From the Files of The Magna DraconisHere's the first file that tells us all about the gear, the characteristics of all the different dragon breeds and more. I know this isn't formatted the greatest, but it's the best I could do quickly. This is also displayed with nicer graphics on dragon-city.org. The information about dragon breeds and draconium colors appears in
Connor's Guide to Dragons, and the gear guide appears as part of
Kitt's Guide to Dragon City.
Enjoy!
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DRAGON BOOSTER
THE DEFINITIVE GEAR AND
DRAGON GUIDE 3-05
(ORGANIZED BY DRACONIUM COLOR)
The following document shows by draconium color, class and specific type, the typical arrangement and function of draconium dragon gear, including overall and specific description. While there are only 2-4 classes of gear per color, there can be many specific gear types within each class.
It also includes a guide to the general traits of each dragon color and their best gear affiliations. First, a few things to know about dragon gear:
GEAR MOUNTING LOCATIONS - consist of the small bone protrusions or ZAP CAPS where draconium energy emissions from the dragon are focused and can project more easily from its body. These ZAP CAPS emit visible magnetism in the form of electrical bolts of energy COLORED to the specific Bone color of that dragon type.
GEAR USAGE - Draconium gear "floats" when "magged" just off the surface of the dragon and this distance can be adjusted by either dragon or rider. Dragons can rotate gear over a ZAP CAP, swap gear between ZAP CAPS to move gear around the body, mag gear from gear pit racks and repel other dragons or their own gear from multiple ZAP CAPS.
Gear always has two functions, the race or competition function and the subsequent battle usage of same.
NOTE: There are FIVE primary gear and draconium colors and all of the others are off-shoots of these. The five base colors are GOLD, BLACK, RED, GREEN and BLUE.
THE DRAGON EYES CREW
BLACK DRACONIUM DRAGONS AND GEAR
Black draconium dragons make good partners for the more cunning rider. Able to make mental connections with their rider, these PSI-CLASS dragons can 'feel' the intentions of those who ride them. They are smart, cunning and also possess a strong mind of their own and unless they respect those who ride them, they can be quite an opinionated handful.
BEST GEAR MATCHES
RED, GREEN, GRAY, PURPLE, ORANGE and LIGHT BLUE.
OVERALL GEAR FUNCTION AND DESCRIPTION
Black draconium gear because of its energy charge is mostly used for gear that enhances mind-connection, controlling by guidance and intimidation and also to help with the "mind over matter" aspects of stealth and speed.
Black gear is often sleek, dangerous and sharp looking.
BLACK PSIONIC-CLASS GEAR - Psionic Class gear catches, amplifies and assists mental signals between rider and dragon and boosts mental powers for the Dragon and Rider. This Class can also decrease mental abilities and draconium energy in opponents as well and feed it back to you.
BLACK PSI GEAR (used by dragon and rider) - PSI gear of most levels consists of head-gear for the dragon and some minor head-connecting pieces for the rider. With some antennae and netting like-projections, an example of this would be the black remote-dragon control gear on the Wraith Dragons which looks like a dragonized version of Word Paynn's crown.
BLACK MIND POD (used on the rider) - A saddle pod that allows a remote operator to control and effect the rider of the dragon and in some cases completely take them over.
BLACK NEURAL GEAR (used on both dragon and rider EP-28) - A spiked mesh of metal fibers and electrodes, neural gear is an evolutionary step in gear development. It helps tune mental signals between dragon and rider so that their thoughts align. In a sense, it's like telepathy gear only not nearly that strong. In reality, it basically accelerates understanding of control maneuvers between dragon and rider allowing for quicker combined reaction time.
BLACK DOMINATION-CLASS GEAR (Used on dragon) - "If you are in control, you have the power" is the motto of this Class of gear. This gear is about controlling different parts of your Dragon, or even controlling and stopping opposing Dragons.
BLACK CONTROL GEAR (Used on the dragon) - Mostly found on leg and shoulder and hip joints, this gear resembles an exo-skeleton of sorts as it is designed to enhance control input messages to fast twitch muscles giving you more control over the dragon's actions. The gear can also be thrown onto another dragon and used to make a dragon submit, bow or generally do whatever you wish whether the dragon wants to or not.
BLACK MAG CABLES (Used against dragons or riders) - Fired onto dragons, these cables mag on and drain more and more energy, the more a dragon or human struggles. They can be then collected from their weakened victims and the energy transferred to your own dragon.
BLACK DECEPTION-CLASS GEAR - Deception gear is all about camouflage, intimidation and fear. The idea behind this is that if your opponent doesn't know the truth, you have the advantage.
BLACK SHADOW GEAR (Used on dragon and rider) - Resembling angled plates and frightening and sharp shapes, most shadow gear goes anywhere on a black dragon and makes him look more dangerous and fierce. More important, some black shadow gear like the netting over the bodies of shadow dragons, can deflect and bend light, making the dragon hard to see in certain conditions, impossible to see in others, and also can visually trick surrounding competitors into thinking that the black dragon is bigger, smaller, closer of further away or even not there at all.
BLACK MIND CLOUD GRENADES (Used against dragons and riders) - Can be thrown or fired, these canisters explode a cloud of mind numbing black draconium with causes temporary blindness and panic.
BLACK JAKK BOXES - (Used against dragon and rider EP-8 "All is not Lost") - These benign looking jakk-projectors, when thrown from your dragon or placed along roads, can tap into surrounding buildings and turn them into giant screens to project fake routes, attackers or trick opponents into thinking you've run off.
BLACK ATTACK-CLASS GEAR - This gear is all about decisive and fear-inspiring attack and energy drain. Strong and powerful, black attack gear also makes a lot of noise and flashes with brilliant and frightening light before taking away your will and your energy.
BLACK ENERGY DRAIN WHIP (Used by rider) - Moordryd Paynn's favorite, this grapple whip attaches to other dragon's gear and saps power at an alarming rate, bringing it back to Moordryd's dragon, Decepshun.
BLACK OVERLOAD POD (Used by rider) - This small electronics package can be fired or thrown onto another dragon's gear and causes an overload of the dragon's energy. At overload, the gear explodes, keeping it a secret and temporarily knocks out an opposing dragons gear.
