Unreviewed Rim Dynamics GM-101 “Gamemaster” Anti-Tank Guided Missile

[FN-999 (restored)]

OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION

• Intent: To make a unique and modern anti-tank guided missile.
• Image Source: ArtStation - Akeron MP by Stevie Porter
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• Primary Source: ArtStation - Akeron MP by Stevie Porter

PRODUCTION INFORMATION

• Manufacturer: Rim Dynamics
• Affiliation: Rim Dynamics, its subsidiaries, & select customers
• Market Status: Closed-Market
• Model: Rim Dynamics GM-101 “Gamemaster” Anti-Tank Guided Missile
• Modularity: None
• Production: Mass-Produced
• Material: Agrinium frame, aluminium wiring, electronic components, tibanna-based power cell

SPECIAL FEATURES

• Top-Attack: Rather than hitting enemy armor head-on, the GM-101 takes a path that terminates directly above the target, at which point it abruptly dives down, impacting the target vehicle from directly above.
• Tandem Charge: After the Gamemaster hits its target, it splits into two unequal parts: a weak charge at the tip and a strong charge behind the tip. The weak charge is designed to set off reactive armor while the strong charge hits the target shortly after the weak charge is spent, dealing the majority of the missile’s armor penetration.
• Dual Tracking Sequence: The GM-101 uses two separate technologies to find a target: thermal imaging to secure an initial target lock and visual screening using its front-mounted camera sensor to make the precise maneuvers needed for a top attack.

STRENGTHS

• Headshot: The GM-101 is best known for its top-attack capabilities: it almost always hits its target from directly above, allowing it to bypass most vertical obstacles such as walls or terrain as well as thick frontal armor.
• Tandem Charge: Technically two projectiles inside a single missile, the Gamemaster is able to use its tandem charges to effectively penetrate multi-layered armor.
• Fire and Forget: After a Gamemaster missile is fired, it uses its dual trackers to automatically track its target, allowing the launcher to redeploy or fire other missiles.

WEAKNESSES

• Watch Your Head: Thanks to its unorthodox angle of attack, the GM-101 is unable to hit a target if either its launcher or the target themselves has vertical cover that is 5 meters or less above them.
• Small Radius: The Gamemaster is strictly an armor-piercing missile with a fairly small blast radius. Consequently, multiple Gamemasters will be needed to seriously damage lightly armored but large vehicles.

DESCRIPTION

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Heavily armored vehicles have long been a menace to infantry and lighter vehicles alike, able to shrug off most hits with impunity while annihilating their foes with powerful cannons. The GM-101 Gamemaster is designed to level the playing field by providing even light infantry with a fairly reliable means of threatening enemy armor.

Recognizing the failure of even many existing anti-tank weapons to penetrate the frontal armor of heavy vehicles, Rim Dynamics decided it would be best to bypass the issue entirely. Its engineers understood that the top of an armored vehicle was usually one of its most neglected points defensively and so decided to craft a missile designed specifically to strike from above.

The result would end up being refined into the Gamemaster missile, a top-attack weapon with excellent armor penetration. With a range of around 10 kilometers, the GM-101 can match or surpass the range of most tank cannons, allowing its operators to open fire from relative safety. The Gamemaster can be equipped both in single-shot infantry-portable launchers and multi-shot rocket launchers on military vehicles or gunships, allowing it to be widely deployed across large formations.