Gilouza Glaug "Commander's Pod"

(Version 1.00 - Last updated: 02/05/01)  
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 Robotech Masters designed their combat officers with sufficient aggressiveness that often commanders of Zentraedi battlefleets would join their troops on the front lines, this was later demonstrated with Khyrons abandonment of the bridge for the glories of the cockpit.  The second upgrade to the standard Glaug officer pod was the Gilouza Glaug Commander Pod.  The Gilouza was even more heavily armored than the Ex Glaug.  The only short range weaponry was the addition of two Glatrlan Diwhaug short range missile launchers designed for defensive purposes only.  Otherwise, the Gilouza is armed with extremely long range, greater than 10 kilometer, particle beam cannons and laser weaponry.   Due to the incredible energy requirements needed to fire all of the energy based weaponry two Xot'zerr-7c-DCr protoculture generators were added to the mecha.  Even the addition of two generators limits the number of weapons that a pilot can fire at any given time.  The main weapon of the Gilouza is a top mounted T'zer Liomentro laser cannon which  is capable of firing 30 MJ laser burst out to 20 kilometers.  

The Robotech Masters commanded that those who are given the honor of piloting these mecha are too valuable to  to die in simple mecha combat, as a result they are commanded to remain at least 10 kilometers behind the front lines and use the long range laser and particle beam weaponry to attack their enemy from a distance.  Only five were built and all were included in Commander Kergen Krashavera's border fleet.  All were believed to have been destroyed during the Ebolian conflict, as a result the actual combat statistics are only estimated by REF intelligence.

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 
Manufacturer: Robotech Masters
Crew: One pilot
 

MDC BY LOCATION:

Location Gilouza Glaug
Top Particle Beam Cannon 125
Arm Particle Beam Cannons (4) 75 each
Weapon Arms (2) 200 each
Arms (2) 75 each
Hands (2) 25 each
* Sensor Eye  100
Legs (2) 250 each
** Engine Thrusters (2) 150 each
*** Main Body 350 
		 
NOTES:

SPEEDS:

FLYING:
250 kph in planetary atmospheres, max acceleration 2.1g in space
RUNNING:
200 kph
LEAPING, SOLDIER CONFIGURATION:
150 m with boosters
 

STATISTICAL DATA:

HEIGHT:
21.5m
WIDTH:
9.5m
LENGTH:
13.1m
WEIGHT:
61.0 metric tones
PHYSICAL STRENGTH:
Equal to a P.S. of 60
CARGO:
None
POWER PLANT:
2 x Xot'zerr-7c-DCr protoculture generator with multiple protoculture canisters
PROPULSION IN SPACEBORNE OPERATIONS:
Engines: two Z'treni 16  plasma-shock expansion thrusters in the back, output 375 kN and a maximum sustained output of 254 kN.
DELTA V:
50 kps
GENERATOR ENDURANCE:
15 days of continuous use

 

WEAPON SYSTEMS:

  1. 1 x T'ZER LIMENTRO ASSAULT LASERS LASER:  The Gilouza Glaug mounts an advanced assault laser on the top of the unit instead of the traditional particle beam cannons found on other Glaug models.  Particle beam cannons lose their coherence due to the inherent repulsion of the charged particles themselves.  As a result, particle beams have a maximum range of 15 kilometers.  Although the T'Zer has a lower damage potential than a similarly configured particle beam, it is capable of firing 30 MJ of laser energy accurately up  20 kilometers.  The Z'zer is powered by its own Xot'zerr-X-7 micro protoculture generator which can provide power for up to 20 shots per minute.

     

  2. 2 x MAKRAL TSZIKATRO-07c PARTICLE BEAM CANNON:  Two Makral Tszikatro 05 particle beam cannons are mounted in either arm.  These weapons are the carbine version found on the Ex Glaug, hence they have a lower damage potential and a lesser maximum range.  Both of these weapons fire particle beam with yields up to 30 MJ out to 9,000m.  The weapon is powered directly from  the mecha's main energizers and can fire at up to 20 times per minute. 

     

  3. 2 x MAKRAL MARTSZUR-4 (PB-10):  Two  Makral Martszur particle beam cannons are mounted in both arms of the Gilouza Glaug under the Makral Tszikatro particle beam cannons.  Each cannon fires 9.5 MJ of particle energy every second; however, do to energy constraints the Makral p-beams can not fire simultaneously with the upper Makral partical beams.  

     

  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.  The incorporation of missiles to the Gilouza Glaug is for defensive purposes only. 

     

  5. HAND TO HAND COMBAT:.

STANDARD EQUIPMENT FOR GILOUZA GLAUG:

COMBAT BONUSES FOR GILOUZA GLAUG 

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