THE DRAGON FLARES
RED DRACONIUM DRAGONS AND GEAR
Red dragons are creatures of bonding, passion and fire. They are a great compliment to an accomplished rider but can help the less experienced one quickly let things get out of hand. These MAGMA-CLASS dragons are fast, harsh, and ready to attack but also quickly form bonds of loyalty.
BEST GEAR MATCHES
GREEN, LIGHT GREEN, GRAY, LIGHT BLUE, TURQUOISE and WHITE.
OVERALL GEAR FUNCTION AND DESCRIPTION
Red draconium gear because if its natural ability to store and release heat, makes for excellent quick use, advantage gear. Also, because of this heated quality, red draconium gear can also store heat to repair broken gear of all colors.
Red gear is sleek, rounded and has lots of texture for holding and channeling heat.
RED FORGE-CLASS GEAR - This Class of gear utilizes the power of heat in order to give the Dragon or rider extra power or defense in battle. It works off stored dragon heat but in a portable sense.
RED FORGING GEAR (Used by rider) - Stored in or near the saddle, this gear stores dragon heat and usually some form of ignitable red draconium, a magnesium-like alloy of red which can fuse, cut or even melt other gear. A great example of this is Pyrrah's Fire Axe!
RED REPAIR GEAR (Used by rider) - a more benign version of this gear, repair gear is a small putty tool, attached glove and a small store of molten draconium that can be used for temporary patches in a dragon's gear.
RED COMBUSTION-CLASS GEAR - This gear type also stores dragon body heat but is in direct contact with the dragon's body and therefore vastly more powerful than Forge Class Gear. Versions of this gear class vent off dragon heat for maneuvering bursts or to be directed as damaging heat blows to another dragon.
RED HEAT WAVE GEAR (Used by dragon) - A system of concentric rings around a dragon's body that like a rail gun, send an amplified shockwave of super-heated air forward to be fired off to stun other dragons, destroy obstacles or set up heat barriers.
RED FIRE BALL GEAR (Used by dragon) - consists of small projectile launchers that fire super-heated glowing draconium pellets to break through gear and obstacles.
RED THRUSTER GEAR - (Used by dragon) Giant turbine pods that can direct stored heat like a rocket blast for bursts of incredible speed, lift, stopping and defense.
RED SIDE VENTING GEAR - (Used by dragon) Smaller versions of thruster gear which line the sides of a dragon and give short bursts of power for precise maneuvering.
RED FIRE GRENADES - (Used by rider) A pack of explosive red draconium dust that when thrown, creates a short lived but nearly impenetrable wall of flame.
RED FIRE SPIKE GEAR - (Used by Dragon) - For certain defensive situations, Fire Spike Gear is a perfect choice. Consisting of a tube-like net of heat collectors that traverse a dragon's body, each tube is vented in several directions allowing you to fire a burst of heat making the dragon and rider appear like a flaming porcupine. It keeps or literally blows everybody away from you for a few seconds.
RED STORAGE-CLASS GEAR - is gear designed to collect heat for strictly racing purposes. Fitting across the body of the dragon, this gear is akin to ceramics or Kevlar and while great under fire, not so powerful under pressure.
RED HEAT ARMOR - (Used by dragon or rider) This gear fits mostly on the head and sides of the dragon. It is a low-impact, high heat resistant body armor that can deflect reasonable blows but can resist heat and add heat storing power to be used with venting and speed gear.
RED SPEED GEAR (Used by dragon) - Is airfoil gear designed to use stored dragon heat and very quickly auto adjust to race maneuvers. Like it's white aero gear cousin, only more powerful and instantly responsive.
RED MUSCLE BALANCE GEAR (used on the dragon) - This body sensory gear is primarily used to detect where a dragon's muscles are overheating and where they are colder. When the sensors activate, heated armor pads slide from zap cap to zap cap transferring heat and balancing dragon energy and physiology, helping to maximize both endurance and strength.
THE GRIP OF THE DRAGON CREW
GREEN DRACONIUM DRAGONS AND GEAR
Green dragons are a massively powerful lot and they are hard to control and master. They respond best to the brute force or incredible will of a rider. Green BULL-CLASS dragons move slowly and no amount of speed or maneuvering gear short of Red Thruster Gear can substantially help that. They are best at bashing through obstacles or dragging and pushing other competitors around the track. These stubborn creatures don't mesh well with other dragons or gear types but, they don't really need the help either.
BEST GEAR MATCHES
BLACK, RED and BROWN.
OVERALL GEAR FUNCTION AND DESCRIPTION
Green gear is all about the enhancement and assisting of force. Wrestling, grappling, ramming and towing is what these mighty dragons and gear are used for.
Green gear is bulky, with lots of contact surface and leverage points.
GREEN CONTROL-CLASS GEAR - Like the name implies, this gear helps dragon and rider use strength and leverage to master or subdue and opponent. This Class of Gear focuses on attaching, grabbing, and grappling onto other objects, buildings, or even Riders and Dragons!
GREEN TOWING GEAR (Used by dragon) - Towing gear consists of heavy-use lasso ropes and tethers fired from dragon back or from rider and hooked into catch points on the dragon. Mostly situated on the shoulders and hips of the dragon, towing gear helps a dragon and rider pull competitors off the track or helps to pull obstacles onto the track and in the way of others.
GREEN RAMMING GEAR (Used by dragon) - Worn about the head and shoulders of the, this gear is used to go through objects or to 'spring' out to further increase the force of body blows. It often employs a mag-bursted mace ball of sorts to deliver repeated blows in multiple directions.
GREEN TAIL HAMMER (Used by dragon) - A common accessory to Bashing Gear, this heavy hammer-like piece of gear goes on the dragon's tail and delivers massive amounts of damage.
GREEN MAG COLLECTION GEAR (used by dragon) - This body armor-like gear might slow your dragon down but it's ability to hold and prevent mag energy "bleed" nearly doubles your dragon's endurance.
