Titan Model Battleframe

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Affiliation:: Order of Zenkai/ Independent

Ownership:: N/A

Intent:: To standardize a model of equipment rarely used, and create a custom piece of equipment almost exclusive to the Order. After field tests, the Order may place it on the market.

Model:: T-1 Battleframe

Size:: Height:: 10 ten feet, Width:: 5 five feet

Weight:: 3,000 lbs/ 1.5 tons



Armor Rating:: Full five inch carbon durasteel plating and structural framework. The mass of armor plating makes it immune to all types of small arms fire and low level concussive force, such as standard fragmentation grenades. Rifles offer a decent threat level, but only when a mass of fire is used to attack one location. A prime example is three Ripper Jack Imperial Heavy Repeater Rifle a limb, or the chest area. Soon enough, structural damage, if not full limb failure will occur. Heavier weapons such as laser cannons can cause structural damage in one direct hit, and complete vehicle destruction in two or three hits.

Shield Rating:: No shield. N/A

Propulsion:: Bipedal propulsion/ Repulsors used for propulsion when not in battle


Weapons:: Eweb 15 Blaster equipped with the right appendage, taking up one of the four mounts a Battleframe is known to have. Instead of adding the power pack to another mount point, it's equipped inside of the cockpit so that the pilot can make adjustments to it if needed. The weapon rests on the side of the appendage until needed, then it rotates up and locks into place.

Flechette railgun equipped to the left appendage. Just as with the e-web, the weapon rests on the side of the appendage. When needed the weapon rotates up and locks into place. An ammunition drum attached to the left side of the back panel feeds the railgun. The railgun fires at a speed of Mach 1. The railgun and drum each take up a mount, leaving one last mount out of the four available to a standard battleframe. Ammunition drum holds five hundred flechette rounds before needing to be reloaded.

The last of the four mounts holds a six point missile launcher with each port armed only with mini rockets due to the fact that it's located on the right back panel. When not in use the rocket pod is locked in place on the right back panel. When needed the rocket pod slides up into place, but is limited to forward facing only. The Titan unit must turn via its torso to properly target something not directly in front of it. Highly vulnerable to attack.



Description:: A new take on the standard battleframe, the Titan model uses the frame to replicate humanoid appearance. Four mount points are the standard for battleframes, with the user needing to equip the unit with weapons. The Titan Battleframe makes use of the weapon mount points by equipping them to the arms and back panels of the unit. Each arm weapon has its own camera system linked to one of the four viewing screens in the cockpit. The other two cameras are equipped in the head unit. The "Eyes" each have cameras, with the last being located in the back of the unit's head.

The forward facing camera has infrared, thermal and night vision as standard options. The cameras on the weapons can link into those options only if the head is undamaged. If damaged, the unit loses front and rear views, being forced to rely on the cameras equipped in the arm weapons to see anything outside of the unit.

The frame is very resilient with its shielded joints and padded cockpit enables the machine absorb a bit of impact when attacked. A small refrigeration unit within has enough space for a gallon of water and some protein bars, though prolonged use is not advised. Although temperature controlled, it is not recommended that the pilot spend any period of time over twenty four hours within the unit due to muscle cramping.

Top running speed unaided by the repulsor system is 20 twenty miles per hour. When the repulsor system is used, the unit can move at 40 forty miles per hour. The unit is incapable of jumping. The arms are equipped with fully articulated hands, coupled with the humanoid frame it can be considered an all terrain vehicle. The vehicle is a single pilot unit where the pilot enters through the back. Two panels open up on either side of the rear with the pilot's seat folding down. The pilot climbs in and the seat folds back into the unit in an upright position and the panels close and secure themselves via mag lock.






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I'm imagining Titanfall, and this makes me happy.
 

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Actually a Battleframe is a real piece of equipment in Star Wars. The only mention of it is in the Revised Core Rulebook, and the description is very vague, so I figured I'd have it be something humanoid looking.


Point of Edit- This is the heavier model. The lighter model I'm working on is called the Tempest. Half the weight, half the armor, but better maneuverability. Lighter weapons.
 
