Mad Dog
Overview and History
Vehicle Specifications   General Stats
Name: Mad Dog   Threat Value: 342
Vehicle Type: Walker   Offensive Value: 769
Production Type: Testbed Prototype   Defensive Value: 195
Cost: 34,200,000.00 marks   Miscellaneous Value: 61
Manufacturer: Western Armories   Size: 7
Use: Fire Support   Original Default Size: 7
Height: 5.8 meters   Indv. Lemon Dice: 1
Length: 3.3 meters   Crew: 1
Width: 3.9 meters   Bonus Actions: 0
Avg. Armor Thickness: 74mm
Armor Material: Steel/Composite   Armor
Standard Op. Weight: 8690 kg   Light Damage: 16
Primary Move Mode: Walker (30 kph)   Heavy Damage: 32
Secondary Move Mode: Ground (54 kph)   Overkill: 48
Deployment Range: 350 km
Sensor Range: 2 km   Vehicle Availability
Communication Range: 10 km   Availability Threshhold: 6
Powerplant: V-Engine   Max Number on Field: 5
Engine Output: 720hp  
    Movement
Electronics   Primary Move Mode: Walker
Sensors: -2   Combat Speed: 3
Communications: 0   Top Speed: 5
Fire Control: 0   Secondary Move Mode: Ground
    Combat Speed: 5
    Top Speed: 9
    Maneuver: -1
Weapons
Quantity Name Code Arc ACC Damage Range ROF Ammo Special
 1
  Heavy Autocannon
 HAC
 F
 0
 x12
 3/6/12/24
 +1
 40
  
 1
  Heavy Rocket Pack/24
 HRP/24
 FF
 -1
 x20
 3/6/12/24
 +3
 24
  IF
 2
  Light Machine Gun
 LMG
 FF
 0
 x3
 1/2/4/8
 +4
 200
  AI
 1
  Vibroblade
 VB
 F
 0
 x8
 0/0/0/0
 
 0
  
Perks
Name Rating Game Effects AUX
 HEP: Desert
 
  -
 
 Manipulator Arm x2
 7
  Can punch
 
Flaws
Name Rating Game Effects
 Large Sensor Profile
 1
  Subtract rating from Concealment
 Defective Active Sensors
 1
  Die roll against rating, subtract rating from active sensor rolls if failed
Defects
Name Rating Game Effects
 Annoyance Flaw
 
  Cramped cockpit
Variants
There are no variants.
Designer Notes
The Mad Dog was one of the first outside attempts at creating a new model of Gear that could compete with the United Mercantile Federation's Hunters. The hulking Heavy Gear was built by West Frontier engineers based on what they knew of the Hunter series. The Wild Dog, a bastardized Hunter copy created by another development team, became a prime source of spare parts to accelerate the Mad Dog project. The Mad Dog was much larger than the Hunter and featured heavy limbs filled with cumbersome actuators. The machine had no head to speak of; fearing for the pilot's safety, the engineers had forgone the Hunter's small turret-like "bump," sloping the armor instead. A small sensor pod covered a ninety degree arc on the front, while two small shoulder turrets swept the side. The computer had to allocate the considerable time to integrate the various sensor inputs, which often led to shut-downs and rebootings. The one redeeming piece of equipment was the top-mounted rocket pod, filled with 24 heavy rockets. because of the unusual position of the pod, the V-engine was mounted in an inverted position in the backpack. This initially caused multiple problems in the prototype as oil and other fluids kept leaking along the drive shafts and into the generators, but the problem was solved before mass production began.