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- Intent: To create a cheap but effective medium tank for the Brotherhood of Darkness
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- Manufacturer: Brotherhood of Darkness
- Affiliation: Brotherhood of Darkness
- Market Status: Closed-Market
- Model: Boldar-Class Medium Tank
- Modularity: No
- Production: Minor
- Material:
- Classification: Tank
- Role: Assault Tank
- Size: Large
- Weight: Very Heavy
- Armaments: Average
- Defenses: High
- Maneuverability Rating: Low
- Speed Rating: Low
- Propulsion: Wheels
- Minimum Crew: Five
- Optimal Crew: Seven
- Passenger Capacity: 10
- Cargo Capacity: Small
STRENGTHS
- Thick Armor: The Boldar-Class Medium Tank comes equipped with thick armor, that allows it to tank a heavy amount of damage despites its shoddy constructed looking frame
- Ramming Head: The Boldar-Class Medium Tank comes equipped with a thick ramming head in front of it, allowing it to be used to smash down fortifications if enough speed is reached
- Heavy Artillery: The Boldar-Class Medium Tank comes equipped with a powerful dual flak cannon mounted on top, allowing it to deal damage to stationary objects and be useful as improvised artillery
- Troop Transport: The Boldar-Class Medium Tank can support up to 10 soldiers inside of it, allowing it to be used to deploy troopers to the front line while the gun batteries protect them from enemy forces
- Mostly Unprotected Wheels: While the whole thing comes equipped with heavy armor, the wheels of the tank are more vulnerable to enemy fire that can knock the tank out of the fight if the wheels come unloose
- Heavy in Weight: The Boldar-Class Medium Tank is heavy in weight, meaning that it has to be transported via heavy duty transport shuttles which can be identified by an enemy force and disposed off. Also limiting it to hard ground as within soft ground it will begin to sink
- Speed is Problem: The Boldar-Class Medium Tank is a large vehicle, meaning that it cannot move fast and withdrawing will take a short amount of time which can present an opportunity for an enemy to rush it and destroy it before it can make it back to home base
- Not Maneuverable: The Boldar-Class Medium Tank was not designed to be able to turn quickly on the battlefield, which means it cannot turn to target another vehicle or position on the field in a short amount of time leaving it vulnerable to being side blasted
The Boldar-Class Medium Tank was designed in response to the weaknesses of the Karak-Class Light Tank, while the light tank hasn't actually been proven to be bad on the field since the Brotherhood of Darkness is just emerging from the shadows. The forward thinking of the Dark Forgemaster of the Order of Saithon allowed him to foresee that the light tank while cheap and effective would not have enough fire power to rival even the smallest of the galactic powers's own military forces. Venturing to the Planet of Darvannis, the Powerbase of the Mancheron Kajidic to secure an agreement with the Head of the Mancheron Kajidic and Magister of Darvannis, Borrodus Mancheron Boggurobb II. The Hutt Lorda wanted something in exchange for the factories and foundries being used by the Brotherhood of Darkness. The Dark Forgemaster promised that the Mancheron Kajidic would be the only supplier of weaponries and vehicle manufacturing for the brotherhood of darkness. Although this could always be changed as the brotherhood grew in power and infamy.
The Hutt Lorda agreed to this arrangement because of the potential profit value and so the construction and design of the Boldar-Class Medium Tank would begin only a few days after the construction and testing of the Karak-Class Light Tank. Using the frame of the karak-class light tank and inter exchanging some parts from the Mazor-Class Mobile Artillery. The prototype of the Boldar-Class Medium Tank was ready to be serviced and saw action quelling a slave uprising on Darvannis. The Hutt Lorda was impressed with the medium tank and has future assistance of the Mancheron Kajiidc was needed, the Dark Forgemaster allowed him to keep some. The production of the medium tank would be in full swing, smuggling them across borders unassembled and only reassembling them within a secure location underneath the control of the Order of Saithon using the Dwarrow Engineers to accomplish such. The Dark Forgemaster put them into storage with the rest of the Brotherhood of Darkness's weapons that it had assembled, ready to strike out at the galaxy that rejects it underneath the control of the Lord of the Brotherhood, Kyrel Ren.