GREEN JACKHAMMER GEAR (Used by Dragon) - These side-mounted pneumatic bashing arms fire off to the left and right of your dragon delivering massive lateral force and blows to nearby opponents. They can also be extended and pivoted forward to join with bashing gear and help crumble front on obstacles to dust.
GREEN CHARGING GEAR (Used by Dragon) - This powerful body armor is all about going through and not around things. Enough said!
GREEN STABILITY GEAR (Used by Dragon) - This gear fires huge tether hooks and counter balances into surrounding structures and the track for short-term traction and balance. It can slow you down but man will you be hard to move off course!
GREEN HOBBLE-CLASS GEAR - These powerful gear types are designed to trap, hold and stop another dragon and rider in their tracks. Some of them use inordinate amounts of energy that directly proportional to the effects of their use.
GREEN SUBDUE GEAR (Used by rider) - These boomerang like dragon hobbles are fired at the feet of other dragons, locking them down and causing a crash. The gear then mags back to you to use again.
GREEN TRAPPING GEAR (Used by rider) Fire this gear at your opponent and set up a tethered barrier that can't be broken. Great for hand to hand street fights too.
GREEN ANTI-MAG GRENADE (Used by rider) - The strength of green draconium allows you to use a cloud of it to set up a barrier of dust that can temporarily disperse a mag burst. Very effective when trying to bring down an angry dragon.
GREEN MAG CANNON (Used by dragon) - The most offensive and powerful weapon in the green draconium arsenal, this head mounted draconium energy gun uses enormous amounts of energy but delivers a mag pulse akin to a particle weapon!
GREEN ANCHOR GEAR (used against dragon) - Some dragons are far too powerful or big to be brought down by simple subdue or trapping gear and when that happens, this is the gear to use. Like the harpoons and buoys that bring down sharks and whales, these spiked mag lines fire into another dragon's gear and release claws into the ground or nearby structures, slowly dragging the beast to a stop.
THE INNER ORDER CREW
BLUE DRACONIUM DRAGONS AND GEAR
Blue ENERGY-CLASS dragons are precise, controlled, lightning fast and acrobatic. They work best with experienced riders who have discipline and skill but because they are so well trained, they make excellent law enforcement dragons and are the perfect partner for younger inexperienced riders who need a dragon to help train and protect them.
BEST GEAR MATCHES
PURPLE, BROWN, LIGHT GREEN, GRAY and WHITE.
OVERALL GEAR FUNCTION AND DESCRIPTION
These martial artists of the dragon world are all about speed and balance and so is their gear. Blue draconium gear for both rider and dragon is mostly used to enhance the natural abilities of both dragon and rider rather than to add any specific power.
Blue gear is fluid, artful and ornate.
BLUE ENHANCEMENT-CLASS GEAR - Gear in this Class primarily enhances the abilities that the Dragon and Rider already have. These gear types usually don't add any new abilities because they focus on magnifying what you can do. The better and more trained the Rider and Dragon are, the more power they receive from this Gear.
BLUE SPEED GEAR (Used by dragon and rider)
This very graceful set of airfoils is mostly found on the back of both dragon and rider and dragon tail. Not large by any means but very ancient in form and structure, this gear looks more decorative but it adds precise and balanced aerodynamics.
BLUE AGILITY ASSIST GEAR (Used by dragon) - Like flexible carbon exo-bones, this gear is designed like light bracing to keep joints and limbs more stable in extreme maneuvers.
BLUE ACTION-CLASS GEAR - Action class gear is just as the name implies, it's designed to assist and add power and control to carefully considered race and battle choices. The idea of the gear is to respond to your needs without adding to your thought or work load.
BLUE BALANCE GEAR (Used by dragon and rider) - A great collection of wired counter weights and plates that fit dragon head, shoulder, side and tail, balance gear has two great functions; The first is to help the dragon on turns and through obstacles by allowing dragon and rider to lean into maneuvers at more extreme angles than usual. It also helps when air-born to correct trajectory and balance. One of the best uses of balance gear though is in combat as it helps dragon and rider turn the force of attacks into energy for speed and maneuvering. Sometimes it's better to bounce away than to fight back. This includes Khatah's graceful grav-stick that is weighted for him to move around the dragon's body subtly affecting balance.
BLUE TURNING GEAR (Used by rider) - Turning gear consists mostly of short grapple-hook lines that the rider fires into passing buildings or objects to help tighten maneuvers.
BLUE MAG CONTACT GEAR (Worn by rider) - These graceful mag pads get positioned around the body of only the most experienced mag jumper. It allows you to separate and switch positions on a single mag beam from your dragon, making you more precise and maneuverable in the air.
BLUE CONFLICT-CLASS GEAR - While fighting is always an option to those of the INNER ORDER, it is always a last resort. This gear is designed to enhance your ability to defend and counter attack or downright kick butt.
BLUE DRAGON STAR GEAR (Used by rider) - These stylized pods fire deadly shuriken style projectiles designed to shred gear and cut tethering and trapping lines.
BLUE ABSORPTION ARMOR (used by dragon) - These aerodynamic flip up plates are designed to dampen mag blasts and spread the energy out in such a way that it actually drains more from the attacker.
BLUE KHATA GEAR (Used by rider and dragon) - This collection of small dragon-body gear pods add "mag step plates" all over the dragon's body for more efficient martial arts battle without the energy drain of a full-on mag lift!
BLUE ENERGY BOLT GEAR (Used by dragon) - These forward seated draconium "channels" allow your dragon to focus mag energy from his head into a fine-pulsed wave, which can break gear, disrupt energy fields and blow through lesser obstacles.
THE ARMY OF THE DRAGON CREW
PURPLE DRACONIUM DRAGONS AND GEAR
Purple PACK-CLASS dragons are smaller and quicker than most dragons. Used to operating in groups, they do not do as well alone and therefore are not generally great single racers. They prefer a communal setting and are used to a relationship that requires that their riders be the alpha-male in a group of both dragons and riders. Great for hunting, they are not independent thinkers and do not really add team value to their rider. However, their gear is another story as its control, trapping and hunting uses make the group as a whole, very dangerous.
