The Armed Forces of Capitol make extensive use of air cavalry units when conducting reconnaissance and scouting missions across the hazardous terrain of Mars, and to a degree over the dense jungles of Venus. Most infantry regiments have a compliment of these airborne units, often issued in large numbers to support ground forces as well as for fast scouting and raiding missions. Purple Sharks are highly manoeuvrable craft, piloted by a single crewman, who has access to not only the fore mounted weapons, but also the ‘Grenadier’; a device that gives the Purple Shark a limited bombing capability.