SPECIFICATIONS

GOVERNMENT: Earth Federal Republic
TYPE: Main Battle robot (Space Type)
MODELS: Republic-FarChild SBR-01R "Refit/Rapier"
DATE INTRODUCED: 2175 A.D.
LENGTH: 16.4 feet (5 meters)
WIDTH:  19.7 feet (6 meters)
HEIGHT: 28.2 feet (8.61 meters)
MATERIAL:  Composite-Alloy 
POWER PLANT: Federal Energy FEFR-120A
OUTPUT: 1209.8 kilowatts 
ARMOR TYPE: Crystal Composite
ARMOR THICKNESS:  3 inches
DISPLACEMENT: 30 tons
CREW: 1 Pilot

PROPULSION
             PRIMARY (FLIGHT):
             4x Rockwheel NRE-04 nuclear rocket engines
             SPEED: 200 mph each (800 mph total)

             4x Rockwheel TNRE-06 thermo-nuclear rocket engines
             SPEED: 600 mph each (2400 mph total)

             PRIMARY (WALKER):
             1x Arctic Motors RE-03 walker engine
             SPEED: 20 mph

WEAPONS:
             PRIMARY (OFFENSIVE):
             1x Bohing/MMI M230-AC-GP74 30-millimeter one-ton gunpod; Effective Range: 864 yards; Payload: 600 round belt-fed drum; ROF: bursts of 5, 10, or 20 rounds with a cyclic rate of 1200 rounds per minute.

             PRIMARY (ASSAULT):
             3x Norking SRM-03-S missile launcher; Missile Type: standard EFR short-range space-type missile armed with a 10 pound warhead (usually HEAP or tactical nuclear); Effective Range: 417 miles; Payload: 24 missiles; ROF: 1, 2, or 3 missiles every two seconds..

             OPTIONAL SECONDARY (ASSAULT):
             1x Bophors ACR-105S (gunpod) 105 millimeter autocannon; Effective Range: 6 miles; Payload: 30 rounds in a machine-fed detachable box magazine; ROF: single shots with a cyclic rate of 15 rounds per minute.

             PRIMARY DEFENSIVE (ASSAULT):
             1x Orlakon/MMI AC-R20 20 millimeter autocannon; Effective Range: 384 yards; Payload: 125 rounds in a belt-fed magazine; ROF: fires bursts of 5 rounds per discharge with a cyclic rate of 150 rounds per minute.

ELECTRONICS:
             1x Microwave Radio Communications array with a 6000-mile range.
             1x Laser Communications array with a range of 10,000 miles.
             1x RADAR array with a range of 5000-miles.

DEFENSE SYSTEMS (OPTIONAL):
             1x Small Combat Shield; Armor Thickness: 30 inches; Weight: 1 ton.

DESCRIPTION/OVERVIEW:
         (SBR-01R "Refit/Rapier")
         The first of two final incarnations of the original SBR-01 series was the “R” model. This model was built on the SBR-01S concept that was later made into the "Super-Sabre" and had the same maneuver and flight capabilities as that concept mecha. In fact, the only major differences between the “S” and “R” models of the SBR-01 series were in the weapons and armor.
         The origin of the SBR-01R came from the EFSM forces simply upgrading their existing stockpile of SBR-01, SBR-01A, and SBR-01A1s over to SBR-01Rs in order to launch the final assault against the Soviet Elite on Mars.  The main chasis of the SBR-01A1 was replaced with the new BRC-01-MK-III battle robot chasis that was designed to take advantage of the more advanced--and smaller--Federal Energy FEFR-120A fusion reactor.  A new transaxle allowed for the SBR-01R to have a shorter "leg-base/width" than that of the original SBR-01 mecha.  This meant that the SBR-01R took up slightly less volume, and while this may have seemed inconsequential for one machine, it added up when a platoon of 20 units was housed in the EFR spacecraft. 
           With the entire remaining UNSC space navy assembled near the Red Planet’s two moons of Phobos and Deimos and a major confrontation expected to take place the slightly smaller SBR-01R allowed for greater amounts of fuel, parts and ammunition to be stored with the battle robots.  With the last of the UN forces all assembled, the EFSM was not taking any chances. Mitsubaichi-Voltohms was called upon to design the refit and make it work. The final product of their efforts was completed in 2175 AD in time for “Operation Face” which was the code name for the assault on the moons of Mars.
         The SBR-01R was armed with both the M230-AC-GP74 and the ACR-105S gunpods. The distribution of the gunpods was divided up evenly among the space marine units with four ACR-105S per platoon and sixteen M230-AC-GP74s issued to the rest of the group. This meant that each team had one SBR armed with an ACR-105S for heavy assault in addition to one SBR-01S, normally a part of a platoon’s combat team, and four armed with M230s for routine combat operations. The combination worked well.
         The armor of the SBR-01R consisted of 3-inch thick crystal composite plating that was actually stronger than the 5-inch thick composite alloy of the SBR-01A1. This provided a much greater level of protection than any of the composite-alloy armor of the early SBR-01s and weighed considerably less.
         After the 1st Interplanetary War, the SBR-01R became the primary space battle robot of the Earth Federal Forces and was used up until the introduction of the SBR-02 during the Ceres Conflict of the mid-2180s.



