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[Madman198237]

Huscarl Advanced Variable Range Anti-Air/Anti-Armor Multipurpose Modular Missile Munitions System
The Huscarl is a completely modular missile system meant to be used against every conceivable threat, while also filling some concerning gaps in our lineup---anti-aircraft, artillery, non-tank-based antiarmor, antiaircraft, artillery, and anti-aircraft artillery.

First up, the warhead. It's a single unit based on the Immolator's functionality, of all things, though obviously specially designed for the purpose. It produces a very large hardlight generator, much larger than any mere shotgun's, inside the front of the missile, where a warhead would typically go. Right in front of the generator is an empty space in the nosecone, which is then filled with highly condensed hardlight, as much as can be crammed in. When aimed at soft targets like planes and infantry, the generator overloads the hardlight containment which causes the warhead to fire the hardlight like the Immolator, in a gigantic and extremely widely-spread shotgun blast of hardlight destruction. When aimed at a hard target, the missile instead impacts the target, collapsing the lightweight aerodynamic nosecone and causing the hardlight to come into direct contact with the surface. The hardlight system maintains the hardlight's shape as long as possible, allowing it to burn through armor. Eventually, however, the hardlight system is damaged or disabled, and the hardlight bubble bursts, turning the inside of whatever vehicle is impacted into a hellscape of fire and hardlight as melted armor and fragments of hardlight are blown around the inside of the vehicle.

Second, guidance. The Huscarl is, of course, a guided weapon, capable of using its own network of sensors or any other network of sensors we have (satellite, recon aircraft, etc.) to make its way to the target and kill it. It can communicate with any computer system in our battle network for its targeting orders, and thus the launcher unit(s) don't need to be able to see a target to kill it. Control is provided via fins.

Third, propulsion. The Huscarl comes in two propulsion configurations, "short" or "long". Short is a simple rocket booster that quickly accelerates the rocket to high speed but burns out and falls away after only a short time. Long still has a "short" engine on it, which accelerates the rocket to supersonic speeds before dropping away. But after the short engine drops, there is a ramjet attached to the payload that maintains the weapon's speed until it can strike a target. Short Huscarls are useful on aircraft for air-to-air missiles over moderate ranges, air-to-ground work, or as short-ranged antitank missiles, and fit in the Peregrine's weapons bay. Long Huscarls are used as surface-to-surface or surface-to-air missiles.

Finally, mountings. The Short Huscarl is used in Peregrine weapons bays, but it also comes in a two-missile box launcher for surface use with either Long or Short variants. This box launcher can be mounted to the Rampage, Desert Rat, or Tormentor, and slung underneath the wings of the Einherjar.

Huscarl ASRAAM (Advanced Short Range Anti-Air/Anti-Armor Multipurpose Missile Munitions System)
The Huscarl is a universal missile system meant to be used against air and surface targets from every vehicle we possess.

First up, the warhead. It's a single unit based on the Immolator's functionality, of all things, though obviously specially designed for the purpose. It produces a very large hardlight generator, much larger than any mere shotgun's, inside the front of the missile, where a warhead would typically go. Right in front of the generator is an empty space in the nosecone, which is then filled with highly condensed hardlight, as much as can be crammed in. When aimed at soft targets like planes and infantry, the generator overloads the hardlight containment which causes the warhead to fire the hardlight like the Immolator, in a gigantic and extremely widely-spread shotgun blast of hardlight destruction. When aimed at a hard target, the missile instead impacts the target, collapsing the lightweight aerodynamic nosecone and causing the hardlight to come into direct contact with the surface. The hardlight system maintains the hardlight's shape as long as possible, allowing it to burn through armor. Eventually, however, the hardlight system is damaged or disabled, and the hardlight bubble bursts, turning the inside of whatever vehicle is impacted into a hellscape of fire and hardlight as melted armor and fragments of hardlight are blown around the inside of the vehicle. The warhead is sized for vehicle deployment and antivehicle use, so it's built to overkill the heaviest enemy tank (the NC's Hephaestus) to a small degree. As in, it pretty well always kills the tank if it hits, and could conceivably also kill a better-protected tank.

