Kivah
Zellenkrieger
- Intent: Man portable missile launcher for AA/AT
- Image Source: DataFortress, Akira
- Canon Link: RPS-6, PLX-4, PLX-2M
- Permissions: N/A
- Primary Source: N/A
- Manufacturer: Mercenary Arms
- Affiliation: Mercenary Arms, The Sith Order
- Market Status: Closed-Market
- Model: Astraeus Missile Launcher
- Modularity: Loaded Ammunition Type
- Production: Minor
- Material: Durasteel, Launcher Components, Flex Tube
- Classification: Missile Launcher
- Size: Large
- Weight: Heavy
- Ammunition Type: Missiles
- Ammunition Capacity: Small
- Effective Range: Battlefield
- Rate of Fire: Average
- Damage Output: Extreme
- Recoil: High
- Holographic HUD
- Helmet/Visor Linkage
- Various Tracking Modes
- Targeting Sensors
- Carry Strap (Optional)
- Ray Shields: Shields that only stop energy based attacks aren’t useful against the Astraeus.
- Destructive: A hit is very likely to result in a destroyed or disabled vehicle, even with shields.
- Active Targeting: Using the active sensor lock alerts people with target lock warning and may give away the user’s position.
- Priority Target: Vehicles and those supporting them will usually prioritize neutralizing this as a threat.
A general-purpose portable missile launcher for infantry and dismounted soldiers facing attacking aircraft or ground vehicles. The Astraeus carries five warheads of a given type, anti-armor, high explosive, or another small missile/rocket. The inbuilt targeting sensors allow a user to select from a variety of fire and forget tracking methods or dumb-fire options should a lock be unavailable. One special firing mode launches a missile unguided only for it to later go active and home in from behind after its victim believed it avoided was carried over from the PLX-4.
The Astraeus can easily be fired over the shoulder or from a tripod, either in person or via a wired or signal remote. Standard tracking options include, radar, thermal, repulsor gravity distortion, energy reading, an active-sensor lock, or by using a warhead's native tracking abilities.
