The Defender 46 (from it's 2046 release date) was designed to serve as both a police battlesuit and police motorcyle. The theory was that a trooper would ride the Defender 46 in cycle mode for patrols, then switch to battlesuit mode at the first sign of trouble. Unfortunately, the precinct used to test the 'suit found this doctrine unacceptable. In cycle mode, the trooper is completely exposed to fire; because of the requirements of the battlesuit control system, the officer is unable to wear any effective armor or carry more than a small handgun.
As a result, only about 100 or so Defender 46's have been built in the past three years, most of them used experimentally by police and military. Most agree it is a fine piece of equipment, if anyone can find a use for it.
The Defender 46 mounts internal weaponry. The autoshotgun and 30mm AGL are well-suited for police use in an urban environment. The ASG is normally uses rubber shot and the AGL uses tear gas. However, there is no reason more lethal ammunition can't be used (the AGL feeds from 20-round and 15-round magazines and the ASG from two 70-round magazines).
Subassemblies: Body +0, limited rotation Turret -2, two Arms
-1, two Legs +0
P&P: 2 kW improved legged drivetrain, 18 kW improved wheeled
drivetrain, 18-kW turbo ceramic, 8 gallons diesel (0.54 gph) in self-sealing
light tank, two 4,450-kW rechargable batteries,
Occ: 1 BCS (144-180 lb pilot; versions also exist for 112-140
lb pilots)
Cargo: 0.6 cf (generally enough for a 9mm pistol, two extra
mags, and handcuffs; and some personal gear12 lbs total)
| Armor | All |
| All | 4/30 C |
Weaponry
30mm grenade launcher [Left Arm:F] (35 tear gas)
12-gauge autoshotgun [Right Arm:F] (140 shot rounds)
Equipment
Turret: HUDWAC, radar (1 mile, Scan 11), thermograph (0.5 mile,
Scan 9), LLTV (x4 mag), 2x mini comsuites, small hardened computer
(C2), IFF
Body: NBC kit, quick access, tiny hardened, dedicated computer
(C1)
Right/Left Arms: ST 60 cheap arm motors each
Statistics
| Size: 6.8'x2'x2.1' | Payload: 274 lbs | Lwt: 1,322 lbs (xx tons) |
| Volume: 14.7 cf (Size Mod: +2) | Maint.: 56 hours | Price: $128,600 |
HT: 12
HP: 60 [body], 26 [each leg], 42 [each arm], 21 [each wheel],
18 [turret]
Legged Performance
| gSpeed: 15 | gAccel: 8 | gDecel: 20 | gMR: 3.25 | gSR: 2 | GP: low (full) |
Wheeled Performance
| gSpeed: 100 | gAccel: 5 | gDecel: 20 | gMR: 2 | gSR: 2 | GP: very high (1/8) |
Design Notes
Frame is expensive heavy for 5.5 cf body, 1 cf turret, 0.55 cf wheels,
1.25 cf arm (each) and 2 cf (each) leg. Structural and surface features
include sealed, basic sound baffling, and basic chameleon. Body has ST
104.
Variants
There are several alternate weapon loadings.
* 10mmC MG with 600 rounds ammo
* 7mmC gatling with 1800 rounds ammo
* 80mm rocket launcher with 17 rockets
* 50mm rocket launcher with 25 rockets
* Light flamethrower with 18 shots
New Weapons
12-gauge autoshotgun: short barrel, low-powered, smoothbore,
light automatic
(shotshell) Dam 4d, Acc 7, SS 12, 1/2Dam 25, Max 220, RoF 9
(APS) Dam 7d(2), Acc 8, 1/2Dam 350, Max 3,300; other stats as above
30mm auto grenade launcher: short barrel, light automatic, low-powered
Dam 5d [2d] (HE), Acc 11, SS 17, 1/2Dam 350, Max 2600, RoF 2; Other
Ammo: tear gas - 3 yard radius; HEAT 6d(10)
10mmC machinegun: long barrel, heavy automatic
Dam 9d, Acc 13, SS 17, 1/2Dam 900, Max 4,500, RoF 8/20
7mmC machinegun: long barrel, six-barrel electric gatling
Dam 6d+1, Acc 13, SS 17, 1/2Dam 750, Max 4,000, RoF 60/100
80mm rocket launcher: fast autoloader
Dam 6dx8[6d] HE, Acc 11, SS 12, 1/2Dam 400, Max 400, RoF 1
50mm rocket launcher: heavy automatic
Dam 4dx4[4d] HE, Acc 12, SS 12, 1/2Dam 600, Max 600, RoF 8
Light flamethrower
Dam 3d, Acc 8, SS 5, 1/2Dam 40, Max 55, RoF 4