Grand Shepherd Burtch
Fleet Commander For The Nomadic Peoples Coalition
OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION
- Intent: To create a standard issue personal rocket launcher for the troops of the Elysium Empire military.
- Image Source: (X)
- Canon Link: N/A
- Permissions: (X)
- Primary Source: N/A
- Manufacturer: MandalArms
- Affiliation: Elysium Empire
- Market Status: Closed-Market
- Model: Lynx Mk1 Guided Rocket Launcher
- Modularity: Yes. Can use different kinds of ammunition:
- High explosive rockets
- ION rockets
- FRC-1 (X) gas rockets
- Production: Minor
- Material:
- Classification: Personal Rocket Launcher
- Size: Large
- Weight: Heavy
- Ammunition Type: Interchangeable Guided Rockets:
- High explosive
- ION
- FRC-1 Gas (X)
- Ammunition Capacity: Extremely Small (1 round magazine)
- Effective Range: Extreme
- Rate of Fire: None (Must be reloaded after every shot)
- Damage Output: Extreme
- Recoil: None
- Guided rockets - ordinance can follow a target for a long time and perform course corrections and obstacle avoidance with exceptional agility.
- Target telemetry receiver/transmitter - target data can be imported via transmission from a remote source, and can also be transmitted from these weapons to other receivers.
- HUD/Droid OS interface - software meshes seamlessly with Elysium Empire Standard equipment that uses the operating software.
- Anti-hacking/malware software - the electronics systems in these weapons are very difficult to corrupt and exploit.
- All environments - Ideal for vacuum EVA or planetside
- Percussion and proximity based detonator - if the proximity based detonator in the warhead is electronically disabled, the percussion based detonator still works. The proximity detonator is usually set to 0.0 meters.
- No recoil - easy to fire when fighting in space EVA combat with a jetpack
- Accurate - the ability to lock onto a distant target allows the guided rocket to track a target and make course corrections.
- Long legs - The rocket can travel many kilometres before running out of fuel.
- High yield- the warhead that is launched is extremely powerful in all variants.
- High explosive - powerful enough to destroy an average Starfighter or main tank.
- ION - disables an average troopship or a main tank.
- FRC-1 - disperses a gas cloud (X) that affects a 50 meter radius, and the smoke that trails the rocket disperses the gas as well.
- Big - heavy and large, it is not always easy to manage on the battlefield.
- Low Volume of fire - the user gets one shot off and then has to reload. The user can have a fellow soldier help with the reloading to reduce time in between shots, but still struggles to keep up a high volume of fire.
- Unsubtle - it’s a bazooka. Not very stealthy.
- Expensive - Advanced electronics and anti-hacking security brings the cost-per-unit price up tremendously, which is a consideration for Elysium Empire logistical management, which limits tactical useage.
- Bulky Ammo - It is difficult for soldiers to carry a lot of spare rockets into the battlefield, limiting the use of these launchers to key moments of tactical consideration. Only on rare occasions, individual launcher operators are allowed to to fire off a shot without the orders of a superior.
This is a MandalArms product, made exclusively for the Elysium Empire under Loreena Arenais-Valhoun ’s ownership. It was designed by Viken Dobson and was commissioned by Commodore Burtch. It is extremely powerful, and gives imperial troops the ability to wield heavy firepower in a pinch. It operates just as well in space as it does planetside.
A special feature that this weapon has, of note, is the ability to import target-lock data from an external source. This allows the user to fire on a target when he does not have line-of-site view of the target. Alternatively, the user can share his/her own target lock data with other rocket launchers or receivers with the same capability.
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