New Empire
11-10-2004, 11:48
OOC: Before I go on, these are not mechs. I will not make mechs. Powered Battle Armor is something the RL military plans to have by 2025, but considering how much more money I have, this is concieveable for other wealthy 2020 nations.
Also, these are not tank replacements. Never think that. These are more for units such as the Marines, Airbone, and so on, which require heavy firepower, but also light weight and versatility on the field.
IC:
M322 Wolverine Battle Armor
http://img8.exs.cx/img8/2770/battlearmor.png
OOC: Yes, I know it's ugly. But I drew a smiley face on it in the end.
The Wolverine is a midweight battle armor, coming in at around 800 pounds. It's about 8 feet tall without any sensor units extended. The joint layout is conventional, however, the pilots arms are inside the 'torso' of the armor, and gauntlets the user wears relays the information to the armor's arms. The pilots legs also do not extend all the way down into the feet, and again, data is relayed for the movement of the foot. This greatly increases the pilot's survivability in the event the suit triggers a land mine or recieves damage to a limb.
The sensors on the M322 include enhanced optic, IR, and LIDAR on the front and back. the sensors can rotate about as much as the human eye, a bit more, really. There is a retractable sensor head with all these features, as well as a millimetric radar. Sensor data can be recieved on internal screens, or through the TARGETS II system, which projects information into the 'mind's eye'.
Armor consists of heavy ceramic, along with EleRA to defend against RPG fire. The Wolverine can take most small arms fire, but has trouble with small ATGMs or light cannon.
The Wolverine has two human sized hands for picking up virtually any weapon a person can. Usually Wolverine operators choose a heavy machine gun or light cannon. Pictured is a M314 25mm autocannon, which has a dual feed of grenades and shells. There are also two hardpoints behind the shoulders capable of holding ATGMs, a SLID pack, enhanced sensor pods, and so on.
The suit is powered by a small QNFR (Micronuclear reactor), and hafnium fuel. This gives the suit an endurance of up to a week of use. There are auxilliary fuel cells with 2.5 days worth of power should the QNFR fail.
Cost: 150,000 USD (Approx 75,000 NEAC)
M331 Odysseus Heavy Battle Armor
http://img67.exs.cx/img67/6642/Odysseus.png
The Odysseus may be used primarily as an assault weapon by the UCSNE, but it as versatile as it's namesake. The Odysseus has legs like those of a dog's hind legs, and it can actually go quite fast while still negotiating difficult terrain. The arms, while seeming small, are extremely powerful, as are the hands. There are reports of lightly armed Odysseus suits climbing up the walls of urban buildings during the Markov war. The suit uses the master-slave arm concept, meaning the larger, robotic arms are mimicking the arms of the pilots. However, the arms of the pilot are contained in heavily armored gauntlets extending from the torso. The pilot can actually disengage the slave arms and use the human sized hands for manipulating standard sized weapons. The slave arms have larger, more powerful hands to manipulate heavy weapons such as the M44 coilgun pictured. The hardpoints on the shoulders are also reinforced, for mounting heavy weapons. The current configuration is reffered to as the 'sniper', with an enhanced solid state radar and a battery of VT-KEAPER (Variable Target Kinetic Energy Armor Piercing, Extended Range) missiles.
The sensors on the suit include enhanced optic, IR, and LIDAR on the front and back. the sensors can rotate about as much as the human eye, a bit more, really. There is a retractable sensor head with all these features, as well as a millimetric radar. Sensor data can be recieved on internal screens, or through the TARGETS II system, which projects information into the 'mind's eye'.
Armor consists of modified Chobham/DU, along with ceramic composites. EleRA is fitted on most areas of the suit. The armor can resist most light cannon and small arms fire. For use against ATGMs, there are three laser blinders for missile IR/Optic targeting, as well as smokescreens and other defensive devices. Many choose to mount a small COIL for close range defense against the enemy.
The suit is powered by a small QNFR (Micronuclear reactor), and hafnium fuel. This gives the suit an endurance of up to a week of use. There are auxilliary fuel cells with 2.5 days worth of power should the QNFR fail.
