Iona Immarya
That One Padawan
OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION
Classification:: Tank
Role: Main Battle Tank
Size: Very Large
Weight: Very Heavy
Minimum Crew: Two [Driver/Gunner]
Optimal Crew: Three [Driver/Gunner/Commander]
Propulsion: Repulsorlift
Speed: 60 kph Slow
Maneuverability: Very Low
Armaments: Very High
Passenger Capacity: 0 [Although, I suppose some can clamber on top and ride]
Cargo Capacity: Very Small
SPECIAL FEATURES
Strengths:
The Aegis is the new MBT of the Republic Remnant. It is in limited production as it undergoes combat trials as the current tank, albeit weaker, is cheaper to produce. The Aegis was designed with a simple idea, 'Take the punch and knock them out', and that is a role it excels at. It is not fast and suffers from more then its share of weaknesses, especially, against large number of targets [due to the slow firing rate of its cannon] and soft targets [infantry]. Its strength lies in fighting other tanks and vehicles, using its superior range, armor and weaponry to turn them into scrap.
Crew: The Aegis has three crew members, the driver whose primary task is to, well, drive the tank. This is incredibly important as tanks need to keep a constant situational awareness and ensure the strongest armor is always pointed at their foe doing their best to keep the armor angled to stop a direct shot. The gunner controls only the Rail Cannon, as the heavy repeating blaster is remotely controlled by the commander, and his job is also a bit more complex as he needs to ensure he doesn't drain the shields at critical moments and, because of the slow reload, the gunner cannot afford to miss. The gunners of the Aegis are always prized for their accuracy and calm under pressure. The commander is in charge of observing the scanners to keep situational awareness up, controlling the heavy repeating blaster and is in charge of the communication systems.
Defensive Systems: The Aegis is a tank in all true meanings of the word. Its advanced composite armor is angled to better resist direct hits and it has a lot of this armor. It is a bit different from other tanks in that its frontal armor is not the thickest, that honor belongs to the side armor which tends to throw most opposition off as they often go for side, or rear, shots as, rule of thumb, tells them that tends to be thinner armor. Outside of the thick armor, the Aegis boast a redundant shielding system allowing it to better endure long, protracted engagements or battlefield conditions. When the shields are weakened, they switch over to the secondary shields allowing the primary time to rest and restore. This system does have the flaw in that the 'overall' shield is weaker then it would be otherwise and exceptionally potent anti-tank weaponry can smash through the primary shield before the secondary has time to rise, but its superior endurance in protracted engagements have made the researchers decide this was an acceptable trade off. Like most republic vehicles, the Aegis boast a 4x-Phantom short-range sensor jammer to disrupt targeting systems.
Weapon Systems: The Aegis has two weapons, the first, and weakest, is the heavy repeating blaster. This weapon is its primary, and only, anti-infantry weapon, however, its slower rate of fire mean it is not nearly adequate enough to defend the tank or keep infantry sufficiently suppressed which is why the Aegis lives off of Infantry support, to guard its flanks from soft targets. The second, and main, weapon of the Aegis is its Rail Cannon, the large cannon is a very potent anti-armor gun. The Rail Cannon fires at hypervelocity speeds making it incredibly accurate as there is very little, if any, shot displacement or drop. The weapon is very potent.. as is its draw. When this weapon is priming to fire, it draws most of the power from the generators greatly weakening the shields, if the shields are already weakened, this can cause them to completely deactivate until the weapon discharges allowing the energy to restore back to its secondary systems, like its shielding.
- Intent: To provide the heavy Main Battle Tank (MBT) of the Republic Remnant
- Image Source: X
- Canon Link: N/A
- Restricted Missions: N/A
- Primary Source: N/A
- Manufacturer: Republic Industries (Republic Remnant)
- Model: M3 Aegis MBT
- Affiliation: Republic Remnant
- Modularity: No
- Production: Limited
- Material: Ferrocarbon frame, composite armor plating (Ferrocarbon [Top layer] Trimantium [Second layer], Dura-armor [Final layer]. between each layer is a thin layer of Quantum Fiber), standard tank components.
Classification:: Tank
Role: Main Battle Tank
Size: Very Large
Weight: Very Heavy
Minimum Crew: Two [Driver/Gunner]
Optimal Crew: Three [Driver/Gunner/Commander]
Propulsion: Repulsorlift
Speed: 60 kph Slow
Maneuverability: Very Low
Armaments: Very High
- Heavy Repeating Blaster, Very Low
- Heavy Rail Cannon, Very High
- Heavy Composite Armor, Very High
- Redundant Deflector Shields, High
Passenger Capacity: 0 [Although, I suppose some can clamber on top and ride]
Cargo Capacity: Very Small
SPECIAL FEATURES
Strengths:
- Advanced Armor - The Aegis, as befitting its name, is covered in thick composite plates, it wears multiple layers of the armor including reactive armor to further reduce damage from explosive and kinetic energy. Unlike most tanks, the armor is thickest on the sides, then the front, followed by the rear, bottom and, finally, the top.
