Ranged Weapon Review XR-9 "Warden" Anti-Armor Rocket Launcher

[Darth Virelia]

XR-9 "Warden" Anti-Armor Rocket Launcher

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• Intent:
  A heavy anti-armor rocket launcher for use by Fourth Legion support elements, exo-frame infantry, and droid specialists
• Image Source:
  https://www.midjourney.com/
• Canon Link:
  N/A
• Permissions:
  N/A
• Primary Source:
  N/A

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• Manufacturer:
  Legionis Systems
• Affiliation:
  
  • Darth Virelia , Legionis Systems, Fourth Legion, Dark Court
• Market Status:
  Closed-Market
• Model:
  XR-9 "Warden"
• Modularity:
  No
• Production:
  Minor
• Material:
  
  • Reinforced durasteel composite shell
  • Micro recoil compensators
  • Sensor-shielded launcher core
  • Titanium-laminate casing

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• Classification:
  Rocket Launcher / Anti-Armor
• Size:
  Very Large
• Weight:
  Heavy
• Ammunition Type: 90mm composite rocket (modular payload)
• Ammunition Capacity: Extremely Small (1 per tube, field reloadable)
• Effective Range: Battlefield
• Rate of Fire: Very Low (manual reload)
• Damage Output: Extreme
• Recoil: Very High

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• Tandem-Charge Warhead Compatibility: The XR-9 is optimized for tandem high-explosive anti-tank (HEAT) warheads, designed to defeat both reactive armor and hardened durasteel composite. The first charge clears defenses; the second penetrates deep and detonates internally.
• Payload Modularity Collar: Warheads are coded via smart-ID rings that communicate directly with Legion battlefield AI. Operators may select from anti-vehicle, anti-infantry cluster, thermobaric, or EMP-piercing shells, all reloadable in-field.
• Overpressure-Venting Recoil Frame: A vented rear-cascade recoil channel diffuses concussive force laterally, enabling use in confined, breaching, or subterranean environments. Reduces operator injury or structural collapse in corridors.
• Thermal-Masking Shell Coating: High-density IR-absorbent nano-paint masks residual thermal bloom from launch, minimizing post-shot detection by smart munitions or orbital sensors.
• Quick-Detach Field Collapse System: Launcher body breaks into three modular segments, magnetically locking for rapid reassembly, exo-frame mounting, or stowage in breaching packs. Collapsed transport length: 76cm.
• Drone and Droid Sync Linkage: Launcher recognizes Fourth Legion drone units, syncing firing solution, target data, and priority threat designations autonomously. Compatible with heavy droid fireteams and airborne relay scouts.
• Tactile Ammunition Verification Strip: The top rail includes a braille-coded ridged indicator for verifying warhead type in darkness or when helmet HUDs are disabled.
• Enclosure-Safe Launch Dampeners: Incorporates a counterpulse magnetic launch suppression system, preventing flash damage or operator overpressure in tunnels, bunkers, or inside vehicles.
• Integrated Target Optic Cluster: Features a hardened wide-spectrum sensor suite with thermal, motion, and weak-field electromagnetic mapping. The optic auto-retracts into a shroud post-shot to prevent backblast damage.
• Smart Warhead Logging System: Logs each launch with time, target vector, and mission code, syncing to Fourth Legion databanks for retroactive kill confirmation and doctrinal review.

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• Catastrophic Anti-Armor Impact: Punches through heavy walkers, bunkers, tanks, or fortified enemy positions with brutal reliability.
• Semi-Guided Fire: Achieves high accuracy in hostile conditions, even against fast or evasive targets.
• Droid-Optimized Operation: Optics and tactical targeting sync directly with Legion drone scouts and fire-control relays. No human calibration needed when mounted to Legion droids.

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• Slow Reload: Each shot requires manual reload; human users may be vulnerable while rearming.
• High Recoil: Unsuitable for use without bracing or support unless mounted to a synthetic or powered frame.
• Large and Visible: The launcher is cumbersome to carry and paint-scratching loud to use; stealth is not an option.

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"Not every soldier needs a rocket launcher. But when a soldier carries the Warden, they no longer need anything else."

The XR-9 "Warden" was never part of the original Fourth Legion doctrine.

It was introduced later, quietly—after the first wave of field operations revealed that "acceptable attrition" was still too generous a concept. Designed not to balance the battlefield, but to forcibly tilt it, the Warden answers a singular tactical question with brutal overdefinition: How do you remove something you were never supposed to defeat?

It is a self-contained launcher that fires a 90mm modular rocket, each warhead encased in predictive targeting logic and forged under immense pressure in Polis Massa's void-tempered foundries. When unleashed, fortified bunkers crumple. Bipedal walkers detonate from the inside. Shielded command vehicles simply vanish beneath a plume of pressurized thermobaric ash.

Reloading is slow, inefficient, and rarely needed more than once.

 

[Darth Prazutis]

Under Review.

 

[Darth Prazutis]

Darth Virelia

Cool submission. Love the design. That being said there are some concerns we need to address. You list the Damage Output as Extreme. As per the Factory Rules, Extreme ratings require production to be Semi-Unique or Unique. So you'll have to drop the production, or the rating down.