Military Vehicles of the Chilean Empire

The military vehicles of the Chilean Empire are given designators depending on the city which is home to the design bureau responsible for them. For the vehicles on this page they are:

• Ayacucho (Aya), in Huancayo province (formerly southern Peru).
• Rancagua (Ra), in Aconcagua province (just south of Santiago).
• Tarija (Ta), in Aconcagua province (formerly southern Bolivia).

Military vehicles are generally run from on-board cold fusion generators (current technology can just get them small enough) which power all on board-systems. This gives them extremely long duration and range. All military grav vehicles are also fully sealed and space-capable; this also allows them to operate underwater, generally to depths dependant on how heavily armoured the vehicle is.

Very few modern combat vehicles have windows. Instead, multiple sensor systems and computers provide an integrated picture of the vehicles surrounds to the operator.

Ta-704 'Blood Eagle' Grav Fighter/Attack Aircraft

Designed to carry a crew of two (pilot and weapons operator) at speeds of up to mach 8.35 with world-wide range. It has sufficient thrust to reach orbit under its own power.

• 12.5 tons mass
• Full sensor suite
• NBC-sealed, space and underwater-capable environment systems
• Anti-IR and anti-audio stealth systems
• Six-use holographic cloaking device
• Twenty-shot internal missile bay. Usual load 16 long range missiles and four napalm missiles. All missiles are indirect fire and terrain following
• Two UV light laser cannons
• External manipulator arms
• External cargo attachment hard-points

Click here for the Champions statistics of the Ta-704.

Ra-315 Grav Main Battle Tank

Designed to carry a crew of three (driver, commander and gunner) at speeds of up to 540 kph. It has more lift capacity than that required to lift its own weight, allowing it to (with the aid of its manipulator arms) act as a bulldozer, a cargo lifter and a battlefield recovery vehicle. It cannot reach orbit under its own power, but experiments have been carried out with booster packs to allow it to do so.

• 25 tons mass
• Full sensor suite
• NBC-sealed, space and underwater-capable environment systems
• Six-use holographic cloaking device
• Main turret UV laser cannon
• Eight shot indirect-fire terrain-following missile launcher
• Four autofire UV anti-personnel lasers
• External manipulator arms
• External cargo attachment hard-points

A heavy ground attack variant of this vehicle, the Ra-316, also exists. This is created by inverting the hull around the crew compartment and drives, so that the main weapons systems point downwards rather than upwards.

Click here for the Champions statistics of the Ra-315.

Aya-162 Grav Armoured Personnel Carrier

Designed to carry a crew of two (driver and commander/gunner) and up to ten fully equipped troops at speeds of up to 540 kph. Designed to complement to the Ra-315. It has more lift capacity than that required to lift its own weight, allowing it to (with the aid of its manipulator arms) act as a bulldozer, a cargo lifter and a battlefield recovery vehicle. It cannot reach orbit under its own power, but experiments have been carried out with booster packs to allow it to do so.

• 25 tons mass
• Full sensor suite
• NBC-sealed, space and underwater-capable environment systems
• Six-use holographic cloaking device
• Four autofire UV anti-personnel lasers
• External manipulator arms
• External cargo attachment hard-points

Click here for the Champions statistics of the Aya-162.

Aya-178 'Whisperdeath' Covert Operations Grav

Designed to carry a crew of two (driver, four gunners and a commander) and up to twenty fully equipped troops and/or one or more grav aircraft at speeds of up to Mach 2.65. It cannot reach orbit under its own power, but experiments have been carried out with booster packs to allow it to do so.

• 100 tons mass
• Full sensor suite
• NBC-sealed, space and underwater-capable environment systems
• Six-use holographic cloaking device
• Two main turrets each with a UV laser cannon
• Two sixteen shot indirect-fire terrain-following napalm missile launchers
• Eight autofire UV anti-personnel lasers with co-axial grenade launchers
• External manipulator arms
• External cargo attachment hard-points

Click here for the Champions statistics of the Aya-178.

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