M E A T B A G
- Intent: To create a potent armoured vehicle for the Golden Company, and the Thyrsian Hierarchy thereafter.
- Image Source: Magrider | Planetside 2 - Wiki [x], Recolour by Me.
- Canon Link: Plasma Railrun [x] Composite Beam Laser [x] Zabrak Disruptor Cannon [x] Sonic Cannon [x].
- Permissions: Not Applicable.
- Primary Source: Repurposed Canon Articles, S-1 Firehawke Heavy Repulsortank [x].
- Manufacturer: Republic Engineering Corporation - Vehicle and Robotics Division, The Golden Company - Armourer’s Guild, The Thyrsian Hierarchy - Royal Armourer’s Guild.
- Affiliation: The Golden Company, The Thyrsian Hierarchy, Closed-Market.
- Model: TTH/MBT-001 “Sarissa” - Pattern Main Battle Tank.
- Modularity: Yes; Exterior Armour Plating, Variable Loadouts (As described below)
- Production: Minor-Scale Production.
- Material: Durasteel, Flexisteel, Armourplast, Reinforced Duraplast, Manganese Brass, Glasteel, Turadium, Dallorian Alloy, Haysian Smelt, Kiirium, Agrinium, Various Repulsorlift Components (Internal and External.)
- Classification: Heavy Repulsortank.
- Role: Mobile Fire Support Platform, Self-Propelled Artillery, Heavy Assault Tank, Etc.
- Size: Large Rating.
- Length: 9.5 Metres.
- Width: 6.2 Metres.
- Height: 3.2 Metres.
- Weight: 54,431 KG or 60 Short Tonnes. - Heavy Rating.
- Armaments: Very High Rating.
- Loadout Aurek - Destructor Pattern:
- [1] Plasma Railgun [Fixed Forward; Can Vertically Elevate.]
- [2] Seeking Nanomissile Pods [Anti-Missile Interception Capable, 30 Seeking Nanomissiles per Pod.]
- [1] Pintle-Mounted Composite-beam Laser Cannon [Fast-Track Mounting, Internally Remote Controlled.]
- Loadout Besh - Annihilator Pattern:
- [1] Disruptor Cannon [Fixed Forward; Can Vertically Elevate.]
- [2] Seeking Nanomissile Pods [Anti-Missile Interception Capable, 30 Seeking Nanomissiles per Pod.]
- [1] Pintle-Mounted Composite-beam Laser Cannon [Fast-Track Mounting, Internally Remote Controlled.]
- Loadout Cresh - Executioner Pattern:
- [1] Heavy Sonic Cannon [Fixed Forward; Can Vertically Elevate.]
- [2] Seeking Nanomissile Pods [Anti-Missile Interception Capable, 30 Seeking Nanomissiles per Pod.]
- [1] Pintle-Mounted Composite-beam Laser Cannon [Fast-Track Mounting, Internally Remote Controlled.]
- Loadout Aurek - Destructor Pattern:
- Defences: Average Rating.
- Standard [Repulsortank - Class, Military-Grade] Hull and Armour Plating.
- Standard [Repulsortank - Class, Military-Grade] Deflector Shield (Ray, Particle, and Concussion; Overlaid.)
- Standard [Repulsortank - Class, Military-Grade] Ionic Shielding.
- Overhauled [Repulsortank - Class, Military-Grade] Haysian Smelt Infused Kiirium Mirror Shields. (Automated Girder Mounts.)
- Standard [Repulsortank - Class, Military-Grade] ECM, Countermeasures (Chaff, Flares, and Etc.)
- Minimum Crew: One Pilot and an Integrated Droid Brain.
- Optimal Crew: One Pilot, One Gunner / Tank Commander, and an Integrated Droid Brain.
- Primary Propulsion: Repulsorlift Engine
- Secondary Propulsion: Retractable Tracks.
- Primary Powerplant: Compact Fusion Power Plant.
- Secondary Powerplant: Solar Ionization Collection Panels (Retractable) with Conversion Feed Module.
- Primary Maneuverability: 55 DPF - High Rating.
- Secondary Maneuverability: 25 DPF - Low Rating.
- Primary Speed (Maximum): 250Km/H - Average Rating.
- Secondary Speed (Maximum): 60Km/H - Very Slow Rating.
- Passenger Capacity: None.
- Cargo Capacity: 25KG - Very Small Rating (Survival Gear, Maintainance Equipment, Etc.)
