Approved Vehicle Yurb heavy mobile artillery

[Jessica Med-Beq]

A Yurb with its main battery roof open and its barrels retracted in the Yurb desert

OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION

• Intent: To provide a heavy artillery platform
• Image Source: Duskie-06 on DeviantArt
• Canon Link: N/A
• Permissions: N/A
• Primary Source: N/A

PRODUCTION INFORMATION

• Manufacturer: Ringovinda StarYards
• Model: Yurb heavy mobile artillery
• Affiliation: Open-market
• Modularity: Yes
• Production: Mass-produced
• Material: Durasteel frame, Hexheim ERA hull

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

• Classification: Artillery
• Role: Heavy Artillery
• Size: Large
• Height: 5.3m
• Length: 17.8m
• Width: 8.0m
• Weight: Very Heavy
• Minimum Crew: 1
• Optimal Crew: 8 (1 pilot, 7 gunners)
• Propulsion: Repulsorlift
• Speed: Slow
• Maneuverability: Low
• Armament: Extreme
• 1 Alpha Slybex heavy long-range electromagnetic plasma cannon
• 4 Anoat repeater electromagnetic plasma cannons
• Defenses: High
• Passenger Capacity: 0
• Cargo Capacity: Small

SPECIAL FEATURES

• Integrated rangefinder
• Long-range communications array
• Sensor array
• Environmental control equipment (temperature control, air purifier, containment field)
• Electronic warfare package (sensor-jamming ECM, ECCM)
• Inertial compensator
• Tensor field generator
• Refrigerator unit
• Shield generator
• ERA
• Sloped armor: It forces projectiles and energy weapons to travel greater distances inside the plating to penetrate it

Strengths:

• Great firepower
• Can jam enemy vehicle sensors and defend against sensor jamming attacks
• Heavy defenses

Weaknesses:

• Slow, ponderous
• Infantry must operate some distance away from the vehicle because of the ERA's hazards
• Slow roof retraction time (15 seconds)
• The main battery is exposed from above, rendering it vulnerable to airborne attack
• Easy to detect on thermal or EM sensors once the main battery is fired
• Shields around the muzzle must be lowered to fire: an enemy that can perform a pinpoint strike on it has a window of opportunity, albeit somewhat short, to destroy the main battery

DESCRIPTION: As with its older cousin, the Sabre, the Yurb uses the same chassis as the Premion light shuttle, which makes it well-suited for operations where guided ordnance is ill-suited but the need for heavy direct-fire support is still apparent. Also, due to the intense heat generation of the main battery, the vehicle is refrigerated. In addition, a retractable roof hatch is there for allowing the main battery to fire once it's in position to fire, which takes 15 seconds to retract or extend. The secondary weapons, four retractable Anoat electromagnetic plasma repeater cannons, can each fire three shots per second across 180 degrees, and with a separate gunnery system. Furthermore, the armor of the Yurb is sloped, meaning that projectiles and direct-fire energy weapons are forced to travel greater distances. In fact, the "wings", in which the secondary guns can retract, are part of the cooling system, enabling it to limit the heat in the vehicle when the main battery is fired.

But because the heavy long-range Umbaran electromagnetic plasma cannon is the main armament of the vehicle, some of the weaknesses of the vehicle are tied to it: the main battery is exposed from above while in position to fire and the vehicle is then easy to detect on a thermal or an EM sensor when the main battery is fired. Also, the shields around the muzzle must be lowered to fire the main battery and then, a sneaky enemy can fire at its then-exposed main battery during the timespan. For these reasons, commanders wishing to deploy Yurbs should deploy them behind a support line, with infantry some distance away due to ERA being a hazard to infantry.

 

[Alkor Centaris]

Approved