M E A T B A G
Intent: To create a formidable Assault Walker for the Golden Company and the Thyrsian Auxilia thereafter.
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Canon Link: Not Applicable.
Primary Source: Repurposed Canon Articles, Laser-Reflective Armour.
Manufacturer: Republic Engineering Corporation - Vehicle Manufactorum(s); Coruscant Works District, The Golden Company - Armourer’s Guild, The Thyrsian Hierarchy - Royal Armourer’s Guild.
Affiliation: The Golden Company, The Thyrsian Hierarchy, Closed-Market.
Model: REC/HAW-01 “Geryon” - Pattern Heavy Assault Walker.
Modularity: Yes - Weapon Hardpoints.
Production: Minor-Scale Production.
Material: Durasteel, Turadium, Glasteel, Flexisteel, Reinforced Duraplast, Various Walker Components.
Classification: Walker.
Role: Heavy Assault Walker.
Size: Large Rating.
Length: 5.2 Metres.
Width: 6.5 Metres.
Height: 8.6 Metres.
Weight: 22 Short Tonnes, or 19,958 Kilograms - Heavy Rating.
Minimum Crew: One Pilot and One Integrated Droid Brain.
Optimal Crew: One Pilot, and One Integrated Droid Brain.
Power Plant: Compact Fusion Reactor.
Propulsion: Bipedal Locomotion.
Speed Rating: Very Slow.
Maximum Speed: 65 Km/H.
Maneuverability: Average Rating.
Armament(s): Very High Rating.
- Hardpoint One (Right Shoulder Mount): Flex-tube Mortar, with Autoloading Functionality.**
- Hardpoint Two (Right Shoulder Mount): Heavy Repeating Particle Beam Cannon.
- Hardpoint Three (Left Shoulder Mount): Flex-tube Mortar, with Autoloading Functionality.**
- Hardpoint Four (Left Shoulder Mount): Heavy Repeating Particle Beam Cannon.
- Hardpoint Five (Central Chassis Mount): Homing Concussion Rocket Pod.
- Hardpoint Six (Right Shoulder Mount): Tri-Repeating Mass-Driver Cannons.
- Hardpoint Seven (Left Shoulder Mount): Tri-Repeating Mass-Driver Cannons.
- Hardpoint Eight (Backplate Mount): Dual Anti-Missile Octet(s.)
- Hardpoint Nine (Chin Mount): Dual Heavy Repeating Blaster Turret(s.)
- Two Power Harpoons with Magnetic Tips and Degaussing Modules (Chest Mounted.)
Defences: Average Rating.
- Reinforced [Military Vehicle - Grade] Turadium Armour Plating.
- Standard [Military Vehicle - Grade] Laser Reflective Armour Paneling.
- Standard [Military Vehicle - Grade] Skeletal Framework.
- Standard [Military Vehicle - Grade] ECM and Countermeasures (Including Anti-Blaster Aerosol, Chaff and Smoke Launchers.)
Cargo Capacity: Small Rating - Survival Gear and Maintenance Equipment.
STANDARD FEATURES
- Vehicle Classification, [Military-Grade] Servo Motors, with Gyroscopic Stabilization System(s.)
- Vehicle Classification, [Military-Grade] Primary Fusion Power Plant, with Integrated Heat Sinks.
- Vehicle Classification, [Military-Grade.] Hazard and Damage Control Systems.
- Vehicle Classification, [Military-Grade.] Life Support System(s,) and Ejection Seat.
- Vehicle Classification, [Military-Grade.] Navigational System(s).
- Vehicle Classification, [Military-Grade.] Ground-Penetrating Sensors (Navigational Hazards) and Targeting System(s)
- Vehicle Classification, [Military-Grade.] Communications System, Holonet Transceiver with Encryption/Decryption Networks [Thyrsian Military Encryption Keys.]
- Vehicle Classification, [Military-Grade.] Environmental Control System(s).
- Integrated Droid Brain, Astromech Equivalent.
- Fast-Track Weapon Mountings, and Fire-Linked Systems.
- Reinforced Duraplast Liner - Moderate Resistance to Ionic Warfare.
- Laser-Reflective Armour Paneling.
- Hardpoint Modularity; Various Weapon Loadouts Possible.
- Near 360’ Degree Weapon Coverage Capabilities.
- Reinforced Turadium Armour, with Laser Reflective Coating.
- No Deflector Shielding.
- Cannot Alpha-Strike Hardpoints.
- Cannot Fire More Than Four Hardpoints at a Single Time (Weapon Cycling.)
- Cannot Fire at Targets in Direct-Proximity.
- Cannot Rapid-fire Hardpoint-mounted weapons in quick succession (Critical Overheating Danger; Systems Shut-down in order to properly vent excess heat to within safe, and acceptable working margins.)
- Exposed Gyroscopic Stabilizing Modules.
- Exposed Hydraulic Cabling.
- Visible Cockpit.
The REC/HAW-01 “Geryon” - Pattern Heavy Assault Walker was the newest mechanized combat vehicle to populate the arsenal of the Golden Company and their subordinate Auxilia Forces. The Assault Walker’s design began its conceptual life as an expansion project for their previously produced, and popular line of Repulsortank(s) - the Gallehus. There was a particular demand for the mechanized battle tank to be equipped with a far heavier armament than the design was initially outfitted with. However, that expansion project became infeasible due to the structural limitations of the Repulsortank’s frame. Thus, to see that all the work poured into that project didn’t go to waste - the technical architects at the Republic Engineering Corporation adapted the failed expansion project into something more fitting.
Despite the design’s substantial alteration, the core concept of creating a more practical vehicle that was capable of carrying a more extensive array of armaments remained intact. Therefore, as the schematic found itself nearing completion - the Geryon became akin to a mobile weapons platform; burdened by nearly a decad of cannons and turrets. It was top-heavy and lacked the usual artistic flair that was employed and often associated with the Thyrsian people. But, with that being said, the assault walker was beautiful in its own way. For the destruction, this mechanized vehicle was capable of would bring a stream of tears to even the most hardened warrior’s eyes.
With the capabilities of the armament spoke for, and placed on the back burner, the real prowess of the vehicles’ design stemmed from the central chassis. In utilizing a modular construction, the Geryon was capable of swiftly altering the trajectory of its weapons to cover nearly a full three-hundred and sixty-degree field of fire. It wasn’t perfect, for the mounted guns weren’t able to engage targets within a direct-proximity to the assault walker, but that was a particular case - for those lucky enough to reach the Pilot’s module would be too few and far between. Nevertheless, the assault walker was capable of a great many things should it be in the hands of a competent operator.
Therefore, with the Geryon in hand, the Thyrsian Military would soon prove itself to be unmatched by all of its peers.
