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Approved Vehicle VT-AS, Variable-Terrain Assault Strider, the Vahlk-Tar

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Manufacturer: Malsheem Hypernautics and Manufacturing
Market Status: Closed Market
Production: Limited
Width: Average
Height: Large
Weight: Heavy
Size: Large

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  • Intent: Create an assault walker for the Kainate
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  • Permissions: N/A
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  • Manufacturer: Malsheem Hypernautics and Manufacturing
  • Affiliation: The Kainate
  • Market Status: Closed-Market
  • Model: VT-AS, Variable-Terrain Assault Strider, the Vahlk-Tar
  • Modularity: Yes; environmental retrofitting for arctic, desert, jungle, or urban warfare through specialized plating, terrain-adaptive limb actuators, and atmospheric sealing protocols.
  • Production: Limited
  • Material:
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  • Classification: Mechanized Assault Walker
  • Size: Large - 9.6m
  • Weight: Heavy - 16.8 metric tons
  • Armaments: High
    • [2] Chin-Mounted Twin Blaster Cannons
    • [1] Chin-Mounted Variable Grenade Launcher
    • [1] Cheek-Mounted Twin Light Blaster Cannon
    • [1] Cheek-Mounted Variable Missile Launcher Pod
    • [1] Cupola-Mounted Heavy Repeating Blaster Cannon
    • [1] Retractable Back-Mounted Mortar Launcher
  • Defenses: High
  • Maneuverability Rating: High
  • Speed Rating: Average
  • Propulsion: Gyro-Stabilized Bipedal Configuration
  • Minimum Crew: 1 (Pilot only, reduced efficiency)
  • Optimal Crew: 2 (Pilot + Gunner/Weapons Officer)
  • Passenger Capacity: 0 (not designed for transport)
  • Cargo Capacity: Very Small
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  • Command Pod Cockpit Module - Heavily armored, pressurized capsule with dual-control seats for pilot and gunner, and features redundant manual override systems and localized life support.
  • Target Acquisition and Combat Logic Interface - Advanced tracking and firing solution module capable of prioritizing targets by heat, motion, and energy profile that includes predictive firing algorithms and semi-automated weapons cycling.
  • Grav-Stabilized Gyroscopic Core - Maintains walker balance in uneven terrain or under concussive impact and syncs with terrain-mapping sensors for real-time posture correction.
  • Adaptive Terrain Sensor Array - Constantly scans terrain profile to predict slippage, tilt, or leg entrapment and enables dynamic gait modulation for mud, rubble, snow, and stairs.
  • Ebon Psicom Array - An integrated metaphysical-technical comm system built around a Whisperstone Core Matrix and hybridized signal suite, the Ebon Psicom Array enables Kainate walkers to coordinate silently across vast distances through encrypted dark transmissions and emotional resonance, immune to conventional interception and Force-null zones.
  • Shadowlink Omni-Resolution Array - A hyper-adaptive Sith electronic counter-countermeasure system, the Shadowlink maintains flawless signal clarity and sensor fidelity even under extreme electronic warfare by disrupting jamming signals with runic phase inversion, harmonic overloads, and predictive cognition clusters.
  • Bloodlock Transponder - A self-immolating failsafe device keyed to Sith blood and presence, the Bloodlock Transponder ensures no Kainate walker or its secrets fall into enemy hands. Upon pilot death or capture, it unleashes a metaphysically corrosive detonation that erases all data, inflicts lingering dark side damage, and repels salvage or tampering through residual Sith energy.
  • Trazkhaal Harmonizer - A precision convergence system empowered by Sith rituals, the Trazkhaal Harmonizer aligns all mounted weaponry in real-time with pilot intent, enemy resonance, and targeting vectors to create lethal strike nexuses. When bonded to Force-sensitive operators, it anticipates commands before they're issued, granting a supernatural edge in chaotic combat.
  • Atmospheric Conditioning & Sealing System - Filters toxins, seals against pressure variance, and regulates internal temperature and allows operation in hostile environments including vacuum for a limited duration.
  • Auxiliary Power Cells & Redundant Energy Relays - Sustain critical systems during shield failure, EMP events, or primary core disruption and provides up to 15 minutes of autonomous fallback function.
  • Kainate Combat Memory Core - Records every engagement, adapting movement and response patterns over time and can be psychically imprinted with combat routines from Dark Side strategists or commanders.
  • Bio-Alchemical Pilot Sync Harness - Advanced neural jack that binds pilot reflexes to walker response times, increasing control fidelity but induces fatigue and mild psychotropic side effects when used for too long.
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  • Overwhelming Firepower for Size Class - The Valkh-Tar boasts an exceptionally dense arsenal for its size, combining directed energy weapons, micro-missile salvos, and a retractable mortar system to overwhelm infantry, vehicles, and fortifications alike.
  • Combat Versatility and Tactical Adaptability - Modular loadouts, environmental retrofitting kits, and multi-angle fire coverage allow it to perform effectively in diverse combat zones, from dense urban terrain to siege fields.
  • Dark Side Reinforced Systems and Ritual Locks - Encrypted Sith command protocols and alchemized systems prevent enemy hijacking, while spiritual protections make the walker psychically resilient and symbolically fearsome.
  • Stability and Maneuvering on Difficult Terrain - Gyroscopic stabilization and adaptive leg articulation allow it to remain balanced and responsive across unstable or obstructed terrain, maintaining fire accuracy under pressure.
  • Rapid Deployment Architecture - Engineered for swift deployment, the Valkh-Tar can be rapidly air-dropped and combat-ready within moments, ideal for sudden strike insertions or mobile defense.
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  • Limited Speed and Pursuit Capability - Despite enhanced actuators, the walker's speed remains moderate at best, limiting its ability to chase fast-moving targets or rapidly reposition during fluid engagements.
  • No Passenger or Logistic Support Capacity - With no space for troop transport or cargo, the Valkh-Tar is restricted to frontline combat roles and cannot support logistics, recovery, or tactical flexibility beyond its own systems.
  • Vulnerability to Heavy Anti-Armor Weapons - While well-armored, it remains susceptible to concentrated anti-vehicle fire and ion disruption once its shield generator is depleted or bypassed.
  • Operator Fatigue from Neural Integration - The bio-alchemical sync harness increases reaction speed and fire control but induces neural strain, requiring crew rotation to avoid fatigue or psychic backlash during extended operations.
  • Force Suppression Vulnerability - The Valkh-Tar's ritual-based systems falter in Force-null environments, reducing targeting precision, encrypted comms, and metaphysical response coherence.
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The VT-AS (Variable-Terrain Assault Strider) Valkh-Tar is a two-legged combat walker designed for aggressive spearhead operations in fortified urban, subterranean, and rugged warzones. Standing at 9.6m tall, the VT-AS combines compact power with relentless forward momentum. It's silhouette is distinct, low-slung and hunched forward like a beast mid-charge, with taloned feet that tear into terrain for balance and stability.

