- An old Earth-Caste scientist known as Stone Dragon, who has been given the honourary title of "Shas" to denote his warrior position. - Pilots a massive Riptide battlesuit with ion accelerator and twin fusion blasters. - Can fly across the battlefield. - Effective against all unit types. - His suit is powered by an advanced Nova Reactor which can divert power to other subsystems but at a cost to shielding.