Eric Savintakes control of the armor and flies to Air Force One, pretending to be Rhodes in order to board it and capture the President. Going to several wrong locations, he encounters an Extremis soldier who overpowers him.Īldrich Killian used his powers to try to force Rhodes out of the armor and he finally ejects because the armor can’t take any more heat damage, and is knocked out by Savin after dodging Killian’s “fire breath”. Īfter “The Mandarin” kills a man as part of a “lesson” for the President, Rhodes is sent in the armor to hunt him down. In Response To “The Mandarin’s Lessons”, the armor was given a upgrade by A.I.M which included better weapons systems and a “patriotic” paint job. The Unibeam of the Iron Patriot is a vertical rectangular shaped one, and has a light red glow emitting from it, as well as with the helmet’s eyes section of the armor. National Flag, and it has a star shaped outline around the armor’s Unibeam. It’s design takes on the appearance of the U.S. The armor has blue, red and silver platings overall.