- Standard [Repulsortank - Class, Military-Grade] Gyroscopic Stabilization System.
- Standard [Repulsortank - Class, Military-Grade] Repulsorlift Engine (Anti-Gravitic Plating)
- Standard [Repulsortank - Class, Military-Grade] Fusion Drive System(s).
- Standard [Repulsortank - Class, Military-Grade] Compact Fusion Power Plant.
- Standard [Repulsortank - Class, Military-Grade] Hazard and Damage Control Systems.
- Standard [Repulsortank - Class, Military-Grade] Life Support System(s).
- Standard [Repulsortank - Class, Military-Grade] Navigational System(s), Ground-Penetrating Sensors (Hazardous Terrain).
- Standard [Repulsortank - Class, Military-Grade] Combat Sensors and Targeting System(s). [Including Ground-Penetrating Sensors.]
- Standard [Repulsortank - Class, Military-Grade] Communications System, Holonet Transceiver with Encryption/Decryption Networks [Thyrsian Military Encryption Keys.]
- Standard [Repulsortank - Class, Military-Grade] Environmental Control System(s).
- Redundant Propulsion Systems.
- Integrated Droid Brain (Heuristic Processors.)
- Integrated Deflector Shield Generator.
- Thyrsian Mirror Shields - Very High Resistance to Small Arms and Light Weapons.
- Thyrsian Mirror Shields.
- Comprehensive Countermeasure Suite.
- Agile Repulsortank.
- Fixed-Forward Primary Weaponry.
- Repulsorlift Jammers.
- Slow-Firing Primary Armament.
- Medium to Long-Range Specialty.
- Limited Anti-Aerial Weaponry.
- Limited Frontal Armour - Focused around the Primary Armament.
The TTH/MBT-001 “Sarissa” - Pattern Main Battle Tank was designed in response to the glaring lack of rapid-response armour that was deployed during the tumultuous Battle of Eshan; where the Golden Company almost-exclusively utilized towering Walkers. Not wanting to admit weakness in the face of their technological superiority, the Sarissa-Pattern Battle Tank was subtly pressed into service as repurposed war spoil -- rather than a rebuilt and ancient design rushed to fill a noticeable gap in their adaptable battleline. Due to its sleek appearance and arcane technologies contained within, the Battle Tank found itself a welcome addition to the Sun Guard’s armoury. It offered those aurate-clad souls a truly mobile fire-support platform that would be capable of supporting their relentless advance; be it in a cityscape’s embrace or atop the open fields of some misbegotten world.
As exotic weaponry is the bread and butter of the mercenary outfit, the Sarissa prided itself on offering three primary variants to utterly devastate their opposition. The first amongst these treasured three was the plasmatic railgun; which utilized an upscaled and exotic variant of the standard laser cannon. This cannon was powerful in its own right, but the true majesty was of how the magnetically sealed plasma reacted after the containment field collapsed. When the magnetic sheath failed, either through impacting various debris or enemy armour, the superheated plasma within would continue to burn until all of its thermal energy was utterly spent. As this mounted weapon was significantly more powerful than the standard or heavy laser cannons, the primary loadout of the Sarissa would leave nothing but molten slag in its wake.
The secondary variant, however, was the most dangerous of the technical triumvirate as it involved the deployment of an upscaled, and high-powered disruptor cannon; capable of carving apart hostile targets at the atomic level. Despite the inability to fire rapidly, simply because of how disruptors operated, the Annihilator pattern was perfectly suited to hunt down and subsequently obliterate formations enemy armour. Though it would take time for that devastating outcome to come to fruition, the Sarissa was equipped with anti-gravitic plating that granted it the maneuverability to weave out of harm’s way - provided the battle tank was helmed by a capable pilot.
While the tertiary weapon was the last, it was certainly furthest from the least powerful armament that the Sarissa could field. For the third loadout, the battle tank was equipped with a heavy sonic cannon that could act as both a large-scale pacification unit - or a deadly line breaker. The non-lethal settings, while easily dispersed by the utilization of sonic nullifiers and aural dampening technology, were capable of pacifying a wide swathe of territory populated by unprotected hostiles. This changed, however, when the settings were swapped to lethal - as the heavy sonic cannon was capable of pulping bones and shattering structures with a single, cacophonous volley. Although the heavy sonic cannon was a powerful weapon, it wasn’t infallible and the results of its mighty blows would vary from target to target.
With the Sarissa taking to the field, the superiority of the Golden Company wouldn’t and couldn't be denied.
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