the Armor Bot

The Gi Joe Armor Bot is the ultimate expression of Star Brigade technology. It is an immense (36' tall) walking mech, armed to the teeth and having room for two Gi Joe operators. It is primarily a shiny white in hue, with blue and black trim in places.

Despite its humanoid appearance, the Armor Bot is treated as a conventional vehicle, as it doesn't enhance its operators' abilities like a battle suit, per se. Though designed for use in space, it can be put to work on earth in a pinch, though it's relatively slow-moving.

The Gi Joe Armor Bot has these characteristics and capabilities:

Armor-plated Body Shielding: the Armor Bot is heavily armored, of course. It has an effective material strength of Remarkable (30), and provides the occupants of its head module with Excellent (20) ranked body armor, -2 CS versus standard energy attack.

Communications Array: the Armor Bot is equipped with a gigahertz frequency, frequency wobbler clandestine operations radio system. This makes for Excellent (20) communications power (with a 25,000 mile range) that has Remarkable (30) ranked signal encryption.

Cyber-claw: the left arm of the Armor Bot terminates in an immense, three-pronged gripper claw. It can hold objects (or enemy combatants!) with Excellent (20) strength, and each individual 'finger' has a material strength of Incredible (40).

Chin Turret: mounted on the 'chin' of the Armor Bot (hence the name), this rotary turret is equipped with a powerful laser cannon. It can be fired to inflict Excellent (20) Armor Piercing Energy damage per blast, and can cut through up to Monstrous (75) m.s. materials with sustained fire.

Deflection: in addition to its obvious protective qualities, the Armor Bot is ray-shielded. Its highly polished metallic surfaces act to deflect laser energy at odd angles, providing the Armor Bot 2 CS of deflection where laser fire is concerned.

Environmental Independence: the Armor Bot can support its occupants for three days thanks to its stored air supply. This translates into Monstrous (75) environmental independence, where air is concerned; if they doesn't bring his own food and water, its operators will have to go without.

Grenade Launchers: each side of the Armor Bot's head is equipped with a grenade launcher. It can lob these up to a mile distant, and its payload explodes to inflict Remarkable (30) Edged Attack damage to the area it detonates in. If both launchers are used, add +1 CS.

Growth: the Gi Joe Armor Bot is huge! This thing stands a good thirty six feet tall, effectively giving it this 'power' at Excellent (20) rank. This gives the Armor Bot a +2 size factor, which inflicts a -2 CS to hit normal targets, though they get a +2 CS to hit the Armor Bot.

On the other hand, the Armor Bot gains the advantage of 2 CS of Damage Reduction against normal-sized foes, and also inflicts +2 CS damage in melee against them, as well. Its missiles, of course, don't benefit (or suffer) from any of these modifiers, effectively being separate vehicles.

Machine Guns: each side of the Armor Bot's head is equipped with a twinned machine gun mount. These can be fired to inflict Excellent (20) Shooting damage in a short burst, raised to Remarkable (30) Shooting damage when fired full-auto. If both twinned guns are used, add +1 CS.

Radar Array: Gi Joe's Armor Bot is tied into the military's satellite network, which acts to enhance its own radar transceiver. It can pinpoint and track targets within four miles of its location (Amazing (50) ranked radar system).

Resistance to Cold and Pressure Variance: designed to operate in outer space, the Armor Bot has to shield its occupants from the extreme cold and vacuum present present outside our atmosphere. It can resist these two hazardous forces at Monstrous (75) rank.

Six-shot Cannon: the right arm of the Armor Bot terminates in an immense, rotary barreled rocket launcher. It can fire up to six projectiles at once, inflicting +1 CS damage for each doubling of missiles that hits a single target simultaneously. Said missiles function as follows:

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