BEST GEAR MATCHES
BLACK, RED, GREEN, LIGHT GREEN, LIGHT BLUE, GRAY and TURQUOISE.
OVERALL GEAR FUNCTION AND DESCRIPTION
Used for hunting and tracking, purple dragon gear is designed for herding, teaming, tricking and following. This gear is especially useful to help smaller, weaker dragons team with others in group races to track and deceive competitors.
Purple gear is small, spiky and loosely form-fitting and can include smaller dragons.
PURPLE PACK-CLASS GEAR - Team Class gear enables you to overcome opposition and challenge with the notion of strength in numbers. Team gear is all about combining or sharing dragon powers to overcome superior odds.
PURPLE TANDEM GEAR (Used by dragon) - These gear pods ENERGY - attach dragons together using small conductive lines. In the race-battle setting, tandem gear allows a group of dragons to share power or surround and commandeer another dragon and use them for extra speed or to steal energy from.
PURPLE MAG CELLS (used by rider) - These devices store draconium energy and can be tossed to team-mates to act like battery packs to enhance the power of their dragons. You can also fill them with stolen energy to keep or share.
PURPLE SIGNAL GEAR (used by dragon and rider) - Signal gear are like the running lights on aircraft and boats. The only difference is that they can only be seen by like colored dragons or using special visor gear. They can transmit positions or special codes when speaking aloud over a distance is not an option.
PURPLE DISABLE-CLASS GEAR - This gear as the name says, is for bringing down opposing dragons and other quarry. Since The Army of the Dragon are natural hunters, this gear is all about taking down adversaries for quick trapping.
PURPLE TRAPPING GEAR (Used by dragon and rider) - Trapping gear is the dragon-mounted bolo launchers that tangle and trip dragons either alone or together.
PURPLE GLUE GEAR (Used by rider) - A favorite of Dragon City Security, these hand held devices coat the road with a goo that the more you step in it, the more it sticks.
PURPLE DISRUPTOR MINES (Used by rider) - These treacherous devices can be planted anywhere and react to draconium by blasting the air with a mist of purple draconium dust that causes total confusion and blackout. If a direct hit, they can cause your dragon to eject you.
PURPLE HUNTER-CLASS GEAR - Like the tools of the honed predator, this gear made from reactive draconium or employing small scavenger dragons, means there is no escape for your victim.
PURPLE MARKING GEAR (Used by dragon and rider) - Tracking gear consists of purple draconium tags and pads that can be fired onto another dragon and guide you to him by draconium energy. This can be used to keep track of all other dragons in a race and strategize with you team in secret.
PURPLE TRACKING GEAR (Used by dragon and rider) - takes the form of smaller body mounted dragons that ride along with you and jump off to follow your quarry and scout ahead, communicating with your dragon or your team-mates.
PURPLE PENNING GEAR (Used by rider) - Think of penning gear as designed for trickery and entrapment. This gear consists of the PENNING PRONGS that you fire into the ground in front of dragons to guide them into traps or stun and scare them while you attack or escape.
PURPLE DECOY GEAR (Used by rider on tracking gear dragons) - These small electronics packages are placed on tracking dragons which follow your quarry and study it, recording sounds and movement to use as a decoy later on.
THE WILL OF THE DRAGON CREW
BROWN DRACONIUM DRAGONS AND GEAR
The brown EARTH-CLASS dragon was originally bred for digging and demolishing and this dragon can do all of that and more but not without good reason. This old breed is very smart and won't necessarily do what you want unless he agrees with you. Once on your side, these steady, thoughtful and powerful dragons are very destructive. When crossed, they can go out of control in a judgmental frenzy.
BEST GEAR MATCHES
GREEN, BLUE and LIGHT GREEN.
OVERALL GEAR FUNCTION AND DESCRIPTION
Primary uses for tunneling, construction and demolishing, brown draconium gear runs the gamut from tearing things down and moving through terrain to holding ground.
Brown gear is thick and sharp with lots of projections.
BROWN DEMOLITION-CLASS GEAR - This class of earthen gear is made to help you go through any obstacle you come across. Originally used for building construction in Dragon City, the gear in this class has very potent battle and competition uses.
BROWN BASHING GEAR (Used by dragon and rider) - Like a series of clubs, axes and battering rams coming off your dragon and you from any angle. Bashing gear turns just about any surface into a weapon and is extra draconium-energy absorbing when used to attack AFTER attacked.
BROWN EXCAVATION GEAR (used by dragon) - The Earth Class dragon is already and excellent digger and cutter but this gear makes it all the more powerful. This gear lowers from the head and shoulder of the dragon and provides very dangerous serrated edges that can rip through just about any obstacle!
BROWN PILEDRIVER GEAR (Used by Dragon) - Just as the name implies, this gear slides into position near the legs of your dragon and when activated pound down with such force that the very ground is shaken, sending adversaries tumbling and obstacles crumbling. It can also be used to launch these very heavy brown earth class dragons several feet skyward for certain maneuvers.
BROWN STABILITY-CLASS GEAR - Often, it's best to keep your feet firmly on the ground and this gear is all about contact, leverage and digging in for battle.
BROWN ENTRENCHING GEAR (Used by dragon) - Think of this gear like the steadying hydraulics on large cranes. This gear is like an extra pair of legs, only legs with huge claws that add mounds of extra stability when holding ground to grapple or push.
BROWN ALL TERRAIN GEAR (Used by dragon) - This is gear for the feet of your dragon, mostly called traction claws, this gear allows your dragon to dig into any surface, (depending on gear level) and make sharp maneuvers and climb building sides in race turns.
BROWN PHALANX GEAR (Used by dragons and riders) - Like the locking shield techniques of the ancient Romans, this plated gear flies forward and locks with the gear from other dragons or riders turning you into a moving wall of destruction.
BROWN PROTECTION-CLASS GEAR - Sometimes its best to stay safe, even if it slows you down. And if you want to stay safe, nothing's better than gear in the Brown Protection Class. It may be big and bulky, but you definitely aren't getting hurt anytime soon.
BROWN BATTLE ARMOR (Used by dragon and rider)- Located anywhere on the body of dragon and rider, what this plated gear removes in speed it makes up for in ability to dish out and withstand blows. It is energy absorbing so your brown armor when used on the appropriate dragon type can help you absorb energy from attackers.