Second, guidance. The Huscarl is, of course, a guided weapon, homing in by using IR and IR-laser guided. This means that a running vehicle can be tracked, but so can a vehicle that is being painted through the simple expedient of pointing a laser rifle at it and burning off the paint. The sensor will detect the heat signature of the laser or running vehicle and track that target. The Huscarl is locked before launch and detonates either on contact (when in armor-piercing mode) or a set distance from the target (in area-target/anti-aircraft mode).

Third, propulsion. The Huscarl packs a powerful fast-burning rocket motor that accelerates it to high speed before burning out. This rocket motor is optimized for short length but high thrust so that the missile is overall smaller and lighter so as to be easy to fit on vehicles. This gives the Huscarl ASRAAM a relatively short range when fired from the surface, but respectable enough range when launched from an aircraft at higher altitudes.

Finally, mountings. The Huscarl is used directly in Peregrine weapons bays, but it also comes in a two-missile box launcher for surface use. This box launcher can be mounted to the Rampage, Desert Rat, or Tormentor, and slung underneath the wings of the Einherjar.

[frostgiant]

Huscarl ASRAAM (1): Frostgiant

[Happerry]

Here's a potential revision to take the Nanite Deconstruction System and make it a land mine.

'Entropy' Nanite Landmine
Based on the Nanite Deconstruction System, the Entropy is, while non-deployed, a small disk that can be deployed where someone wants a land mine. Once deployed, it builds out into a larger disk that comes with a magnetic detector, a motion detector, and a IFF signal checker surrounding a smaller disk shaped payload. Once it detects an enemy vehicle overhead, the smaller disk shaped payload launches four suction magnet equipped cords directly upwards, which then reals in the payload to the enemy vehicle. Afterwards, said enemy vehicle will soon find its armor lacking as it's being given a solid dose of entropy causing nanites, rendering it easy to destroy. Meanwhile the larger disk will be busy building a new payload disk for the next enemy vehicle...

Incidentally, they are also air droppable. Though of course when that is done they're usually less well disguised.


And here's a design.

Desert Fox Logistics and Support Buggy
Based on the Desert Rat Ruggedized Buggy, the Desert Fox replaces the entire passenger space and large weapon mount with two different systems, and one new front attachment. First of all, it has a built in Illuin Signal Booster as well as a large amount of Illuin Battery Packs taking up the majority of what once was passenger space, literally powering up friendly troops. Secondly, where the large used to be now lies the Vulcan Vehicle Construction Mega-Tool, a vehicle sized nanite construction system based on, though of course properly re-engineered and designed for its new scale, the Hephaestian Repair Tool allowing the Desert Fox to repair friendly vehicles, assist in the construction of remote weapon platforms like the Illuminator Anti-Armor Laser Turret, and construct any prefab designs we might later come up with. Lastly, it comes modified so it can, optionally, mount a dozer blade on the front for if stuff needs running over, any earth needs moving, or trenches need digging out.

Speaking of Prefabs, if the designers have time they're meant to come up with a wall design (door optional), a roof design, a 'wall with firing slits' design, and a waist height wall design for building with the Desert Fox.

Also have my vote.

Huscarl ASRAAM (2): Frostgiant, Happerry

[Madman198237]

Huscarl ASRAAM (3): Frostgiant, Happerry, Madman

[dgr11897]

Huscarl ASRAAM (4): Frostgiant, Happerry, Madman, DGR

Feels a bit reaching, but also like something that could easily be worth the risk.

[Naturegirl1999]

I’ll join, also an engineer will be helpful

[Man of Paper]

Turn 3 Design Phase

Proposal: Huscarl ASRAAM
Difficulty: Hard
Result: (6+5)-1=10, Superior

This ambitious project was quite the hassle for our R&D teams. While a familiarity with hardlight weaponry helped significantly, we don't have much knowledge in rocketry. Luckily, that's a relatively easy obstacle to tackle nowadays.

