Mass: 50 tons
Movement Type: Hover
Power Plant: GH PowerMaxx 180 FuelCell Plus
Cruising Speed: 86.4 kph
Maximum Speed: 129.6 kph
Armor: StarSlab Standard
Armament:
1 Autocannon/20
1 Small Laser
Manufacturer: TriStar Intersellar
Primary Factory: Sherwood
Communication System: TriStar Multilink II
Targeting & Tracking System: TriStar TrackMaster III W/ ArtiSpot
Introduction Year: 3020
Tech Rating/Availability: IS Level 2
Cost: 6.20 million C-bills
Overview
The Malevolent Hover Tank is an offshoot of the Malice and Malcontent fighting vehicles, adding a highly mobile hover option to commanders using the same turret and subsystems.
Capabilities
When it was first introduced, many critics attacked the Malice for it's lack of tracks. The Malevolent counters that criticism with a hover drive train, allowing for rapid movement while maintaining commonality with it's wheeled and tracked bretheren.
Deployment
The 'Mal' series looks to form the core of the TSG's medium and light armor units, becoming a "budget omnitank". As TriStar Interstellar owns both Memphis Motive Systems and the Tennessee Star Gurads, it is unlikely that this situation will change.
History
The protype
Type: Malevolent
Technology Base: IS Level 2
Tonnage: 50
| Equipment | Mass | |
|---|---|---|
| Internal Structure | 5 | |
| Engine | 400 Fuel Cell | - |
| Cruising MP: | 8 | |
| Flanking MP: | 12 | |
| Heat Sinks: | 0 | - |
| Control Equipment: | 2.5 | |
| Turret: | - | |
| Armor Factor: | 144 | - |
| Internal Structure | Armor Value | |
|---|---|---|
| Front | 5 | 37 |
| R/L Side | 5/5 | 28/28 |
| Rear | 5 | 23 |
| Turret | 5 | 28 |
| Weapons and Ammo | Location | Critical | Tonnage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ammo SRM-6 | Body | 1 | 1 |
| Machine Gun Ammo - Half | Body | 1 | 0.5 |
| Large Laser | Turret | 2 | 5 |
| SRM 6 | Turret | 2 | 3 |
| Machine Gun | Turret | 1 | 0.5 |
| Weapons and Ammo | Location | Critical | Tonnage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ammo AC/20 | Body | 1 | 1 |
| Ammo AC/20 | Body | 1 | 1 |
| Autocannon/20 | Turret | 10 | 14 |
| Small Laser | Turret | 1 | 0.5 |
| Weapons and Ammo | Location | Critical | Tonnage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Machine Gun Ammo - Half | Body | 1 | 0.5 |
| Ammo LRM-15 | Body | 1 | 1 |
| Ammo LRM-15 | Body | 1 | 1 |
| Ammo SRM-6 | Body | 1 | 1 |
| Machine Gun | Front | 1 | 0.5 |
| LRM 15 | Turret | 3 | 7 |
| Medium Laser | Turret | 1 | 1 |
| Machine Gun | Turret | 1 | 0.5 |
| Machine Gun | Turret | 1 | 0.5 |
| Infantry Bay (2.0 tons) | Body | - | 2.0 |
| Weapons and Ammo | Location | Critical | Tonnage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ammo AC/20 | Body | 1 | 1 |
| Ammo AC/20 | Body | 1 | 1 |
| Machine Gun Ammo - Half | Body | 1 | 0.5 |
| Autocannon/20 | Turret | 10 | 14 |
| Machine Gun | Turret | 1 | 0.5 |
| Weapons and Ammo | Location | Critical | Tonnage |
|---|---|---|---|
| CASE | Body | 1 | 0.5 |
| Ammo SRM-6 | Body | 1 | 1 |
| LB 10-X AC Ammo | Body | 6 | 11 |
| LB 10-X Cluster Ammo | Body | - | - |
| SRM 6 | Turret | 2 | 3 |
| LBXAC10 | Turret | 7 | 12 |
| TAG | Turret | 1 | 1 |
| Weapons and Ammo | Location | Critical | Tonnage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gauss Ammo | Body | 1 | 1 |
| Gauss Ammo | Body | 1 | 1 |
| Gauss Ammo | Body | 1 | 1 |
| Machine Gun Ammo - Half | Body | 1 | 0.5 |
| CASE | Body | 1 | 0.5 |
| Machine Gun | Front | 1 | 0.5 |
| Hitch | Rear | 0 | 0 |
| Gauss Rifle | Turret | 7 | 15 |