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Beryl's mech.

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[b]Arsenal Walker:[/b]

[b]Base Model:[/b] FAWX-09 Scout

[b]Designation:[/b] Stream

[b]Appearance:[/b] [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/HSO6nF2.jpg[/IMG]

[b]Armaments:[/b] Two AWSMG-14s. Smaller weapons designed send out a hail of tightly aimed 30mm rounds at targets in medium to close ranges. Stream's primary load out is comprised mostly of explosive armor piercing rounds. Despite their relatively small calibers they are adept at eating through heavy battle armor and wrecking delicate internals. In case of infantry and unarmored vehicles a couple magazines of shrapnel rounds also usually finds their way into various ammo feeds.

In the spirit 'Stick all the experiments in the same place and see what happens,' Stream's close quarters weaponry is also different from the norm. Rather than the traditional short sword or knives one might expect from a Scout chassis it carries a bandolier of silver spikes. At the push of a mechanical button at the base of the weapon each spike will warm to armor melting levels. After either ten seconds or upon receipt of an encoded command from the wielder the spike will detonate an extremely stable and heat resistant compound.

Since it's rather difficult to dodge missiles Stream has a pair of cranialy mounted 20mm autocannons. Each has a small degree of individual movement to allow for the simultaneous engagement of multiple targets.

[b]Experimental Systems:[/b] Scout class Federation Arsenal Walkers cannot take much in the way of damage. This constitutes a problem for a three story tall war machine. Without even taking into account the possibility of hostile Walkers the battlefield is still full of threats that can theoretically take down a Scout. Unsurprisingly, it is not a very popular Walker frame. So of course the folks at Horizon's AWOL team couldn't help but take a crack at the problem.

Rather than add armor and make it a light Warrior they decided to focus on the frame's already present strengths. Namely the high levels of agility granted by the lack of protective armor coupled with the impressive onboard sensor and computer suite. A series of EM thrusters were placed in strategic locations around frame to allow for sudden and extreme busts of speed. Not enough for flight but enough to make the thing more of a gymnast than anything that size had any right to be.

Next was a set of highly advanced tracking and prediction algorithms. Incoming fire and [i]potential[/i] incoming fire was tracked and the best escape route mapped out for the pilot. The end result was an insanely agile Arsenal Walker with a limited ability to dodge bullets.

[b]Weakness:[/b] As a Scout class Walker frame the Stream has very little armor. While it won't die from a single hit the operator handbook [i]strongly[/i] advises against taking unnecessary damage.

In addition the experimental systems pose a series of additional problems. It takes a very special type of pilot to handle such a nimble machine. Both extremely quick reflexes and the ability to handle some nasty g-forces. Both traits more likely found in a fighter pilot or one of the new Raptors. 

And just to make it a genuine headache to pilot, the Incoming Fire Prediction Systems have some pretty serious problems in both the software and user interface areas that will need to be worked out before it can be shipped to the rest of the Federation's forces. While it works great in small scale engagements or one on one fights, put the system on a full battlefield and the influx of information starts to overwhelm both computers and pilot. Efforts have been made to deal with the problems by limiting the range of the system to about five kilometers around [i]Stream.[/i] That or active targeting radar.

[b]Pilot(s):[/b] Beryl Harken
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