SPECIFICATIONS

GOVERNMENT: Prodono Alliance (possibly the ancient Prodono Stellar Republic)
TYPE: Main Battle Grav-Tank
MODEL: D'Khar Cho Type-169032
DATE INTRODUCED: 1.69 GS (332,136 BC Earth Relative)
LENGTH: 48.6 feet (14.8 meters)
WIDTH: 33.1 feet (10.1 meters)
HEIGHT: 11.2 feet (3.4 meters)
MATERIAL: Dense
POWER PLANT: Obuch-Ron OR-161699 Nuclear Battery
OUTPUT: 95 Megawatts
ARMOR TYPE: Dense
ARMOR THICKNESS: 1 inch
DISPLACEMENT: 100 tons
CREW: 3 (1 Driver, 1 Commander, 1 Gunners)

PROPULSION:
             1x Gruel-Khan GK-06 Ion Engine (Low Yield)
             SPEED: 250 mph

WEAPONS:

              PRIMARY: 
             1x Turret-mounted Ch'Koran Zon CKZ-Type-171003 triple-barrel MASER turret; Effective Range: 10 miles; Payload: unlimited with nuclear battery; ROF: 1 triple-MASER blast per 10-seconds or 6 triple-blasts per minute.

ELECTRONICS:
              1x Microwave Radio Communications array with a 4000-mile range.
              1x Laser Communications array with a 11,000-mile range.
              1x LADAR sensor suite with a 5000-mile range.
              1x Active EMS sensor suite with a 10,000-mile range.
              1x Passive EMS sensor suite with a 10,000-mile range.
              4x Prodono style Tesla-Schauberger atmospheric gravity control unit (used for lift, and maneuvering, not gravity generation or escaping a gravity well).

DEFENSE SYSTEMS:
             4x K'Tellar Ubrich KTU-Type-170001 Level-2 omnidirectional Plasma-Type deflector field generators; Range: 20 feet from hull; Power Requirement: 20 megawatts; Output: 8640 gigajoules of power with a regeneration rate of 864 megajoules every ten seconds.

Description/Overview:
         Not much is known about the Type-1690032 D'Khar Cho other than it is an ancient pre-Prodono Galactic Republic (not to be confused with the much older Prodono Stellar Republic) that was built sometime during the Prodono Alliance (Galaxy-spanning political body that succeeded the Prodono Stellar Republic). The D'Khar Cho was a mecha-killing tank armed with a massive triple-MASER beam weapon system. This microwave amplification by stimulated emission of radiation beam turret fired a graviton-guided stream of rotating electromagnetic radiation that "bonded" into one spinning "rope-like" beam approximately ten-feet in front of the tank after being discharged from the emitters. This vortex effect made the MASER beam very effective against most other mecha including the AGAR types used later.
        The D'Khar Cho tanks encountered by the Earth-borne powers in the late 2180s were operated by Prodono android forces and were very old. Most had been in hibernation state with their nuclear-fusion batteries in a state of stasis (meaning nuclear material was separated and not active allowing for near infinite storage). The Prodono used an atomically unstable isotope of their own creation dubbed barrillium 455 by the Principality of Altair scientists who discovered the android fleet at Altair 6. This isotope was stored at absolute zero (in space) to slow down its degradation (half-life of about 1.5 million years, and a usable lifespan of approximately 550,000 years). The isotope, when combined with liquid Deuterium or Tritium within an electromagnetic super-criticality chamber, allows for megawatt output levels in a small nuclear-fusion battery (approximately 31 cubic inches/508 cubic centimeters to generate 95-megawatts). The biggest drawback of the nuclear-fusion battery is its active lifespan is only 95-days before it requires refueling.
        The tank "floats" on a bed of gravitons generated by four anti-gravity generators located in each corner of the bottom of the tank. While these gravity units provide lift, they do not provide propulsion. One ion-engine fitted to the back of the tank does. However, the gravity generators do provide breaking action and banking/steering.
        The D'Khar Cho has a main defense consisting of four K'Tellar Ubrich Plasma-type deflector field generators. These level-2 generators provide considerable protection for the tank, however, if the plasma-fields are blown down, the tank does have 1-inch of energy resistant armor plating to help it survive on the battlefield.