Designation: MBR-21 Basilisk heavy combat battloid

I. Dimensions:

II. Type:

    One seat heavy combat robot.

III. Service History

• MBR-21A2A: Served with the New Republican Army Tactical Corps from 2060 until present.
• MBR-21A2C: Served with the New Republican Army Tactical Corps from 2060 until present.
• MBR-21A3A: Served with the New Republican Army Tactical Corps from 2060 until present.

IV. Propulsion:

• 3 x Allison BRT-3-100 thrusters. Two of these thrusters are mounted in the back and one in the rear waist; maximum rated output 72 kN each.
• Powerplant: SCE-2P miniature Protoculture-cell energizer.
• Fuel Capacity:
  • 8 standard canisters of Protoculture.

V. Performance:

• Level speed: 115 kph (running)
• Maximum jumping distance: 120m in the -A2; 100m in the -A3 (Terra normalized)
• Protoculture supply: 400 hours operational use

VI. Electronics:

Radar tracking:

• Westinghouse TPG-183 X-band pulse-doppler phased array spherical radar with battlefield surveillance mode. Active missile defense mode; networked to EL-8 laser to provide automatic self-defense against ATGMs.

Optical tracking:

• Rockwell AVS-10 multi-band telescopic digital spherical camera system, for long range all attitude infra-red imaging, optical and ultra-violet band detection and tracking.
• Thomson LT-9 multi-frequency laser ranger and designator.

Tactical Electronic Warfare System (TEWS):

• Selenia GroundWarrior Mk. 9 active/passive sensor jammers
• Westinghouse ALQ-260(V) ECM pod

VII. Armament:

Gun units:

• 1 x RRG EP-13 80mm three barreled particle gun pod; firing 170 rounds per minute in full automatic mode, also capable of firing all three barrels simultaneously in semiautomatic mode at approximately one shot per second. Cannon fires 8.2 MJ pulses per barrel in each mode. One spare magazine is carried in the thruster backpack.
• or 1 x Mauser EU-11 28mm laser gun pod; firing 110 rounds per minute in full automatic mode, or once per trigger activation in semiautomatic mode. Cannon fires 12.5 MJ pulses in each mode.
• or 1 x Cadillac-Gage EP-85 112mm single barreled particle gun pod; firing 225 pulses per minute in full automatic mode, or once per trigger activation in semiautomatic mode. Cannon fires 12.5 MJ pulses in each mode. One spare magazine is carried in the thruster backpack.

Missiles:

(-A2):

• 1 x MM-24 missile launcher in the chest. This system consists of 24 SRAAM launch tubes each with one missile ready to fire.

(-A3):

• 1 x MIM-60 missile launcher in the chest. This system consists of 60 launch tubes for the Viper missile each with one missile ready to fire.

Miscellaneous:

• 1 x CVR-3M/F personal armor in the pilot's cargo compartment.
• One current-issue weapon of the pilot's choice and a two-week supply of ammunition.
• 1 x ASK-09 aviator survival kit in the pilot's cargo compartment.

VIII. Armor:

The armor on the Basilisk is the current state-of-the-art development in low-mass composite-materials Chobham plating that became the standard for all Terran mecha after its application to the VQ-6A Vandal. 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, heavy infantry weapons fire, and light mecha-mounted weaponry; and provides good resistance to medium mecha-mounted weaponry, such as the Valkyrie's 55mm APFSDS round, and poor to fair resistance to heavy mecha-mounted weaponry, such as the VHT's 105mm smoothbore shells. The arm shields have a significantly more durable armor cross-section; providing excellent to good resistance to medium mecha-mounted weapons and fair to poor resistance to heavy mecha-mounted weaponry, such as the VHT-2's 120mm shell.

The Basilisk provides full protection from nuclear, biological, and chemical hazards, using a fully-sealed cockpit module activated by radiation and hazardous chemical sensors, or manually when biological warfare conditions are anticipated. The cockpit module is also armored and gives the Monocle the option of operating off-planet on the moon or elsewhere in the system. The internal consumables supplies can provide atmosphere purification for one week maximum on Earth and 48 hours in a hostile environment such as the moon or Mars.

IX. Development:

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