under or equal to its original weight, the Dragonfly Stinger's agility is reduced to just below that of a Storm Sworder. A Zoid weighing past 36 tons and up to 72 tons reduces its agility to just better than a Salamander, and a Zoid past 72 tons and up to 108 tons reduces the agility of the Stinger to below that of a Pteras.

However, the package loses a great deal of its lifting ability when a leg is lost, and all of its ability when one of the extra magnessors are destroyed. In the case that the Stinger loses one of its legs, it may only carry up to its own weight, and the loss of two more prevents even that. When a magnessor is destroyed, even the extra ascension speed is lost, and the weight of the remaining parts actually reduces the ascension speed to only 60 kph. Still, the modification is very useful in warfare, and one Zoid parts producing company decided it could be useful in competitive battling as well, resulting in its release to the public after the information on the Lift Package was recovered from an old base. After all, who wouldn't want to drop their opponent from a nice, high altitude?