Hand armaments: double-barreled heavy plasma rifle, output rated at 7 MW total (2x 3.5 MW), stored on back, powered by reactor contacts in fingers or graphcaps, hand-carried in use.
Special equipment: BCI control system
The three factions split into working groups X, Y, and Z. Each group resolved to settle the issue by producing a Dolph prototype that embodied its core design philosophy.
Group Y embraced the theory that a good offense is the best defense and the best offense. They started with a CF-015 Zwei Dolph and added as many integrated energy weapons as the frame would hold. Then they bolted on another layer of armor–more for the additional weapon hard points than for protection–and crammed in as many weapons as it would hold. These weapons included myriad plasma cannons and a sextet of powerful lasers based on data acquired from the enigmatic Harvester CF. A pair of large plasma swords each as powerful as the XCD-101 Ezekiel’s signature melee weapon and a double-barreled plasma rifle capable of dishing out 7 MW of destruction supplemented the unit’s integrated arsenal.
The group dubbed their creation the AZY-002 Heavy Armor Dolph Y. Though optimized for all-out attack, the CF’s layered armor gave it XSeed-class protection. Though it incorporated a dual-reactor design similar to the simultaneously developed AZZ-003 Heavy Armor Dolph Z, The Heavy Armor Y proved somewhat slower due to reserving the lion’s share of its massive generator output to powering its weapons. Thanks to its two powerplants and internal capacitors, the AZY-002 could fire its entire weapons loadout at once, though doing so left it completely drained.
Even with the help of an onboard A.I., the AZY-002’s test pilots found its vast arsenal hard to manage. Group Y custom-tailored a batch of nanomachines that could be injected directly into a pilot’s brain. These nanites would form a second neural net, enabling direct brain-computer interface with the AZY-002’s A.I. In effect, a pilot using this system could operate the Heavy Armor Y’s integrated weapons by thought alone, drastically reducing reaction times.
Though its exorbitant cost and extremely complex operation disqualified the AZY-002 from mass-production, Astraea/Zeklov managing director Sullia Zend assigned the sole existing Heavy Armor Y prototype to her executive CF team.
"How many weapons does that thing have?"
"Not enough."
Right answer.
My first thought was going with Larry Correa in MHI.
"How many gun laws does this break?"
"All of them?"
Brian
Cool. So Neo'and John Wick's gun arsenala were rediscovered and crammed into the Dolph.
xavier
All my favourite mechs overheat on an alpha-strike. This has the Wreckage Adequate Firepower Stamp of Approval (Provisional). WAFSAP.
Top of the world, Ma!
Hmm… seems like round two in an arms race. What will round three look like?
Todd is currently finalizing round three.