First, the dual-purpose hardlight warhead was an interesting concept that proved initially difficult to pull off, but we made it work. A high-power hardlight barrier is projected along the interior of the missile's nosecone forward of the hardlight generator and contains the build-up of "free" hardlight. Those operating the weapon system can toggle between a Hard and Soft Target mode. When in Hard Target mode, the containment field holds as long as it can, while the nose cone is designed to crumple on impact. The hardlight barrier within the nosecone is energetic enough to melt away the nosecone and cut through the object it's slamming into for a moment before that too collapses, releasing the hardlight that had been pumped into the nosecone for the duration of the missile's flight. These blasts can be devastating when they occur, say, within a vehicle or building. In Soft Target mode, the missile overloads it's hardlight barrier catastrophically, destroying the nosecone and throwing a massive dense concentration of hardlight in a cone forward. While the blast isn't that effective against harder targets (which are covered by the Hard Target mode anyways), lighter vehicles and infantry are thoroughly punished by the cone of hardlight.

Second, guidance. The missiles lock onto infra-red signatures and can be guided by IR-laser as well. The sensors in the missiles are designed to set the IR signature of the laser as priority over other environmental signatures, but the system operator can also override that option before launch to prevent accidental interference.

Third, the Huscarl uses a very potent propulsion system. The missile is loaded with an extremely efficient and potent fuel, allowing high thrust and high speed enough to take out targets at high altitude (so long as the aircraft doesn't maneuver too much). It also has a number of vector thrusters to allow the missile to turn on a dime and track agile targets with ease, but use of these will obviously impact overall flight time.

Finally, the Huscarl can be launched from the Peregrine's weapons bay as well as four-missile box launchers that can be mounted on vehicle hardpoints across our entire armory.

The Huscarl is a bit more complex than your standard missile, but it's potent enough that demand is extremely high, making it (CHEAP).

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IT IS NOW THE REVISION PHASE!

The suits have decided to expand operations even further, and have dedicated a significant amount of facilities to the Contract Wars! This means that from here on out, every turn will have 2 REVISIONS, allowing more flexibility in our progress as we move forward.

Spoiler: VS Armory (click to show/hide)

Weaponry

"Razer" ShotPistol: A very short-range "shotpistol" that fires a sparse of highly concentrated hardlight fragments. Capable of overloading hardlight shields, doing significant damage to flesh, and moderate damage to armored infantry. Requires a moment to charge when taken out of SAFE Mode. A little bulky, and hums constantly when active.  Usable by: All Classes (CHEAP)
-Immolator Shattergun: The ShotPistol's bigger, angrier brother. Fires a devastating cloud of hardlight filament out to 30m. Blocky appearance, but more comfortable than it looks. Has a foldable stock, pistol grip, and a pump action/forward grip that produces the sound of a traditional shell racking. Usable by: All Classes (CHEAP)

Spark Electrocarbine: An unreliable, quirky firearm capable of arcing bolts of electricity in the general direction of intended targets. There's practically a problem with every part of the Electrocarbine, and it's only really usable within Melee Range. Usable by: Light Assaults (VERY EXPENSIVE)

Monolith Laser Rifle: A light, powerful laser rifle roughly equivalent to a 10mm rifle. Internal energy stores allow it to fire around ten shots in succession before needing to cool for a suggested five seconds. When not being fired the rifle will passively recharge, making it very hard for opponents to figure out when it's safe to pop out of cover. While it's length makes it unsuited for CQB, it is very effective during Medium and Long range engagements. Usable by: All Classes (CHEAP)

Phantom Anti-Opposition Rifle: The Phantom is a devastating long range energy weapon which fires shots equivalent to a 15mm round. It fires a single, completely draining shot before immediately venting heat and requiring five seconds before passing the charge threshold required to fire again. The Phantom can devastate infantry and potentially cause significant damage to lightly armored vehicles. It has an adjustable digital scope capable of providing any level of zoom from 0x to 10x, and is effective at Long and Extreme ranges. Usable by: Infiltrators (VERY EXPENSIVE)