BROWN GUARDIAN GEAR (used by dragon) - Special gear that molds to fit over any gear on your Dragon. While it's covering your gear, you can't use it but it's not going to get damaged or destroyed either!
THE PROPHETS CREW
ORANGE DRACONIUM DRAGONS AND GEAR
Beware the orange CONTROL-CLASS dragon as they are one of the most intelligent and vengeful of al dragons. They do not let humans ride them so much as they enslave humans to help them race and battle. Secretly, the orange dragon is waiting for a chance to start a war with humans but for now they take pleasure in messing in human affairs with their nihilist riders and highly destructive gear. Orange gear is hard to come by, extremely difficult to control and very, very dangerous.
BEST GEAR MATCHES
BLACK, RED, PURPLE, LIGHT GREEN, LIGHT BLUE, GRAY and TURQUOISE.
OVERALL GEAR FUNCTION AND DESCRIPTION
Orange gear is designed for destruction, extreme defensive measures and random acts of vengeance and sabotage.
Orange gear is mostly aerodynamic packages of other devices, dragons and materials.
ORANGE ENSLAVE-CLASS GEAR - This gear Class is primarily used by The Prophets to help enslave and control human Riders. This gear can also be used by Dragons to help enslave other Dragons, riders and therefore other Draconium devices and gear.
ORANGE FORCING GEAR (Used by dragon ON THE RIDER)- Only members of The Prophets use this kind of gear which consists of head control harnesses that allow the dragon to best mentally and physically maneuver the rider to the dragon's wishes.
ORANGE HARNESSING GEAR (Used by dragon) - Allows the dragon to fire harness lines over other riders to mind control them, their dragons and their gear!
ORANGE SABOTAGE-CLASS GEAR - If you need to make sure that your opponent's plans are foiled in the most destructive way, than this is the Class of gear for you! This incredibly destructive gear focuses on disrupting, foiling, and stopping your adversary's plans in his tracks and is even dangerous for you if you're not far enough away.
ORANGE DRAG-BOX - (fired by dragon or rider) this depth charge of small gear eating dragons can be ejected from dragon back where the box opens and the trailing dragons are attacked. If used too close, you can have your own gear munched on.
ORANGE MAG-BURST GRENADE (fired by dragon or rider) - A highly destructive gear pod which fits at any bone-node, stores unstable orange draconium magnetism and fires off onto another dragon causing a huge spontaneous mag burst to blow gear off itself and other dragons. If your dragon is weak at the time, you'll lose gear yourself too.
ORANGE IMPLOSION GEAR (Used by dragon) - One of the most dangerous pieces of gear on the street; sleek and insidious head-mounted implosion gear fires small charged orange draconium dust filled projectiles into opponent's gear. The unstable dust gets into the gear's inner workings causing the gear to fry from within and literally self-destruct.
ORANGE CHAOS-CLASS GEAR - This gear comes in two distinct configurations. First it is designed to unleash nearly uncontrollable destruction and second, to create massive confusion.
ORANGE MAGLIFYING GEAR (used by dragon) - It is mostly amplification devices that build up tremendously unstable amounts of draconium energy by tuning surrounding orange dragons to the same energy signature. The result is the highly terrifying group mag-burst that can blow all of the attackers down too!
ORANGE CHAFF GEAR (Used by dragon and rider) - Think of this gear as working like the countermeasures on a fighter jet. Consisting of tubes that fire a cloud of orange dust, This gear makes a target dragon and rider temporarily unable to work together or makes their mag-burst ineffective. It has also been known to cause spontaneous riots on the track.
ORANGE DEFLECTION PLATES (used by dragon) Also very dangerous gear because it creates a mag infused chain reaction to attacks. If the attack is huge, this one-use gear is properly deployed can turn an attack into wholesale destruction!
ORANGE MIND POD (used on dragon or rider) - Used to cause panic or to create diversions, this short use gear self-destructs to leave no traces but not before temporarily turning a dragon or rider into a tangled mess of confusion and craziness. It resembles a small probe fired from the wrist or from a dragon-mounted launcher and spreads a fine powder of charged orange draconium over the head of a victim.
THE KEEPERS CREW
LT GREEN DRACONIUM DRAGONS AND GEAR
These dragons are also known as SCAVENGER-CLASS dragons because their smaller size and high speed, high fear disposition makes them excellent gatherers. They can also be easily coerced by force or fear to help any other dragon/human team. Silent, stealthy, quick and resourceful, these dragons make a great team for the Keeper crew and their inventive yet cautious ways.
BEST GEAR MATCHES
GREEN, BLUE, BROWN and GRAY.
OVERALL GEAR FUNCTION AND DESCRIPTION
Light green draconium gear is mostly used for devices and equipment to enhance, protect and hide. Since the best way to win a fight is sometimes a way to avoid it, light green gear maximizes your ability to stay you of the fray until the other competitors have weakened each other enough for you to succeed.
Light green gear is loosely form-fitting, light and sleek.
LIGHT GREEN DISRUPTION-CLASS GEAR - Sometimes the best way to win a fight is to avoid it, and sometimes the best way to win a race is to avoid the chance for your opponent to use his gear. This class of gear attempts to make your opponent's gear and equipment as useless as possible by any means necessary.
LIGHT GREEN DEACTIVATION GEAR (Used by rider) - Deactivation gear has many excellent uses from momentarily disturbing electricity to shut down lights and streets, to picking and breaking security devices and to for a few seconds, to remotely power down another dragon's gear. A great example of this is Dragon Booster's JAKK-STIK and Stewardd's JAKK-PIK.
LIGHT GREEN DEFLECTION ARMOR (Used by dragon and rider) - Place this slippery looking gear on the head, sides and tail of your dragon and become a dangerous to hit target. Not the strongest gear by any measure but it requires a direct hit to be broken and is quite destabilizing to the attacker when hit by a glancing blow.
LIGHT GREEN SIGNAL DIVERTER (used on an opponent's saddle) - Fire this puppy into your opponent's saddle and watch the fun begin. It effectively crosses the controls so turning left means right or deploying one gear actually fires another.
