Tharkadian Elemental

Designer's Notes

The elemental is a direct import from battletech. The elementals formed the core of the Tharkadian army in our Macross II campaign. The Tharkad campaign is the last campaign I ran before we moved on to other things.

Robotech Background

The Tharkadians are an almost-human race freed from the Invid by the Sentinels. Elementals are very limited when facing invid but are very effective in large swarms against slower opponents (such as Zentraedi Infantry.

Macross II Background

The elemental was developped by the Tharkadian, a small group of Marduk renegades who defected from Lord Ingus' fleet long ago. They were mostly pirates preying on the Marduk Empire.

Model	Elemental Mark 1
Crew	One
MDC by Location	Arms * 30 each Legs * 70 each Shoulder-mounted missile launchers (2)* 40 each Helmet * 30 each Main Body 100 *: Very Small Target: -8 to called shots
Speed	Power Run/Leap up to 95mph for short bursts Run 50mph Hover 300ft Flying (space only) About 100mph
Weapons Systems	1- Shoulder-Mounted SRM Launcher Purpose Assault Range per missile Mega-Damage per short-range missile, usually plasma or armor-piercing Rate of Fire 1 or 2. Payload 4 Missiles 2- Hand Ion Blaster Purpose Assault Range 3000ft in space 1500ft in atmosphere Mega-Damage 4d6 per shot or 1d6x10 per burst (but counts as two attacks). Rate of Fire Single or burst Payload Effectively unlimited.