Lineart: Rigel

Model Number: AW-1A1
Code Name: Rigel
Unit Type: mass-production main assault walker
Manufacturer: Heliadonian Imperial Army
Head Height: 9.4 m
Average Weight: 22 metric tons
Armor Material: cercronite
Powerplant: hydrogen engine

Armament

Fixed:
-SAM launchers - two 3-tube surface-to-air missile launchers located at the sides of the cockpit area

Optional:
-AC-15 assault cannon - a 100 mm assault cannon capable of delivering 300 shells per minute
-M-5 arm shield - a shield meant for melee protection, houses a .50 caliber vulcan and a dummy weapon slot
-M-18B heat cutter - a narrow thermal blade mounted on the shield, cuts in a tonfa-like fashion

Production Notes
The Rigel is a mass-produced assault walker, serving as the backbone of the heavily mechanized Heliadonian Imperial Army.
Built under the extreme climate and low-gravity conditions of Mars, the Rigel sports a rather strange appearance. It's light build and hybrid articulation legs emphasizes speed and mobility, which is further enhanced by twin jet boosters featuring directional nozzles. It's elongated head meanwhile, sports multiple interchangeable sensor arrays and a small radome. Also, the Rigel has its cockpit positioned at its back—a radical design concept that gives emphasis to the pilot's survival but jeopardizes the machine's powerplant by putting it in the highly vulnerable front instead.
The Rigel's powerplant is a hydrogen engine similar to that of Earth terrorwalks, only with better insulation to cope with Martian extracolonial temperatures.
Like any other mass-produced terrorwalk, the Rigel is expected to fill in almost every single niche in the battlefield. As such, it was built with versatility, as well as speed, in mind.
The Rigel was produced in large numbers, and they became a infamous on their debut during the Heliadonian invasion of Earth, code-named Operation Blue.

Side Notes
-The Rigel is named after the brightest star in the constellation Orion

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Sorry folks, you get another from-the-scratch redesign that ripped off the knightmare's cackpit concept instead of a new mech. Here are this guy's previous versions: [link] [link] . Feel free to comment everyone. Constructive critiques and colony drops are greatly appreciated.



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