This fanmade mockup for the “Guard Dog,” a cannon-packing canine just absurdly awesome enough to seem a legitimate class update for Valve’s ever-expanding Team Fortress 2, gave us a chuckle. It’s even got Steam achievements!

Even funnier though is the cheeky company’s response on Team Fortress 2’s official blog, courtesy of a touching form letter from Saxton Hale, jovial Australian CEO of Mann Co. and vocal proponent of bare-chested, close-quarters combat!