31-10-2003, 14:20
After years of secrecy on the subject, Defacto Russian officials today confirmed the existance of the Joint Unmanned Light Infiltration and Engagement or JULIE robot. Speculation about the existance of such a unit began when a number of raids on terrorist camps within Defacto Russia exhibited damage that could not be attributed to the standard issue SORO V1 and V2 robots.
No comment was made as to the number of JULIE units in service with the Defacto Russian Armed Forces, but the government's admission of the existance of this unit puts to rest speculation about the identity of the robot first sighted in action against separatists in the northern portion of the country. Attached is the only known image of a JULIE unit in action.
-Defacto Russian News Agency
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Robot Joint Unmanned Light Infiltration and Engagement unit. (JULIE)
Height
Bipedal - 2.0 Meters
Quadrupedal - 1.25 Meters
Weight 950 Kilograms
Speed
Bipedal 60 kph
Quadrupedal 130 kph
Water 20 kph
Powerplant
1 x Light Weight Cold Fusion Power Core
Armament
2 x Thunderstroke Charged Particle Beam Weapons
2 x Sunbeam Dual Mode Ultraviolet Laser Weapon
1 x Internally-Mounted 30mm Grenade Launcher
1 x Laser Target Designator
Ammunition
32 x 30mm HEDP Grenades
10 x 30mm Smoke Grenades
Defensive Systems
Layered Ceramic/Adaptive Alloy Armour
Laser/Infrared/Microwave Threat Receptors
EMP-Hardened Command and Control Systems
Active Thermoptic Camouflage
Optics/Sensors
Full-range Infrared to Ultraviolet Optics Package
Full Telescopic Magnification on Optics Package
Low-Probability of Intercept Multi-Function Radar
Full-range Ultrasonic to Subsonic Audio Sensors
Active Sonar Transducer
Communications
Encrypted Data Link System
Integral GPS Navigation Unit
Universal Adaptor Port for Wire Communications
Retransmit-Capable High-Frequency Encrypted Radio
Internal Satelite Communication System
Other Systems
Automated Diagnostic and Self-Repair System
Two Power Harpoons and Climbing Winches
Unit Cost $3.70M
Notes
Developed to replace the SORO units designed by the Resi Corporation, the JULIE units have been a closely guarded secret until now. Equipped principally with directed energy weapons, the JULIE unit mounts a pair of charged particle beam weapons. The powerful Thunderstroke CPBWs function by accelerating a stream of electrons nearly to the speed of light. By varying the power of the bolts, the same weapon used to cause a mere crippling wound to a human being, leaving it injured, but alive, can be used to punch a hole lengthwise through a mid-twentieth century tank.
As a backup to the Thunderstroke CPBWs, and to be used when the forelimbs on which the weapons are mounted are being used for locomotion, the JULIE mounts a pair of Sunbeam Dual-Purpose Ultraviolet Laser Weapons where the shoulder blades would be on a human. The Sunbeam consists of a standard UV laser whose emitter has been ringed by an electrode.
Firing in their primary mode, the weapons cause damage by ionizing twin columns of air linking the electrodes to the target using the UV lasers, then transmitting an electrical shock along the columns. This shock can be used to stun an organic target, and disable a vehicle's electrical systems, or at higher energy settings, kill an organic target, or cause significant thermal and electrical damage to a targeted vehicle.
In the secondary mode, the Sunbeam uses the lasers to cause thermal damage to the target, but this requires significant beam-loiter time, and is rarely used. As well, the Sunbeam can be used to designate targets for laser guided munitions, as well as to determine the range to a given target.
A thirty millimeter grenade launcher system is provided for area support operations, along with forty-two 30mm grenades: Thirty-two High Explosive Dual Purpose grenades and ten smoke grenades. Primarily, these are used to mark targets, as well as to engage groups of infantry.
The JULIE can propel itself on land in both bipedal and quadrupedal modes, climb sheer surfaces with and without the aid of a pair of power harpoons, and propel itself through the water using a pair of small, retractable Ducted Superconducting Electromagnetic Propulsion system. It can hurl itself through the air, or sneak unnoticed along the ground.
While stationary or moving slowly, the JULIE can take advantage of an Active Thermoptic Camouflage system to render itself invisible. The ATC system is not perfect, however. While stationary, or moving at a crawl, it will render the equipped unit invisible. However, should the unit begin drastic maneuvers, or move with excessive speed, it will become visible. Not directly, but rather as a violent blurring of the background.
Finally, a series of nanoscopic repair bots range through the robot's infrastructure through the use of a series of microscopic channels. While the repairs they make are not quite perfect, they often make the difference between continued operation and the loss of the unit. This, combined with the JULIE's superb resistance to small arms fire, grant the unit exceptional combat endurance.
