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Intent: To create a cost-effective artillery support platform for the Omega Pyre corps of the Omega Protectorate that is in line with the Pyre's doctrine of fast strikes and heavy hits while recognising the new challenges it faces.
Development Thread:http://starwarsrp.net/topic/13166-tools-of-the-trade-protectorate-technical-folks/
Manufacturer: Omega Industries | Firemane Industries
Model: Typhoon-class artillery tank
Affiliation: Omega Protectorate | Firemane Industries
Modularity: No
Production: Minor Production
Material: Durasteel alloy
Role: Armoured, self-propelled, multiple rocket launcher
Height: 2.59 m
Length: 6.85 m
Width: 2.97 m
Weight: 25 tonnes
Propulsion: Tracks
Top speed: 64 km/h
Armaments: Two dorsal-mounted missile pods configured to fire a variety of explosive ordinance to the enemy, the amount varying depending upon the ammo. The maximum operational range of the long range pods is 300 km, with a minimum range of 2km so that the crew does not get blown up by its own ordinance. It has 4 rockets a side for AA or HE, 4 a side for special guided missiles utilising cluster bomb ammunition. A volley has a spread range of up to 1km and thus acts as a grid square remover. The number of bomblets per rocket for the cluster munitions is 644. HE and cluster munition have a range of 30 km.
Passenger Capacity: None, just a crew of three.
Cargo Capacity: 1 tonne, mainly spares and ammo.
Misc. Equipment: Standard communications and sensor equipment.
Description: The Typhoon was constructed as part of the Mare Programme, named after the first chief admiral of the ODF who shared a passion for explosions with Colonel Kerrigan, then commander of Omega Pyre, to bolster the Protectorate's defences and increase its elite unit's firepower. In the past the Pyre possessed no standard artillery capacity of its own and the Typhoon represents a reaction to the fact that as a great power the Protectorate will no longer merely face the armies of warlords and Bando Gora in battle, but other empires. Hence the doctrine of elite special groups had to be modified and brought in line with the new times, but at the same time the character of the Pyre as an elite force that relied on professionalism, speed and firepower over attrition and brute force was to be preserved.
Operating in pairs the Typhoon acts as a support vehicle intended to deliver a barrage against enemy formations or static defences in preparation for an assault by Omega Pyre forces. Several of the tanks fire their payload in a brief sequence to bombard an area and soften up enemy forces, then redeploy rapidly before getting located and subjected to counter-battery fire, thus operating on the shoot and scoot principle. Its pods are configured to support a variety of ordinance, with varying ammo capacity. Due to this flexibility it is capable of providing anti-air defences and utilises guided cluster bomb ammunition for when a heavy hit is needed.
However, the Typhoon possesses no defences against enemy infantry and armour at close range. Ergo it must be protected at all times and quickly relocated if enemy forces break through, making it vulnerable to say ambushes by enemy commandos. Moreover, after a barrage its pods must be reloaded, hence why squadrons are utilised to get the maximum effect out of a bombardment. The Typhoon is currently being field tested and expected to see deployment in the final battle with the Bando Gora. Omega Pyre troopers have coined the sobriquet Kerrigan's Organ both due to their former commander's battering ram tactics and the sound of the weapon's rocket motors.
Intent: To create a cost-effective artillery support platform for the Omega Pyre corps of the Omega Protectorate that is in line with the Pyre's doctrine of fast strikes and heavy hits while recognising the new challenges it faces.
Development Thread:http://starwarsrp.net/topic/13166-tools-of-the-trade-protectorate-technical-folks/
Manufacturer: Omega Industries | Firemane Industries
Model: Typhoon-class artillery tank
Affiliation: Omega Protectorate | Firemane Industries
Modularity: No
Production: Minor Production
Material: Durasteel alloy
Role: Armoured, self-propelled, multiple rocket launcher
Height: 2.59 m
Length: 6.85 m
Width: 2.97 m
Weight: 25 tonnes
Propulsion: Tracks
Top speed: 64 km/h
Armaments: Two dorsal-mounted missile pods configured to fire a variety of explosive ordinance to the enemy, the amount varying depending upon the ammo. The maximum operational range of the long range pods is 300 km, with a minimum range of 2km so that the crew does not get blown up by its own ordinance. It has 4 rockets a side for AA or HE, 4 a side for special guided missiles utilising cluster bomb ammunition. A volley has a spread range of up to 1km and thus acts as a grid square remover. The number of bomblets per rocket for the cluster munitions is 644. HE and cluster munition have a range of 30 km.
Passenger Capacity: None, just a crew of three.
Cargo Capacity: 1 tonne, mainly spares and ammo.
Misc. Equipment: Standard communications and sensor equipment.
Description: The Typhoon was constructed as part of the Mare Programme, named after the first chief admiral of the ODF who shared a passion for explosions with Colonel Kerrigan, then commander of Omega Pyre, to bolster the Protectorate's defences and increase its elite unit's firepower. In the past the Pyre possessed no standard artillery capacity of its own and the Typhoon represents a reaction to the fact that as a great power the Protectorate will no longer merely face the armies of warlords and Bando Gora in battle, but other empires. Hence the doctrine of elite special groups had to be modified and brought in line with the new times, but at the same time the character of the Pyre as an elite force that relied on professionalism, speed and firepower over attrition and brute force was to be preserved.
Operating in pairs the Typhoon acts as a support vehicle intended to deliver a barrage against enemy formations or static defences in preparation for an assault by Omega Pyre forces. Several of the tanks fire their payload in a brief sequence to bombard an area and soften up enemy forces, then redeploy rapidly before getting located and subjected to counter-battery fire, thus operating on the shoot and scoot principle. Its pods are configured to support a variety of ordinance, with varying ammo capacity. Due to this flexibility it is capable of providing anti-air defences and utilises guided cluster bomb ammunition for when a heavy hit is needed.
However, the Typhoon possesses no defences against enemy infantry and armour at close range. Ergo it must be protected at all times and quickly relocated if enemy forces break through, making it vulnerable to say ambushes by enemy commandos. Moreover, after a barrage its pods must be reloaded, hence why squadrons are utilised to get the maximum effect out of a bombardment. The Typhoon is currently being field tested and expected to see deployment in the final battle with the Bando Gora. Omega Pyre troopers have coined the sobriquet Kerrigan's Organ both due to their former commander's battering ram tactics and the sound of the weapon's rocket motors.
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Manufacturer: Omega Industries
Affiliation: Omega Protectorate
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Manufacturer: Omega Industries | Firemane Industries
Affiliation: Omega Protectorate | Firemane Industries
Manufacturer: Omega Industries
Affiliation: Omega Protectorate
New Section:
Manufacturer: Omega Industries | Firemane Industries
Affiliation: Omega Protectorate | Firemane Industries