Cost: 800,000 USD (Approx 400,000 NEAC)
OOC: More to come...
Also, these are not tank replacements. Never think that. These are more for units such as the Marines, Airbone, and so on, which require heavy firepower, but also light weight and versatility on the field.
IC:
M322 Wolverine Battle Armor
http://img8.exs.cx/img8/2770/battlearmor.png
OOC: Yes, I know it's ugly. But I drew a smiley face on it in the end.
The Wolverine is a midweight battle armor, coming in at around 800 pounds. It's about 8 feet tall without any sensor units extended. The joint layout is conventional, however, the pilots arms are inside the 'torso' of the armor, and gauntlets the user wears relays the information to the armor's arms. The pilots legs also do not extend all the way down into the feet, and again, data is relayed for the movement of the foot. This greatly increases the pilot's survivability in the event the suit triggers a land mine or recieves damage to a limb.
The sensors on the M322 include enhanced optic, IR, and LIDAR on the front and back. the sensors can rotate about as much as the human eye, a bit more, really. There is a retractable sensor head with all these features, as well as a millimetric radar. Sensor data can be recieved on internal screens, or through the TARGETS II system, which projects information into the 'mind's eye'.
Armor consists of heavy ceramic, along with EleRA to defend against RPG fire. The Wolverine can take most small arms fire, but has trouble with small ATGMs or light cannon.
The Wolverine has two human sized hands for picking up virtually any weapon a person can. Usually Wolverine operators choose a heavy machine gun or light cannon. Pictured is a M314 25mm autocannon, which has a dual feed of grenades and shells. There are also two hardpoints behind the shoulders capable of holding ATGMs, a SLID pack, enhanced sensor pods, and so on.
The suit is powered by a small QNFR (Micronuclear reactor), and hafnium fuel. This gives the suit an endurance of up to a week of use. There are auxilliary fuel cells with 2.5 days worth of power should the QNFR fail.
Cost: 150,000 USD (Approx 75,000 NEAC)
M331 Odysseus Heavy Battle Armor
http://img67.exs.cx/img67/6642/Odysseus.png
The Odysseus may be used primarily as an assault weapon by the UCSNE, but it as versatile as it's namesake. The Odysseus has legs like those of a dog's hind legs, and it can actually go quite fast while still negotiating difficult terrain. The arms, while seeming small, are extremely powerful, as are the hands. There are reports of lightly armed Odysseus suits climbing up the walls of urban buildings during the Markov war. The suit uses the master-slave arm concept, meaning the larger, robotic arms are mimicking the arms of the pilots. However, the arms of the pilot are contained in heavily armored gauntlets extending from the torso. The pilot can actually disengage the slave arms and use the human sized hands for manipulating standard sized weapons. The slave arms have larger, more powerful hands to manipulate heavy weapons such as the M44 coilgun pictured. The hardpoints on the shoulders are also reinforced, for mounting heavy weapons. The current configuration is reffered to as the 'sniper', with an enhanced solid state radar and a battery of VT-KEAPER (Variable Target Kinetic Energy Armor Piercing, Extended Range) missiles.
The sensors on the suit include enhanced optic, IR, and LIDAR on the front and back. the sensors can rotate about as much as the human eye, a bit more, really. There is a retractable sensor head with all these features, as well as a millimetric radar. Sensor data can be recieved on internal screens, or through the TARGETS II system, which projects information into the 'mind's eye'.
Armor consists of modified Chobham/DU, along with ceramic composites. EleRA is fitted on most areas of the suit. The armor can resist most light cannon and small arms fire. For use against ATGMs, there are three laser blinders for missile IR/Optic targeting, as well as smokescreens and other defensive devices. Many choose to mount a small COIL for close range defense against the enemy.
The suit is powered by a small QNFR (Micronuclear reactor), and hafnium fuel. This gives the suit an endurance of up to a week of use. There are auxilliary fuel cells with 2.5 days worth of power should the QNFR fail.
Cost: 800,000 USD (Approx 400,000 NEAC)
OOC: More to come...