Marauder Suits (Starship Troopers)
The Marauder Suits were a type of Mecha used in Starship Troopers.
Background
A Marauder Suit was a type of mecha that merged the qualities of mechanical exoskeletons with that of a tank. They were typically 10 feet tall and were capable of moving faster than an ordinary Human as well as carry a wide range of ordnance. They were employed as mechanised support by the Mobile Infantry. While most infantrymen were trained to operate a Marauder, typically only two such machines were assigned to a unit with a specialist piloting the machine. A Marauder suit requires 26 hours of maintenance to go from storage to operational status. However, while this was the case, the constant use of a Marauder in combat for roughly an hour of non-stop fighting can result in the unit winding down in performance capabilities.
There were two types of suits; one was a Humanoid style unit and another was a larger "chicken walker" style mecha. The smaller version can scale cliffs through the aid of its shoulder mounted grappling lines while the larger unit has a side mounted gattling gun.
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