Designation: Geraun'es 'Battlepod' (Warlord, Interceptor, Stormtrooper)

I. Dimensions:

II. Type:

• (Warlord, Interceptor, Stormtrooper): One-man all weather surface main battle mecha.

III. Service History

• Warlord: Served with the Tirol Bloc Army, Tirol Border Fleet, and Tirol Tactical Space Corps from 2061.
• Interceptor: Served with the Tirolian Bloc Army, Tirol Border Fleet, and Tirol Tactical Space Corps from 2061.
• Stormtrooper: Served with the Tirol Bloc Army, Tirol Border Fleet, and Tirol Tactical Space Corps from 2061.

IV. Propulsion:

(All):

• 2 x Nakajima MBS-1A thrust vectoring fusion/plasma shock-expansion engines in the rear, max. unboosted output 165 kN each (boosted, 203 kN each).
• 2 x Tirol Aerospace SK-20 fusion/plasma shock-expansion engines in the feet, max. unboosted output 90 kN each (boosted, 110 kN each)
• Four Nakajima NBS-1 high-thrust vernier thrusters distributed around the mecha.
• Powerplant: 2 x RRL-2R miniaturized protoculture-cell energizer providing 850 MW of power.
• Fuel Capacity:
  • 12 Standard Canisters of Protoculture.
  • 32 lit. D₂O reactant for fusion engines.

V. Performance:

• Level speed: 138 kph (running)
• Maximum jumping distance: 78 m (Terra normalized)
• Max level speed (sea level): 450 kph
• Range (space): Total Δ-v 9.9 kps on internal reaction mass.
• Protoculture supply: 280 hours operational use.
• G limits: +9.0/-6.5

VI. Electronics:

Radar tracking:

• Tirol Avionics Office KSY-2057 spherical phased-array radar with surveillance modes and max range of 12 km.

Optical tracking:

• Thomson DOS-2513 optical composite tracking system, using sensors for high-quality basic optical, UV, IR and x-ray.
• Thomson LT-9 multi-frequency laser ranger and designator.

Tactical Electronic Warfare System (TEWS):

• Delanve 083 combat computer
• Tirol Avionics Office KFI-2061 Radar Warning Receiver (RWR) 
• Tirol Avionics Office KZKS-2061 ECM pod

Countermeasures:

• Chaff decoy dispenser with 16 shot capacity.
• Flare decoy dispenser with 16 shot capacity.
• Smoke decoy dispenser with 16 shot capacity.

VII. Armament:

Cannons:

(All):

• RRG PL-7 triple barrel laser cannon in the forward ventral blister. This gun system consists of two laser cannons on a moveable pylon, each firing a laser beam with a yield of 2 MJ every .1 seconds.

(Warlord, Interceptor):

• Delanve 28 single barrel particle cannon on a short pylon mount affixed to the right dorsal fuselage. This cannon can fire a particle beam with a yield of 27.5 MJ every 1.5 seconds.

(Stormtrooper):

• Delanve 25 single barrel particle cannon on a short pylon mount affixed to the right dorsal fuselage. This cannon can fire a particle beam with a yield of 24.5 MJ every 1.5 seconds.

Missiles:

(All):

• MM-10 internal missile system in the left and right ventral compartments. Each system consists of a launch bay containing two MRAAMs or QAAMs ready to fire, and a magazine of four additional missiles for a total of six.
• 2 x MM-5 internal missile system in the legs. Each system consists of one group of five launch tubes, and carries 5 SRAAMs ready to fire.

  (All, optional):

• MM-11 carapace missile system on two short pylon mounts affixed to the left dorsal fuselage. This system consists of twelve SRAAM launch tubes, with 12 missiles ready to fire and 12 more in a large magazine.
• or MM-12 carapace missile system on two short pylon mounts affixed to the left dorsal fuselage. This system consists of eight MRAAM or QAAM launch tubes, with 8 missiles ready to fire.

Miscellaneous:

• 1 x T'luaza Milldiem 281 model assault rifle in the pilot's compartment.
• or 1 x Naz'aa Sendel 2060 model carbine in the pilot's compartment.
• 1 x Tirolian Service Committee medium survival kit in storage behind the pilot's compartment.

VIII. Armor:

The armor on the Geraun'es is a Tirolian hybrid of state-of-the-art Terran low-mass composite Chobham plating and older formulations developed by the Robotech Masters. Aside from the respectable protection provided against projectiles, missiles, and other kinetic weapons, this armor is also resistant to plasma globes (annihilation discs), lasers, and to a lesser extent, particle guns, owing to the fact that the armor can flake off and evaporate in layers under fire from such high-energy weapons, taking much of the weapon's energy and converting it into the latent heat of sublimation in the armor.

The armor stops all small arms fire and heavy infantry weapons fire; provides good to excellent resistance to light mecha-mounted weaponry, such as the Zentraedi 22.3mm HE autocannon round; and provides fair to poor resistance to medium mecha-mounted weaponry, such as the Valkyrie's 55mm APFSDS round.

The Geraun'es life support system provides full protection from nuclear, biological, and chemical hazards, using an overpressure cockpit environment activated by radiation and hazardous chemical sensors, or manually when such warfare conditions are anticipated. The internal consumables supplies can provide atmosphere for 30 hours maximum.

IX. Development:

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