Scourge Rapidfire Energy System: The Scourge is the VS' answer to more standard LMGs. It utilizes a very large energy bank which allows a fire rate of 100 RPM with beams equivalent to 8mm rounds before requiring recharging, however overheating is a significant factor. It's also fairly heavy and lacks it's own methods of support. That said, it's still quite effective at Medium AND Long engagement ranges, something most other weapons of the same class cannot boast. Usable by: Heavy Assaults (VERY EXPENSIVE)

Bane Heavy Autolaser: A 12.8mm automatic laser capable of a fire rate of 100RPM, with a personal power supply containing energy for 100 shots with a 15 second recharge, an inability to stay on target, and negligible overheating issues. Cumbersome, but deployable on an infantry level, requiring usage of both the Primary and Secondary loadout slots. Usable by: Heavy Assaults (VERY EXPENSIVE)

Class-Defining Equipment

Basic VS Nanite Cloaking System: A small module that uses Nanites to divert light around the wearer. It provides invisibility to the naked eye for twelve seconds before requiring a full minute to recharge, and, unlike standard cloaking systems, movement does not affect power drain. Firing a weapon will disrupt and discharge the cloak though, requiring a full recharge regardless of how long the cloak was used for. Infiltrator Class Item (VERY EXPENSIVE)

Basic Jump Pack: A backpack utilizing jet boosters to provide upward thrust in order to reach high ground or reduce speed when descending. The boost can be sustained for five seconds before needing to recharge for twenty seconds. Light Assault Class Item (VERY EXPENSIVE)

Basic Medical Applicator: A small handgun-shaped healing tool that uses Nanites to mend wound slowly (for active battlefield standards) and is unable to Revivify fallen comrades before the Nanite Revivication Process respawns them at a secured base. Combat Medic Class Item (VERY EXPENSIVE) [OBSOLETE]

Caduceus Medical Applicator: A Nanite Medical System housed in the bracers of Combat Medic combat armor. Can revive fatally wounded soldiers at a fairly solid speed, with nanites prioritizing more critical injuries. They house and produce nanites fast enough to rarely have an issue with supply vs demand. Can also apply a nanite cloud for automatic wound healing without Medic intervention, though nanite cohesion lasts only for a few minutes. Combat Medic Class Item (CHEAP)

Basic Repair Tool: A device that uses Nanites to mend constructions and vehicles at a snail's pace. They are prone to overheating during extended usage, often requiring multiple breaks to fully repair even mild combat damage. Engineer Class Item (VERY EXPENSIVE) [OBSOLETE]

Hephaestian Repair Tool: A repair nanite dispenser system installed in the bracers of an Engineer's armor. Works slightly faster than the Basic Repair Tool, doesn't overheat nearly as much, and can repair significant damage to constructed objects (vehicles, doors, boots, etc.). Engineer Class Item  (EXPENSIVE)

Basic Overshield Generator: A module that, when activated, projects a mesh of Hard Light against it's user. This shielding can deflect or absorb some incoming fire but will fail under a significant or sustained attack. The barrier can be held for thirty seconds and requires two minutes without use to fully recharge. Heavy Assault Class Item (VERY EXPENSIVE)

Advanced Siren Comms Unit: A comms headset that can sniff out and decrypt enemy communications and various signals within 200 meters. A terminal on the forearm allows the user to attempt to manipulate or hack into enemy systems. A hardware upgrade in the second bracer comes with the ability to calculate the accuracy of incoming information, and displays the three most likely sets of data based on prior information sniffed from enemy wireless signals. Operator Class Item (EXPENSIVE)

Auxiliary Equipment

Self-Deleting Tube: A metal cylinder that, when activated, disintegrates. Usable by: All Classes (VERY EXPENSIVE) (OBSOLETE)

Nanite Deconstruction System: A metal cylinder able to attach to soft or metal surfaces with the ability to disperse nanites throughout material in a max. diameter of 150cm and depth of 10cm. Materials become weakened or fall apart after nanite exposure. Weakened materials can be battered through, and show no visible signs of being weakened. Usable by: All Classes (VERY EXPENSIVE)

