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A complete 8 Segment long Landcrawler.Note that the mass can be supported as it is spread over a very wide series of tracks and while it would leave churned earth behind it the mass on the ground at any one point would in fact be say only a few times more than an MBT given the sheer size of the drive segments.
Prow and Stern Segments.
Type A fire support prow and Stern, Armed with twin 90 mm anti aircraft auto cannon, three 120mm anti tank turrets, one 580mm howitzer, one heavy plasma canon, 4 defensive missile turrets, and one ground to space CSSpark (Counter Shipping Spark) missile launcher. It aslo has 130 assualt drone launch tubes with over 600 drones in the racks.
2nd and 7th Segments
Hive class drone support recovery and repair segments, each containing 5,300 drones with "fast" vertical rocket assisted launch tubes for air suppiority drone launch.
2 "Demographic Saturation" class quad barreled rottary 80mm auto cannon defence turrets.
4 defensive missile turrets, 4 Mk.90 Anti personnel Gamma sweepers.
Segments 3 and 5.
Logistics and autotank carrier support Segment
Each logistics module can carry either 75 auto tanks and their support, or 15,000 tons of cargo. They are armed with one Defensive missile launcher,two "Demographic Saturation" class quad barreled rottary 80mm auto cannon defence turrets and 4 Mk.90 Anti personnel Gamma sweepers.
Segment 4
Landcrawler Shield generator Segment.
This is a vital system in the Landcawlers arsenal, the force bubble it puts out makes it nearly impervious to most air or space attacks, though if the Landcrawlers systems are overloaded the shield will collapse and though it does have an upper absorbtion limit conventional air power and single missile strike cannot penetrate a deployed Kraken defense system. The sytsem however has one flaw. On a space bourne super dreadnaught there would in fact be four overlapping generators to insure tottal coverage, size and power constraints on the Landcrawler mean that it is limited to one force wall that ends 15 meters above ground, also major topographic features mean the force bubble has to be "cranked back".
Segment Four is armed with :
One Super Dreadnaught class Kraken force wall generator.
8 medium range missile launchers (ussualy loaded with counter measures and interceptors).
4 4 Mk.90 Anti personnel Gamma sweepers.
Segment 6
Air launch Segment
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Comments: 8
Tobias-Phealin [2007-03-03 23:46:39 +0000 UTC]
where is the bridge? or ahh.. command deck? what ever you'd call it on this...
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Eruntalon-Tussa [2005-01-10 20:11:35 +0000 UTC]
Perhaps the weight displacement of the Landcrawler is equal to that of a Main Battle Tank. But the torque that is needed to power such a machine forward would have it dig itself into the ground.
Also plasma weaponry though it sounds nice, is not at all usefull because of heat conduction. The plasma is a few thousand degrees Kelvin, and even if there is no heat conduction via the normal means, there is still heat conduction through radiation. And the hotter something gets the stronger the heat radiation. You would most likely melt your own cannon or at least severely weaken your vehicle as you do.
The point of this all. Don't try to make it sound plausible and possible according to the laws of physics. Just let people use their suspension of disbelief.
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Evilonavich In reply to Eruntalon-Tussa [2005-01-10 23:27:51 +0000 UTC]
The thing is set in a deeply sci fi roleplay to start with so really I only have to make it sound only vaguely correct. As for heat effecting the outer layer of my landcrawler or the inner workings I will assure you I would not be so foolish to not take into account the effects of its main weapon. She does have the mass to carry a considerable amount of heat sinkage, also note the plasma weapon has large cooling system wrapped around it. That thick second layer of barrel, while the inner layer is ablative and would need to be replaced after a certain number of shots. Given that the weapon is a tactical one however I don't see the need to have it blaze out streams of plasma equivlent to thermonuclear detonations every 5 seconds. Its a support viechle. Big ..and armed but still a support viechle.
As for the "digging" in effect, not really, think paddle steamer not conventional treads, she is supposed to dig the unholy bejesus out of whats beneath her adding to the whole general air of destruction, doom and gloom. while in theory the landcrawler could get bogged down its ..very unlikely. I admit the Idea lacks grace, and on the face of it is tottaly daft however when dealing with people who throw tanks ripped straight out of the Bolo stories I feel justified.
Aaaanyway.
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Eruntalon-Tussa In reply to Evilonavich [2005-01-11 00:01:56 +0000 UTC]
Hehehe. I know of Nationstates, I play it myself.
But you didn't listen. Don't try to explain it all, that's what ruined Star Trek. If someone says it'll never work they just don't have the suspension of disbelief and don't believe in the plot of a story.
"It works because I the author says it works. I don't need to explain how it works, it just does." A famous line in such cases
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Comrade-SpuD [2004-12-28 20:59:51 +0000 UTC]
The dozer bit looks almost like a turkey head or something... just my two cents
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Comrade-SpuD In reply to Evilonavich [2004-12-31 17:46:18 +0000 UTC]
Yeah, I dunno why it makes me think that...
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