Battle Frame
Overview and History
Vehicle Specifications   General Stats
Name: Battle Frame   Threat Value: 758
Vehicle Type: Walker   Offensive Value: 1,420
Production Type: Early Production   Defensive Value: 350
Cost: 1,137,000.00   Miscellaneous Value: 503
Manufacturer: Unknown   Size: 6
Use: Assault   Original Default Size: 9
Height: 4.6 meters   Indv. Lemon Dice: 3
Length: meters   Crew: 1
Width: 3.5 meters   Bonus Actions: 1
Avg. Armor Thickness: 36mm
Armor Material: Ceramite   Armor
Standard Op. Weight: 6200 kg   Light Damage: 13
Primary Move Mode: Walker (50 kph)   Heavy Damage: 26
Secondary Move Mode: Hover (120 kph)   Overkill: 39
Deployment Range: 200 km
Sensor Range: 2 km   Vehicle Availability
Communication Range: 10 km   Availability Threshhold: 0
Powerplant: V-Engine (x2)   Max Number on Field:
Engine Output: 750hp (x2)  
    Movement
Electronics   Primary Move Mode: Walker
Sensors: +1   Combat Speed: 4
Communications: +1   Top Speed: 8
Fire Control: 0   Secondary Move Mode: Hover
    Combat Speed: 10
    Top Speed: 20
    Maneuver: 0
Weapons
Quantity Name Code Arc ACC Damage Range ROF Ammo Special
 1
  Light Laser Cannon
 LLC
 F
 +1
 x16
 5/10/20/40
 
 20
  DpRB-2
 1
  Anti-Ground Vehicle Missile
 AGM
 F
 +1
 x15
 3/6/12/24
 
 6
  Guid, IF
 1
  Hand Grenade
 HG
 F
 -1
 x15
 0/0/0/0
 
 3
  AI, Dis
Perks
Name Rating Game Effects AUX
 Advanced Controls
 
  Adds one bonus action
 
 HEP: Desert
 
  -
 
 Manipulator Arm x2
 6
  Can punch
 
 Reinforced Armor
 4
  F Arc; add to base armor
 
 Target Designator
 3
  Designates targets for guided weapons
 AUX
Flaws
Name Rating Game Effects
 Difficult to Modify
 
  -2 on Repair and Modify rolls
 Man. Flaw
 -2
  Hover reduced in maneuver.
Defects
Name Rating Game Effects
Variants
There are no variants.
Designer Notes
When the CEF fleet retreated from the Helios system, they carried several captured Gears with them, along with crates full of documents, spare parts, and other items found at deserted firebases. Terranovan military analysts have long expected the CEF to analyze these, but until the Black Talons encountered the Battle Frame on Caprice, no one expected the Earth forces to try to build Gears of their own. The Battle Frame, so named because it is little more than a frame to carry weapons to battle, has the same general layout as a Terranovan Gear: hydraulic power systems, internal combustion engine, neural net-equipped cockpit in the torso. The Frame is somewhat lighter and less solid, presumably because the CEF cannot yet match the Terranovan's long experience with rugged walker systems. The Frame, however, engjoys a much higher power-to-mass ratio due to the Terran's experience with ceramic engines and power systems; this is also reflected in the hover systems, presumably using a scaled-down version of the lift turbines of the CEF hovertanks. None of the Frames observed had any built-in weapons: all offensive armament is carried on shoulder and forearm hardpoints, and consists almost exclusively of energy weapons and guided missiles. Field reports do mention that projectile weaponry, mostly in rifle form, has been deployed from time to time.