Barukaza Workshop Locust
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| Barakuza Workshop Siege-Crawler | |
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Length: |
8.8 meters (28.9 ft)[1] |
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9.3 meters (30.5 ft)[1] |
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6.6 meters (21.5 ft)[1] |
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7.8 metric tons (7.7 LT; 8.6 ST)[1] |
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Quadrupedal leg assembly |
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Energy shields[3] |
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1 unstable focus cannon[3][1]
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Siege vehicle |
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- "They should start calling me the Locust of doom!"
- — An eager Unggoy Locust pilot during the Second Ark Conflict.[5]
The Barakuza Workshop Siege Crawler is a variant of the Locust line of vehicles operated by the Banished.[1][3]
Overview[edit]
Design details[edit]
The Locusts used by the Banished bear heavy resemblance to their Covenant-era counterparts, the Shua'ee-pattern Locust. As with most Banished equipment, they are considerably up-armoured and coated in a red and grey paint scheme. Unlike their forebears, the Barukaza Locust design is primarily intended as a combat support vehicle and not as an excavator - as such many of the hardware limitations imposed on Covenant Locust designs by the San'Shyuum have been removed, allowing for a much higher tier of power in its use.[1]
Armaments[edit]
The Banished have modified the standard focus cannon armament on their Locust to be much more unstable, making them more dangerous than their Covenant counterparts.[3]
Crew and complement[edit]
The Barukaza Locust design, unlike the Shua'ee-pattern before it, employs a pruned colony of Rhulolekgolo to power many of its underlying mechanisms, with a single control console capable of hosting a lone Unggoy pilot to direct the vehicle.[1][2] The use of the Lekgolo control clusters allows the Locust heightened abilities, which harken back to ancient designs.[1]
Development history[edit]
The Locust design used by the Banished were developed by the Barukaza Workshop, and are now-manufactured by the Armory of Barukaza.[1] The Banished Foundry's garage and its kit assembly line allows the requisition of a Banished Locust at any Banished Outpost.[6]
Usage[edit]
Unlike their predecessors, the Banished do not employ their Locusts as excavators, but instead as combat vehicles. They serve the Banished as siege engines and assault walkers tasked with supporting the advances of infantry and vehicle forces. This often takes the form of long-ranged support fire, designed to eliminate enemy structures and even targets such as Sentinels.[1]
Variants[edit]
A few further-modified models of Locust are employed by the Banished.
- Enduring Locust - variant equipped with increased armour.
- Bloodfuel Locust - variant equipped with a siphon cannon.
The Bloodfuel Locust.