Illuminator Anti-Armor Laser Turret: A turret requiring laser designation to fire a continuous 8cm beam for up to two seconds before a lengthy thirty second recharge. A human controller remotely designates a target that the turret's internal tracking and computations then tracks, allowing highly accurate fire concentrated on a precise area. The beam is capable of melting a hole in most armor. Best used a Medium and Long ranges. Usable by: Engineers (EXPENSIVE)

Basic Overshield Generator - Secondary Power Core: An extra attachment to the Heavy Assault's Overshield device that grants a second shield to be activated at will. Both shields working at the same time greatly increase durability at the cost of draining both cores. Usable by: Heavy Assaults (EXPENSIVE)

Illuin Signal Booster: A tripod and antenna that acts as a centralized communications node for connected Illuin battery packs (the standard VS power supply) with a radius of 250m. Usable by: All Classes, requires Two Auxiliary Slots (EXPENSIVE)

Vehicles

Tormentor Light Attack Buggy: A light, unarmored, lightning-fast attack buggy with room for three people - one driver, one forward-facing passenger, one passenger in a back section with a Phantom mount capable of 360 degrees of rotation, though the Phantom and passenger can be replaced by an Illuminator or 4-missile Huscarl ASRAAM. It is capable of hitting speeds of 120km/h on favorable terrain and is affected only slightly by rougher ground. (EXPENSIVE)

Desert Rat Ruggedized Buggy: A lengthened Tormentor with a passenger gun mount, a large weapon mount moved to the top of the vehicle, and extra seating for a total of 7 passengers (+1 Driver). The four seats (two small two-man benches) in the back can be removed for bringing supplies along for extended operations. The larger, reinforced vehicle still hits 120km/h and handles better over a wider variety of terrain. (EXPENSIVE)

Rampage Main Battle Tank: An MBT with a very low profile armed with a 15cm Illuminator and protected by ablative layered armor with a reflective outer layer as well as a protective skirt. The Illuminator fires at Thaw (a weaker beam with longer uptime meant for infantry targets), Bake (standard laser uptime), and Bonfire (a single draining, devastating pulse), and can usually stay on target. A remote-controlled Scourge is housed atop the turret, though it can be replaced by a 4-missile Huscarl ASRAAM box launcher. Uses an Emergency Shield as a safety net should it take a few solid hits. Can reach 100km/h on wide treads. (VERY EXPENSIVE)

Peregrine-T3 Air Superiority Fighter: A small, fast, nimble, unarmored VTOL fighter with a 20mm gimballed nose cannon connected to the aircraft's unified computer system, which aid in targeting as well as coordinating each part of the aircraft for maximum responsiveness and control. Reaches 1200kmh, and has weapons bay that can house extra fuel or a number of Huscarl ASRAAMs. The hull is designed and painted to reduce radar and UV signatures, while in-set engines reduce the thermal signature. Also has flares and chaff. (CHEAP)

Einherjar Rapid Attack Gunship: A lightly armored gunship using VTOL thrusters containing a pilot, gunner, and four passengers. Meant more for delivering and supporting infantry than contesting the skies, it mounts a single 20mm cannon in a nose turret. It can reach speeds of 375km/h and is extremely maneuverable, capable of flying through buildings and trees to deliver it's soldiers precisely where they need to be. (VERY EXPENSIVE)

Other:

Illuin Battery Packs: The new standard power supply for VS ground-based weaponry, capable of sharing power between one another in order to improve both rate of fire as well as the ability to sustain it. Charge for connected packs can double, and the pool of energy weapons can pull from is limited only by the amount of Sending systems connected. No sacrifices were made in regard to a single pack's capacity or recharge rates.

