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Onno Meyer, 2015-11-23
Assault Walker v1.0 (TL11)
Copyright 2015 by Onno Meyer
The Assault Walker mounts a six-barrel grav cannon in the right arm, a
particle beam in the left arm, two rocket pods on the shoulders, and one
x-ray laser. The Walker is optimized for close combat, overwhelming the
point defenses of an enemy AFV with a single salvo.
Usually the driver controls the arm weapons and the fixed rockets. The
backseater runs the sensors and the laser. The cockpit has a cupola with
vision blocks, but most crews rely on viewscreens and neural interfaces
instead. Riding unbuttoned would be unsafe, even on primitive planets.
It takes 130 seconds to recharge one particle beam shot. A normal load
of 40mm ammunition and 200mm rockets is $542,600.
Subassemblies: Body +4, two Legs +3, two Pods +2, full-rotation Turret
+0, two Arms +3.
Powertrain: 6,255-kW leg drivetrain; 12,000-kW fusion reactor; fifty
450,000-kWs rechargeable power cells.
Occ: 2 RCS.
Armor F RL B T U
Body: 6/2,400 4/1,200 4/1,200 4/1,200 4/1,200
Legs: 4/1,200 4/1,200 4/1,200 4/1,200 4/1,200
Pods: 4/400 4/400 4/400 4/400 4/400
Turret: 4/400 4/400 4/400 4/400 4/400
Arms: 4/1,200 4/1,200 4/1,200 4/1,200 4/1,200
Weaponry
40mm Grav Gatling [ArR:F] (2,000 rounds) +2.
Two 200mm 16-round MRL [Po1-2:F] (16 rockets each) +2.
360-MJ N-PAWS [ArL:F] (25 shots) +2.
2.16-MJ X-Ray Laser [Tu:F] (448 shots) +2.
Equipment:
Body: Two very-long-range radios with scramblers; four short-range
neutrino communicators; two 300-mile AESAs; two 300-mile PESAs; 300-mile
multiscanner; two sets of precision navigation instruments; two IFF; two
inertial navigation systems; two HUDWACs with pupil scanners: level 8
deceptive jammer; two C7 hardened, neural-net minicomputers; two
terminals; two neural induction fields; full fire suppression system;
forcelock; 2-man full life system. Turret: Universal mount and full
stabilization for X-Ray Laser; x10 LLTV; 50-mile AESA. Arms: Full
stabilization for arm weapons; ST 6,000 arm motors, bad grip. External:
Basic emission cloaking; basic stealth; radiation shielding;
thermal-superconducting armor.
Statistics
Size: 24'x16'x30' Payload: 10,000 lbs. Lwt.: 120,000 lbs.
Volume: 1,600 cf Maint.: 16 man-hours Price: $10,665,575
HT: 10. HPs: Body 3,000, each Leg 1,800, each Pod 900, Turret 90, each
Arm 1,800.
gSpeed: 90 gAccel: 20 gDecel: 20 gMR: 1.5 gSR: 3
Ground Pressure Moderate. 2/3 Off-Road Speed.
Design Notes
Body is 576.4 cf, with 60 degree F slope. Legs are 300 cf each. Pods
are 100 cf each. Turret is 3.6 cf. Arms are 110 cf each. Structure is
expensive, extra-heavy. Improved suspension. Armor is expensive
laminate. Sealed. Computerized controls with duplicate maneuver
controls. 1,000 rounds of 40mm APDSHD and 1,000 rounds of 40mm HEDP are
stowed in the body, 16 rounds of 200mm HE are stowed in each Pod. 53 cf
of empty space in the Body. Empty weight is 110,000 lbs.
Weapon Weight Volume Cost Power WPS VPS
CPS TL
40mm Grav Gatling 3,500 70 $1,500,000 48,000 1.6 0.016
$380[1] 11
200mm 16-round MRL 1,400 28 $10,000 neg. 200 4 $3,300[2] 11
360-MJ N-PAWS 3,500 70 $370,000 1,440,000 - - - 11
2.16-MJ X-Ray Laser 75 1.5 $30,000 115,200 - - - 11
Ammo: [1] APDSHD, also fires HE (x0.1 cost), HEDP (x0.15 cost),
Beehive (x0.2 cost). [2] HE, also fires Nuclear ($12,000), Blackout Gas
($8,400) and ICM ($14,000).
Weapon Ammo Malf. Type Damage SS Acc 1/2D
Max RoF
40mm Grav Gatling APDSHD ver. cr. 6d*60(5) 30 19 16,500
36,000 50
HE ver. exp.* 6d*3[4d] 30 19 11,000
24,000 50
HEDP ver. exp.* 6d*2(5)[4d] 30 19 11,000
24,000 50
Beehive ver. imp. 6d*2 30 19 11,000
24,000 50
200mm 16-round MRL HE crit. exp.* 6d*1,500[12d] 25 19 7,500
9,000 16:10
Nuclear crit. exp. 12d*2,000,000 25 19 7,500
49,500 16:10
Blackout crit. spcl. 420 yards 25 19 7,500
9,000 16:10
ICM crit. spcl. 840 yards 25 19 7,500
9,000 16:10
360-MJ N-PAWS - ver. imp. 6d*297 30 23 12,000
36,000 2~
2.16-MJ X-Ray Laser - v(c) imp. 6d*5(2) 20 20 3,800
11,000 20*
The vehicle uses the design rules from Vehicles [second edition, third
printing, July 2010 errata], VXi, and VXii (including the armor volume
rule) with the text format from Vehicles Lite.
Next Week: An escape capsule.
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