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Title: CP-02 Assault Unit


Solaris - June 14, 2005 03:09 AM (GMT)
Designation: CP-02 Assault Unit
Zoid(s) For: Saber Tiger
Weapons Added: 8-shot Missile Pod, 20mm Beam Cannon,
Special Abilities Added: Flight (temporary), Mounting Bracket, Sensor Transmission
Cost: 30,000

The main draw of the CP-02 Assault Unit is the flight pack, located on the center and rear back as well as the tail. Consisting of several wings, a pair of large, armored fuel tanks, and a bunch of small boosters, the flight pack allows the Saber Tiger temporary flight, improved agility, and 60 kilometers per hour of boosting power to bring it's top speed to 300 kilometers per hour while flying. It has only enough fuel for up to 12 seconds of flight per battle. Nonetheless, it has some definite advantages to it and allows the Saber Tiger maneuverability significantly better than most ground Zoids. Saber Tigers with CP-02 have been known to make long and high jumps, mid-air back flips, barrel rolls, and the like while using the flight pack. Please note that the flight pack is best used not for sustained flight, but as a "jump jet" system. Scaling walls, minor aerobatics, and an eternally grateful fuel supply can all be accomplished with much less fuel than a long burn. It drains the fuel quickly to keep the Tiger in the air for too long.

As far as weaponry goes, the CP-02 ends up moving some weapons, and adding others. Mounted on the front of the assault unit, over the neck of the Saber Tiger, is a flip-up 8-Shot Missile Pod. It fires standard missiles with a limited amount of heat-seeking if the pilot takes the time to attain a lock. In its normal position, this cradle points straight up, but it can pivoted to face forward to make the missiles reach their target faster and more accurately. In addition, a semi-auto, thoroughly standard 20mm beam cannon is attached on the right-side mounting arm of the pack, and it can rotate 360 degrees on the vertical axis.

In addition, the standard 20mm Beam Cannons normally in the shoulders are moved onto the right-side mounting arm of the Assault Pack. One is on the end, whereas the other on the top of the 20mm Beam Gun. The sensory unit is moved to the left-side mounting arm and amplified to allow it to transmit sensor data to teammates. The 3-Shot Missile Box is moved to a mounting tower with a 360 degree horizontal turret in the center of the assault pack on the back. The Dual 30mm Beam Cannon is moved to a spot behind the tower, preventing it from facing forward.

Finally, the CP-02 supplies two mounting brackets for the CP-03 Beam Gatling Unit, specially hooked up with power feeds to supply the beefy gatlings with energy. Whereas the normal Saber Tiger can mount one CP-03, with the flight pack installed, it can equip two. Each slows its maximum speed (land and flight) down accordingly, and stalling in the air isn't a smart move. Each one can rotate 30 degrees outwards and 10 degrees inwards, with 20 degrees of horizontal rotation.

*Please note that the CP-02 Assault Unit cannot be "ejected" in battle. The mountings are secured very tightly to enable safe, responsive flight in a Zoid so unsuited for the air, and cannot be loosened or attached unless out of battle completely.




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