SPECIFICATIONS
GOVERNMENT: Earth Federal Space Marines/Jovian Defense Forces
TYPE: Custom Battlerobot (Planetary Type)
MODELS: McDonald-Doogrim MBR-01T (Tokugawa)
DATE INTRODUCED: 2073 AD
LENGTH: 10 feet
WIDTH: 20 feet
HEIGHT: 30 feet
MATERIAL: Composite-Alloy
POWER PLANT: Federal Energy FEFR-300
OUTPUT: 300 megawatts
ARMOR TYPE: Crystal Composite
ARMOR THICKNESS: 3 inches
DISPLACEMENT:30 tons
CREW: 1 Pilot
PROPULSION
PRIMARY (FLIGHT):
2x Rockwheel NRE-01 nuclear rocket engines
SPEED: 100 mph each (200 mph total)
PRIMARY (WALKER):
1x Arctic Motors RE-01 walker engine
SPEED: 80 mph
WEAPONS:
PRIMARY (OFFENSIVE):
1x Lithgear/Militia Military Industries LG/MMI-AC240 240-millimeter autocannon gunpod; Effective Range: 55,296 yards (31.4 miles); Payload: 300-round autoloading tray magazine; ROF: up to 240 rounds per minute.
SECONDARY (OFFENSIVE):
2x MMI SRM-01-G missile launcher; Missile Type: standard EFR 10-pound short-range ground-assault missile with computer-guided warhead; Effective Range: 83 miles; Payload: 27 missiles; ROF: 1, 2 or 3 missiles within two seconds.
SECONDARY (ASSAULT):
1x Orlakon/MMI AC-R20 20 millimeter autocannon; Effective Range: 384 yards; Payload: 125 rounds in a belt-fed magazine; ROF: fires bursts of 5 rounds per discharge with a cyclic rate of 150 rounds per minute.
ELECTRONICS:
1x Laser Radio Communications array with a 10,000-mile range.
1x RADAR array with a range of 1000 miles.
2x Atmospheric Gravitational/Antigravity control unit; Effect: Each gravitational/antigravity generator acts as a recoil compensator for the Lithgear/MMI LG/MMI-AC240 autocannon.
DEFENSE SYSTEMS:
1x Heavy Combat Shield; Armor Thickness: 48 inches; Weight: 5 tons.
Description/Overview:
Born in the midst of the Battle of Ceres in 2071, this variant of the MBR-01 was the creation of Sgt. Kabuto Tokugawa of
Sledgehammer platoon. Tokugawa had made a makeshift gunpod out of the remains of a UN Type-55 hovertank that his team felled during the invasion of the UN-controlled planetoid. The modified MBR-01 proved to be very effective against UN armor of the early years of the 1st Interplanetary War. However, the recoil of the Lithgear 240-millimeter autocannon was too severe for the shoulder and elbow joints of the original MBR-01 unit (the right arm and shoulder joints of Tokugawa’s machine were torn up beyond repair). Therefore, once the Battle of Ceres was over, Tokugawa’s MBR-01 was shipped off to the MacDonald-Doogrim R&D facility at Juno for further development.
The researchers at Juno determined that the idea of mounting high-powered cannon to a machine designed for only low- to medium-caliber weaponry was not only possible, but also very desirable. The design team working on the modified MBR-01 submitted a request for funding for the project, which was
granted in mid-2072 AD. During this time, the same team also began the MBR-01B project as a cheaper alternative to what had now been designated the MBR-01T, or Tokugawa Special, in honor of Sgt. Kabuto Tokugawa.
The MacDonald-Doogrim team realized that a pair of atmosphere type antigravity units could be mounted into heavily modified MBR-01 leg housings and adjusted to act as recoil compensators for the unit’s main weapon. Only one gravitational unit was needed, but two were installed in order to provide some
form of backup should the first unit fail or be destroyed during combat.
As the project moved forward throughout 2072 AD, additional modifications were added to the prototype mecha. New armor (crystal composite), a more advanced fusion reactor, and more advanced electronics were installed on the machine as these components became available. However, the basic MBR-01 foundation remained relatively unchanged: the superstructure, fibro-carbon muscles, and weapons. After an entire year of modifications and tweaking, the first MBR-01Ts were rolled off the production lines and put into service in 2073 AD.
What made the MBR-01T stand out from its brother MBR-01 mecha was clearly the Lithgear/Militia Military Industries LG/MMI-AC240 240-millimeter autocannon gunpod and its heavy combat shield. This massive cannon was capable of blasting through tank and battlerobot armor with ease.
