The terror weapon of the Establishment Grand Army. These mammoth machines stand more than 17 metres above the ground.
The walker is more of an intimidating weapon that gives Establishment Troops a psychological edge rather than a tactical edge.
For their size they are quite able in rugged terrain and are managed by a gyroscopically-stabilizer. Which allows the ATE-WT to walk over almost any terrain.
Until the Confederacy introduced the Landspeeder, they were regarded as invincible in combat, their mere appearance on a battlefield was often enough to drive forces into fearful retreat.
Designed by the top engineers in the inner rim planet of Gyan, at the Hasbrob Drive Yards. They have been a major part of the Establishments martial law since the destruction of the Pioneer Senate, by Emperor Sanitarium.
A walker can carry a typical commando unit of 24 in their cargo bay as well as supplies for the unit to establish a base station. The cargo bay is heavily armoured and with stand a blaster attack of the landspeeder.
On Duodena the weak point of these machines was discovered. During the attack several of walkers were either destroyed or heavily damage by blaster fire on the twin turboblasters, occupied towards the head of the walker. However the loss of many landspeeders and the loss of the battle was the cost to discover this weakness.
Pilots are drawn from the most hardened combat soldiers. They see their targets through Monochromatic Photoreceptor's built into their battle helmets.
The later design of the ATE-WT enable the walker to proceed along a programmed route, enabling the pilot to control the newly designed gunnery, but this design came to late for the Establishment as the Rebel Resistance Movement had all but overran the entire army. Their use was in the final battle on Gnome.
A ATE-WT missions range from reconnaissance, troops drops or anti-personnel hunting.
After the defeat on Gnome the designs to these terror weapons were destroyed only to be recreated many years later when the new republic came under threat from a separatist breakaway. The separatist led by a former Java Knight attacked the republic and the new senate of Alcazar only to be defeated. The plans once and for all were destroyed and the ATE-WT only remains in the history of the Pioneer and Shadow Wars. |
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