Designation: CP-14
Zoid(s) For: Hammerhead, Command Wolf (all versions, not with the Firestar Salvo pods)
Equipment Added: Anti-Zoid Rocket-Propelled Harpoon, RADOME Shield
Royalties: Orpheus
Cost: 50,000

During the war, the Viking’s Lance modification was designed to give the search-and-destroy Zoids, namely the Hammerhead and the Command Wolf. These were important Zoids for the Republic, and this unit was designed to enhance their tracking skills. The Viking’s Lance is composed of two parts, a Harpoon Unit and a Shield Unit. The Harpoon fits on the right side of the Hammerhead, where the Manoeuvre Missile Pod usually sits, just beside the head, while the Shield mounts on the other Manoeuvre Missile Pod hardpoint, removing these weapons. On the Command Wolf, the Harpoon sits on the Left foreleg, and the shield on the right foreleg. Because of how they are placed, the Viking Lance reduces the top speed of the Command Wolf by 15 km/h.
The Harpoon of the Viking’s Lance modification is a toughened spike is installed into a firing unit. It is basically a large, barbed spearhead that can be fired from the unit at speeds reaching 600 kilometres per hour, meaning it is quite able to punch into armour and hold fast because of the vicious barbs. It is attached to a seventy-five meter long reinforced steel cable, that is capable of reeling in the Zoid that has been harpooned. Of course, the Command Wolf, being so light, could just as easily end up reeling itself into the enemy Zoid, and in the water, unless it is reversing, the Hammerhead will move part of the way during the reeling in process. However, there is one special ability of the harpoon that is intended as a final-use technique. Packed into the core of the harpoon is a rather large amount of high explosives. Upon the command of the pilot, the harpoon can release from the cable, and at any time after that can be triggered to explode with the force of three missiles.
The other part of the Viking’s Lance unit is the RADOME Shield. Encased in tough armor on par with that on the Hammerhead, the RADOME is responsible for really improving the searching abilities of these Zoids. The RADOME provides both Zoids with some useful sensory equipment. It provides the standard Doppler RADAR and all-terrain mapping, but it also provides an ability that was once displayed by the sharks of Old Earth. The RADOME is ably to accurately track and display changes in the electromagnetic field of the planet to a distance of four kilometres overland, and ten kilometres underwater. The means that the RADOME can detect with unerring accuracy where any and all Zoids are within that radius. Not only that, but the RADOME can detect the volume of the change, providing information on the sort of power each Zoid is putting out. This leads to the Hammerhead and the Command Wolf being able to track any Zoid at all, even if they are completely stealthed, as no scientist has yet come up with a way to stifle the electromagnetic effect of Zoids on the environment.
The data collated by the RADOME contributes to an approximate 20% increase in accuracy to the equipped Zoid, due to advanced locating and GPS that serves to assist the RADOME. Any and all ally Zoids, whom the data can be broadcast to via the RADOME unit, receive a 10% bonus.