SPECIFICATIONS

GOVERNMENT: UN Space Navy of the Socialist Solar Empire
TYPE: Heavy Mobile Arthropod Tank
MODEL: Cydonia Research Type-75
DATE INTRODUCED: 2175 AD
LENGTH: 95 feet (29 meters)
WIDTH: 70 feet (21.3 meters)
HEIGHT: 62.5 feet (19.05 meters)
MATERIAL: Crystal Composite
POWER PLANT: Hensai Energy HEFR-200 fusion reactor
OUTPUT: 200 megawatts (191,334.4 kilowatts required)
ARMOR TYPE: Crystal Composite
ARMOR THICKNESS: 3 inches
DISPLACEMENT: 200 tons
CREW: 8 (1 Pilot, 5 Gunners, 1 Officer, 1 Engineer)

PROPULSION
             PRIMARY (TREADS):
             1x UN-NT-6720 nuclear turbine
             SPEED: 120 mph

             PRIMARY (WALKER):
             1x UN-WE-1080 walker engine
             SPEED: 60 mph

WEAPONS:
             PRIMARY (OFFENSIVE):
             1xCydonia Research RC-EMPAC30 30-megawatt electromagnetic particle accelerator cannon; Effective Range 150 miles; Power Required: 30 megawatts; ROF: up to 3 blasts per minute.

             SECONDARY (OFFENSIVE):
             2x Lithgear LG-MLSR-108 10-pound missile launcher; Missile Type: UN-SRM-10 short-range laser-guided missile; Effective Range: 5.8 miles; Payload: 80 missiles; ROF:  1 to 8 missiles within two seconds.

             PRIMARY (DEFENSIVE):
             2x Lithgear LGAC-502 dual 50-millimeter autocannon; Effective Range: 1.4 miles; Payload: 1000-round autoloading mechanical tray; ROF: up to 2400 rounds per minute.

             SECONDARY (DEFENSIVE):
             1x Lithgear LGAC-501 50-millimeter autocannon; Effective Range: 1.4 miles; Payload: 500-round autoloading mechanical tray; ROF: up to 1200 rounds per minute.

ELECTRONICS:
              1x Microwave Radio Communications array with a 40,000-mile range.
              1x RADAR array with a range of 1000 miles.
              6x Multispectral Video/Optical array with a range of 100 miles.

DEFENSIVE SYSTEMS:
             4x Cydonia Research CR-DFG40 omnidirectional LEVEL-1 Gravitonic deflector field generator; Range: 40 feet from hull; Power Requirement: 40 megawatts each; Output: 7200 gigajoules with a regeneration of 720 gigajoules every ten seconds

Description/Overview:
             The Type-75 heavy mobile arthropod tank was a second act of desperation on the part of the Solar Empire.  Introduced in 2175, this massive 200-ton mecha was intended to help defend Venus and Mars from the onslaught of the EFSM legion of battle robots, which by that time would soon be landing on the UN worlds as the 1st Interplanetary War reached its climax.  If the Type-75 had been introduced a few years earlier, it may have been able to turn the tide of the war for the Solar Empire, but like the Type-73 before it, this mecha was inadequate.  The Solar Empire designed the machine to be a limited-production mecha intended to act as a mobile artillery battery that could shoot the Earth troopships (like the Ogre class) out of the sky before they deployed their deadly cargo of battle robots. The mecha never excelled at this mission and in fact, no known Ogre class ships were ever shot down by a Type-75.  The Type-75 was an extension of the older Type-73 multiped tank introduced in 2173.
             The Type-75 was built in small numbers by the Solar Empire during the final years of the 1st Interplanetary War.  It was not a main combat unit, but was used as a command unit by the UN during the EFSM’s invasion of the Mars and Venus spheres.  The Type-75 was also constructed by the Mars Federal Colonies during the 2180s and some examples of this machine survived well into the 23rd century.