Developed by Contour Aerospace as a cleanse and destroy Mech that specialises in the use of incendiary weapons. Black Dragon Mechs were deployed in the purging of the Primordials, a collective who rejected the profit driven, corporate devastation of the world in the name of endless consumption. Primordial groups took to living in communal, self-sufficient settlements within the last few natural places of the world. They were all turned to ash.

In response to the Corporate Council's prohibition of incendiary explosives, the Black Dragon found new buyers among more morally flexible mercenary groups and feudal corpos. Notably the security force of the Water Baron, deploying the Black Dragon to suppress the inhabitants of the Wild Hills.