| Overview and History |
| Vehicle Specifications | General Stats | |||
| Name: | Jaguar, Flak | Threat Value: | 453 | |
| Vehicle Type: | Walker | Offensive Value: | 292 | |
| Production Type: | Mass Produced | Defensive Value: | 553 | |
| Cost: | 302,000.00 marks | Miscellaneous Value: | 513 | |
| Manufacturer: | Northco | Size: | 6 | |
| Use: | Assault | Original Default Size: | 8 | |
| Height: | 4.6 meters | Indv. Lemon Dice: | 3 | |
| Length: | 2.9 meters | Crew: | 1 | |
| Width: | 3.4 meters | Bonus Actions: | 0 | |
| Avg. Armor Thickness: | 51mm | |||
| Armor Material: | Durasheet/Ceramic | Armor | ||
| Standard Op. Weight: | 7123 kg | Light Damage: | 16 | |
| Primary Move Mode: | Walker (53 kph) | Heavy Damage: | 32 | |
| Secondary Move Mode: | Ground (81 kph) | Overkill: | 48 | |
| Deployment Range: | 530 km | |||
| Sensor Range: | 3 km | Vehicle Availability | ||
| Communication Range: | 15 km | Availability Threshhold: | 7 | |
| Powerplant: | V-Engine | Max Number on Field: | 2 | |
| Engine Output: | 620hp | |||
| Movement | ||||
| Electronics | Primary Move Mode: | Walker | ||
| Sensors: | 0 | Combat Speed: | 5 | |
| Communications: | +1 | Top Speed: | 9 | |
| Fire Control: | 0 | Secondary Move Mode: | Ground | |
| Combat Speed: | 7 | |||
| Top Speed: | 14 | |||
| Maneuver: | +1 | |||
| Quantity | Name | Code | Arc | ACC | Damage | Range | ROF | Ammo | Special |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Medium Anti-Air. Cannon | Snpr | ||||||||
| Vibroblade |
| Name | Rating | Game Effects | AUX |
|---|---|---|---|
| HEP: Desert | - | ||
| Improved Rear Defense | Reduce Rear and Flank attack penalty by 1 | ||
| Manipulator Arm x2 | Can punch | ||
| Reinforced Armor | F Arc; add to base armor | ||
| Sniper System | +1 to long and Extreme rolls for MAAC |
| Name | Rating | Game Effects |
|---|---|---|
| Annoyance | Cramped head space | |
| Exposed Fire Control Systems | "Fire Control" hits are one step worse |
| Name | Rating | Game Effects |
|---|
| Variants |
| There are no variants. |
| Designer Notes |
| Part of the same Western-inspired school of development that led to the Bird Arrow Bobcat, Cheetah Air Claw, and Defender Grizzly, the Flak Jaguar is the latest Gear pressed into service as a rapid reaction anti-aircraft platform. The Flak was born from a Western Frontier Protectorate Army project to modify the MC-105 gatling cannon used on its choppers into a Gear-carried anti-aircraft weapon. Early experiments with a Hunter chassis proved less than satisfactory and the Gear became very unstable during fighting, leading Western engineers to frustration. Meanwhile, the United Mercantile Federation was busy completing favorable field tests on its own Defender Grizzly anti-air variant. Eventually, the army decided to put the MC-105 in a rotating, over-the-shoulder mount on a Jaguar, with ammo fed from a bolt-on drum on the Gear's back. This worked fairly well, and the resulting Flak Jaguar design has been accepted by the CNCS vulnerable to enemy fire, and the bulky ammo drum still does not hold enough shells to keep the ravenous gatling supplied. The Jaguar's deficiency is only partially compensated for by a long range object-tracking system integrated into the gun system; the external sight is unfortunately quite vulnerable to battle damage. To help the Flak survive encounters with air cavalry, the armor upgrades introduced with the improvised Fire Jaguar were standardized. |