The M11 Marauder "Babar" is a powered armored bipedal mech vehicle known as a Marauder.[1] It was created by the United Citizen Federation for the soldiers of the Mobile Infantry in the Arachnid war. The M11 is the first combat vehicle suit issued to the infantry.
History[]
Marauders first saw action during the Battle of OM-1, where they were deployed on a rescue mission to save Captain Lola Beck. The mission was proven a success and Colonel Rico was promoted to General and put in command of the Marauder program.
During the later stages of the Battle of Kwalasha M11 Babars under the command of General Rico were deployed to defend the capital city. M11 Babars continued to fight throughout the rest of the battle including one Honour Guard prototype which was deployed for propaganda purposes alongside a camera crew.
Design[]
On The Front[]
Making an appearance for the first time during the Second Bug War, the Marauder Mechs are most efficiently described as human exoskeletons (namely due to the fact of them requiring and interacting with the human nervous system). They were giants on the battlefield and although no factual stats as to height can be claimed, it is effective to say the mechs alter to each user, for instance the Marines under Rico's command seem to differ in height yet all the Marauder Mechs seem to balance out this by altering their own height, thus not effecting its user. But before use, the Marines had to under go neurological scans — without clothing — for proper use.
The Marauder Mechs came complete with a HUD of some sort; this can be seen as an effective scanner that efficiently searches the area for all living matter. Rico uses this during his rescue mission to find the survivors. The scanner not only actively scans for biological organisms, but also tells the user vital information (this is common with most mech HUDs. However, this may be considered strange since the Marauder mechs are connected to the users' nervous system).
Although their internal components are unknown, it is easy to see that technology of Federation time and research has gone into the Marauder mechs themselves. The metal that comprises the outer armor is impenetrable to all Warrior Bugs' attacks, not even a dent nor tear is seen on any of the seven M11. The metal may be in testing stages or of greater thickness. This can be argued that during the Battle of Roku San an Electric Pillars consisting of a layer of thick metal is simply torn apart by one bug. However, the M11 seem to be no thicker on their joints than the one sheet of metal seen on the Electric Pillars. The theory could be that the Federation is testing a new substance or that simply this metal exists and is used by the mechs due to them being able to supply enough power and momentum to make it efficient armor.
Weapons[]
Each Marauder is equipped with two weapons on their arms. These weapons appear to be customizable with Marauder Team members using a mix of them on mission.
| Name | Image | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Morita Cross Heavy Machine Gun |  |
15.6 mm 5-barrel Machine gun |
| M64B Vulcan III Rotary Cannon |  |
15.5 mm Rotary Cannon |
| M779 Ultralight-Weight Auto Howitzer |  |
155 mm Howitzer |
| M2A5-2 Flamethrower |  |
Flamethrower |
| Trip Hammer Smoothbore Cannon |  |
40.4 mm Smoothbore cannon |
Honour Guard M11 Babar[]
The Honour Guard was actually the prototype versions of M11 Babar. Thus although as well armed as the standard in production model, it lacked the same level of armor thickness. After the introduction of the M11 Babar, three of these prototypes were used for propaganda purposes on FedNet, sporting a chrome silver paintjob instead of the standard green.
During the Battle of Kwalasha, one Honour guard was deployed late in the campaign along with a camera crew for the purpose of filming it in combat.
Merchandise[]
Yamato[]
M11 Babar action figure in package.
- Starship Troopers 3 Marauder (Action figure, 2009)
- Accessories: Mobile Infantry trooper*1
- This is an 1/35 scale action figure of Sergeant Sunday's M11 Babar but with the number "04", Johnny Rico's number. The figure has die-cast parts, making it with weights.
- The figure is also sold with the Japanese version of the Starship Troopers 3: Marauder DVD with only 7000 sets.
Notes[]
- The M11 Babars present in the FedNet's propaganda film are white instead of green.
- Weight: 10.3 tons (11.3 short tons)
- Height: 3.65 m
- Width: Across shoulders- 2.33 M
- Crew: 1
- Armor: Fully Dense Boron Carbide Plate
- Power Source: RR FX-230 Fission Driver
- Operational Range: Planetside- 1,026.76 km (638 miles)
- Speed: Walking- 12.87 km/h (8 mph), Running- 70.04 km/h (43.5 mph)
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