Iona Immarya
That One Padawan
OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION
Classification:: Tank
Role: MBT
Size: Small
Weight: Light
Minimum Crew: Two [Gunner/Driver]
Optimal Crew: Three [Gunner/Driver/Commander]
Propulsion: Repulsorlift
Speed: Fast, 100 km/h
Maneuverability: High
Armaments: Low
Passenger Capacity: N/A
Cargo Capacity: Very Small
SPECIAL FEATURES
The M21 was designed to be the 'main' battle tank of the Republic Remnant. Its cheap cost in production makes it ideal for a nation 'on the rise' like the Remnant to better deal with their mass production cost. The M21 had a few 'short cuts' built in by its creators, taking loss on weapons and defensive systems in order to lessen the cost. This does come at the cost of a higher risk to the crew, but the bureaucrats deemed it an 'acceptable risk'.
The M21 is never meant to go in unsupported, instead, is meant to travel along the other, more advanced and potent, tanks in the Remnant's armory that, because of their expense, cannot be mass produced like the cheap, almost disposable, M21 can.
Crew: The M21 has three crew members, a gunner, driver and commander. The gunner crews the only weapon the M21 has, its laser cannon. The laser cannon is fairly rapid firing so the gunner is capable of engaging most foes, but shot placement means the most in their field as lasers, by their very nature, are incredibly accurate and sense the M21 lacks a punch, the gunner needs to be able to hit the most vulnerable sections of its target in order to achieve their goal.
Weapon Systems: The M21 has a single weapon, its laser cannon. The laser cannon is not particularly potent as it doesn't have a large enough generator to create a laser potent enough for true heavy anti-armor work. The laser cannon, however, does have a pretty high rate of fire letting it excel against softer targets like infantry or lighter vehicles. Any shots aimed at heavy armor would likely need a fair share of luck or great shot placement at a weak section to have a chance at doing much.
Defensive Systems: The M21 doesn't have potent defensive systems, its biggest defensive system is its speed and small size as its meant to avoid being fired at, or obscure the shot as much as possible, rather then directly take the shot. To aid in its shot avoidance, it has a sensor jamming system to help this out as much as possible as if it is hit by any decent anti-armor weapon, it is not likely the light armor plating or shield generator will resist such attention for long.
- Intent: To provide the Republic Remnant a light MBT to fill out its armored inventory.
- Image Source: X
- Canon Link: N/A
- Restricted Missions: N/A
- Primary Source: Not the intent, but I believe the artist was doing their take on a House Ordos tank from Dune.
- Manufacturer: Republic Industries (Republic Remnant)
- Model: RR M21
- Affiliation: Republic Remnant
- Modularity: No
- Production: Mass Production.
- Material: Ferrocarbon frame, composite armor plating (Ferrocarbon [Top layer] Trimantium [Second layer], Dura-armor [Final layer]. between each layer is a layer of Quantum Fiber), standard vehicle components.
Classification:: Tank
Role: MBT
Size: Small
Weight: Light
Minimum Crew: Two [Gunner/Driver]
Optimal Crew: Three [Gunner/Driver/Commander]
Propulsion: Repulsorlift
Speed: Fast, 100 km/h
Maneuverability: High
Armaments: Low
- Laser Cannon - Low
- Shield Generator - Low
- Composite Armor Plating - Low
Passenger Capacity: N/A
Cargo Capacity: Very Small
SPECIAL FEATURES
- Laser Cannon
- Composite Armor
- Shield Generator
- Comm-Array
- Sensor Suite
- 4x-Phantom short-range sensor jammer
- Targeting computer
- Agile - The M21 is a very quick and mobile tank allowing it to quickly engage opponents, reposition itself or move to support assets that would be a bit too far out for other tanks to get to in time. The small, mobile M21 is also better at dealing with tighter quarters like urban environments or heavily forested terrain then most other tanks.
- Small - The M21 is a small tank which lets it better find cover and helps lessen its profile making it a bit harder to hit then other tanks which aids in its survival. This small, light size is also what lets them fit more of them onto transports which is how they can be fielded in such large sizes as they must make up for quality with quantity.
- Fragile - The M21 is a fragile tank. It lacks armor plating and doesn't have the power generation necessary to give it a potent shield generator. More to the point its small size means all of its potent systems and crew are fairly close together meaning any penetrating shots are very likely to mission kill, if not outright destroy, it.
- Weak Armament - The M21 does not have a potent weapon, while it is still a tank gun, and so, deadly to most targets, it lacks the potency to seriously threaten other armored targets unless luck is on their side or it hits a particularly vulnerable spot.
The M21 was designed to be the 'main' battle tank of the Republic Remnant. Its cheap cost in production makes it ideal for a nation 'on the rise' like the Remnant to better deal with their mass production cost. The M21 had a few 'short cuts' built in by its creators, taking loss on weapons and defensive systems in order to lessen the cost. This does come at the cost of a higher risk to the crew, but the bureaucrats deemed it an 'acceptable risk'.
The M21 is never meant to go in unsupported, instead, is meant to travel along the other, more advanced and potent, tanks in the Remnant's armory that, because of their expense, cannot be mass produced like the cheap, almost disposable, M21 can.
Technical Explanation
Crew: The M21 has three crew members, a gunner, driver and commander. The gunner crews the only weapon the M21 has, its laser cannon. The laser cannon is fairly rapid firing so the gunner is capable of engaging most foes, but shot placement means the most in their field as lasers, by their very nature, are incredibly accurate and sense the M21 lacks a punch, the gunner needs to be able to hit the most vulnerable sections of its target in order to achieve their goal.
Weapon Systems: The M21 has a single weapon, its laser cannon. The laser cannon is not particularly potent as it doesn't have a large enough generator to create a laser potent enough for true heavy anti-armor work. The laser cannon, however, does have a pretty high rate of fire letting it excel against softer targets like infantry or lighter vehicles. Any shots aimed at heavy armor would likely need a fair share of luck or great shot placement at a weak section to have a chance at doing much.
Defensive Systems: The M21 doesn't have potent defensive systems, its biggest defensive system is its speed and small size as its meant to avoid being fired at, or obscure the shot as much as possible, rather then directly take the shot. To aid in its shot avoidance, it has a sensor jamming system to help this out as much as possible as if it is hit by any decent anti-armor weapon, it is not likely the light armor plating or shield generator will resist such attention for long.
