The Grey
OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION
- Intent: To create a tracked armored personnel carrier for the First Order's Stormtrooper Corps that doesn't rely on a Repulsor technology for mobility.
- Image Source: Green Machine Surplus
- Canon Link: TX-225 GAVw "Occupier" combat assault tank
- Restricted Missions: N/A
- Primary Source: TX-225 GAVw "Occupier" combat assault tank, TX-225B GAVw "Justicar" Combat Assault Tank, Incredible Cross Sections TX-225 Occupier
Designer:
Interstellar Manufacturing Corporation (Intellectual Property Holder)
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Manufacturer: Closed-Market
- First Order Corps of Imperial Engineers (Licensed Production)
- Interstellar Manufacturing Corporation (Intellectual Property Holder)
[*]Model: TX-225C GAVw "Deliverer" Combat Armoured Personnel Carrier
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Affiliation: Closed-Market
- Core Imperial Confederation
- First Order
- Interstellar Manufacturing Corporation (Intellectual Property Holder)
[*]Production: Limited (First Order Stormtrooper Corps NPCs & PCs)
[*]Material: Depleted Duranium, Quadanium, Titanium, Reinforced Duraplast.
[*]Squadron Count: Very Low
- 4x 225C GAVw "Deliverer" Combat Armoured Personnel Carrier (Inc. PLTCOM Vehicle)
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
- Classification: Tracked Armoured Personnel Carrier
- Role: Infantry Support, Troop Transport, Combat Ambulance, Command & Communication Vehicle, Recovery Vehicle.
- Length: 5.27 Meters
- Width: 2.76 Meters
- Height/Depth: 1.83 Meters
- Weight: 28 Metric Tons
- Minimum Crew: 1 (Driver)
- Optimal Crew: 2 (Driver, Commander)
- Propulsion: Double-Pin Rubber pad Tracks
- Engine: FOCIE 6.2L Supercharged 8-Cylinder Multifuel 900hp (671kW) Combustion Engine.
- Power/weight: 32hp/tonne
- Transmission: Electro-Hydraulic Semi-Automatic Transmission (Eight-forward, Eight-reverse gears)
- Suspension: Durasteel Torsion Bars w/Rotor shock absorbers
- Operational Range: 760km (472 mi)
- Combat Radius: 380km (236 mi)
- Top Speed (Average): 80 km/h (Road), 50 km/h (Off-road)
- Maneuverability (High): Electro-Hydraulic Semi-Automatic Transmission (Eight-forward, Eight-reverse gears), 2x Front-Mounted Sproket Wheels, 12x Road wheels, 2x Return Wheels, 8x Return Rollers.
- Armament (Very Low): 1x FWMB-10 Repeating Blaster (Pintle-mount, Commander's Cupola)
- Defenses (High): 2x 4-Barrel forward-facing smoke grenade dischargers, Depleted Duranium Composite Armour, Heat-Shedding Laminate, titanium interspersed armor.
- Passenger Capacity: 12 (Troop Compartment, Seated)
- Cargo Capacity: 300kg (Internal)
- Air Conditioning
- CBRN Overpressure Protection System
- Engine Block Heater
- Electric Engine Starter
- EMP Hardened
- Stabilised Pintle-Mount
- Fire Suppression System
- Passive Night-Vision System
- Spall Liner
- Wired Tank-Infantry Comlink
- Thermal Spectrum Vision System
- Ultraviolet Spectrum Vision System
- Well Armoured: A good armour envelope featuring Depleted Duranium and Titanium Interpspersed Armour sandwiched into a heat-shedding laminate the Deliverer's hull can easily withstand small arms fire and even prevent shoulder-fired anti-tank weapons from penetrating the hull.
- Respectable Speed: It has a high power to weight ratio and is capable of keeping pace with its' sister designs and other vehicles typical of the First Imperial Army and Stormtrooper Corps such as Bipedal and Quadrupedal Walkers.
- Easy to Maintain: The Deliverer features a multifuel combustion engine and is a simple automotive system when compared to other technology and designs fielded by the First Imperial Military, its' transmission and engine while vulnerable can both be replaced and repaired under field conditions.
- EMP Hardened: A Reinforced Duraplast sheet impregnated into the armour disperses ionic attacks successfully rendering the vehicle highly resistant to EMP attacks allowing it to operate in a variety of hostile environments.
- Fire-Suppression System: Fires in the Engine bay or Troop Compartment can be defeated through the use of a Fire Control System before they can inflict too much damage, however, the system is depleted in two charges. It is designed to keep the crew and passengers safe long enough to vacate the hostile area or evacuate the vehicle.
