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MS-26 Jagd Doga Mobile Suit

I. Dimensions

II. Type

• Design: Axis Industries
• Builders: Axis Industries
• One man, all weather, telekinetic attack mobile suit.

III. Service Use

• MS-26: Served with the Tirolian Republican Guard from 2063 and is still in service.

IV. Propulsion

Engines:

Note: all plasma-shock expansion engines draw their plasma from a single fusion pile.

• 2 x Ilran plasma-shock expansion engines mounted on the lower back , total thrust 166.6 kN each.
• 2 x Ilran plasma-shock expansion engines mounted on the chest, total thrust 127.4 kN each.
• 2 x Ilran plasma-shock expansion engines mounted on the upper back , total thrust 107.8 kN each.
• Assorted small reaction thrusters and gyroscopes for all-environment maneuvers, attitude adjustment, and stability.

Powerplant:

• 2 x Ci'larno ASI-4 fusion generator. Maximum output, 4000 kW each.

Fuel Capacity:

• 358.7 liters of D2O reactant for fusion engines.

V. Performance

VI. Electronics

Radar tracking:

• TMRGR-9(*) head mounted phased array with spherical coverage, for various scan/track, and battlefield surveillance options.
• TMRIFF-2 IFF friend or foe interrogator

Optical tracking:

• TMRCS-6 Multi-band digital camera system, for medium range all attitude infra-red imaging, optical and ultra-violet band detection and tracking.
• TMRLD-6 Multi-frequency laser ranger and designator.

Tactical Electronic Warfare System (TEWS):

• TMRRW-4 Radar Warning Receiver (RWR)
• TMRIR-4 Infra-red Warning Receiver (IRWR)
• TMRAJ-4 Active sensor jammer
• TMRECM-4  internal countermeasures system
• TMRDD-4 Chaff/flare dispenser
• Multiple VHF and UHF antennas

Other:

• TMRPC-3 psychic communications systems   

(*) Terran designation. The Tirolian designers considered the sensors part of the design and did not assign separate designations for these systems.

VII. Armament

Cannons

• 4 x Zanscare RA-10 65mm tachyon cannons: To provide additional close range fire power the Jagd Doga sports a set of tachyon cannons on its shield.  In addition to the wide arc of fire thank to the shield mounting, it also means the Jagd Doga can defend against incoming attacks while returning fire in the same direction.  Each of the four cannon can fire a 100 MJ burst every four seconds allowing for a constant rate of fire of once every second, or any combination therein.  The cannon have a maximum effective range of 10 km and are hooked into the reactors giving them nearly limitless ammunition.

Hand Held Weapons   

• 1 x Zanscare TA-10 single-barreled 120mm tachyon rifle w/ grenade launcher: The Jagd Doga mounts a conventional tachyon rifle in addition to its other high tech weapons.  The TA-10 shares several features in common with the TA-8 including the grenade launcher mounted beneath the rifle.  The launcher can fire what amounts a dumb fire mini missile with a range of 2 km.  The launcher comes with only one grenade.  The rifle itself is very powerful firing up to 400 MJ bursts every second.  Another advancement made on this weapon is the oversize magazine cel which carries enough energy for a total of 60 bursts at maximum output.  This has greatly increased the combat potential of the Jagd Doga by increasing combat endurance.  The Jagd Doga usually mounts two extra magazine cels on its waist armor.  
• or (post 2065) 1 x Zanscare TA-12 quad-barreled 120mm gatling tachyon cannon: During the 4th Robotech War the Jagd Doga constantly found itself outnumbered.  It was here where the main weakness of the tachyon rifle became overly apparent, its rate of fire.  While more conventional weapons were weaker, they could fire faster allowing them to pin down enemy mecha.  Tirolian designers began to develop a rapid firing variant of the standard tachyon rifle.  However they were unable to produce any results that proved effective in combat.  In the end the solution was to basically add additional barrels and firing chambers to improve rate of fire.  Thus the gatling tachyon cannon was born.  This cannon however proved very expensive, but it was worth every penny.  Each barrel could fire a 350 MJ burst every second so in full automatic it could fire four times each second.  With such a volume of fire put out the number of kills per sortie rose dramatically.  The rifle also comes with a foldable stock for improved accuracy and stability when firing.  The power cel used by the TA-12 carries enough ammunition for 400 shots total.  Unfortunately the rifle cannot change power cels and once it is empty, it must be recharged back at base.

Melee Weapon

• 1 x Zanscare 1.2 MW tachyon beam saber w/heat knife: This is the beam saber which serves as the main melee weapon of the mobile suit.  The beam saber only contains enough energy and tachyons for about 60 seconds of continuous use. When not in use, the beam sabers are stored in the backpack of the mecha, where they are recharged by the reactor. The Jagd Doga can switch the beam saber on and off while holding it, in order to conserve power. Once totally depleted it takes 15 minutes for a saber to recharge to full capacity.  This model saber however carries a heat knife with it designed to be used when a quick strike is needed and there isn't time to draw the full beam saber and serve as back up melee weapon when the beam saber cannot be used due to damage or lack of power.  The Jagd Doga carries one saber mounted on its waist. 

Remote Weapons

• 6 x Ortek'nar EB-4 Remote Funnels: A refinement of the larger and more expensive bits used on the MA-01 Elmeth.  These weapons, dubbed funnels are half as large as the bits used on the Elmeth and twice as fast.  However there are drawbacks.  As the funnels do not use an onboard reactor they must return often to refuel with additional reaction mass which is drawn from the suits own supply.  Secondly, as the cannon is no longer hooked directly to a reactor they must be recharged  often as well because there is only enough energy stored onboard for ten bursts from each funnel.  These funnels are cheaper to produce however making them suited to a more widespread production such as the Jagd Doga.  Each funnel sports a tachyon cannon which can fire a 400 MJ burst 20 km every three seconds.  The number of bits able to be deployed at once varies from pilot to pilot with the average being four.  The six funnels are stored on the shoulders when not in use.

Missiles

• 2 x Triple Missile Launchers: This weapon provides the Jagd Doga with an excellent short range attack useful in the first clash of mecha.  These launchers each carry three short range missiles mounted on either forearm of the suit. 

VIII. Armor

The armor on the MS-26 is a low-mass lunarium titanium composite plating that is the standard for Tirolian  mobile suits known as Gundarium Alpha. Aside from the superb protection provided against projectiles, missiles, and other kinetic weapons, this armor is also fairly resistant to plasma globes (annihilation discs), lasers, and to a lesser extent, particle guns too, owing to the fact that the armor can flake off and evaporate in layers under fire from such high-energy weapons, taking much of the weapon's energy and converting it into the latent heat of sublimation in the armor. The armor stops all small arms fire, and has good resistance to all weapons commonly mounted on combat mecha. This new armor is also much lighter than most armors weighing a full two thirds less than the traditional armor's mounted on mecha, but unlike its Terran counterpart, this version is much easier to manufacture and therefore much cheaper costing as much as regular armor.

The Jagd Doga provides full protection from nuclear, biological, and chemical hazards, using an overpressure cockpit environment activated by radiation and hazardous chemical sensors, or manually when biological warfare conditions are anticipated. The internal consumables supplies can provide atmosphere for three days maximum.

IX. Development

Layout adapted from Robotech Reference Guide

Content by Jeffrey R. Spillner and Ron Ferrara
Copyright © 1998-2001 Jeffrey R. Spillner and Ron Ferrara

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