This cannon was identical to the main weapon used on the dreaded UN Type-55 Main Battle Hover Tanks. After the Earth Federal Forces took control of Ceres, numerous Type-55 weapons manufacturing facilities were captured. Thus, the MacDonald-Doogrim team at Juno had an ample supply of Lithgear LG-AC240 dies and machine tools with which to build a cannon factory. Initially, this factory was going to be built on Juno, but political tensions within the EFR caused the MacDonald-Doogrim team to move the autocannon factory to the EFSM spacestation known as
NoWhere Station. Once the factory was moved there, the task of redesigning the tank cannon into a useable, arm-mounted gunpod for the MBR-01 was put into action by Militia Military Industries.
MMI began production of the weapon in moderate quantities as the Earth Federal Space Marines prepared to attack Venus and eventually move on to the Mars campaign. General Walsh’s military planners had deemed the MBR-01T to be an excellent sniper/artillery weapon for planetary assaults and viewed it as a valuable asset to mecha battalions. Whole Platoons of MBR-01T mecha were organized for the Venus and Mars campaigns. However, the military planners did not want the MBR-01T used as a frontline unit. It was considered too costly to mass-produce and was limited to MBR-01 refits only, so no MBR-01Ts were actually ever built
from scratch.
A second mission of the MBR-01T was that of a command unit for MBR-01 series platoons within the EFSM and subsequently the Jovian Defense Forces. It is not known how many MBR-01 battlerobots were refit to the Tokugawa model. However, conservative estimates put the total number between 1000 and 1500 units by the end of the 1st Interplanetary War.
After the war was over, nearly all of the 3500 original configuration MBR-01 battlerobots in the ranks of the Jovian Defense Forces were converted to MBR-01T models and used for the ground defense forces of the Jovian moons of Europa, Io, and Ganymede.
GENERAL DATA
NUMBER CONSTRUCTED: See Overview
TOTAL COST: 46,570.61 gp
SUPER/PR: 103/103 HSP
SUPER/PR BY ARC: 17/17 HSP
ARMOR SUPER/PR: 19,800/19,800 HSP
ARMOR SPR/PR/ARC: see superstructure/armor by location
ARMOR COST: 9,900 gp
VOLUME: 114 yd
3
CONFIGURATION: manlike
FEATURES: C1, C3, C4, C6, C7, C8, C9, C10, C11, C12, C13, C14, C16, C17, C18, M1, M5, M6, M7, S5, S9, S11.
TAL: N/O
SUPERSTRUCTURE & ARMOR_BY LOCATION
SUPERSTRUCTURE
LEFT
ARM: 10/10
LEG: 15/15
CENTER
COCKPIT: 11/11
TORSO: 47/47
RIGHT
ARM: 10/10
LEG: 15/15
ARMOR
LEFT
LEFT
ARM: 2500/2500
LEG: 3500/3500
CENTER
COCKPIT: 1700/1700
TORSO: 6100/6100
RIGHT
ARM: 2500/2500
LEG: 3500/3500
MAIN PROPULSION
(WALKER ENGINE)
TYPE: TAL-N Arctic Motors RE-01 Robot/Walker Engine
SPEED: 80 MPH
SUPER/PR: 19/19
POWER REQ: 216 MW
LOCAL: groin
EXT/INT: INT
(FLIGHT)
TYPE: TAL-N Rockwheel NRE-01 Nuclear Rocket Engine
SPEED: 100 MPH each (200 MPH total)
SUPER/PR: 2/2 each
FUEL: nuclear pellets
BURNTIME: 13.3 hours
EXT/INT: EXT
LOCAL: 2 CBA
FUEL: 6 yd
3 each
FUEL/MINUTE: .0075 yd
3
POWER PLANT
TYPE: TAL-N Federal Energy FEFR-300 Fusion Reactor
OUTPUT: 300 MW
SUPER/PR: 45/45
LIFE: 1 year
LOCAL: C
EXT/INT: INT
SYSTEMS POWERED: all electrical
FUEL: liquid tritium
TOTAL FUEL: 15 yd
3
ELECTRONICS
(Computers)
TYPE: TAL-O COMPUTER
NUMBER: 1
SUPER/PR: 25/25
LOCAL: cockpit
EXT/INT: INT
POWER REQ: 1.5 KW
(Communications)
TYPE: TAL-O LASER
NUMBER: 1
SUPER/PR: 3/3
LOCAL: R. Shoulder
EXT/INT: EXT
POWER REQ: 3 MW
RANGE: 10,000 miles
(Sensors)
TYPE: TAL-O RADAR
NUMBER: 1
SUPER/PR: 500/500
LOCAL: R. Shoulder
EXT/INT: EXT
POWER REQ: 50 MW
RANGE: 5000 miles
WEAPON SYSTEMS
TYPE: TAL-N Lithgear/MMI LG/MMI-AC240 Autocannon Gun Pod
NUMBER: 1
SUPER/PR: 480/480
ROF: 1 round per melee attack
DAMAGE/PF: 1D6x960/5760 per round*
CREW: NA
RANGE: 31.4 miles
LOCAL: right arm
MAGAZINE: drum
PAYLOAD: 300 rounds
SUPER/PR: 76/76
EXT/INT: OUTSIDE
ARCS: FTBPS
*NOTE: Fires high-explosive shells.
