Robotic Horse

The robotic horse is a mechanized steed in SOL Shogunate, officially described as a mount used to trek across the lunar surface. It is one of two confirmed mounts, alongside a monocycle, and exists to make the open exterior of the Moon playable at the scale Chaos Manufacturing has designed. For wider game context, see the Overview.

Role In Traversal

The lunar setting is split between the interior of glass-domed cities and the open surface that connects them. Inside the cities the player moves on foot. Outside, the distances between settlements, biomes, and points of interest are too long for foot traversal, and the variable gravity outdoors changes how movement works. The robotic horse answers that constraint by carrying Yuzuki across the surface at speed, sitting alongside the monocycle as the second confirmed mount. Both share the same role: cross the lunar exterior between locations that would otherwise drag on foot.

Where It Fits In The Movement Kit

The robotic horse is part of a broader traversal toolkit built around the variable gravity outside the domes and the hostile nature of the surface itself.

Mounts cover the long horizontal distances. The jet pack, grapple, and gravity-assist gear handle shorter, more vertical movement. Together they form the moveset that makes the open Moon traversable rather than a hazard zone.

Surface Use Case

The robotic horse is paired specifically with the lunar surface, not the interior of the glass-domed cities. The cities themselves are dense and walkable, modeled after eras of Japanese history. The exterior is the opposite: long stretches of unpressurized terrain between mining cities carved into craters, settlements connected by space elevators and bullet trains, and biomes too far apart to cross on foot.

That use case also depends on Yuzuki's body holding up outside. Vacuum, radiation, and temperature swings are deadly to a normal human, and her bio-ceramic skin keeps her operational while mounted. The augmentation that powers this is covered on the Augmentation page. Mount and rider work as a pair: the mount supplies the speed, the augmentations supply the survival envelope.

Design Lineage

The mechanized-steed design philosophy draws on Game Director Leszek Szczepanski's prior career, which includes work on the Horizon franchise and its catalog of robotic creatures. That heritage informs how the robotic horse reads on screen: a mechanical animal silhouette built for fast travel, rather than a generic vehicle. The result fits the samurai space opera tone, where a ronin riding a metallic horse across an alien lunar plain matches the rest of the visual language.

Unconfirmed Details

Several questions about the robotic horse have not been answered publicly, and the wiki will fill them in as more is revealed.

• The number of variants or visual customizations available, including color, plating, or naming options.

• Mount stats such as top speed, stamina, durability, or combat-relevant defenses.

• Specific mounted abilities like boost dashes, jumps, charge attacks, or in-saddle weapon use.

• How the mount is summoned in the field, whether through a call command, a fixed stable, or proximity-based recall.

• Any taming, crafting, or progression requirement to unlock the mount, and where in the campaign it first becomes available.

• Whether mounts can be upgraded with augmentations of their own, or swapped between the horse and the monocycle on the fly.

• How mounts behave in combat, including whether the player fights from the saddle or dismounts before engaging.

This page will be updated as more of the traversal layer is revealed.