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| EZ-006DV "Crimson Molga" Type: Insect (Caterpillar) Length: 13.5 meters Height: 3.15 meters Beam: 3.3 meters Weight: 23.2 tons Speed: 100 kilometers per hour (land) 27.78 meters per second 100 knots (sea) 51.44 meters per second (surface) Equipment: Deck Gun Depth-Charge Launcher 4x Homing Torpedoes Seadog Operations Suite Jolly Roger Flag (Free with purchase!) Armor Description: The Corsair Unit, affectionately dubbed the “Crimson Molga,” builds a boatlike hull design onto the existing Molga. Due to the prevalence of both beams and high explosives in naval combat, the hull has been reinforced with heavy support beams and covered in a thick plating of special reactive armor designed to protect against the “bursting” damage that beams, torpedoes, shock cannons and the like inflict. This, however, means that lasers, inert slugs, and good old melee weaponry are very effective against it. The Molga’s got many redundant systems, though, and proves to be very difficult to sink, even under extreme damage. Mobility and Power Source: The Crimson Molga has had a series of high-powered thrusters installed down its aft, with one pair to each of the tail segments except for the very last one. Its excellent seagoing speed, though, comes at the cost of being able to dive like other naval Zoids; the Molga is a surface vessel only. Fear not, though, as its deep, buoyant V-hull can punch through mighty swells and everything’s been waterproofed to survive being submerged. Finally, it displays excellent maneuverability, using its V-hull and caterpillar flexibility to cut swift turns in the water. Its energy-efficient design also allows it to run for ages without tiring. Weaponry and Equipment: Deck Gun: A 12-pound rifled parrot (that’s a Bignasty™ brand cannon to you) mounted on the bow section of the Crimson Molga afore the head. It’s hard to suppress a “yarr!” when firing this thing; it’s big, loud, emits a large plume of smoke and fire when it goes off, and it hurts pretty bad. Due to its short muzzle and relatively small size, the gun isn’t perfectly accurate, and tends to fire high. The shell doesn’t travel as fast as most modern weaponry, so there’s a slight lag time between the booms. It takes approximately four seconds to reload, and features 100 degrees of rotation to either side. Depth-charge launcher: This is a rack mounted on the aft end of the Molga, occupying the last three segments (excluding the stinger mount) of the thing’s tail – special struts still allow the tail to flex. It holds twelve gunmetal-gray drums one after another. Armored rails ensure that it’s somewhat difficult to target the explosives from any direction other than above. These are extremely powerful explosives, which can be set to go off after reaching a certain depth. They take a few seconds to sink, but even a near miss from these guys can have devastating results to a submerged object. Alternately, they can be set to explode after a certain number of seconds once dropped. 4x Homing Torpedo These little beauties, mounted two to a side on the thorax behind the wheel-wells, are most reminiscent of the Molga’s new role as a PT boat. They’re honest-to-Providence torpedoes, being designed almost solely to work in water. As such, they have an inert charge similar to C4 to prevent premature detonations. In addition, their motors are propeller-driven, unlike the pre-oxygenated rockets of most conventional zoids. There’s basically no way to set these things off unless they’re armed and launched. However, they’re near-useless on land unless you get real creative. In water, they travel at 80 knots and feature uncanny accuracy, able to lock onto something as small as a stabilizer cap. - It should be noted that these occupy the space where the CP-07's braces attach, and they will need to be removed in order to mount the cannon, should one desire. Seadog Operations Suite The original sensory suite and H-HUD of the Molga has been improved upon for its nautical incarnation. With the development of the boat hull built around the Molga’s frame, the pilot literally can’t see out of the cockpit once inside, save for a tiny submersible-like porthole on the underside, reinforced with thick acrylic. The Crimson Molga has an improved holographic heads’ up display in the cockpit receiving feed from sonar and audio equipment, all-weather 3D radar, infrared and weather-mapping equipment to create a near-perfect hologram updated sixty times per second. The feed comes from many external sensors along the hull. Finally, the SOS comes with equipment to transmit all this to teammates, including a pre-installed Morse Code broadcast machine. Jolly Roger Flag It’s a Jolly Roger flag. You can’t have the Crimson Molga without a Jolly Roger flag. It comes with a four-meter mast that can attach to either side, or the middle, of the front thorax. Fly it with pride, matey. |