Red Ant

[Mech Technology] 

1. Origin

Born from the original project of Doctor Ng Chong Han, in cooperation with the engineers of the Radix Tribe. 

The precursor of the red ant was a mining extraction mechanized unit (M.E.M.U), piloted by a human operator. The M.E.M.U's were widely employed by the Radix Tribe, a faction in the sector of Illyris (cradle of the Illyrian Hegemony), and baptized as Ant because of its similitude with the worker insect, as both shared an exoskeleton, a high strength (in relation with their respective size) and the ability to dig and work in Deep underground galleries. When the Radix Tribe adapted the Ant for warfare, they baptized it as Red Ant, since the red ants were considered as the more combative and fiercest of the ant family. This unit had many of the qualities that the combat Mechas currently possesses.

 In their time, the Radix Tribe estimated that they would need to develop a new weapon that would allow them to escape the abusive control of Old Terra. Secretly their engineers began to develop new capabilities for the red ant, turning it into an armored combat unit, mobile and versatile, with a great maneuverability and able to surpass any of the conventional weapons of their time.The first combat Red Ant was released in 3087.

 When the Radix tribe used a large Red Ants Squad to crush a conventional army sent by Old Terra in the called "Battle of the Markets", it gave way to a new Era in which the Mecha Warfare would take the primacy.

2. Description

The anatomical shape of the Red Ant imitates an anthropomorphic scheme, endowed with a powerful autonomous mobile force, a powerful scarlet shield (which together with its original function, contrived to give it the name of Red Ant) and piloted from an inside cockpit allocated between the upper cylinder and the torso. The AI is mainly allocated in the cylinder and protected in the front with a solid sheet of an improved ferrite alloy. Initially, this plate would prevent stone cascades projected during mining prospecting operations that could penetrate the head cabin, harming the pilot or the electronics. When the Mech was adapted as a combat unit, the engineers decided to keep the shield as additional protection against frontal attacks.

 The first artificial intelligence computer that was equipped with the Red Ant, baptized as Antennae A.I., occupies most of the cylinder cabinet, which is why it looks like a hypertrophied head.

3. Technical Data



3.1. Technical Characteristics

Class
Red Ant
Tonnage
10
Category
Light Mech
Armor Structure
40 base armor
Quality
Crystaless Technology
Focused Weaponry
Laser
Specials
High laser damage augmentation.
Manufacturer
Radix Tribe



3.2. Structural Systems Allowed


Level 1
Level Progression
Level 110 
(Max Equipment Slots)
Cockpits
0
8, 18, 100
3
Chassis
0
28
1
Engines
0
0
0
Shields
0
44, 54, 74
3
Weaponry
1
every 6 levels
18


3.3. Statistical Readout



3.3.1. Statistical Summary


(Maxed capabilities at Level 110)


Precision (30)

Speed +34

Laser Damage +95%

Shield (45)

Laser, Missile and Projectile Shields (10)



 3.3.2. Statistical Tree




 Upgrade Level

Capability Upgrade

Total Capability

Build


Laser Damage + 5%


Laser Damage + 5%


Build


Speed + 10 


Speed + 10 


Build
1 Weapon Slot 


1 Weapon Slot 


5
Laser Damage + 5% 


Laser Damage + 10% 


6
+ 1 Weapon Slot 


2 Weapon Slots 


8
+ 1 Cockpit Slot 


1 Cockpit Slot 


10
Laser Damage + 5% 


Laser Damage + 15% 


12
+ 1 Weapon Slot 


3 Weapon Slots 


15
Laser Damage + 5% 


Laser Damage + 20% 


18
+ 1 Cockpit Slot 


2 Cockpit Slots 


18
+ 1 Weapon Slot 


4 Weapon Slots


20
Laser Damage + 5% 


Laser Damage + 25% 


24

 + every 6 levels 

+ every 6 levels  + 1 Weapon Slot 


5 Weapon Slots + 1 every 6 levels. 


25
Laser Damage + 5% 


Laser Damage + 30% 


28
+ 1 Chassis Slot 


1 Chassis Slot 


30
Laser Damage + 10% 


Laser Damage + 40% 


35
Laser Damage + 10% 


Laser Damage + 50% 


40
Laser Damage + 10% 


Laser Damage + 60% 


44
+ 1 Shield Slot 


1 Shield Slot 


50
Laser Damage + 15% 


Laser Damage + 75% 


54
+ 1 Shield Slot 


2 Shield Slots 


60
Shield (15) 


Shield (15) 


63
Laser Shield (10) 


Laser Shield (10) 


66
Missile Shield (10) 


Missile Shield (10) 


69
Proj. Shield (10) 


Proj. Shield (10) 


70
Shield (15) 


Shield (30) 


74
+ 1 Shield Slot 


3 Shield Slots 


80
Shield (15) 


Shield (45) 


86
Precision (15) 


Precision (15) 


90
Laser Damage + 20% 


Laser Damage + 95% 


91
Precision (15) 


Precision (30) 


96
Speed + 12 


Speed + 22 


100
+ 1 Cockpit Slot 


3 Cockpit Slot 


110
Speed + 12 


Speed + 34 


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