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Oxen Heavy Logistics Vehicle

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Oxen Union Of Worlds Heavy Logistics Vehicle:

Overview:
The Oxen is an old and venerable design, kept afloat by repeated upgrades the Oxen was designed during the Cylaurian wars as a heavy transport vehicle to be used by the military on forgein worlds. Aiding the Union in every war since the Oxen is garunteed to get a large number of supplies to the battlefront. Armoured enough to be able to withstand enemy fire the Oxen usually operates behind Union lines and alongside artillery companies but is capable to delivering to frontlines if required. While unarmed, it can be fitted with weaponry for defense in case of a particulaly dangerous warzone or delivery. However the Oxen is also a civilian vehicle, with both additional civilian and military variants available.

Capabilities:

Armament wise the Oxen isnt usually armed however it can be fitted with a Defensive Cascade cannon for anti infantry purposes, it can also if desperately needed mount a Ripper AT missile launcher as well.

Defensive measures and armour wise The Oxen has 25mm of Quantum lattice plate, it also mounts numerous frag launchers to destroy missiles and close in infantry. 

Electronic abilities wise the Oxen is equipped with a basic AI to aid location and target other than that light ECM can be added if needed.

Speed wise the Oxen is fairly mediocre for a large vehicle, able to go due to its hover units any terrain at around 50MPH or 70MPH at a push.

Variants:

Heavy APC variant: exchanging its supply loading area with a crew compartment the Oxen can hold a squad of 10 men with equipment and deploy them either behind lines or into the fray, mounting two cascade cannons and an ECM suite plus upgraded armour means this variant can withstand the vigours of combat.

Star Lance Heavy AA variant: The Unions principle Heavy AA missile the 'Star Lance' is used on Hellfire launchers to engage enemy shuttles, large gunships and even ships in low orbit, as well as enemy fighters at very long ranges. With over 1000km range the Star Lance missiles have multiple warheads to engage multiple enemies or inflict damage to a target in a greater area. These multiple stage missiles have been put on the Oxen frame with a load out of 6 launchers however a nearby Oxen fitted with Nano assemblers is required for additional ammo. fitted with additional targetting AIs and equipment as well as sensors allowing a deployable Star Lance platform to be used by Union forces in addition to their usual AA vehicles and equipment.

Portable Fusion Reactor Variant: mounting a typical Union fusion reactor this variant is designed to provide power to various elements of makeshift bases, units which require extra power, or civilian areas which have been stricken and need power restored. With no weaponry this variant is purely non combat and while the reactor is heavily armoured breaching it can cause catastrophic consequences.

Battlefield Sensor Variant: Equipped with a more compact version of a Union starships dimensional sensors this variant sits back with command elements of a main force and provides up to date intelligence about enemy forces. Its range of air forces is around a few thousands KM however the range is somewhat diminished on the ground due to interferance, rolling terrain, small units etc. and so it is mostly used for theatre air detection and links with most of the AA systems the Union deploys.

Heavy Shield Generator variant: Deployed with a heavy Sheath MK.12 crenelated phase shield this variants area of coverage is extremely large and when linked up to portable generators or larger power supplies can defend a base or large area from artillery or direct fire, and even orbital strikes for a very limited amount of time.


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