The VT-AS transport unit but a dedicated frontline hunter-killer platform, fielded with a lethal suite of weaponry including twin chin blaster cannons, grenade and missile launchers, a back-mounted mortar system, and precision-locked repeating blasters coordinated by the Trazkhaal Harmonizer and Target Combat Logic Interface. Simultaneously clad in Sarrassian composite armor over a reinforced Quadanium-alloy skeleton, it can withstand barrages of concentrated anti-armor fire while charging into the enemy line.

The Command Pod Cockpit ensures pilot survivability and autonomy, enhanced through neural synchronization via the Bio-Alchemical Sync Harness. Battlefield adaptability is enhanced through features such as the Shadowlink Omni-Resolution Array, Kainate Combat Memory Core, Ebon Psicom Array, and the Bloodlock Transponder, which prevents capture and compromise in death.

Originally conceptualized in response to mounting attrition rates among conventional walker divisions during Kainate pacification campaigns, the VT-AS program was initiated under the joint direction of Shadow Mind and the Artificer's Guild. Early prototypes suffered from balance instability and inefficient modular integration, but breakthroughs in Grav-Stabilized Gyro Cores and the Adaptive Terrain Sensor Array allowed for real-time terrain reaction and slope modulation.

Following battlefield trials during the Battles of Susfvi and Echnos, the walker was approved for mass production and rapidly entered frontline service. It saw widespread deployment across Outer Rim urban centers, deep jungle warzones, and the subterranean complexes of insurgent-held industrial moons.

On Subterrel, squads of VT-AS were used to collapse rebel tunnel networks by deploying mortars in synchronized salvos, while maintaining optimal footing through debris via adaptive terrain modulation. During the Scouring of Lotho Minor, urban-modified VT-AS fitted with echo-dampening stabilizers and reinforced leg bracing were instrumental in flanking through collapsed waste megastructures and coordinating devastating kill-box operations alongside air support.

Later in the Kerest Campaign, arctic-environment variants demonstrated their durability in minus-60-degree conditions, their heat baffles dispersing extreme heat from internal systems while their composite armor resisted temperature shock from glacial plasma detonations. More recently, VT-AS have proven invaluable in low-orbit vacuum raids, holding breach corridors on depressurized orbital platforms while maintaining combat efficiency thanks to their atmospheric sealing and auxiliary cell redundancy.

By 902 ABY, the VT-AS had become a symbol of the Kainate's mechanized wrath: a towering silhouette of death that adapted to the terrain it crushed, the opposition it faced, and the will of those who piloted them. Each deployment further enriches its Combat Memory Core, enabling future generations of walkers to inherit the strategic reflexes and lethality of those that came before, machines that learn to kill better with every war.


 


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Intent: Create an assault walker for the Kainate
Permissions: N/A

Technical Information


Affiliation: The Kainate
Model: VT-AS, Variable-Terrain Assault Strider, the Vahlk-Tar
Modular: Yes
Material: Sarrassian Composite Armor Plating, Reinforced Quadanium-Alloy Skeleton, Laminanium Flex-Cables, Shock-Absorbent Polyfibre Mesh, Tungsten-Tipped Talon Stabilizers, Refined Dolovite Joint Bearings, Agrinium Heat Baffles
Movement: Bipedal
Armaments: High
[2] Chin-Mounted Twin Blaster Cannons
[1] Chin-Mounted Variable Grenade Launcher
[1] Cheek-Mounted Twin Light Blaster Cannon
[1] Cheek-Mounted Variable Missile Launcher Pod
[1] Cupola-Mounted Heavy Repeating Blaster Cannon
[1] Retractable Back-Mounted Mortar Launcher
Vehicle Type: Walker
Vehicle Role: Assault
Defense Rating: High
Traction Rating: Very High
Top Speed Rating: Average
Braking Power Rating: High
Corner Speed Rating: High
Speed Rating: Average
Acceleration Rating: Average
Balance Rating: Very High
Maneuverability Rating:: High
Energy Resist: Very High
Kinetic Resist: High
Sonic Resist: Average
Thermal Resist: High
Radiation Resist: Very High
Minimum Crew: 1
Optimal Crew: 2
Passenger Capacity: 0
Cargo Capacity: Very Small
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