Tag: Ground-combat
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Drones
Overview The robotic allies of soldiers on the battlefield. They come in two distinct categories, with four sub-varieties beneath them. Drones are divided into dependent, and independent versions. For a soldier to use a drone they must have a neural jack inserted into their head. This allows the low-grade AI to use the neural…
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Javelin Breacher
Overview The weapon of choice for urban and siege warfare. The javelin is a two-stage, magnetically accelerated spike. The launcher fires this two-foot long, thirty-pound projectile at just over the speed of sound, but the user can manually adjust the speed for softer targets. Upon getting close to a wall or vehicle, four blade-like fins…
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Colossi and Behemoths
“I believe fully in the gods. I have seen them walk amongst us.” -Unknown soldier on Angel’s Tear upon witnessing a behemoth. There are two things that can strike absolute fear into a soldier’s heart. The first is the blasts and carnage when a powerful metaphysical arrives. The second is the rumbling off in the…
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Common Infantry Gear and Support Weapons
Combat armor The standard protective gear for a soldier. It comes with xanthium plating over the vitals of the soldier and heavy cloth protecting the rest. While this plating can stop bullets from gunpowder weapons, only at long-ranges can it stop mag-rifle rounds. Though that is not its main purpose. The armor still provides good…
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Carapace Armor
Table of Contents Overview Development: Deployment Overview Protecting soldiers to withstand the current weapons of war is not a new concept, and is one that persists to the current age of 1889 A.E.G. Though now, one cannot carry enough armor to withstand the power of modern mag-weapons. Standard soldier protection can withstand mag-rounds at long…