TV: 140 (140 OTV, 120 DTV, 150 MTV)
Cost: $135,000
Production: Mass Production
Indv. Lemon Dice: 3
Availability: 2
Size: 2.6 (~750 kg)
Default Size: 5
Crew: 1 (2 Actions)
Armor: 8/16/24
| Coalition SAMAS | |
| Type:
Exo-Suit (Flight-Capable) TV: 140 (140 OTV, 120 DTV, 150 MTV) Cost: $135,000 Production: Mass Production Indv. Lemon Dice: 3 Availability: 2 Size: 2.6 (~750 kg) |
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| ELECTRONICS DATA | |
| Sensors: | +0/2km |
| Communications: | +0/10km |
| Fire Control: | +0 |
| MOVEMENT DATA | |||
| Mode | Combat | Top | Maneuver |
| Flight | 8 | 16 | +0 |
| Walker | 3 | 5 | 0 |
| Deployment Range | 600km (450km Flight, 150km Walker) | ||
| Power is for flight is provided by a gas turbine. Servo power is provided by 4 powercells. The turbine may also be used as a generator to recharge powercells (up to the full 600km of walker movement) | |||
| PERKS & FLAWS | ||
| Name | Rating | Effect |
| Ammo Storage | 40 rds 15mm in a drum stored below turbines | |
| Loudspeakers | AUX | |
| 2x Manipulator Arms | 2 | Can Punch |
| NOE Flyer | ||
| Searchlight | 1 | Illuminate 50m FF arc |
| Annoyance | Requires Aircraft Pilot 1 for Flight maneuvering | |
| Cannot Glide | Aerodynamics like a brick... | |
| Maximum Ceiling | 7 | 5000m Maximum Flight Ceiling |
| Defect: Annoyance | Turbines require 3 RPG-scale turns (~20sec) to "warm up" as well as generate a large thermal signature (insufficient for Traceable Emissions, however) | |
| OFFENSIVE & DEFENSIVE SYSTEMS | ||||||||
| # | Name | Arc | DM | BR | Acc | ROF | Ammo | Specials |
| 1 | C-40R 15x105mm Rifle | F | x6 | 2 | +0 | +2 | 80 | - |
| 1 | C-88 Underbarrel APERS Grenade Launcher | F | x3 | 1 | -1 | +0 | 5 | AI, AE=0, IF, HEAT |
| 1 | Vibroknife | F | x4.6 | M | +0 | +0 | n/a | - |
| DESCRIPTION & DETAILS |
| The SAMAS (Strategic Airborne Mechanized Armor Suit) was designed during the first decade of the new millennium to serve as a light airborne strike and reconnaisance unit. However, the Collapse would prevent the broad distribution and manufacture for several years. During the Collapse, the regime of Chairman Karl Prosek came to power during a successful military coup in 2018, forming the new Coalition of American States (CAS), and began remanufacturing this highly capable, if experimental, combat suit. The first CS SAMAS rolled off the assembly line in February 2027. Since then, the SAMAS has been a staple Coalition exo-suit seen in a number of roles, ranging from close air support, light force reconnaisance, and even crowd and riot suppression. The greatest advantage possessed by the SAMAS is its incredible maneuverability and mobility when faced with conventional ground units in a lightning strike. It is also commonly used as a "pocket" gunship, as its Coalition Heavy Armaments C-40R 15mm autocannon makes short work of other powered armor and even light armor units (e.g. APCs). The C-40's underbarrel-mounted C-88 40mm grenade launcher provides the primary antipersonnel (APERS) capabilities. Unfortunately, in order to achieve its fullest potential, flight training is required in addition to conventional exo-suit training. |
| VARIANTS |
| None are currently reported.
Analysts in the Olympus Free State believe that the
Coalition has used a SAMAS as the testbed for an advanced
mind-link system, similar to the NorCal/Poseidon
jointly-developed Brain-Direct Interface (BDI) system. Editor's note: Recent reports (circa May 2041) seem to suggest that one of these Coalition prototyped SAMAS was lost in a "training accident" -- those of you keeping score at home, this is a euphemism for "we lost it, but can't admit it." Other reports of such a "specially-equipped" SAMAS seen in operation during the failed Brazilian rebellion sporting a sky-blue paintjob and a modified helmet resembing a fox? |