LIGHT GREEN STEALTH-CLASS GEAR - Your enemies can't hit what they can't find, and this gear helps to make sure you stay missing. While not necessarily making you invisible to deceive or trick your adversaries, these gear types make sure that you are like the Dragon Ninja: Never seen, never heard.
LIGHT GREEN ESCAPE GEAR (Used by dragon) - This gear goes on the dragon's hind area and tail and ejects light green draconium dust which bends light making it appear as if you and your dragon are headed in another direction or just plain not there.
LIGHT GREEN SILENCING GEAR (Used by dragon and rider)- Anywhere on the body of dragon and rider, this gear is baffled and covered with grooves and cuts that eliminate sound and disperse light. It also consists of energy and sound absorbing foot pads for you and your dragon.
LIGHT GREEN MIRAGE GEAR (Used by dragon or rider) - This tricky gear pod first takes a snapshot of you or your dragon and then fires several small holographic devices ahead of your pursuers. As they get close, they see what appear to be flashes of several "yous" moving off in different directions.
LIGHT GREEN SCAVENGE-CLASS GEAR - One man's trash is another man's treasure, and this gear class lets you be as resourceful as you want to be. This class is great for using and reusing everything you have and can find, because sometimes that is what it takes to win.
LIGHT GREEN FUSION GEAR (used by rider) - is one of the alternate ways to gain energy and fuel. Looking like the blender ("Mister Fusion" from Back to the Future), this gear takes the broken parts of other gear and transforms them into energy. This is a great way to use gear that is broken, but it's beyond repairable once you have put it into the Light Green Fusion Gear. The better your Dragon matches the color of gear you put into the Fusion Gear, the more energy you get from it.
LIGHT GREEN MODIFICATION GEAR - This specialized gear allows the inventive Keepers to fuse two like pieces of gear together for use as a new gear type. While not the sturdiest of gears, this gear can be quite useful to the resourceful inventor who for a short time wants to combine and amplify the powers of similar gear.
THE DRAGON FISH CREW
LT BLUE DRACONIUM DRAGONS AND GEAR
The NAUTILUS-CLASS dragon is the hardest dragon type to pin down. They are once fluid and graceful yet hardened and rigid. They are the most versatile of dragons being bread for both land and water but are equally duplicitous of manner as they are use. It requires a mentally alert, flexible and nimble rider to handle the NAUTILUS-CLASS but once you do, you have a fast, dangerous and cunning dragon that is as skilled at attack as it is defense.
BEST GEAR MATCHES
BLACK, RED, PURPLE, ORANGE, LIGHT GREEN, GRAY, WHITE and TURQUOISE.
OVERALL GEAR FUNCTION AND DESCRIPTION
Gear of light blue draconium is as puzzlingly hard to categorize as the light blue dragon it comes from. Light blue gear's uses range from cooling to attack and from land to water uses.
Light blue gear is smooth, flowing and often ends in sharp points.
LIGHT BLUE STINGER-CLASS GEAR - like the name says, this gear puts the hurt on opponents with fast, well aimed and gear burning electric attacks.
Sometimes your opposition needs a little shock to remind them to leave you alone, and this class of gear definitely passes the message. Instead of utilizing energy to fuel its needs, these gear types revolve around the use of electricity to power up your Dragon and Gear as well as attack your opponents.
LIGHT BLUE STUN GEAR (Used by dragon and rider) - For the dragon, stun gear is like sharp electrified coral. Stun gear on the front of the dragon consists of gun like pods that fire small electric star-fish like mini dragons that deliver a sharp draconium energy disrupting jolt to both rider and gear.
LIGHT BLUE TENTACLE GEAR (used by dragon or rider) - mounted on the back of your dragon, to deploy this gear means you're setting up a electrified net of trailing shock ribbons that deliver the same electric jolt to opponents that get too close. A hand-held example of this is the Tri-Stinger used by MARIANIS.
LIGHT BLUE DISPERSION-CLASS GEAR - Gear in this class center on keeping your Dragon, Rider, and Gear cool. This helps you perform over longer periods of time, withstand the heat blasted at you, hide from infra-red sensors, as well as other uses.
LIGHT BLUE COOLING GEAR (Used by dragon) - This gear is found mostly on the head and main body of the dragon and looks like a netting sheet of water. It dissipates heat allowing your dragon to run and battle for longer before over-heating.
LIGHT BLUE MIST GEAR (used by dragon) - Pod that fires a fine mist of hot water into the air to confuse tracking systems and infra red scanners. Can be turned up to steam to confuse of distract followers.
LIGHT BLUE SLICKER GEAR (used by dragon) - One of the interesting qualities of light blue draconium is that it is very slippery when wet. This gear deploys down from the dragon's body and coats the road with a slippery surface of powdered light blue draconium, then wets it down, making the road behind you worse than ice!
LIGHT BLUE DIVE-CLASS GEAR - Under the vast lakes and seas outside of Dragon City are vast new lands waiting for exploration. Since people and Dragons cannot normally breathe and move normally in water, this class of gear handles all of your needs for underwater exploration, battle, sports, and racing.
LIGHT BLUE BREATHING GEAR (Used by rider) - Since light blue dragons can dive for long periods of time, this smooth water gear goes on the head of the rider and acts as ballast and a breathing apparatus.
LIGHT BLUE WATER GEAR (used by dragon and rider) - This gear is situated on the body and legs of both dragon and rider to aid in high-speed swimming and maneuvering through water.
LIGHT BLUE TERRAIN-CLASS GEAR - This versatile gear uses the trappings and textures of underwater to add traction and speed to land maneuvers.
LIGHT BLUE SPEED GEAR (used by dragon) - This highly flexible and fluid gear defies the laws of land physics as it flaps and buffets in the high-speed wind of racing. The material it's made of however is so slick like Teflon for air, that it actually accelerates the air around it adding lots of speed.
