Primary purpose: anti-mecha
secondary purpose: anti-light warship/mecha covering fire
The Phalanx II was designed in 2041 as the REF's main anti-mecha destroid.
It has 2 long ranged multi-barrled, phalanx, laser mini-guns based on the anti-missile phalanx mini-gun designed by the U.S.A in the early 1990's. These high powered rapid fire lasers are capable of firing up to 100 rounds per second, per gun. With such a high rate of fire they are able to inflict massive amounts of damage in a small amount of time.
Looking somewhat like a cross between a Gladiator MK-II and an Excalibre MK-VI.
Vehicle type: Phalanx II
Crew: one pilot and one gunner (optional), 2 passengers may be carried in emergency.
MDC by location:
*Sensor Head-100
*Secondary Sensor Unit (behind head)-75
*Phalanx Miniguns(2)-200 each
*Forearm shields(2)-900 each
*Forearms(2)-50 each
*Hands(2)-25 each
*Shrapnel firing shoulder plates(2)-120
*Shoulders(2)-60
*light shoulder lasers(2)-50 each
*Legs(2)-300 each
*Feet(2)-120
*Main Body-425
Speed:
running:35 mph
standing jump: 10 feet
running jump: 20 feet
Height:45 feet
Width:30 feet
Length(from back to end of phalanx mini-guns):30 feet
Weight:43 tons
Cargo: storage for 2 cyclones
Power Plant: REF-3401 ClaneMcFay protoculture reactor
Weapons Systems:
1.Phalanx High Powered Laser Mini-Guns(2): These Huge Mini-guns are capable of all forward firing directions and can pump out 100 projectile rounds per second per gun making it possible to fire 200 rounds in 1 SECOND!!
Primary purpose:Anti-Mecha
Secondary purpose:Anti-lightwarship/Mecha covering fire
Range:5,500 ft.
Mega-Damage:Burst(1 gun) does 1D10 x 10, Burst (both guns) 2D10 x 10. Long burst (1 gun) 2D10 x 10, Long Burst (both guns) 4D10 x 10.
(note: Long bursts can only be fired at warships, stationary objects or any other slow moving objects, MECHA NOT INCLUDED)
Payload:effectively unlimited
2.Side Shrapnel Firing Shoulder Plates(2): These purely defensive weapons are stored in the shoulder plates of the Phalanx II, they fire small shards of shrapnel with batteries on them making them somewhat like CADS. They Fire in a 90 degree angle outwards giving mecha, friend and foe, no time or chance to dodge.
Primary purpose: defense
Secondary purpose: anti-mecha
Range:60 ft.
Mega Damage:4D6 to all mecha within 60 ft. Rate of fire: each one fires only once and may be used at any time (note: if the shoulder plate is destroyed it will automatically fire)
Payload: 1 per each shoulder plate *(note: the only roll required is of a 20 sided dice, on the roll of a natural 20 it does double damage, as always, no dodge roll is possible and the parry roll will only reduce damage to the main body by 50%)
3.Light Lasers(2):
Primary purpose:anti-aircraft
Secondary purpose:anti-personnel
Range:2,000 ft.
Mega-Damage:6D6 per blast
Rate of Fire: Equal to number of combined hand to hand attacks
Payload: Effectively Unlimited
4.Mini-Missile Launchers(2, 1 in each leg):
Primary purpose:anti-mecha
Secondary purpose:defense
Range:varies
Mega-Damage:varies
Rate of Fire:1-16 (all)
Payload: 16 in each leg
5.Optional Gunpod: usually LGR-10 Zeus Lightning Energy Rifle. see www.angelfire.com/ia/wildfire under the robotech material, REF prototype weapons
6. Optional Hand-to-Hand combat: see Macross book 1 under gladiator HTH
