Approved Vehicle Fyrnock-class Multiple Launch Warhead System

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OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION

• Intent: To provide a missile artillery vehicle in Lucerne Labs product line-up like the canon Mobile Proton Torpedo Launcher
• Image Source: Spartan Games' Intruder Combat Carrier art (company now out of business and website defunct)
• Canon Link: N/A
• Permissions: N/A
• Primary Source: N/A

PRODUCTION INFORMATION

• Manufacturer: Lucerne Labs
• Affiliation: Directorate, Silver Jedi, Closed-Market
• Model: Fyrnock-class Multiple Launch Warhead System
• Modularity: Warhead Payload
• Production: Mass-Produced.
• Material:Argentum-series Matrix Armor Plating, Beskar frame, ceraglass viewports, standard vehicle components

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

• Classification: Half-Track Crawler
• Role: Mobile Missile Launcher
• Size: Average
• Weight: Average
• Armaments: Very High
  
  • 2 Forward-facing LLT-7 General Purpose Warhead Launchers
  • 6 Vertical Launch LLT-7 General Purpose Warhead Launchers with automatic internal reloaders
• Defenses: Average
  
  • Beskar Frame
  • Argentum-series Matrix Armor Plating
  • 1 Modular Auxiliary Systems Turret
• Maneuverability Rating: Low
• Speed Rating: Average
• Propulsion: Wheels / Tracks
• Minimum Crew: 1 (driver)
• Optimal Crew: 3 (1 driver, 2 gunners)
• Passenger Capacity: none
• Cargo Capacity:Low

SPECIAL FEATURES

• Environmentally Sealed: Fyrnocks have environmental sealing and full internal life-support for three days of continual operation, allowing the half-tracks to be deployed in hazardous environments such as vacuum or toxic atmospheres and to enable limited submersion in water.

STRENGTHS

• Impressive Firepower: The Fyrnock sports an impressive amount of firepower for its size which it is capable of rapidly deploying thanks to using multiple rotary missile launchers.
• Modular: Fyrnocks sport Lucerne Labs' trademark versatility through modularity in subsystems. The Fyrnock can fire a variety of a different warheads through its general purpose warhead launchers, and theoretically, each launcher could be equipped with an entirely different type of warhead. Similarly, its MAST can sport different devices depending on its mission needs.

WEAKNESSES

• Low Maneuverability: The Fyrnock isn't exactly the most maneuverable vehicle for its size due to its heavy duty treads.
• [FO NT=Arial]What anti-infantry weapon? The Fyrnock does not have any point-defense weapons to defend it against small enemies such as infantry and smaller battle droids, and typically must rely on friendly forces to deal with this threat.[/FONT]

DESCRIPTION: Fyrnocks use a large number of warhead launchers to act in a heavy artillery role. In this way, they can trace their lineage to the mobile proton torpedo launchers used by the Rebel Alliance during the Galactic Civil War. While conceptually similar in its base concept, the Fyrnock is exceptionally more versatile than its predecessor due to using general purpose warhead launchers instead, which can support a wide variety of munitions types. In this way, with a simple change of warlords (or carrying several different types), the Fyrnock can fulfill such diverse missions as bombarding enemy formations and fortifications to air defense from hostile aircraft to long-range anti-tank attacks. While the vehicles sport impressive firepower, they are intended mainly to serve in the rear lines, much like traditional artillery) and consequently don't have the maneuverability or armor to stand up to most other combat vehicles in head to head fights. Consequently, Fyrnocks are usually deployed in combined arms formations that also use tanks, walkers, and infantry to protect it.


Technical Explanations:

Crew: Fyrnocks have a pretty typical crew for a vehicle of its role, with a driver and two gunners needed to operate the Fyrnock at full combat value. All of the vehicle's crew are housed in the forward cab of the half-track. This cab has small ceraglass viewports, normally covered by retractable plating, which provide the crew with very limited vision. Because the field of view from these is actually quite poor in order to better protect the crew, miniature photoreceptors located across the hull provide the visual feed for driving the vehicle and firing its weapons.

