Enlightened Yeren class Combat Walker

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Enlightened Yeren class Combat Walker
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Combat Walker
Tech Level TL–11
Mass 1/2 dton
Cost Cr386,202.4761
Mode Ground (Walker)
Type Light Tank
Speed road 96kph
cross country 48kph
Cargo 0
Crew 1 Operator
Passengers 0
Armament Single Lens Pulse Laser
10x TAC missile rails
Cannis Weapons Labs

Designed and manufactured at TL–11, these vehicles were license built for the Enlightened at Blass (world), along the Distant Fringe. The vehicle has a single crew member.

Enlightened Yeren class Combat Walker, TL 11[edit]

The vehicle's crystaliron armor is not Protected Forces rated. The mass required would have crippled the bipedal suspension system. The design is sealed with life support for the crew member. They are still required to wear Vacc Suits for additional radiation shielding and in case they must use the ejection seat to escape. They are delivered with a fitted ablative foam re-entry heat shield, which is integrated with a 104.44986-liter cryo-fueled drop tank which grants an additional 43.5 hours (1.8 days) of operational endurance for the vehicle's compact fusion power plant. This re-entry kit is of no use over vacuum worlds or planets with very thin atmospheres which prohibit the parachute functions. They carry a small arsenal of weapon systems and can deploy countermeasures to enhance their survival. A low power 0.9MW plasma gun system was under consideration, but the bigger, and more expensive pulse laser had better overall performance. They never get stuck in mud, sand, soft earth, or snow thanks to their rugged suspension and moderate ground pressure. Above the two-legged suspension, the upper torso/turret can rotate 360 degrees with the seated crew member inside. Battalions of 240 combat walkers, composed of two companies of walkers and a headquarters and support company have been added to planetary defense battalions. Some military analysists suspect they were envisioned as offensive, first-in assault platforms. Each platoon has at least one qualified forward observer assigned, if not more. The lack of anti-grav and thicker armor restricts their planetary deployment. Their weapon systems are a good compliment to the Enlightened 2T class Air Rafts, although due to political or bureaucratic inefficiencies they are equipped with a compact laser communication array which is typically incompatible with the maser rigs of the air/rafts.

Chassis:[edit]

Height: 3.5m; Width: 2.8m; Length: 1m.
Total usable volume: 7m³
Total mass loaded: 13.5 metric tons
Hull Material: Crystaliron
Armor: Chassis front 30, chassis rear 22, chassis sides 20, chassis deck and belly 10.
Target Size DMs: +1 low, +0 high hits
Production Cost: Cr386,202.4761

Movement:[edit]

Maximum: Road: 96kph/80cm; Cross Country: 48kph/40cm.
Movement effect on fire: None

Weapons:[edit]

Full weapons stabilization.

Front Chassis Mounted Pulse Laser[edit]

There is a stabilized single lens pulse with 0.9 MW input/output. It can engage a single target and has +0 signature when it fires. It has TL–11 direct fire control and a 0.903MWS capacitor/battery array. The weapon is capable of far greater ranges than the fire control will allow. The penetration is subject to attenuation over range.

Direct Fire Characteristics: Pulse Laser
Effective Range Long Range Extreme Range
1.8km (26) 3.6km (18) 8.0km (10)

5.5mm Gatling Gun[edit]

The TL–8 5.5mm Gatling Gun has a 1,280 ROF. It has storage for 25,600 rounds of ammunition, enough to allow 20 fire phases of sustained fire. It can engage 16 targets in 15 seconds and has a +5 signature. It has the following direct fire characteristics:

Direct Fire Characteristics: 5.5mm Gatling Gun
Effective Range Long Range Extreme Range
300m (2)+8 600m (2)+6 1km (1)+3

Laser Rifle[edit]

The TL–9 laser rifle has a dedicated 100 shot battery. It can engage a single target. It can be used to designate targets for missiles and artillery missions. It has the following direct fire characteristics:

Direct Fire Characteristics: Laser Rifle
Effective Range Long Range Extreme Range
180m (9) 360m (4) 1,800m (1)

4cm RAM Grenade Launcher[edit]

A TL–11 4cm RAM Grenade Launcher is mounted in the chassis as well. The grenade launcher has some ability versus heavier targets, but at relatively short range. The non automatic weapon was selected as a cost saving feature. There is storage for 30 HEAP grenades.

  • It can engage one target and has a +2 signature.
Direct Fire Characteristics: 4cm RAM GL
Effective Range Long Range Extreme Range
370m (36) 750m (36) 1500m (36)

TAC Missiles[edit]

There is a pod of ten 18kg capacity launch rails on the left shoulder. There are onboard guidance packages for fiber optical wire operator guided and teleguided missiles. The teleguided missiles have the largest and most expensive guidance system and can only carry a 0.9kg 8.5cm HEAP 41 warhead. The rest of the missile varieties support the larger 1.5kg 10cm HEAP 43 warhead. A single crew member could manually reload these missiles externally if additional rounds are available. The quantity and variety of missiles is detailed in the table below. The expensive teleguided missiles with a fiber optic cable serving as the command link, can engage vehicles executing pop-ups and fired from a pop-up. Unfettered by smoke which defeat target designation, and ignoring ECM which breaks homing missiles' target lock; they are none the less handicapped by short range. The operator guided missiles use the same "wire" command link. Ten of these weapons are included in the price.

Characteristics: HEAP Warhead Missiles
Type Range Price
(2) Teleguided HEAP 41 10km Cr1,619.5
(2) Operator Guided +3 DM to hit HEAP 43 10km +5 hypervelocity DM Cr123.5
(2) IR Follow-up +8 HEAP penetration 36km or 26km w/+10 hypervelocity DM Cr424.5
(2) Target Designated HEAP 43 36km or 26km w/+10 hypervelocity DM Cr424.5
(2) Homing HEAP 43 36km or 26km w/+10 hypervelocity DM Cr324.5

Power / Equipment:[edit]

Power: a custom, compact 1.6-megawatt fusion power plant
consumes 2.4 liters of fuel/ hour; internal fuel capacity is 83.602 liters, enough for 34.8 hours (1.4 days). This is typically extended by the use of the drop tank fitted to the ablative reentry heat shield.
  • Sealed environment with extended life support for a single crew member (proof against CBR/NBC threats);
  • The cockpit is fitted with an ejection seat
  • 10 bottles of prismatic aerosols
  • 50 2cm 0.2kg 20cm burst radius cannisters of CHAFF
  • 50 2cm 0.2kg 20cm burst radius IR Flares
  • 20kg shaped breaching charge HEAP 56 limpet mine
  • Chemical mine sniffer
  • Basic ECM
  • Map box
  • Thermal
  • 5km Laser communicator
  • 30 power radio
  • 10 power target acquisition RADAR

Maintenance[edit]

Vehicle 12

Electronics 24

Weapons 30

Suspension 4

References & Contributors / Sources[edit]

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