Designation: Officer's Pod (Glaug)

I. Dimensions:

Length :	10.0 m
:	11.4 m (Including PB-19 gun barrel)
Width :	8.0 m
Height :	18.1 m
Weight :	41.2 metric ton

II. Type:

• One man ground/space combat mecha.

III. Propulsion:

• Engines: three (one downward, two rearward) reaction thrusters, output 410/230 kN respectively. Assorted secondary thrusters.
• Fuel: multiple protoculture canisters

IV. Performance:

• Speed : 300 kph (running)
• Jumping : 95 m
• Combat radius : total delta-v 3.6 kps
• Protoculture supply : average operational life 30 days continuous use for standard battlepods, sliding down to 15 days continuous use for the TPA.

V. Sensory Systems:

• Short range (35 km) conventional radar system
• Thermo-imager
• Night vision optics
• Telescopic optics (x10 magnification)
• Laser tracker/designator
• Low power broadband sensor jammer.

VI. Armament:

Cannons:

• 1 x 1 PB-19 : a heavy weapon, unique to the Officers Pod. Firing a very powerful beam of particle energy with great accuracy, the 27 MJ localized on one spot are often enough to hole a mecha front to back in its most heavily armored parts. Very few mecha survive such a hit. The drawback is its 9 second recharge cycle, but the cannon has a mini-cyclotron that stores enough accelerated particles for three shots. These can be fired in three seconds.
• 2 x 1 PB-10 : a Gatling type weapon with four barrels that rotate in one housing. Each barrel fires 2.5 MJ of particle energy, if necessary once every second. All barrels can be fired in parallel, for maximum localized damage, or in series for increased hitting chances.
• 2 x 1 IC-L (240 rounds) : Impact Cannon, Light. Fires bursts of thin-cased high explosive shells that explode after impact (HESH or High Explosive Squash Head). Standard shell and case design, 39.6mm caliber. Firing rate 600 shots/minute.
• 2 x 1 AC-L (240 rounds) : Auto Cannon, Light. A standard autocannon of 22.3mm caliber, usually used for anti-personnel use. Standard shell and case design. It fires 850 rounds/minute, and can fire AP shells in addition to HE shells.

Missiles:

• 1 x SL-6 : Launcher for 6 Maggot Universal Dogfight type Missiles (UDM) . No reloads.

VII. Armor:

Full nuclear, biological and chemical protection, immunity from hand fired solids and energy beams, shrapnel and other fragments. Limited protection from heavier weaponry, adequate up to 30mm autocannon shells or equivalent.

VIII. Development:

The higher-ranking field commanders in the Zentraedi army were all issued a Glaug Officers Pod. This mecha was even more mobile than the Regult TBP series, and the OP also had the advantage of heavier weaponry. Mounted on the arms for better fields of fire and increased training and elevation rates, the TBP's two particle beams were augmented with a single cannon of almost thrice their power on the torso, and with two light Impact Cannon below the particle beam guns on the arms. In addition, the OP had six small missiles as well as more armor than the TBP, providing better protection for the higher-valued officers. The Glaug usually led groups of Regult on the ground, but could also be equipped with a booster, much as the REF's Alpha fighter could be equipped with a Beta as booster, to turn the essentially ground-based mecha into a transorbital fighter. This booster, the Armored Vehicle, also had some extra weapons built in: 144 dogfight-specialized missiles. However, both the Glaug and the Regult could function as space fighters, though not as aerial fighters, without the benefit of extra boosters.

Officer's Pod Cockpit View:

See additional design notes.

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