Engine Systems: The Fyrnock runs on two separate sets of tracks for its propulsion but actually uses two large, heavy duty front wheels to make it easier to steer. Each track is powered by a separate hydrogen-oxygen fuel cell engine derived from the Lab's previous Myrmidon-class APC. This drive system provides the Fyrnock with a robust drive system that is capable of navigating through many terrains, though it is not as fast nor as capable of maneuvering around objects as many repulsorlift vehicles. The tradeoff is that the Fyrnock's drive system is more resistant to electromagnetic fluctuations, making it more resistant to EMP attacks and allowing it to work on worlds with unusual magnetic fields, such as Jabiim. Additionally, with its sealed hull, this allows the Fyrnock to crawl underwater at the depths of a typical continental sea shelf.

Defensive Systems: The Fyrnock's most basic defense its reinforced beskar frame, which is then covered in a thick layer of Argentum Matrix Armor plating designed to protect its volatile cargo from prematurely detonating. It does not have any shields, unlike most of Lucerne Labs vehicles because it is designed to reside in the rear lines, and hopefully away from any close-quarters actions. However, in the off chance that an enemy vehicle does near the Fyrnock, the vehicle sports a MAST turret mounted behind its cab. This is typically outfitted with a sensor jammer or directional particle shield, providing the Fyrnock with a more active means of defense against enemy munitions.

Hull: The Fyrnock has a pretty conventional layout for a half-track, using a heavy duty truck chassis not unsimilar to those of the older Juggernaut vehicle series but on a slightly smaller scale, with the obvious exception that the rear wheels have been replaced with tracks. The front cab acts as its own separate compartment that contains All of the vehicle's working parts except for part of the transmission. The main body of the vehicle almost exclusively holds general purpose warhead launchers and extended magazines for those weapons, which accounts for the vehicle's impressive firepower.

Weapons Systems: The Fyrnock has a pair of forward-facing general purpose warhead launchers that do not have autoloading capabilities. These are actually intended as reserve weapons in case a threat comes towards the Fyrnock itself. These are typically loaded with concussion missiles, which the launcher can support in relatively good numbers, and which are reasonably effective against a variety of threats, from enemy infantry formations and tanks to flying airspeeders and starfighters. If employed in an amphibuous role, the concussion missiles are often replaced with proton hydrotorpedoes for use against aquatic vehicles and defenses. The main weapons of the Fyrnock are six vertical launch general purpose warhead launchers which can be fed from extended magazines underneath them. The beauty of the general purpose warhead launcher is its ability to except an almost unlimited types of warheads with different roles and sizes. While these launchers are commonly loaded with concussion missiles for mass bombardment and air defense, they can also support such oddities as carbonite missiles, Tabder Radiation Missiles, Calmant missiles, Starfall Heavy Rockets, ion torpedoes, and a wide variety of other starfighter-grade munitions. It is possible to load different types of warheads into each launcher, but this can complicate logistics and can easily lead to errors like firing the wrong type of munition at a target. To prevent errors, Lucerne Labs recommends only carrying two types of munitions in the vertical launchers per vehicle. This still lends the Fyrnock as an excellent versatility on the field, and it can thus fulfill an air-defense role by carrying a mixture of advanced tracking missiles while simultaneously carrying Bunker-buster torpedoes to blow up enemy fortifications.

Carrying Capacity: Fyrnocks are dedicated artillery vehicles, and consequently have little carrying capacity. There is no room inside the vehicle for passengers, albeit a few extremely daring individuals could elect to ride on top of the vehicle if they want to sit on top of a bunch of warheads (Lucerne Labs is not responsible for any deaths that may occur due to this practice). Cargo space is similarly small, with scattered internal compartments for a few of the crewmembers' personal effects. These are typically sidearms, rations, and other like items. For prolonged operations where the vehicle needs to carry more supplies, it's not unusual to see bags and other containers fastened externally to the vehicle's hull.

 

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