Mad Dog R
Overview and History
Vehicle Specifications   General Stats
Name: Mad Dog R   Threat Value: 390
Vehicle Type: Walker   Offensive Value: 905
Production Type: Testbed Prototype   Defensive Value: 197
Cost: 34,125,000.00 marks   Miscellaneous Value: 68
Manufacturer: Western Armories   Size: 8
Use: Fire Support   Original Default Size: 7
Height: 5.7 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 (60 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: 780hp  
    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: 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/9
 MRP/9
 FF
 -1
 x18
 2/4/8/16
 +1
 9
  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
Defects
Name Rating Game Effects
 Annoyance Flaw
 
  Cramped cockpit
Variants
There are no variants.
Designer Notes
The Mad Dog "R" (for revised) is perhaps one of the strangest hybrids in Terranovan military history. As even antiquated machines were pressed back into service to fight the Terran invader, entire squadrons of Mad Dogs were taken out of the scrapyards and refitted to make them combat worthy once more. They could not compare to the more modern Heavy Gear designs, but they could at least help onto the rear positions and fill in the ranks of the local militias. It was quickly discovered that many of the MAd Dogs could not even stand up due to micro-fractures in the metal of their leg actuators. Rather than lose precious time repairing them, commanders ordered the lower body of battle-damaged bear Heavy Gears ot be used to get the Dogs out in the field. Similarly, many of these machines had their worn-out and cracked rocket pods replaced by two lighter units mounted side-by-side in an armored housing, again salvaged from other, less fortunate machines. As the casualties mounted, the machines were patched as well as possible, and it was not unusual to see a Mad Dog R sporting Bear legs and a Bear or Grizzly backpack and engine (though their upright generator configuration interfered with the operation of the rocket pod constantly, forcing the pilot to keep it in the upright firing position).