TYPE: TAL-N Orlakon/MMI AC-R20–04
NUMBER: 1
SUPER/PR: 76/76
ROF: 4, 12, 28, or 40 rounds per melee attack
DAMAGE/PF: 4D8x20/640 per 4 rounds*
CREW: NA
RANGE: 384 yards
LOCAL: ST
MAGAZINE: auto load belt feed
PAYLOAD: 1000 rounds
SUPER/PR: 20/20
EXT/INT: EXT
ARCS: FT
*NOTE: MBR-01T uses plasma rounds: DMG/PF: 4D8x40/1280 per 4 rds.
TYPE: TAL-N MMI SRM-01-G (ground type) Short Range Missile launcher
NUMBER: 2
SUPER/PR: 1/1
ROF: 1 to 3 missiles per melee attack
DAMAGE/PF: 1D6x150/900 (HEAP only)
CREW: NA
RANGE: melee range 83 miles
LOCAL: 1 left arm, 1 Left Shoulder
MAGAZINE: missile pod
PAYLOAD: 27 missiles
SUPER/PR: 20/20
EXT/INT: EXT
ARCS: ANY (Computer Guided +5 to hit, no pilot bonuses)
(Optional)
TYPE: TAL-N Bohing/MMI M230-AC-GP (1 ton gun pod) autocannon gun pod
NUMBER: 1
SUPER/PR: 60/60
ROF: 5, 10, or 20 rounds per melee attack
DAMAGE/PF: 1D6x80/480 per round*
CREW: NA
RANGE: 864 yards
LOCAL: either arm
MAGAZINE: drum
PAYLOAD: 100 rounds
SUPER/PR: 3/3
EXT/INT: OUTSIDE
ARCS: FTBPS
WT: 1 ton
*NOTE: uses plasma rounds.
OTHER SYSTEMS
TYPE: TAL-O life support
SUPER/PR: 15/1.5
POWER REQ: .0003 MW
COST: .3 gp
LOCAL: C
EXT/INT: INT
TYPE: TAL-O atmospheric antigravity system
SUPER/PR: 3/3 each
POWER REQ: 3 MW each
COST: 1.5 gp each
LOCAL: 1 each leg
EXT/INT: INT
EFFECT: Each gravitational/antigravity generator acts as a recoil compensator for the Lithgear/MMI LG/MMI-AC240 autocannon.
CREW & STATIONS
CREW NUMBER: 1
CREW ROSTER: 1 PILOT
STATION:Cockpit
SUPER/PR:20/20
LOCAL:CTF
EXT/INT:INT
NUMBER:1
AIRLOCKS/HATCHES:
NUMBER: 1
LOCAL: cockpit
SUPER/PR: 50/50
SPECIAL SYSTEMS
TYPE: TAL-N fibro carbon muscles
RANGE: NA
SUPER/PR: 114/114
NUMBER: 1
LOCAL: throughout craft
POWER REQ: 1.14 MW
EXT/INT: INT
EFFECT: Allows the robot to move. The SUPER/PR per arc of the muscles is 19/19.
TYPE: TAL-N Heavy combat shield
RANGE: NA
SUPER/PR: 19/19 (without armor)
NUMBER: 1
LOCAL: LG/MMI-AC240
POWER REQ: NA
EXT/INT: OUTSIDE
EFFECT: ARMOR: 48 inches thick, SUPER/PR: 57,274/57,274; ARMOR COST: 34,364.16 gp
BONUSES/PENALTIES: NONE
