SPECIFICATIONS

GOVERNMENT: Colonial Confederacy Defense Forces
TYPE: Protean Hover Tank
MODEL: Pluto Industrial Type-110 PHT
DATE INTRODUCED: 2193 AD
LENGTH: TANK: 47.2 feet (14.4 meters); ROBOT: 19.4 feet (5.9 meters)
WIDTH: TANK: 20.7 feet (6.3 meters); ROBOT: 22 feet (6.7 meters)
HEIGHT: TANK: 15.1 feet (4.6 meters); ROBOT: 40.4 feet (12.3 meters)
MATERIAL: Crystal Composite
POWER PLANT: 8x Hensai Energy HENB-30 Nuclear Battery
OUTPUT: 30 megawatts each (240 megawatts total)
ARMOR TYPE: Crystal Composite
ARMOR THICKNESS: 6 inches
DISPLACEMENT: 30 tons
CREW: 1 Pilot (AI Computer assisted tank)

PROPULSION
             PRIMARY (WALKER):
             1x CC-WE-144 walker engine
             SPEED: 60 mph

             PRIMARY (FLIGHT):
             2x CC-LYIE-114 Low Yield Ion Engine
             SPEED: 380 mph each (760 mph total forward/MACH 1)

             SECONDARY (FLIGHT/HOVER):
             1x CC-LYIE-0.3 Low Yield Ion Engine
             SPEED: 1 mph each (maintains a hover height of up to 60 miles maximum in tank mode. Allows robot to "jump/leap" up to 20-miles high with a single boost)

WEAPONS:
             PRIMARY (OFFENSIVE):
             1x Neptune Industrial NI-LC-120 shoulder mounted 120-millimeter Linear Cannon; Effective Range: 80 miles; Payload: 270-round autoloading mechanical tray; ROF: up to 60 rounds per minute.

             SECONDARY (OFFENSIVE):
             1x Lithgear LG-ML5-10A ten-shot 5-pound shoulder mounted missile launcher; Missile Type: UN-SRM-05 short-range five-pound laser-guided missile; Effective Range: 17 miles; Payload: 60 missiles; ROF: 1-10 missiles within two seconds.

             PRIMARY (ASSAULT):
             1x Uranus Military Industries UMI-H20GP 20-megawatt Hadron-Cannon gunpod; Effective Range: 160 miles; Payload: 200-blast nuclear battery energy-magazine; ROF: fires up to 3-blast burst per 4-seconds, with a cyclic rate of 45-blasts per minute.

ELECTRONICS:
              1x Microwave Radio Communications array with a 2500-mile range.
              1x Laser Radio Communications array with a 10,000-mile range.
              1x LADAR array with a 500-mile range.
              1x RADAR array with a range of 100 miles.
              1x Multispectral Video/Optical array with a range of 1000 miles.
              2x Atmospheric-type Gravitational/Antigravity Control Unit; Effect: Provides artificial lift, g-force compensation, and enhanced maneuverability.
             1x Transformation Unit

DEFENSIVE SYSTEMS:
             1x Pluto Industrial PI-ESA-15 15-megawatt Electrostatic Armor; Range: 15 foot diameter; Power Requirement: 15 megawatts; EFFECT: projectile weapons do 50% damage, explosive weapons are nullified within range.
              2x Oberon Military Industries OMF-IF-10 Level-II omnidirectional ion field generators; Range: 30 feet from hull; Power Requirement: 10 kilowatts; Output: absorbs up to 20 terajoules of energy weapon damage.
             1x Neptune Industries NI-ECM-80 Electronic Countermeasures Suite 1.5-kilowatt; Range: 1500 foot diameter; Power Requirement: 1.5 kilowatts; EFFECT: Jams missile guidance systems causing 70% chance of detonation within range.

Description/Overview:
              The Conclusion of the Ceres Conflict in the mid-2180s and the rising tensions between the various stellar powers in the Local Group of Stars caused the Colonial Confederacy to begin the process of bolstering their Mobile Arthropod Tank ground forces with a newer, more powerful, "space" tank. With their armed forces seasoned and battle worthy by the 2190s, the need for drone or robot forces lessened considerably. Supreme Commander VonStalin--a critic of automated weapons platforms--saw an opportunity to start the process of replacing the robot tanks with a new, human piloted, machine. The Colonial Confederacy defense forces within the vast space-scape of the Kuiper belt had already proven that the Type-77VAT Variable Arthropod Tank's AI computer systems were not as cunning, or imaginative as a human. However, the Outer Sphere War of the late 2180s proved that even the human piloted Type-80VAT was fast becoming obsolete. The machines lacked fibro-carbon muscles, and suffered crushing defeats on the Kuiper objects during the Outer Sphere War due to their reliance on hydraulic "muscle" systems. Supreme Commander Admiral Edric VonStalin of the Pluto Libertarian Republic's self defense force demanded that the Colonial Confederacy council support his plan for a fleet of new tanks that could be piloted by one pilot, and was capable of transforming from tank to a full battlesuit, not an arthropod tank. The Council agreed with his assessment of the situation, and therefore in 2187 the variable hover tank project was begun. In 2188, the Neo-Hebrews of Saturn offered to help develop the mecha as they were primary allies of the Colonial Confederacy at that time. However, by 2190 the alliance between the Neo-Hebrews and the Pluto Republic began to sour with the marriage of Conrad Collus and Mia Furrier. This did not however end the development of the first Protean Hover Tank.
             The Type-110 PHT was the product of the 2188 project. It was built in large numbers by the Colonial Confederacy prior to the 2nd Interplanetary War of the early 2190s. It was instrumental in that war specifically during the initial phases of the war. After the conflict ended, the Type-110 became the main battle tank of the Union of Sovereign Solar Republics until well into the 23rd Century.