- CBRN Overpressure: Deliverer is capable of overpressurizing the fighting compartment and preventing Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Contaminants from entering the vehicle.
- Lightly Armed: The Deliverer is lightly armed and won't be engaging any hardened fortifications or opposing armored vehicles with much if any success, the pintle-mounted repeating blaster operator is also highly vulnerable to return fire from hostile forces.
- Vulnerable Tracks: With even more visible and therefore vulnerable tracks compared to the tank designs of the platform; Deliverer is at risk of having its twin-pin tracks destroyed or blown out by sufficiently powerful weapons, immobilizing the armored personnel carrier and leaving its crew and passengers all but helpless.
- Front-mounted engine: With a front-mounted engine and accompanying vents for heat dispersion penetrating shots to the hull's right front will most likely disable the powerplant. Likewise, due to the vents, the engine bay can also have foreign corrosive or flammable liquids enter the engine bay and immobilize the tank.
- Front-Mounted Transmission: Front drive wheels means a cleaner track but higher chance the tank will be immobilized if the lower hull front is penetrated as the projectile will slam straight into the tank's transmission completely immobilizing it.
- High ground pressure: On ice or in a quagmire the Deliverer is at real risk of sinking into the muck or breaking ice beneath its weight due to the pair of narrow tracks which exert higher than average amounts of pressure atop the ground.
- Fuel Tanks: With flammable liquid fuel being necessary for the vehicle's operation a series of tanks are present inside the Troop Compartment. Abrupt penetration to these fuel tanks can cause a catastrophic explosion inside the engine bay at the front of the vehicle through the connecting fuel lines in addition to fire inside the troop compartment, ravaging the Armoured Personnel Carrier from within.
The Commander is provided with situational awareness by a pair of two liquid crystal display in front of their station within the armoured hull while behind them is the Troop Compartment and any embarked troops. Thanks to a Comprehensive Sensor suite equipped to the Deliverer the Commander is able to monitor movement around the tank in Ultraviolet and Infrared/Thermal Spectrums in addition to having their rotating periscopic cupola equipped with both a passive night-vision device the pintle-mounted repeating blaster. The driver comparatively is blind with only a passive night-vision capable episcope relying on their commander for guidance and navigation. Though it was not designed to engage the enemy directly the Commander can use their pintle-mounted repeating blaster to provide covering fire for disembarking troops and suppress hostile dismounted Infantry albeit at great risk to their own person as the Pintle-mount lacks any sort of gunshield or other protection. While its' not an excellent fighting vehicle it does function admirably in its role as a Troop Transport providing embarked Stormtroopers with confidence in safety while within its' air-conditioned and heated hull able to prepare hot meals and beverages using the Deliverer's Boiling Vessel Electric. The Deliverer is a jack of all trades true workhorse able to fulfill many different roles in the theatre though not particularly excelling in either one.
The Fire Suppression System is effective in preventing foreign flammable liquids from disabling the powerplant at least temporarily until the crew either neutralize or retreat from the threat. It also stops the fuel tanks after penetration from gutting the vehicle and rendering it unrecoverable or posing a danger to the crew as the fuel tanks are stored on either side of the fighting compartment internally in armored tanks. Ironically embarked troops and crew must be mindful to keep their helmets on and hermetic seals engaged at all times as the fire suppression system activates near instantly after detecting a fire and floods the fighting compartment with Argon which leads to fatality through suffocation when inhaled. The Hull front one might note is sloped at a steep angle and this is thanks to the Driver's hull-down position where they are positioned in a reclined posture in their seat, when driving with the hatch open the seat can be raised and angled forward to allow the driver to observe the terrain with their head above the Hull. When the driver is in the reclined 'hull-down' position they are largely obstructed from the frontal arc by the transmission and gearbox providing an added layer of protection from the frontal firing arc. To aid in navigation there is two pairs of lights on either trackguard; one light in each pair is a normal high-powered LED light while the other is an Infrared light which is more difficult to identify or detect from a distance, when moving in a single-file convoy each vehicle's driver tracks the vehicle ahead of them via an infrared convoy light mounted on the rear fighting compartment door.
SUBMISSION MODIFICATION RECORDS
- 25/03/2019: Edited the Affiliations, Manufacturer, Designer to include the Interstellar Manufacturing Corporation and Core Imperial Confederation. Specified Closed-Market. Increased Production to Minor from Limited to more accurately reflect scale of production. Gave the Vehicle a Generic Squadron Rating for better at first glance rating identification.
