Den Mother
Overview and History
Vehicle Specifications   General Stats
Name: Den Mother   Threat Value: 736
Vehicle Type: Walker   Offensive Value: 1,391
Production Type: Mass Produced   Defensive Value: 224
Cost: 473,142.86 marks   Miscellaneous Value: 591
Manufacturer: Northco   Size: 7
Use: Command   Original Default Size: 9
Height: 5.6 meters   Indv. Lemon Dice: 3
Length: 3.7 meters   Crew: 1
Width: 4.8 meters   Bonus Actions: 0
Avg. Armor Thickness: 74mm
Armor Material: Steel/Composite   Armor
Standard Op. Weight: 8615 kg   Light Damage: 17
Primary Move Mode: Walker (35 kph)   Heavy Damage: 34
Secondary Move Mode: Ground (57 kph)   Overkill: 51
Deployment Range: 360 km
Sensor Range: 2 km   Vehicle Availability
Communication Range: 20 km   Availability Threshhold: 5
Powerplant: V-Engine   Max Number on Field: 3
Engine Output: 780hp  
    Movement
Electronics   Primary Move Mode: Walker
Sensors: 0   Combat Speed: 3
Communications: +1   Top Speed: 6
Fire Control: 0   Secondary Move Mode: Ground
    Combat Speed: 5
    Top Speed: 10
    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
  
 2
  Medium Rocket Pack/36
 MRP/36
 FF
 -1
 x18
 2/4/8/16
 +4
 36
  IF
 1
  Light Machine Gun
 LMG
 F
 0
 x3
 1/2/4/8
 +4
 200
  AI
 1
  Light Guided Mortar
 LGM
 F
 -1
 x15
 3/6/12/24
 
 8
  MR3, Guid, IF
 1
  Vibroblade
 VB
 F
 0
 x8
 0/0/0/0
 
 0
  
Perks
Name Rating Game Effects AUX
 Double Towing Capacity
 
  Can tow twice its own weight
 
 HEP: Desert
 
  -
 
 Manipulator Arm x2
 7
  Can punch
 
 Reinforced Armor
 1
  F Arc; add to base armor
 
 Satellite Uplink
 
  Allows orbital communications
 AUX
Flaws
Name Rating Game Effects
 Large Sensor Profile
 1
  Subtract rating from Concealment
Defects
Name Rating Game Effects
 Annoyance Flaw
 
  Machine gun flash blinds pilot
Variants
There are no variants.
Designer Notes
Produced at a time when new Gear chassis were designed every two or three cycles, the Den Mother was first a command-and-artillery control version of the Bear which evolved into its own design soon after. Modifications included the XVD-90A communication equipment (replacing the somewhat obsolete Rod-6 comm system), an MSU-010 satellite uplink, high resolution displays, long range camera sensors, and a slightly higher performance secondary movement system (SMS), all of which necessitated significant internal engineering. Several plates of armor were added, most of them to the front, but the armament remained identical to the Bear's. In some later models, the guided mortar was removed to get rid of some excess weight which was imapring the machine's speed and combat performance. Several of the already existing engine problems remained, however, and although the application of the 475hp S-V900K was considered as a permanent solution, pilot complaints about the engine's excess vibrations were enough to discourage the engineers. The shoulder-mounted GU-4 machine gun also had a muzzle flash problem which was never truly resolved and eventually abandoned as the engineers were assigned to other projects. It was finally agreed that an anti-flash nozzle cannot be installed on a gatling type weapon and that was the end of that problem.