Add the following text to the end of the rule called DEVAs:

Once a Bogey has emerged, it is legal for its statistics to be reduced below the minimums of their respective ranges.

Add a subrule to the rule The Battlefield, called Melee Mode:

Any Pilot whose Shell or Arm has a melee attack may specify that a Fire Attempt is being made in Melee Mode.

A Fire Attempt made in Melee Mode does not cost any energy, and takes the form of a comment to the most recent Schedule Post that contains a target, which must be an ID Code of a Bogey, a schedule time, which must be a UTC time of the Pilot’s choice between x and 72 hours (where x is the Pilot’s Shell’s Speed) after the time at which the comment is made. Upon the posting of such a comment, a Fire Action with the specifed parameters is schedules.

Fire Actions made in Melee Mode automatically hit. When a Melee Mode Fire Action hits, the Attack of the attacker is subtracted from the Energy of the defender; if the defender still has Energy they then counterattack, reducing the Defence or, if their Defence is zero, the Energy of the attacker by the defender’s Attack, before applying any Reactionary Features.

If a Bogey is attacked in Melee Mode when they are stunned then they cannot counterattack. If a Bogey is attacked in Melee Mode while they are in Hibernation then they are eliminated.

In the rule The Battlefield, remove the sentence “If the target had the feature Refracted Crystal Heart, the attacker gains one Crown” and add the following at the end of the rule:

If a Bogey is eliminated through any means and has the feature Refracted Crystal Heart, the Pilot directly responsible for their elimination (if one can be identified) gains one Crown.

Add the following Arms to the list of Arms in the rule Armoury:

* Thunderball Fist - Cost: 2. Melee attack.
* Venin Sword - Cost: 15. Melee attack. Any Bogey hit by a melee mode fire action by a Pilot with this Arm in their Armoury must Hibernate as its next timed action, regardless of its statistics.
* Aegis Generator - Cost: 15. If a Bogey is hit by a melee mode fire action by a Pilot with this Arm in their Armoury then any attacks on civilian targets that have been completed by that Bogey in the preceding 24 hours are reversed.

Change the first sentence of the rule the Armoury to read “Each Shell has a name, a brief description (which is flavourtext), an optional Feature, a default Power value, a default Attack, a default Defence and a default Speed.” Add the following to the list of Shells in the same rule:

* The Vindicator
** Description: A Shell designed for up-close and personal situations, when you simply have to pound a RAKSHASHA in the face.
** Feature: This Shell comes with a built-in melee attack.
** Default Power: 45, Attack: 28, Defense: 5, Speed: 24