HACS-01MG-HC/EW HUNTER COMMANDO EW
Southern Camouflage Patterns
While the majority of Terra Nova is covered in badlands and desert, the Northern and Southern regions have a diverse range off woods, prairies, jungles and swamps. Unsurprisingly, Terra Nova forces will paint their equipment to blend into the environment, so while you might normally see South in shades of green, if they’re fighting in the Badlands, they’re going to stick out.
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The Black Knight Draws Near…
Ar’tur Carranagh, Animus Golem
The Longbow Blitz Jäger is a Walking Arsenal
OACS-01M/HAS Longbow Blitz Jäger
The Agamemnon Thunders into Battle
PA-AX01 AGAMEMNON
If war were to break out between the North and the South, repercussions upon the Badlands would be unavoidable. Seeing the tensions build between the polar powers, the probability of conflict became a forgone conclusion. In preparation, Peace River and Paxton Arms began vehicle research and development in earnest.
L. Derek Evans, regarded by many to be a Gear design prodigy, was assigned to lead the Agamemnon team. Within three seasons, the first of the Agamemnon prototypes had been built. The armor necessary to meet the design’s required specifications was too heavy, and so Jean Robertson developed a special composite material for the design which proved lighter and more resilient than the armor used on the other Elite designs. Unfortunately the cost and labor involved in manufacturing the new composite prevent the replacement of the armor on the other designs with the Robertson composite until a more efficient manufacturing process is devised.
[Read More]Northern Camouflage Patterns
The different armies of Terra Nova are known to adopt camouflage patterns on their gears for combat when fighting in different environments. Today we’re showing off some of the canonic patterns used by Northern forces.
Desert and Badlands
Primarily brown, khaki, and ochre shades give a variety of options when creating paint schemes that are at home in the vast deserts and badlands on Terra Nova.
Desert 1
[Read More]The Para Jäger Longbow Drops In
The Para Jäger Longbow detailed for Hevay Gear Blitz! and the 4th edition Heavy Gear RPG.
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The Jaguarundi Stalks Again
HACS-02MG-ANN Jaguarundi
The Jaguarundi was designed to be a heavy scout capable of maneuvering across broken terrain while maintaining a good speed. The machine was originally planned by Northco to be competitive with the higher end Shaian Mechanics Gears such as the Strike Cheetah. To save on development cost, the Northco engineering team turned to one of the firm’s most agile designs, the relatively recent Jaguar, as the basic chassis. By reducing its armor and increasing its running speed through newer actuators inspired by the Nemesis Jaguar’s, the modified Jaguar, now somewhat reduced in size and mass, showed a greatly improved physical performance curve. The final product, however, was slower than the Strike Cheetah and much more expensive. Most of the expense came from its improved control systems, which were based on captured NNet designs dating back to the War. While the machine did perform well, its learning curve proved to be somewhat erratic.
[Read More]Heavy Gear Extended Content
Hello Everyone Welcome to the new Dream Pod 9 Community blog! We’ve just launched and wanted to share a bit about what you can expect to find here. We plan to do a couple posts a week about Heavy Gear and other DP9 games.
In case you don’t know me, my name is Nick and I am the Line Developer for the Heavy Gear RPG. You can find me online on the forums and discord under the handle “prof9844”. Today I want to introduce a new concept in the world of Heavy Gear called Extended Content.
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