DT-6600 Dautap

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Palladium RPG Stats by Kelly Green.
Created 01-29-01

Updated 1-10-03

Unit type: mobile pod
Head height: 10.0 meters
Base weight: 5.2 tons
Armament: 80 mm cannon x 1
 

Responding to the introduction of the RMS-006 Jenice, by the Space Revolutionary Army, the Earth Federation, which is the military branch of the United Nations of Earth, began it's own mobile suit development projects. With large numbers of their fleet units falling prey to Jenice attacks, the Federation rushed their prototype unit, the Dautap, into production.  The design was borrowed from a standard construction pod, in use in the pre-war era.

More a systems test bed, than a full fledged combat unit. The ball shaped Dautap was equipped with a bell mounted 80mm cannon, and 2 arms. Numerous maneuvering jets were mounted over the surface of the ball, making it easy to spin in any direction. Although equiped for hand to hand combat, the arms of the Dautap had slower reaction times compared with later mobile suits, and were, at best, suited for grappling. The Dautap, also, was slow, and poorly armed compared to the Jenice, and had to be depolyed in massive numbers in the attempt to counter the Jenice.

The introduction of the first true mobile suit, the DT-6800 Daughtress, by the Federation, spelled the doom of the Dautaps production. Hundreds if not thousands of these unit still are in use on both sides of the conflict, as well as in private hands.

An underwater unit is also available, but suffers from the same weaknesses as the standard Dautap.

[1]The Sensor Unit and Hands are small targets , and are difficult to hit, so, even with a called shot, they are -3 to hit.

[2]Destroying the Sensor Unit will disrupt the Dautap's ability to receive radio signals and has a 50% chance of destroying the radar and laser tracking systems. This will eliminate the bonuses for Strike and Dodge.

[3]Depleting the MDC of the Main Body will disable the Dautap.

Reactor: 1,000 kilowatts
Flying:
  In Atmosphere: Not possible, the DT-6600 was designed solely for use in outer space.
  Space: 1,562 mph(Mach 2.3)
 

Height: 33.0 feet(10.0m)
Width: 34.8 feet(10.4m)
Length: 46.9 feet(14.2m)
Dry Weight: 5.2 tons
Cargo: Standard, small compartment behind the pilot's seat.
Power System: Minovsky-Ionesco Fusion Reactor, with a 15 year life.
Control System: Standard Screens
Armor Type: Luna Titanium
 

1. 80 mm Cannon:
   Location: Mounted beneath the ball of the DT-6600.
   Primary Purpose: Assault
   Secondary Purpose: Defense
   Range: 8,000 feet (2440m)
   Mega Damage: 1D6 x 5 MD per Blast
   Rate of Fire: Equal to the Pilot's Hand to Hand Attacks
   Payload: 20 Blasts

    

2. Optional Hand to Hand Combat

   Restrained Punch Punch Crush, Pry or Tear Body Block / Tackle / Ram Full Speed Flying Ram

   1D4 2D4 1D4 1D4 2D6

   See Also: Dautap Combat Basic / Dautap Combat Elite(use any destroid combat for this, but remember, no kick attacks. and the unit is naturally -1 on initiative, and -1 to strike with hand to hand atacks)