Ex Glaug "Enhanced Officer's Pod" 

(Version 1.00 - Last updated: 02/01/01)  
Original design presented in Macross: 2036                               
Background by Kenneth Olson
Background Information derived from Robotech Technical Files
 

BACKGROUND 

Initial Robotech Master mecha designs for the Zentraedi were massed produced with little thought placed in the defensive capabilities of the unit.  The Masters believed that  mass quantities of units alone would intimidate most cultures into submission.  As such a majority of the Zentraedi designs were meant to be easily massed produced with little though placed in the defensive capabilities of the units.  

After the initial battles with the Disciples of Zor and the continuing conflict with the Invid, the Robotech Masters came to the realization that quality possesses its own quantity.  The Masters had always valued their officers more than the common soldiers by providing them more advanced and capable mecha and therefore it was no surprise that the first updates to the Zentraedi arsenal would be to the officer's mecha.  

The first design that was created was the Ex Glaug, or the Enhanced Officer's Pod.   Outwardly, it is similar in appearance to the standard Glaug; however, the 'Ex' possesses 200% more armor in the legs and main body.  The  top mounted particle beam cannon was upgraded to the more powerful Makral Tszikatro 07 model.  The lower arm autocannons were replaced with two additional Makral Martszur-4 particle beam cannons.  This allowed the Ex Glaug to fire 40 MJ in a combined burst from all four arm mounted weaponry.  The underbody autocannons were replaced with two X'leryt Munta lasers to be used primarily in an anti-missile/personal role.  The missile load was increased to include 24 short range Maggot missiles stored in two launchers in the rear of the mecha.  Design simulations showed the the Ex Glaug could destroy any of the Disciple of Zor or Invid mecha in less than 5 seconds of combined particle bursts. 

Some 500 Ex Glaugs were produced and all were placed with the the Border 27 Reconnaissance Fleet,  led by  Commander Kergen Krashavera.  Only 47 were destroyed in the 10 years from 2009 when the fleet was assembled to 2018 when Border 27 entered into the Ebolia system.  In 2019 during the Ebolian War, Earth Defense Forces were completely taken by surprise by the new Zentraedi designs.  None of the information that the allied Zentraedi provided the EDF indicated that the Zentraedi possessed such units and the initial skirmishes went badly for the RDF.  However, Krashavera was later killed and the Zentraedi and Ebolian fleet was eventually destroyed at the price of the near complete destruction of the remaining allied Zentraedi capital ships and the aging RDF fleet.  Several Ex Glaugs were captured and studied by the REF for possible inclusion in the expeditionary fleet; however, by 2019 work on the Z-1 and Z-2 battlepods was largely completed and engineers felt that a micronian version of the Ex Glaug would not be more effective and therefore dropped.

An RPG supplement for Robotech Crystal Dreams will be released by Robotech Research in the near future (estimated release date March 2001)

RPG STATS

Vehicle Type: One person all weather ground combat mecha
Class: Zentraedi Mecha Armor
Manufacturer: Robotech Masters
Crew: One pilot
 

MDC BY LOCATION:

Location Ex Glaug
Top Particle Beam Cannon 100
Arm Particle Beam Cannons (4) 50 each
Weapon Arms (2) 200 each
* Under mounted Laser Cannons (2) 25
** Sensor Eye  75
Legs (2) 200 each
*** Engine Thrusters (2) 100 each
**** Main Body 300 
		 
NOTES:

SPEEDS:

FLYING:
300 kph in planetary atmospheres, max acceleration 2.6g in space
RUNNING:
250 kph
LEAPING, SOLDIER CONFIGURATION:
185 m

STATISTICAL DATA:

HEIGHT:
19.5m
WIDTH:
8.5m
LENGTH:
12.4m
WEIGHT:
55.0 metric tonnes
PHYSICAL STRENGTH:
Equal to a P.S. of 60
CARGO:
None
POWER PLANT:
1 x Xot'zerr-8-DCr protoculture generator with multiple protoculture canisters
Propulsion in Spaceborne operations:
Engines: two Varrebotsz type 14  plasma-shock expansion thrusters in the back, output 370 kN and a maximum sustained output of 250 kN.
Delta V:
50 kps
Generator Endurance:
15 days of continuous use

 

WEAPON SYSTEMS:

  1. 1 x MAKRAL TSZIKATRO-07 PARTICLE BEAM CANNON:  The Ex Glaug mounts an advanced version of the Makral Tszikatro 05 particle beam cannon found on the Glaug Officer Pod.  This weapon is unit to the Ex Glaug battlepod  and can fire particle beam with yields up to 40 MJ out to 10,000m.  The weapon is powered directly from  the mecha's main energizers and can fire at up to 20 times per minute. 

     

  2. 4 x MAKRAL MARTSZUR-4 (PB-10):   Four Makral Martszur particle beam cannons are mounted in both arms of the Ex Glaug.  The lower two cannons replace the venerable, and largely ineffective, Moldile Lunaditsz 95 autocannons.  Each cannon fires 9.5 MJ of particle energy every second.  

     

  3. 2 x X'LERYT MUNTA LASERS:  Two medium range lasers are mounted under the chin of the Ex Glaug in place of the Moldile Tszan 83 autocannons. Each laser is capable of firing single shots of 3.6 kJ accurately out to 1500m.  The weapon is powered directly from the main protoculture generators providing  enough power to fire the cannons 40 times per minute.   

     

  4. 2 x GLATRLAN DIWHAUG SHORT RANGE MISSILE LAUNCHERS:   Two short range missile launchers are mounted on either side of the main body.  Each launcher holds 12 short range Maggot universal dogfight missiles.  

     

  5. HAND TO HAND COMBAT:.

STANDARD EQUIPMENT FOR EX GLAUG:

COMBAT BONUSES FOR EX GLAUG: 

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