Huscarl ASRAAM: The Advanced Short Range Anti-Air/Anti-Armor Multipurpose Missile Munitions System uses a hardlight warhead that can pierce and detonate within hard targets or blast a cone of hardlight against soft targets. Utilizes infra-red tracking and IR-laser designation. Extremely fast and extremely agile, with limited but not too-limited range. Can be mounted on aircraft hardpoints as well as used in a 4-missile Box launcher. (CHEAP)

Spoiler: Class Loadouts (click to show/hide)

Primary: "Immolator" Shattergun(Cheap)
Secondary: Empty
Class Defining Equipment: Basic Jump Pack (Very Expensive)
Auxiliary:
Empty x3

Primary: "Scourge" Rapidfire Energy System (Very Expensive)
Secondary: "Razer" ShotPistol (Cheap)
Class Defining Equipment: Basic Overshield Generator (Very Expensive)
Auxiliary:
Basic Overshield Generator - Secondary Power Core (Expensive)
Basic Overshield Generator - Secondary Power Core (Expensive)
Empty

Primary: "Phantom" Anti-Opposition Rifle (Very Expensive)
Secondary: "Razer" ShotPistol (Cheap)
Class Defining Equipment: Basic VS Nanite Cloaking System (Very Expensive)
Auxiliary:
Nanite Deconstruction System (Very Expensive)
Empty x2

Primary: "Immolator" Shattergun(Cheap)
Secondary: Empty
Class Defining Equipment: Caduceus Medical Applicator (Cheap)
Auxiliary:
Empty x3

Primary: "Monolith" Laser Rifle (Cheap)
Secondary: "Razer" ShotPistol (Cheap)
Class Defining Equipment: Hephaestian Repair Tool (Expensive)
Auxiliary:
"Illuminator" Anti-Armor Turret (Expensive)
Empty x2

Primary: "Monolith" Laser Rifle (Cheap)
Secondary: "Razer" ShotPistol (Cheap)
Class Defining Equipment: Advanced Siren Comms. Unit (Expensive)
Auxiliary:
"Illuin" Signal Booster (2 Slots) (Expensive+1)
Empty

Spoiler: Outfit (click to show/hide)

1-4-1 Vanguard

Equipment: Tanks, Illuminators, and heavy equipment in general. Additional engineer classifications as compared to standard units.
Methods of Engagement: Preferring substantially heavier vehicles, going so far as to outfit their Rampage tanks and various buggies and VTOL aircraft with applique armor or heavier shielding at the cost of speed, they prefer the frontal approach instead of our standard mobile tactics. When we need to break enemy lines, the 1-4-1 Vanguard comes to the fore. They are responsible for taking weakened positions and shattering them with a final assault, surprising our enemies with the sudden change in tactics. Our standard light units follow up and rip apart the surviving enemies with more fast attacks.

Fluff: Formed from the more aggressive members of standard units, 1-4-1 Vanguard is provided with an unusually large contingent of engineers that are capable of keeping their heavier-than-normal vehicles in good repair. Vanguard Elements always have the highest proportion of engineers in their brigades as well as the most armor, but 1-4-1 Vanguard developed a reputation for being the most aggressive, heaviest, and least willing to hit-and-run in the entire army, and has an actually absurd ratio of armor to speed for our military, as well as more engineers than even a normal Vanguard Element.

Spoiler: Control Map (click to show/hide)

Spoiler: Terrain Map (click to show/hide)

Key:
Dark Grey - Dense Urban Ruins
Light Grey - Industrial Rubble
Thick Black Line - Abandoned Subterranean Expressway
Yellow Circle - Medical Facility (Control drops Combat Medic Class Equipment by one level)
Green Circle - Capital Building (Control on Map Swap grants Espionage Credit)

[frostgiant]

Pebble Anti-Infantry Explosive Mine.

The pebble is designed to piss off the enemy logistics, and hopefully drive them to an anerism.

The pebble Comes in a Small , Botchi ball Sized Cube. When thrown or dropped, the pebble detonates in midair spreading its payload far and wide. The payload consists of a Explosive charge, Made of the same fuel as that used by the Huskarl mixed with some Coagulents for fast and even combustion AKA an explosion, and a small Nano fabricator with Extremly limited lifespan.

