REF ZENTRAEDI STRIKER BATTLOID

(Version 1.00 - Last updated: 12/3/98)
RPG concept and design by Palladium Books "The Return of the Masters"
Modifications by Kenneth Olson

                                        

BACKGROUND

See Palladium Books "The Return of the Masters" (RoM)

RPG STATS

Vehicle Type: One man, all weather ground and space combat mecha
Class: Destroid
Manufacturer: Robotech Expeditionary Forces
Crew: One or Two  pilot(s) wearing Tactical Life Support System.
 

MDC BY LOCATION:

See RoM

Speeds

RUNNING:
140 kph
LEAPING:
70 meters without thrusters.
FLYING:
700 kmph at sea level, 1100 kmph at 12,000 meters
MAX ENGINE THRUST:
2 x Pratt & Whitney ZBPT-1 vectorable reaction thruster with an output of 130 kN. fusion plasma-air/reaction mass intermix turbines in the legs.
Assorted maneuvering thrusters.
 

STATISTICAL DATA:

HEIGHT:
8.52m 
DEPTH:
5.4m
BREADTH:
5.2m
WEIGHT:
18.7 metric tons
PHYSICAL STRENGTH:
Equal to a P.S. of 60
CARGO:
Small compartment behind pilot's seat for personal belongings in addition to the cyclone storage compartment
POWER PLANT:
2 x RRL-1P Miniaturized Protoculture-cell energizer
16 standard canisters of Protoculture
200 liters of  D2O reactant for fusion engines.
Delta V:
50kps
 
COMPATIBLE FAST PACKS:
None

 

WEAPON SYSTEMS:

  1. CHEST MOUNTED WEAPON CLUSTERS: unchanged see RoM.

     

  2. 2 x GU-13S THREE-BARRELED 35MM GUN POD: firing 1400 rounds per minute, 400 round capacity.  Ammunition is a mix of Tungsten-coated depleted Uranium Armor Piercing Spin-Stablized Discarding Sabot (APSSDS), High Explosive Armor Piercing (HEAP) and tracer rounds.  This gun is the carbine version of the GU-13 gun pod found in the Alpha fighter.  However, due to its shorter barrel, accuracy, penetraction, and range are appreciably reduced.  A single gun is mounted in each arm.  Any hand held weapon will block the arm mounted GU-13s and thus preventing them from firing.

     

  3. REF SHORT RANGE MISSILE LAUNCHERS: unchanged see RoM.
  4. OPTIONAL HAND HELD: 1 or 2 xMM-12: a hand held four tube launcher with 3 short range missiles per tube for a total of 12 short range missiles.

     

  5. OPTIONAL: 1 or 2 x GU-13 THREE-BARRELED 35MM GUN POD: firing 2000 rounds per minute, 600 round capacity stored in the pod itself and in anon-detachable 'clip'.  This weapon was most common on the earlier models of the Z1 from 2017 until 2035

     

  6. OPTIONAL 1 or 2  x EU-13 THREE-BARRELED 80MM PARTICLE GUN POD: Can fire 170 rounds per minute in full automatic mode, also capable of firing all three barrels simultaneously in semiautomatic mode at approximately one shot per second.  This weapon fires 3.2 MJ pulses per barrel with its own dedicated protoculture cell and capacitor banks in the 'clip'.  This weapon, built into an external shell identical to that of th GU-13, was developed in 2032 by the REF, but did not see wide use until 2037.  By 2041, the EP-13 had almost completely replaced the GU-13 as the main cannon of the Z1  in the REF's inventory.

     

  7. HAND TO HAND COMBAT: If necessary, the ZEB can engage in melee combat rather than use a weapon. The Z1 is extremely agile and can execute most typical hand to hand combat moves, such as punches, jump kicks, leap attacks, rolling with impacts, etc.

    DAMAGE:  

STANDARD EQUIPMENT FOR THE ZEB:


COMBAT BONUSES FOR ZEB TRAINING:


 

REFERENCES USED IN THIS DESIGN

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