Thursday, February 5, 2015

36. Seeker Nest

The spiritual successor to landmines, seeker nests fill the role of area denial and automatic interdiction. Seeker nests have many advantages over landmines. A single nest can cover a large area (~2km radius.) They can react appropriately to different levels of threats by using different warheads. They are a common feature of many heavily secured zones, such as the TITAN Quarantine Zone of Mars, as well as habitats with appropriate open spaces.

A typical seeker nest consists of 16 single-use launch tubes containing mini missiles. This nest will be linked to a network of sensors, spread over its area of coverage. If hacking is a concern, sensors will be connected through laser links or physical cables. When a recognized hostile enters the area, the nest launches an appropriate warhead or swarm of warheads. Some militant groups have improvised similar systems out of emplaced seeker weapons and cheap sensors.

Mechanics

A seeker nest is [Moderate]

A seeker nest has the sames stats as a seeker rifle, with the ability to fire its entire capacity in one salvo if necessary.

Seeker nests use specialized AIs with Seeker Weapons 40 and Perception 40.

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