Masada-HC Line
The Masada Heavy Chassis family of vehicles is the most common form of heavy support in the Greater Imperium of Pikasistan. Indeed, whilst significantly smaller than the Byzantium Super-Heavy Chassis family of vehicles, it is also significantly easier to deploy, the larger atmospheric landers being able to drop off tanks of this series. It is commonly seen employing tracks, although crawler and wheeled variants of the vehicle exist, making it able to fulfill the role of a heavy tank, an APC or even an artillery platform depending on the situation. Whilst the chassis and locomotion are built together, the armament systems of the Masada Heavy Chassis are entirely modular, allowing it to rapidly adapt to the multiple foes of the Imperium by switching load-out in transit or with appropriate support. The most popular load-out across the many Pikasistani armies operating in the galaxy is probably a Masada-T equipped with
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A Masada-T early render shown to the Greater Imperium's Acquisition Committee
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twin 150mm railcannons, allowing it to dispatch with of all but the most resistant armoured vehicles, whilst it's secondary weapons are usually point defense lasers or autocannons to shoot down any infantry that may come around.
Its graphene covered boron carbide armour makes it incredibly resilient, the 30 centimeters thick hexagonal plating making it rather difficult to neutralize. The Masada family is, however, one of the slowest vehicles deployed, with the possible exception of a Masada-W APC, which is significantly lighter due to it's lack of proper weaponry. To compensate this short-coming, the Masada-T variants employs a quad tracks system, allowing it to turn faster than most of its counterparts. It is also equipped with railcannon accelerators, which can allow it to increase its firing speed significantly for a short of time, lest it wants to burn its electronics out and adaptive armour, which allows it to heavily polarize its hull to resist damage, whilst making its rate of fire and speed significantly lower.
Its graphene covered boron carbide armour makes it incredibly resilient, the 30 centimeters thick hexagonal plating making it rather difficult to neutralize. The Masada family is, however, one of the slowest vehicles deployed, with the possible exception of a Masada-W APC, which is significantly lighter due to it's lack of proper weaponry. To compensate this short-coming, the Masada-T variants employs a quad tracks system, allowing it to turn faster than most of its counterparts. It is also equipped with railcannon accelerators, which can allow it to increase its firing speed significantly for a short of time, lest it wants to burn its electronics out and adaptive armour, which allows it to heavily polarize its hull to resist damage, whilst making its rate of fire and speed significantly lower.
Additional variants of the Masada include the Masada MRLS, which replaces the traditional turret for a rocket launch system. A hover variant also exists, called the Masada-H MRLS. The lighter armor of this variant makes it ill-suited for frontline operations, but makes it a capable artillery system that can easily cross rivers without the presence of infrastructure, making it extremely popular for operations on theaters caracterized by highly dissected landscapes, like deltas or swampy terrain.
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Notes:
-The Masada-T is heavily inspired by the GDI Mammoth-27 tank from the Tiberium Saga
-The Masada-T is heavily inspired by the GDI Mammoth-27 tank from the Tiberium Saga