Eternal Father
- Intent: Create an artillery walker for the Kainate
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Ingrid L'lerim
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- Manufacturer: Malsheem Vehicle Engineering
- Affiliation: The Kainate
- Market Status: Closed-Market
- Model: All-Terrain Mobile Artillery Platform (AT-MAP)
- Modularity: Can be modified for different environments
- Production: Minor
- Material:
- Durasteel Hull with Laser-Reflective Armor Plating
- Secondary Turadium Armor Plating
- Laminanium-reinforced Alusteel Frame
- Glasteel Viewports
- Classification: Artillery Walker
- Role: Self-Propelled Artillery
- Size: Very Large
- Weight: Very Heavy
- Armaments: High
- [2] Dual Anti-Personnel Cannons (Fore Mounted)
- [1] Dual Anti-Personnel Cannon (Aft Mounted)
- [2] Variable Heavy Weapon Mounts (Top Mounted)
- Proton Beam Cannon
- Mass Driver Artillery Cannon
- Heavy Turbolaser Cannon
- Heavy Ion Cannon
- Heavy Anti-Air Cannon
- Deflector Shield Projector
- [10] Manned Anti-Personnel Emplacements (Flank Mounted)
- Heavy Repeating Blaster Cannon
- Grenade Launcher
- Flame Projector
- Defenses: Very High
- Reinforced Armor Plating
- Integrated Deflector Shield
- Advanced Ionic Shield
- Maneuverability Rating: Low
- Speed Rating: Low
- Propulsion: Octopedal
- Minimum Crew: 4
- Optimal Crew: 30
- Pilot
- Co-Pilots
- Gunners
- Engineers
- Passenger Capacity: 100 Soldiers / Battle Droids
- Cargo Capacity: Average
- Walker Servo Motors
- Walker Gyroscopic Propulsion System
- Walker Fusion Drive Systems
- Walker Hazard and Damage Control Systems
- Walker Life Support Systems
- Walker Navigational Systems
- Walker Sensors and Targeting Systems
- Advanced Sonar Scanners
- Air Density Detectors
- Biometric Scanners
- Walker Communications Systems
- Walker Environmental Control Systems
- Holonet Transceiver and Encryption/Decryption Networks
- Serrated Leg Plating
- Animated Metal Sealant and Repair Drones
- Variable Weapon Emplacements
- Very Strong Defense Systems
- Sure-Footed
- Big Target
- Slow to Maneuver
- Soft Underbelly
Construction of the All-Terrain Mobile Artillery Platform began with preliminary concepts built upon previous walkers once produced by the Sith Empire during its rule. The engineers of the Kainate worked through several designs before finally settling on the current model, having alternated through several chassis configurations, the number of legs, weapon hardpoints, and various other design aspects. Choosing to lean into maximum stability, a total of eight legs were chosen, with four on each side of the vehicle. These legs operated on a complex synchronous movement axel, which allowed all the walker's limbs to move simultaneously without compromising the walker's center of gravity or interfering with one another.
The AT-MAP's cockpit was heavily armored with only a single reinforced viewport allowing for limited forward visibility, with the entire vehicle outfitted with sensor studs that could detect the surrounding landscape, micro changes in air density, and organic bio-signatures. These sensors simultaneously scanned the walker's environment with sonar, each receptor sending data back to the cockpit to create a detailed three-dimensional simulation of the external landscape. Not only that, but the walker could be patched into Kainate satellites deployed before any ground engagement that would send environmental feedback to ground units to create an even greater field of data of not only surface terrain, but even subterranean passages.
Inside the walker was enough space to comfortably hold the thirty walker operators needed for full operational efficiency, as well as a hundred soldiers or their droid equivalent. Access to the walker's interior could only be taken through a ventral lift built into the bottom of the walker. This lift could deploy up to a third of the walker's soldier contingent at once, but needed to retract to deploy a second or third batch. The armor plating around this lift was noticeably thinner than around every other portion of the walker, making it more susceptible to targeted fire should an enemy penetrate the walker's perimeter and slip underneath it. Several countermeasures, such as the walker lowering itself down to the ground, could be taken to dissuade any enemy unit from attempting to exploit this weakness.
For defense against infantry and light vehicles, the AT-MAP was outfitted with three dual anti-personnel cannons, one mounted on the back of the craft and two attached to a munition's bulb on the front. This bulb could be swiveled around on an axis and pivot until the weapons were facing beneath the walker's cabin. Ten hatches, five on each side, could be opened and mounted weapons extended from within. These weapons were operated by some of the walker's crew, and were interchangeable with heavy repeating blaster cannons, grenade launchers, and flame projectors.
On top of the AT-MAP were two heavy weapon hardpoints that acted as the walker's primary weapon system. The heavy weapons that could be mounted on top of the AT-MAP ranged from proton beam cannons, mass-driver artillery guns, heavy blaster cannons, heavy ion cannons, heavy anti-air cannons, and even a deflector shield projector. The walker could be outfitted with any of these weapons before being deployed into battle, allowing for the Kainate Grand Army to quickly adapt to any situation as it arose. Of these systems, the deflector shield projector was the only defense mount used by the AT-MAP. When activated, the projector could cover an area of a hundred meters around the walker. This area was widened if more walkers were deployed with projectors activated.
Deployment of AT-MAPs was accomplished through several methods. One of the most common methods was to ferry the walker, alongside other vehicles, on modified Muur-class transports or other equivalent starships and drop them directly onto the battlefield. Another way was to carry several AT-MAPs on Audax-class cruisers that would land directly on the planet's surface and disgorge the walkers alongside other vehicles and infantry units. By far the most meticulous means of deployment was through Ferrata-class planetary assault carriers, which acted as mobile command headquarters, supply depots, and manufacturing centers. A single Ferrata could not only hold multiple AT-MAPs as part of a vehicle complement, but could build new ones provided enough requisite material was available.