LIGHT BLUE TRACTION GEAR (Used by dragon) - Unlike the tough surface traction gear of brown draconium that literally digs into surfaces, this gear acts like pneumatic suction cups on your dragon's feet and your hands to almost defy gravity especially on smooth surfaces where other dragons can't easily follow. This gear really only works on lighter dragons or as an additive to stronger more destructive traction gear. Also used when you want to hide your trail as it literally pulls your tracks out after making them.
LIGHT BLUE BOARD GEAR (Used by dragon) - When coming up on a water hazard, why sink when you can board! This gear deploys on the feet of the dragon and like water-skis, allow your and your dragon to zoom over short water hazards and hit the other side running!
THE MECHANISTS CREW
GRAY DRACONIUM DRAGONS AND GEAR
The second oldest dragon breed to the gold dragon, the gray draconium dragon is like the raw material dragon. Gray dragons do not race, they do not judge and they do not take sides but the MECHANIST crews that follow them are all about profit. Like the Ferengi in Star Trek, they make their living prospecting this rare draconium with adds power to all others.
BEST GEAR MATCHES
All gear types.
OVERALL GEAR FUNCTION AND DESCRIPTION
Gray draconium has the wondrous ability to match with and add to any other draconium color, often turning to that color when powered up before 'relaxing' back into the gray state.
Gray gear is small and bio-mechanical in appearance and is used to add power to other gear.
GRAY POWER ASSIST-CLASS GEAR (Used by dragon or rider)- This gear basically adds power and control to most any gear by fitting on or near it. Gray draconium is very rare, nearly priceless and outside of the Racing Academy and the Elite Class, secret and mostly illegal.
GRAY TARGETING POD (Used by dragon and rider) - With so much speed and maneuvering precision on the line, targeting pods help you focus and measure distances for sighting jumps or for firing attack gear.
GRAY HOMING POD (Used by rider) - Add this pod to your gear arsenal and any projectiles you fire will home in and chase opponents.
GRAY RANGE POD (used by rider or dragon) - Need more range for your attacks? Slip this dangerous pod onto your gear and increase it's effective range by at least double!
GRAY POWER ASSIST POD (Used by dragon or rider) - Just as the name says, add this to any gear and watch thee power grow.
GRAY MUDULATION POD (Used on dragon) - This gear modulates the mag wave on your dragon making his energy more efficient and the energy cost of using gear much less draining.
THE DRAGON WINDS CREW
WHITE DRACONIUM DRAGONS AND GEAR
The extreme sports dragons of this world, SKY-CLASS dragons are part flying squirrel, part hang-glider and all about taking risk. Difficult to control when there's extreme action to be had, you better work with this dragon or he'll shake you right off his back. This dragon is all about adventure and fun and in many ways; the SKY-CLASS is the most fun to ride. Just make sure you're up for just about anything because even if you're not, your dragon is.
BEST GEAR MATCHES
RED, BLUE, ORANGE, LIGHT BLUE and GRAY.
OVERALL GEAR FUNCTION AND DESCRIPTION
Almost anything that involves speed, jumping, gliding or being reckless is made of white draconium. It is light, highly durable and incredibly smooth.
White gear often looks like wings and parts on a jet aircraft.
WHITE SKY-CLASS GEAR - Some people love the wind whisking through their hair, the feeling of being off the ground and the feeling of no boundaries, and the gear in this Class are made just for that cause. Gear in this Class is also made mostly for use while the Dragon is already in the air but ads race/battle functions on the ground.
WHITE AERO GEAR (Used by dragon and rider)- This gear is found mostly on the upper and side body of the dragon and looks like wings. It allows for basic aerial maneuvers during battle runs and greatly extends gliding distances.
WHITE STABILIZER GEAR (Used by dragon and rider) - If gliding gear looks like wings, airfoil gear looks like the vertical stabilizers on aircraft and the tail wings on cars and bikes. This mostly head and tail gear can be used for precise maneuvering and braking by storing some of the air passing over it an using the pneumatic pressure to change direction under the rider's control. Great for aerial moves and extra ground control.
WHITE CHUTE GEAR (used by dragon) This immense sheet of woven draconium is deployed as a last resort when falling from an extreme jump or used to slow you down and avoid a crash like the parachute on the back of a dragster.
WHITE STUNT-CLASS GEAR - Mostly for the rider but for the dragon as well, this gear really suits the free-style and spontaneous nature of White dragons and Dragon Winds Crew members.
WHITE ACROBATIC GEAR (Used by the rider) - This gear is like having your own personal flying squirrel wings and stabilizers. When in combat, this gear enables you to break your mag lock in the air, conserving your dragon's energy as it allows you to stay air born and precisely maneuver for precious extra seconds.
WHITE SLEDDING GEAR (Used by dragon) - Deploying off your dragon's feet and sides, these fold out "Sleds" allow you to literally skate around turns as long as the surface allows, picking up even more speed and momentum at the cost of some control. They are primarily used to pick up speed on smooth downhill surfaces and for the famed Dragon City Extreme G Competition.
WHITE MAG BOARD (Used by rider) - Mostly for exhibition sports but also useful for combat, the mag board goes on the rider's saddle and when magged into the air, the rider can "Surf" the mag beam making him/her far more maneuverable and therefore formidable while in the air.
WHITE VERTICAL-CLASS GEAR - Wanna swing through the skies like Spiderman? Want to climb the biggest building there is? This Class of gear is made to help you fulfill those desires. While most of these gears primarily use ropes or rope-like devices, they are all designed to help with climbing and traversing the heights when gliding or flying is not an option..
WHITE RAPPEL GEAR (Used by dragon) - Somewhat like the webs of Spiderman, the White Dragon will shoot lines of either energy or material from his legs and feet to maneuver through high surfaces by attracting himself to or repelling away from them. This can give the white dragon the appearance of "sky-dancing" if only for short bursts.
WHITE JUMPING-LANDING GEAR (Powered by dragon and Used by rider) - These draconium pads on your hands and feet hold small charges of energy allowing you to repel away from surfaces for extra jumping ability and also to cushion hard landings!