SPECIFICATIONS

GOVERNMENT: Earth Federal Republic
TYPE: Main Battle robot (Space Type)
MODELS: Mitsubaishi-Voltohms SBR-01S "Sniper/Super-Saber"
DATE INTRODUCED: 2176 A.D.
LENGTH: 16.4 feet (5 meters)
WIDTH:  19.7 feet (6 meters)
HEIGHT: 28.2 feet (8.61 meters)
MATERIAL:  Composite-Alloy
POWER PLANT: Federal Energy FEFR-120A
OUTPUT:  1209.8 kilowatts 
ARMOR TYPE: Crystal Composite
ARMOR THICKNESS: 3 inches
DISPLACEMENT: 30 tons
CREW: 1 Pilot

PROPULSION
             PRIMARY (FLIGHT):
             2x Rockwheel NRE-04 nuclear rocket engines
             SPEED: 400 mph each (800 mph total)

             4x Rockwheel TNRE-06 thermo-nuclear rocket engines
             SPEED: 600 mph each (2400 mph total)

             PRIMARY (WALKER):
             1x Arctic Motors RE-03 walker engine
             SPEED: 20 mph

WEAPONS:
             PRIMARY (OFFENSIVE):
             1x Bohing/MMI M230-AC-GP74 30-millimeter one-ton gunpod; Effective Range: 864 yards; Payload: 600 round drum; ROF: bursts of 5, 10, or 20 rounds with a cyclic rate of 1200 rounds per minute.

             SECONDARY (OFFENSIVE):
             2x MMI SRM-01-G missile launcher; Missile Type: standard EFR 10-pound short-range ground-assault missile with computer-guided warhead; Effective Range: 83 miles; Payload: 27 missiles; ROF: 1, 2 or 3 missiles within two seconds.

             PRIMARY (ASSAULT):
             1x MMI M200-ACR 200 millimeter fixed autocannon; Effective Range: 21.8 miles; Payload: 48-round box magazine; ROF: fires single shots with a cyclic rate of 15 rounds per minute.

             OPTIONAL SECONDARY (ASSAULT):
             1x Bophors ACR-105S (gunpod) 105 millimeter autocannon; Effective Range: 6 miles; Payload: 30 rounds in a machine-fed detachable box magazine; ROF: single shots with a cyclic rate of 15 rounds per minute.

             PRIMARY DEFENSIVE (ASSAULT):
             1x Orlakon/MMI AC-R20 20 millimeter autocannon; Effective Range: 384 yards; Payload: 125 rounds in a belt-fed magazine; ROF: fires bursts of 5 rounds per discharge with a cyclic rate of 150 rounds per minute.

ELECTRONICS:
             1x Microwave Radio Communications array with a 6000-mile range.
             1x Laser Communications array with a range of 10,000 miles.
             1x RADAR array with a range of 5000-miles.

DEFENSE SYSTEMS (OPTIONAL):
             1x Small Combat Shield; Armor Thickness: 30 inches; Weight: 1 ton.

DESCRIPTION/OVERVIEW:
       (SBR-01S "Sniper/Super-Sabre")
         During the EFSM preparations for the second attack on Pallas, a marine Special Forces unit captured a Minsk class space train ferrying a new weapon system: the XSF-04V experimental Protean space fighters. All of these craft had been produced prior to the EFSM’s attack on Pallas. Construction of these craft was at the Solar Empire's secret Gagarin R&D factory on Venus’ “moon”, the planetoid Hildigalo. The devastatingly fast engines of the XSF-04V and its ability to transform gave these UN fighters the advantage of being able to take on both the role of a space fighter and that of a battle robot. The boosters of these craft allowed the space fighter to achieve orbit, thus making it the first true transatmospheric battle robot weapon system. This new UN threat required a newer, faster, and more powerful SBR capable of countering it. At the time, Republic-FarChild had just completed a new mecha development lab on Pallas for the EFSM. The EFF command, under General Walsh, contracted this new lab to build an SBR based on the SBR-01A1, for ease of training veteran pilots of the older SBR mecha, which could contend with the XSF-04V. It was from this need to defeat what may have been a completely new line of UN variable fighter that the SBR-01S was born.
         The SBR-01S or “Sniper model” was essentially an upgraded SBR-01A1 with new armor, electronics, power plant, weapons, and additional rocket engines for increased thrust.
         In order to fight the XSF-04V, the new SBR had to have a medium-range weapon that could bypass the UN fighters advanced anti-missile defense systems. Therefore, Republic-FarChild chose to use an autocannon weapon system over a missile-based one. The heavy plasma shell bullet of this ACR was capable of causing severe to catastrophic damage to a XSF-04V with a single hit to the space fighter’s main body.
         The high maneuverability of the XSF-04V prompted Republic-FarChild to modify the SBR-01S legs to accommodate two additional rocket engines on each. A pair of RockWheel TNRE-06 thermonuclear rocket engines was mounted on each leg with one engine on the back and one on the side of the robot’s “calf.” These engines provided both additional thrust and high-speed maneuverability for the battle robot. The additional speed provided by the engines gave the SBR-01S a top speed of 3200 mph in space.
          Overall, the SBR-01S (Sniper) model would have only been moderately successful against the UN XSF-04V. Only 25,000 were produced during the 1st Interplanetary War and most of these ended up in the service of the new Jupiter Federal Colonies by the early 2180s. The SBR-01S never lived up to its expectations as an anti-variable fighter weapons platform, but it did provide space battle robot units with a very effective anti-ship weapon. Throughout the rest of the 1st Interplanetary War, the SBR-01S served with distinction as a heavy assault unit. During the confrontation between the rogue EFSM and the Earth Federal Space Navy forces within the asteroid belt in 2177 AD, the EFSM used their SBR-01S platoons to effectively ‘snipe’ away at the EFSN armada as it pursued the EFSM fleet while it passed through the Vesta Kirkwood gap.

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