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I see something more akin to the AMP Suit from Avatar, except that the weapons are hard-point mounted instead of being free fit like in the movie. Kinda like the mechs from The Matrix. Either way, sweet.
 

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Well the thing about that is, the one described on Wookieepedia is a bare frame work, with no weapons. This version is a lot more detailed. Even though I messed up and have the Titan with four mounts rather than the standard six. I'll have to keep that in mind when designing the Tempest.
 

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Yeah.

I seriously doubt this will be approved, no matter how cool you guys think it is. For one, it's way too big and powerful for a tiny indie faction to mass produce on any kind of scale.

Secondly, it's a straight up ripoff from Titanfall. And straight ripoffs/carbon copies aren't allowed on this site.

Thirdly, I do believe (but I'm not 100% sure) Boli has said he won't be approving any new tech for a while.
 

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Battle frames where around before titan fall.
 

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Yes, SoB. An entirely and completely different form of tech that happens to share names with this, does exist. As you said, canon Star Wars Battleframes weigh 20 kg. Which means they're more akin to power armour. Not a giant BattleMech, which this clearly is.

And it still doesn't change the fact that this is a Titanfall carbon copy, with a repeater/blaster instead of a machinegun.
 

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Well I never played the game so I will have to take your word for it. But I will say killer mechs predates titan fall by decades.
 

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Okay, well there are fictions with battle mechs besides titanfall, so I do see this as exceedingly plausible. KES is a major manufacturer, so maybe we'll make some.
 

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*Sighs* You're both missing the point.

I'm not arguing that there aren't settings with mechs and similar technology. The point of contention here is that THIS piece of technology is a CARBON COPY of TITANFALL'S take on THAT piece of technology, which means it is against the site rules.
 

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Other than the name it is a standard mech. Or is there some concept ripped from the game. I mean from screen shots and game footage tintanfall mechs are far bigger and better protected.
 

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I'll start by saying I love a mecha concept, but looking at the wookie page for it, I have to agree with Kiro here; like it or not, this is a Titanfall Titan.

My biggest concern, the size. While I am sure technology in the Star Wars universe is fully capable of creating a mech of Titan caliber, the T-1 is most definitely NOT a battleframe. Battleframes are described more like a powered exoskeleton, or quite literally a frame not much bigger than the operator. I am picturing something like the power-lifter suit from Aliens. This is significantly larger, and capable of significantly more maneuverability than the Battleframe page would infer.

However, this isn't a discussion on whether it will or will not be approved; they should always be towards finding a solution to better their chances and make a cool and unique piece of gear for us to play around with. I like the idea of a mecha like the Titan, but its a bit out of the reach of a small, independently funded organization hidden on Felucia. Perhaps a better design would be something, as I said, like James Cameron's AMP Suit; Rather than identifying it as a military-grade vehicle, I imagine that a small sect of good-aligned outcasts could repurpose and refit a small number of labor-mechas with weapons and upgraded plating to better deal with the threats of Felucia, such as the Acklay and Rancor. I'd cut back a bit on maneuverability, maybe limiting it to its run and a heavy, lopping jump given the nature of a heavy vehicle, but the durability can be due to its origin as an industrial tool rather than a weapon of war.

What purpose would The Order have for using such a vehicle? If they are a group of rogue or Grey Jedi, why would they need tools such as the T-1 to survive when it may be easier for them to simply survive by their own wits? These are the types of questions I like to ask myself before creating tech; we can create all the cool tech in the world here, such is the joy of Star Wars, but its of no use if nobody has a reason to use it more than "its fethin' sweet!"
 

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I don't understand how it's really a carbon-copy. But I'll take your word for it I guess.
 

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Honestly, I don't know enough about Titanfall to assess whether this is a carbon copy or not. What is clear, however, is that for a piece of tech supposedly based on the battleframe, it's nothing like the battleframe - or even anywhere close, in all honesty.

Some of the other members raised some pretty valid points about the ability to make these, or the viability of the tech, and I'm inclined to agree. There's also a question of balance, and - given I've only recently archived several power armors with similar or worse capabilities, it'd be odd for me to approve something like this, especially given that it has, in my view, poor justification for being a thing.

Given those reasons, I've decided to archive this.
 
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