Inspired by the Yellowjacket PA(L) from
China Shop, I decided to create my own take on an introductory suit of powered armor that gets the idea of PA/BA going in the Inner Sphere.
The Armored Trooper series of powered armor is relatively cheap and low-tech, intended to serve as basic suits that still manage to render conventional infantry obsolete. AT suits greatly increase the wearer's chances of surviving the battlefields of the 31st century, even when they're facing armored vehicles and heavy weapons, and will allow the wearer to inflict disproportionate casualties against opposing forces; the development of PA-mounted heavy weapons will even allow them to threaten BattleMechs.
The first and most basic suit is the AT-1, which carries enough armor to effectively shrug off hits from basic infantry weapons and lighter vehicle-mounted weapons, allows the wearer to move at a steady 30 kph, and is fully sealed against environmental hazards because you just
know some desperate wanker is going to resort to chemical weapons when they realize their guns aren't working. The myomer-enhanced armored gloves are strong enough to inflict lethal damage on soft targets without any loss in dexterity, and may also be locked closed by the wearer so they can remain attached to whatever surface they grabbed without tiring.
The AT-1's standard configuration is designed to meet a variety of battlefield needs, with the arms mounting an automatic micro-grenade launcher and an antipersonnel weapon mount compatible with most infantry small arms, as well as a computer-controlled multipurpose searchlight with
dazzler and
incapacitation functions and a cutting torch for breaching and utility work. The back-mounted mission storage compartment allows the wearer to carry eighty kilograms of equipment, and multiple easy-access compartments are placed across the torso for smaller equipment such as ammunition, demolition charges, and mines.
The AT-1 is designed to be fully modular and ambidextrous; all equipment can be mounted on whichever arm is preferred by the user or stripped out for more mission storage capacity, while the multifunction searchlight is also available in torso-mounted and handheld versions. Storage space may also be reduced in order to mount additional equipment such as a power pack, extended life support system, retractable parafoil, remote sensor/dispenser system, and laser/shotgun microphones
Finally, the suit comes standard with a vibro-shovel for engineering and sapping work which may also serve as an emergency melee weapon capable of damaging power-armored opponents.
Additional models are in development that will possess jump jets and carry either a recoilless rifle or vehicle-scale machine gun, as well as with equipment such as improved electronics, magnetic clamps for attaching to friendly vehicles, minesweepers, wrist-mounted retractable vibroweapons, and grapnel launchers.
Armored Trooper AT-1
Type: Armored Trooper
Manufacturer: Unknown
Primary Factory: Unknown
Tech Base: Inner Sphere (Standard)
Chassis Type: Biped
Weight Class: Ultra Light/PA(L)/Exoskeleton
Maximum Weight: 400 kg
Battle Value: 61
Swarm/Leg Attack/Mechanized/AP: Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes
Equipment Slots Mass
Chassis: 80 kg
Motive System:
Ground MP: 3 50 kg
Jump MP: 0 0 kg
Manipulators:
Left Arm: Armored Gloves 0 kg
Right Arm: Armored Gloves 0 kg
Armor: Standard (Basic) 0 100 kg
Armor Value: 2+1 (Trooper)
Slots
Weapons and Equipment Location (Capacity) Mass
Mission Equipment Storage (55 kg) Body 1 80 kg
Anti Personnel Weapon Mount Left Arm 1 5 kg
Cutting Torch Left Arm 1 5 kg
Grenade Launcher Right Arm 1 75 kg
Searchlight Right Arm 1 5 kg
Vibro-Shovel None 0 0 kg
Demolition Charge None 0 0 kg
Mine None 0 0 kg
Constructive criticism is welcome!