Upon impact with the ground or concrete, the Fabricator, nased of work of both the cadiues and the Heasphestus, Begins to Dig itself and the charge into the surface. Small Ballbearing like orbs are Constructed from the surroudnings, packed tight and made very dense by the construction nanites, and are in fact what give the pebble its name.
When triggered by pressure,the explosive charge detonates, Propelling the Constructed pebbles like the claymore mine of old into whoever was unlucky enough to step on it.

A single Pebble Orbposses 12 charges and Fbaricator units, Creating 12 mines after throuwn by an infantry men, However, the primary use for the pebble will be Drops from peregrine bomb bays, dropping many Of the pebbles at the same time, each detonating into its components to cover swaths of territory in anti-personel mines.

If the enemy manages to clear the area of Pebble mines, a swift pass over head by a sigle peregrine should be enough to reapply the mines, erasing all of the enemies hard work.

ROUS Ruggedized Artillery/Logistics buggy.

The ROUS (Rodent of unusal size) Is designed to fuffil multiple roles at the same time, even if it does not excel at any of them. Stripping out all of the passenger seating and mouting more armour then the standard desert rat it was built from, The ROUS trades all of its Passenger space and storage compartment for Massive banks for Ilium batteries and Relays, Enough to feed entire assaults by itself provided short enough engagements.
In addition, The Rous Carries a pair of Box launchers, mounting the Huskarl. This enables it to Fire on IR designated targets and contribute to its own defense and the offense besides acting as a Massive energy Pylon.

The armouring that protects the Vehicle is light and is instead supplemented by Hardlight emitters similar to those we have used on the rampage and our own heavy assaults. Because of the sheer amount of power the ROUS can provide, its estimated that the Hardlight emitters will burn out from constant use long before the Rous runs out of power to feed it. This makes the ROUS at least a little resistant to logistics raiding, as it can turn on its Hardlight armour before trying to disengage, waiting for reinforcements or Blasting them to shreds with the 8 Huskarl Missles it mounts.

[Happerry]

'Spotlight' Illuminator Refit
While our Illuin Battery Packs are a marvel of usefulness, it is a sad fact that most of our weapon systems aren't really designed to take full advantage of the ample power supplies they offer, often from being designed before we invented the Illuin. The 'Spotlight' Refit is intended to be an across the board reworking of the Illuminator Turrets, as well as other systems which use Illuminator based laser cannons, to properly take advantage of the Illuin to increase firing rate in relation to the advantages of the enlarged power grid available to such weapons beyond their own, individual, power supplies.

Desert Shrew Logistics and Support Buggy
Based on the Desert Rat Ruggedized Buggy, the Desert Shrew replaces the entire passenger space and large weapon mount with two different systems, and one new front attachment. First of all, it has a built in Illuin Signal Booster as well as a large amount of Illuin Battery Packs taking up the majority of what once was passenger space, literally powering up friendly troops. Secondly, where the large used to be now lies the Vulcan Repair Mega-Tool, a vehicle sized nanite repair system based on, though of course properly re-engineered and designed for its new scale, the Hephaestian Repair Tool allowing the Desert Fox to repair friendly vehicles and assist local engineers in construction tasks. Lastly, it comes modified so it can, optionally, mount a dozer blade on the front for if stuff needs running over, any earth needs moving, or other dozer blade type tasks need to be done.

"Shelter" VS Overshield Generator
Much like our weapon systems, the Overshield Generator used by our Heavies predates the invention of the Illuin Power Sharing System, and as such is not optimized to fully use said system. With some hopefully simple changes, allowing the Overshield to do things such as absorb additional power from nearby supplies when the shield is stressed or as otherwise needed, the recharge rate, activation duration, and strength of the Overshield should be noticeably improved.

"Shadow" VS Nanite Cloaking System
Much like our weapon systems, the Nanite Cloaking System used by our Infiltrators predates the invention of the Illuin Power Sharing System, and as such is not optimized to fully use said system. As well, Victory Services has made advancements in Nanite manufacturing technology since the original design, as seen in the Caduceus. By integrating these newer then the cloaking system advancements into the cloaking system, allowing the Nanite Cloaking System to do things such as absorb additional power from nearby supplies when in use or stressed as well as improving it's ability to manufacture cloaking nanites, the duration and stability of the cloak should be noticeably improved.