No comment was made as to the number of JULIE units in service with the Defacto Russian Armed Forces, but the government's admission of the existance of this unit puts to rest speculation about the identity of the robot first sighted in action against separatists in the northern portion of the country. Attached is the only known image of a JULIE unit in action.
-Defacto Russian News Agency
http://wwwkr.kodak.com/US/images/en/motion/newsletters/inCamera/jan2001/mars01.jpg
Robot Joint Unmanned Light Infiltration and Engagement unit. (JULIE)
Height
Bipedal - 2.0 Meters
Quadrupedal - 1.25 Meters
Weight 950 Kilograms
Speed
Bipedal 60 kph
Quadrupedal 130 kph
Water 20 kph
Powerplant
1 x Light Weight Cold Fusion Power Core
Armament
2 x Thunderstroke Charged Particle Beam Weapons
2 x Sunbeam Dual Mode Ultraviolet Laser Weapon
1 x Internally-Mounted 30mm Grenade Launcher
1 x Laser Target Designator
Ammunition
32 x 30mm HEDP Grenades
10 x 30mm Smoke Grenades
Defensive Systems
Layered Ceramic/Adaptive Alloy Armour
Laser/Infrared/Microwave Threat Receptors
EMP-Hardened Command and Control Systems
Active Thermoptic Camouflage
Optics/Sensors
Full-range Infrared to Ultraviolet Optics Package
Full Telescopic Magnification on Optics Package
Low-Probability of Intercept Multi-Function Radar
Full-range Ultrasonic to Subsonic Audio Sensors
Active Sonar Transducer
Communications
Encrypted Data Link System
Integral GPS Navigation Unit
Universal Adaptor Port for Wire Communications
Retransmit-Capable High-Frequency Encrypted Radio
Internal Satelite Communication System
Other Systems
Automated Diagnostic and Self-Repair System
Two Power Harpoons and Climbing Winches
Unit Cost $3.70M
Notes
Developed to replace the SORO units designed by the Resi Corporation, the JULIE units have been a closely guarded secret until now. Equipped principally with directed energy weapons, the JULIE unit mounts a pair of charged particle beam weapons. The powerful Thunderstroke CPBWs function by accelerating a stream of electrons nearly to the speed of light. By varying the power of the bolts, the same weapon used to cause a mere crippling wound to a human being, leaving it injured, but alive, can be used to punch a hole lengthwise through a mid-twentieth century tank.
As a backup to the Thunderstroke CPBWs, and to be used when the forelimbs on which the weapons are mounted are being used for locomotion, the JULIE mounts a pair of Sunbeam Dual-Purpose Ultraviolet Laser Weapons where the shoulder blades would be on a human. The Sunbeam consists of a standard UV laser whose emitter has been ringed by an electrode.
Firing in their primary mode, the weapons cause damage by ionizing twin columns of air linking the electrodes to the target using the UV lasers, then transmitting an electrical shock along the columns. This shock can be used to stun an organic target, and disable a vehicle's electrical systems, or at higher energy settings, kill an organic target, or cause significant thermal and electrical damage to a targeted vehicle.
In the secondary mode, the Sunbeam uses the lasers to cause thermal damage to the target, but this requires significant beam-loiter time, and is rarely used. As well, the Sunbeam can be used to designate targets for laser guided munitions, as well as to determine the range to a given target.
A thirty millimeter grenade launcher system is provided for area support operations, along with forty-two 30mm grenades: Thirty-two High Explosive Dual Purpose grenades and ten smoke grenades. Primarily, these are used to mark targets, as well as to engage groups of infantry.
The JULIE can propel itself on land in both bipedal and quadrupedal modes, climb sheer surfaces with and without the aid of a pair of power harpoons, and propel itself through the water using a pair of small, retractable Ducted Superconducting Electromagnetic Propulsion system. It can hurl itself through the air, or sneak unnoticed along the ground.
While stationary or moving slowly, the JULIE can take advantage of an Active Thermoptic Camouflage system to render itself invisible. The ATC system is not perfect, however. While stationary, or moving at a crawl, it will render the equipped unit invisible. However, should the unit begin drastic maneuvers, or move with excessive speed, it will become visible. Not directly, but rather as a violent blurring of the background.
Finally, a series of nanoscopic repair bots range through the robot's infrastructure through the use of a series of microscopic channels. While the repairs they make are not quite perfect, they often make the difference between continued operation and the loss of the unit. This, combined with the JULIE's superb resistance to small arms fire, grant the unit exceptional combat endurance.