Grand Arms Jagdpanzer Hydra

"You'll be able to throw everything at your enemies, except the kitchen sink... Actually there is a sink in the cockpit, just in case your hands get dirty."

-Quote attributed to the Chief Ordnance Office talking to a cadet before he boarded the Jagdpanzer Hydra

Classification: Mass Produced Angel Transformable Assault Destroid Unit

height: 20 meters

Armour: Grand Armian Variant Jagd

Max Speed Flying (Dragon mode): ???

Max Speed Flying (Titan mode): ???

Max Speed Running (Titan mode): ???

Power Generators: Cold fusion Reactor, Alpha engine, Angel's Heart (Experimental power reactor)

Weapons (Titan mode):

Hand carried weapons (close in fighting)

2 X Daggers (1 Stored in Jagdbuster, 1 stored in offense/defense system)

2 X Axes (1 stored in Jagdbuster, 1 stored in offense/defense system)

2 X Beam submachine gun (stored in rear hip rack, hand carried in use)

2 X Jagd blade (stored in hip racks, hand carried, beam blade)

1 X Jagd Broadsword (Parts stored in right and left shoulder, handle stored in left shoulder. Assembles when taken out. Hand carried.)

Remote Guided Weapons (mid to long range)

2 X Jagdfist (Mounts: 1X Beam finger system. Can be used to shoot blast of energy, form beam blades or to just form energy around hands. 1 X Heat wire. A super tensile, heated, reinforced wire attached to the Jagd fist. Used to entangle or slice apart opponents. Many X wire guides. Used to maintain tension and help in guidance.)

2 X Jagdfaust (Mounted on hip racks. Used against heavy armoured opponents. Acts as a guided drill, which can be carried in the hands or remotely guided.)

2 X weapon pods (Stores, Many X Faust. Small remotely guided weapons, which mount a mega fixer, cannon mk 4 micro. No shields. Many X Longinus missiles. Small as micro missiles, powerful as a Giga class and the range of a Thor class.)

Many X leg dispensers ( Dispenses Faust, Longinus missiles or mines.)

1 X Jagd beam (mounted in head, used to chase enemies. Not as fast as homing energy missile system but more stable. Can penetrate heavy armor and does not dissipate as fast.)

1 X homing energy missile system (Mounted on legs and back. Shoots out homing energy beams that quickly chase enemies. Can’t penetrate heavy armour and dissipates after a certain distance.)

Projectile weapons

2 X Jagd Fixer cannon (Mounted on shoulders)

1 X Jagd Positron cannon (Gem mounted in chest and on shoulders. More power and farther range then Fixer cannons.)

2 X Jagd eye beams (Quick firing, used for close in fighting.)

1 X Jagdbuster (Mounted on outer right arm. Used as an energy cannon or energy lance. Control rods can make the beam either tightly focused or large. Can shoot a wide devastating beam to a concentrated sniper shot.)

1 X Offense/Defense system (Mounted on left outer arm. Mounts 1 X energy cannon, 1 X Gatling Gun, 1 X large beam sabre and 1 X Giga magnetic torroid shield barrier.)

Misc systems

Hydra System (At least 2 Hydras are needed to use this system, so for the purpose of this tournament this system will be deactivated.)

Giga Magnetic Torroid Barrier system (only around torso)

Magnetic Torroid Barrier system (everywhere else)

Weapons: Dragon mode (For long-range cruising, interception and atmospheric re-entry)

Weapon Pods, Leg dispensers, Jagd Buster, Jagd Fist, Jagd Fixer Cannons, Homing energy missile system.

Description:

A 10^th generation Grand Arms unit. The Jagdpanzer was made to replace the aging Grand Arms unit that were used so far. 2 Jagdpanzers were made and field-tested against an alien invasion fleet. Their speed, armour and powerful weapons easily turned the tide of battle and victory was assured. The major advancements made in the development of the Jagdpanzer were the advanced computer systems. This allowed for a fairly mediocre, non-psychic pilot to use the unit effectively. While a psychic, skilled pilot would become invincible. The computer system helped manage the remotely guided weapons and various other weapon systems. This was unlike the other Grand Arms units, which required highly trained and specially evolved humans to pilot them.

The Hydra was the mass produced version of the Jagdpanzer. It was a full 8 meters shorter and 50 percent weaker then the Jagdpanzer. Also the computer system would perform pre-programmed attacks when asked to guide remote weapon systems. The Jagdpanzer’s computer would either formulate unique algorithm for each enemy (increasing unpredictability and increasing chances of hitting the enemy) or perform pre-programmed attacks. This was found to be to consume too much computer processing time (Hydra’s computer was not as powerful as Jagdpanzer’s) and so the Hydra’s systems were simplified. So the pilot could either control the remote weapons by himself (rather manually or psychically) or ask the computer to do it (Pre-programmed attacks only). Still with these handicaps the Hydra is expected to be a superior unit.

Panzer MP was a very effective unit only because it was calibrated using combat data from the Monthly Mecha Fighting Tournament. Wanting to also make the Hydra an effective mass-produced unit, 1 unit was sent to participate in the tournament. Hopefully the combat data will make this unit even more effective. Only a cadet was sent since the effectiveness of the computer system will be tested and an ace pilot will not be required.

Strength: Speed, Devastating power, many remote weapons to confuse opponents.

Weakness: Lack of super shielding around limbs and other critical areas. Complicated systems that could hamper an inexperienced pilot from using Jagdpanzer Hydra effectively.