[Madman198237]

Illuin Proprietary High-Density Power Supply Portable Unit
The 'Illuin Proprietary High-Density Power Supply Portable Unit', 'Illuin PHDPS portable unit', or just 'Illuin box', are all simple modifications of an existing standard small power supply to be completely independent, using the Illuin system to spread power to the rest of a soldier's equipment. This particular Illuin module is good only for extremely short-ranged transfer and has minimal storage, as it is meant only to power other devices with their own internal storage. It is further optimized to boost the functionality of various class items such as Light Assault jetpacks and Heavy Assault shields with a constant additional supply of power to increase uptimes and reduce the downtime between uses.

Conflagration Shatter Grenade
The Immolator is the bigger, unreasonably angrier brother of the now-seemingly-adorable little Razer shotpistol. The Conflagration is the Immolator's earth-shatteringly angry second cousin, a spherical "grenade" packing an Illuin high-density battery surrounded by hardlight emitters. When tossed into a room, trench, bunker, or squad of enemies, the battery lasts just long enough to fire off a storm of Immolator-esque shotgun blasts of hardlight in every direction for almost an entire second. The physical size of the mechanism and its energy requirements have been downsized by removing any piece of the hardlight system that had to do with "safe heat dispersion" or "accuracy" or "range" or "not shooting hardlight straight back into the user's face", and so the storm of razor-sharp bits of energy is completely random in direction and tends to liberally distribute a set of small molten holes in everything within a handful of meters.

The fun doesn't end there, however. The use of an Illuin battery means that the system can be recharged, so a soldier must only pick up their grenade and hit the other button (the one that doesn't result in everything being full of holes after approximately eleven seconds) to allow the grenade to recharge itself before being thrown again, at another hapless group of foes.

Desert Shrew Logistics and Support Buggy: (1) Madman
'Spotlight' Illuminator Refit: (1) Madman

[Naturegirl1999]

Desert Shrew Logistics and Support Buggy: (1) Madman
'Spotlight' Illuminator Refit: (2) Madman, NG
"Shelter" VS Overshield Generator: (1) NG

[Madman198237]

I read the Shelter again and part of it started me thinking. Dangit.

Illuin Requirements Adaptation System
Illuin is a unique and powerful system for redistributing energy from unused or non-stressed systems, but it can be better. We've altered the power-sharing setup to use a priority system that users can customize, but is also subject to certain predetermined limitations. This means that a "high priority" draw can override "low priority" draws, for instance a Heavy Assault's failing shield might begin to siphon energy from their weapon or nearby allies' presently unused weapons in order to keep the shield up longer, whereas an Infiltrator's rifle might be capable of drawing extra power from their unengaged squadmates for a more powerful shot as a "low priority" action. The predetermined limitations might include an engineering unit being set up so that their vehicle or repair equipment will siphon power to maintain vehicle functionality rather than the combat capability of members of the unit, since keeping their vehicles functioning is their primary purpose.

[Naturegirl1999]

Desert Shrew Logistics and Support Buggy: (1) Madman
'Spotlight' Illuminator Refit: (1) Madman
"Shelter" VS Overshield Generator: (1) NG
Illuin Requirements Adaptation System: (1) NG

[Happerry]

Desert Shrew Logistics and Support Buggy: (1) Madman
'Spotlight' Illuminator Refit: (2) Madman, Happerry
"Shelter" VS Overshield Generator: (1) NG
Illuin Requirements Adaptation System: (1) NG
Pebble Anti-Infantry Explosive Mine: (1) Happerry

[frostgiant]

Desert Shrew Logistics and Support Buggy: (1) Madman
'Spotlight' Illuminator Refit: (3) Madman, Happerry , Frostgiant
"Shelter" VS Overshield Generator: (1) NG
Illuin Requirements Adaptation System: (1) NG
Pebble Anti-Infantry Explosive Mine: (2) Happerry, Frostgiant