- Redundant Shielding - The tank has a series shield generators set up in two pairs. The shield generators are programmed to switch over to the others when the shield hits 60%, this allows the shields to better endure normal AT weaponry. The shielding does have a glaring weakness in that should an especially potent AT weapon hit, it will smash through the shielding before the second can rise to cover it.
- Powerful Cannon - The main gun of the Aegis is an extremely potent rail cannon designed to go excel against heavy armor. The cannon is very poor against 'soft' targets due to the nature of the Rail Cannon, it is a dedicated anti-vehicle weapon and that is a task to which it excels at.
- Long Range - The rail cannon packs impressive range able to exceed the firing range of most other tanks, however, the rail cannon is very hard to 'arc' even with computer assisted trajectory as the hypervelocity nature means it is some time before it loses its forward momentum enough to properly curve.
- Slow/Heavy - The Aegis, even for a tank, is exceedingly heavy and slow. It is not getting anywhere fast and urban environments are a nightmare for this thing, there is no 'dime turns' there is only, 'rams through the building'. This tank cannot be easily carried or drop by standard dropships and takes special, full scale deployment to get planetside.
- Soft Targets - The Aegis is not meant to fight infantry, the only weapon it has is its heavy repeating blaster which will be of questionable use for any true infantry advance, this makes infantry armed with AT weapon the Aegis' greatest foe (as well as artillery and airsupport), however, the Aegis is never meant to be sent into battle without infantry support of its own.
- Firing Rate - The firing rate of the Aegis' Rail Cannon is exceedingly slow. While the reload is fairly quick, the time it takes for the tank to 'power' the cannon up again is painfully slow and leaves it incredibly vulnerable to return fire, especially, in larger tank engagements as, due to their low numbers, they are nearly always going to be outnumbered.
- Energy Draw - When the Aegis is firing, the main generators are tapped to power the main gun greatly weakening the shields leaving it dangerously exposed to counter fire. Once the weapon has discharged, the energy will be return to the shields bringing them back up to their previous level.
The Aegis is the new MBT of the Republic Remnant. It is in limited production as it undergoes combat trials as the current tank, albeit weaker, is cheaper to produce. The Aegis was designed with a simple idea, 'Take the punch and knock them out', and that is a role it excels at. It is not fast and suffers from more then its share of weaknesses, especially, against large number of targets [due to the slow firing rate of its cannon] and soft targets [infantry]. Its strength lies in fighting other tanks and vehicles, using its superior range, armor and weaponry to turn them into scrap.
Technical Explanations
Crew: The Aegis has three crew members, the driver whose primary task is to, well, drive the tank. This is incredibly important as tanks need to keep a constant situational awareness and ensure the strongest armor is always pointed at their foe doing their best to keep the armor angled to stop a direct shot. The gunner controls only the Rail Cannon, as the heavy repeating blaster is remotely controlled by the commander, and his job is also a bit more complex as he needs to ensure he doesn't drain the shields at critical moments and, because of the slow reload, the gunner cannot afford to miss. The gunners of the Aegis are always prized for their accuracy and calm under pressure. The commander is in charge of observing the scanners to keep situational awareness up, controlling the heavy repeating blaster and is in charge of the communication systems.
Defensive Systems: The Aegis is a tank in all true meanings of the word. Its advanced composite armor is angled to better resist direct hits and it has a lot of this armor. It is a bit different from other tanks in that its frontal armor is not the thickest, that honor belongs to the side armor which tends to throw most opposition off as they often go for side, or rear, shots as, rule of thumb, tells them that tends to be thinner armor. Outside of the thick armor, the Aegis boast a redundant shielding system allowing it to better endure long, protracted engagements or battlefield conditions. When the shields are weakened, they switch over to the secondary shields allowing the primary time to rest and restore. This system does have the flaw in that the 'overall' shield is weaker then it would be otherwise and exceptionally potent anti-tank weaponry can smash through the primary shield before the secondary has time to rise, but its superior endurance in protracted engagements have made the researchers decide this was an acceptable trade off. Like most republic vehicles, the Aegis boast a 4x-Phantom short-range sensor jammer to disrupt targeting systems.
Weapon Systems: The Aegis has two weapons, the first, and weakest, is the heavy repeating blaster. This weapon is its primary, and only, anti-infantry weapon, however, its slower rate of fire mean it is not nearly adequate enough to defend the tank or keep infantry sufficiently suppressed which is why the Aegis lives off of Infantry support, to guard its flanks from soft targets. The second, and main, weapon of the Aegis is its Rail Cannon, the large cannon is a very potent anti-armor gun. The Rail Cannon fires at hypervelocity speeds making it incredibly accurate as there is very little, if any, shot displacement or drop. The weapon is very potent.. as is its draw. When this weapon is priming to fire, it draws most of the power from the generators greatly weakening the shields, if the shields are already weakened, this can cause them to completely deactivate until the weapon discharges allowing the energy to restore back to its secondary systems, like its shielding.
