Yet another machine evolved from the Hunter design, the Cheetah was born out of the need for a rapid scout/strike unit at a reasonable cost. The Cheetah was Shaian's first entry into the military market. Shaian, an actuator/Gear-frame company, made sure the vehicle got the best actuators possible, resulting in a fast, supple machine.
The Cheetah is lightly armored and relies on its speed and superb maneuverability to avoid being hit."
This Heavy Gear has the distinction of being the first exclusively military walker machine on Terra Nova. As such, it is a sturdy, simple machine which enjoyed an enormous popularity in its prime.
Hunters were produced by the thousands and found their way into the military forces of practically all nations of the North.
The design, slightly modified and renamed Jager, is also found in the armies of the South."
The Black Mamba is a recent Southern design which took the Northern armies by surprise. The Mamba is a totally new machine, a rugged medium Gear designed to replace the earlier medium-class Basilisk Heavy Gear as the advanced model of the Southern Alliance.
The Mamba can be compared favorably with the North's Jaguar, although they are very different in concept. The Mamba uses a carbon composite in its internal frame to reduce the quantity of metal needed in its construction. It also sports rounded composite armor to better deflect incoming rounds."
The Jaguar was intended to be the Hunter's successor in the armies of the Confederation. It is faster, sports better armor, and can carry heavier weaponry, all at the cost of some endurance. It was also the unit that introduced the use of the VR helmet, dispensing with the bulky screens and HUD of the early Hunter models. Unfortunately, the head of the Gear is barely large enough to contain its pilot's own head and VR helmet.
Jaguars are fewer in number than Hunters because of their higher cost, and are thus more likely to be found in elite units such as the infamous Cat's Paws."
{
+ "FIRE JAGUAR" "~jaguar1"
}
* "COBRA" "cobra1.stf" largegear "COBRA.AVI" 0XFF
"COBRA
The Cobra is one of the South's heavier Gear models. It follows the usual design philosophy of the Southern engineers: rounded composite armor and minimal metallic alloy use. Still, the vehicle is heavy, so its secondary movement system is a half-track model, sturdier than the usual wheels.
The main function of the Cobra is to field heavy support weaponry such as mortars and light howitzers."