THE VOICE OF THE DRAGON CREW
TURQUOISE DRACONIUM DRAGONS AND GEAR
SONIC-CLASS dragons are loud, forceful and persuasive by manner or force; just like their riders. To partner with one of these dragons requires you to prove yourself worthy to the dragon. One of the most strategic and communicative dragons on the planet, you don't always know what a group of them is up to so you better be able to handle yourself around them or together, they just might decide they don't want you around.
BEST GEAR MATCHES
BLACK, GREEN, PURPLE and GRAY.
OVERALL GEAR FUNCTION AND DESCRIPTION
Turquoise gear is designed primarily for strategy and communication and many dragons can take advantage of its ability to help dragon groups interface and communicate. The drawback is of course, if you're not that good with your dragons, you're helping them talk about you behind your back.
Turquoise gear is conical and self contained.
TURQUOISE SONIC-CLASS GEAR - Sound is a great tool and a great weapon and the focus of the gear in this class, and these gears can manipulate it well. Also used to help dragons communicate and to amplify speakers for concerts and stadiums, gear in the Turquoise Sonic Class can do more things than just be loud.
TURQUOISE AMPLIFYING GEAR (Used by dragon) - This gear fits on the head of the dragon and allows him to send 'masked' vocalizations across great distances. When in a tandem race and battle scenario, this can be really helpful or of desired, painfully loud as in VOCIFEROUS' Sonic Boomerang.
TURQUOISE SHOCKWAVE GEAR (used by dragon) - Consisting of drum-like membranous sound "Catchers", your dragon uses precisely tuned draconium energy pulses to move the catchers and build up a destructive shockwave of sonic power. The wave is terrifyingly visible yet silent as it approaches. Only the shaking of everything around you tells that the wave is about to hit!
TURQUOISE ULTRASONIC-CLASS GEAR - This highly destructive gear uses sound as a terrible weapon. It is designed so that a dragon can create a dangerous buildup of low level ultrasonic vibrations to be unleashed as a shockwave!
TURQUOISE SONAR GEAR (Used by dragon and rider) - Great across distance and in darkness, this all-over body gear helps dragons and riders locate targets and each other and is used in either created or native extreme limited visibility conditions. It transfers the sound signal into a visual display for the riders allowing them to "see" opponents and obstacles in near darkness. Sonar gear can also be used to send out destructive bursts of crippling high-intensity sound waves.
TURQUOISE HYPERSOUND GEAR (Used by dragon) - The Voice of the Dragon Crew is all about persuasion and this gear is all about getting your way. When powered, this smaller version of shockwave gear concentrates sound energy from your dragon's mouth and in the "just out of hearing range" for humans. When activated, the frequency can stun or incapacitate some dragon breeds and also create a state of severe agitation or confusion in humans.
TURQUOISE AWE-CLASS GEAR - This class of gear revolves around and works with sound and light. This includes creating light, dissipating light, changing the colors of light, or using light waves for its effects.
TURQUOISE BLINDING GEAR (used by dragon and rider) - Blinding gear consists of flash-pads on the body of the dragon that blast the area with blinding light and loud booms or to illuminate dark track areas.
TURQUOISE FLASH STICKS (used by rider) - Tube like devices that can be thrown into the ground as a flash booby trap or to help stun attackers and dragons.
TURQUOISE REFLECTING GEAR (Used by dragon and rider) - This very effective battle gear requires you to stop and face your attacker. Once they make noise, catchers on your dragon's neck and body take in the sound and echo it causing a huge sound overload. At the same time, light pads on your dragon build up with energy and send a terrifying blast of reverberated sound and light back at your opponent and the more he or she moves and makes noise, the greater the amount of horrific energy is sent back at them.
MISCELLANEOUS GEAR AND DEVICES
BLOCKING STAFFS - Used by many of Dragon City's street racers, these collapsible poles have many uses. They charge and store with small amounts of your dragon's draconium energy to be used to short out dragon and human gear, do martial arts stunts or for good old fashioned bopping and leverage.
VID GAME CONTROLLERS - Added to your helmet gear, the readouts and information you get allows you to far more efficiently use your gear and your dragon's energy!
INFORMATION VISOR - A H.U.D. upgrade to your racing gear, this takes the saddle readouts and gear information and puts it where you can see it without taking your eyes of the race.
JAKK-GEAR - Like the Light Green device used by Stewardd, this allows you to short out gear at close range, deactivate locks and disrupt communications.
JOUSTING POLE - Just what you think it is, a good old fashioned long range headache to an unsuspecting opponent.
A.R.E.S. ACTIVE RIDER EJECTION SYSTEM - If you're gonna get bounced of your dragon, you better have one of these. In the odd instance, if your trajectory of fall is just right, you can maneuver back around to be magged back on your dragon!
MAG PIT - A mobile gear holder that can allow you the luxury of having extra gear at the track...where it belongs!
COMM LINK - Nothing helps better in a team race setting than actually being able to talk to your team. Darn those hand signals! Hey, what finger is that?!?
SADDLE PACK - These extra draconium contact points added under your saddle can make a world of difference in dragon control and energy savings. You cheap dragon you!
BODY ARMOR - A tasty draconium blend that helps disperse attacks, has plating to help you damage attackers and hey, prevents chaffing! Damn dragon saddle sores!
NEW GENERIC GEAR
HYDRATION PAK - Saddle mounted flask of high-power energy drink with flexible tubing that extends into dragon mouth for quick cool-down or short lived power-up.
DRACONIUM GEAR CHARGER - A quiver type saddle accoutrement that uses some of your dragon's energy to quick charge your hand-held gear, making your attacks and defenses more powerful for a short duration. Examples of this are Pyrrah's Fire Axe and the Mag-hammer used by Phistus.
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A few of my own comments:You know it just occurred to me from reading this is that the name for the Jakk gear is probably a nob to their toy manufacturer Jakks Pacific.
And now we finally know why the black draconium dragons are referred to as psi-class: they can make some degree of mental connections with their riders. I wonder if that explains why Coershun was so freaked out by the newt at the end of "Faster than Fear". Maybe he picked up and tuned in on Cain's fear and empathized with it too much.
And in the category of which dragon class I'd like to ride... the descriptions of the red and white dragons appeal to me the most. I think I'll take one of each. :)