Cythar

The Cythar are a new discovery to the UPF, when a large mobile space station dropped out of the void in the K'aken-Kar system. Ken'zah Kit fell prey to their rapid assault, consisting of both the heavy defensive systems on the station itself and ten 6-unit squadrons of various sized fighter craft ranging from class one to class three hulls. The smaller craft were single operator star fighters lined with fusion bombs, obviously designed for ramming attacks as well as sporting laser weapons for ship to ship combat. The medium sized Raiders were manned by two to three Cythar and featured both laser and rocket weapon systems, while the larger craft were bombers manned by two crew members and the nuclear powered energy weapons were obviously intended for heavy damage on larger targets such as capital ships, orbital space stations, and planetary assault.

If it weren't for the timely commissioning of the latest SF-1 Dagger squadron the planet surely would have fallen. Together with the Ken'zah-Kit Militia and several Strike Force NOVA vessels that were insystem at the time, the Cythar forces were eventually overtaken and driven off, but at the cost of heavy casualties among the defending fleet.

So far three classes of Cythar have been identified: Drones, Centurions, and Officers. Drones have a single CPU to assist the organic brain, and so far all the drone brains tend to be somewhat lacking in size when compared to normal Sathar brains. In theory, Drone brains were most likely surgically altered prior to cybernetic incorporation. Drones appear to be incapable of independant thought or action, yet retain the basic motor skills from their organic brain and are capable of learning and adapting to new conditions. Drone armor is dull in appearance. Drones were found amongst the wreckage of fighter craft.

Centurions feature normal sized Sathar brains that operate independantly of their single CPU, which merely serves to power the mechanical and electronic systems. They most likely are capable of operating independantly and making decisions, much like a living being would. Centurion armor is albedoline coated and polished to a mirror-like finish. Centurions were found along with Drones among the wreckage of many of the class two Raider craft.

Officers are immediately distinguished from Centurions with their polished gold albedoline armor. The only difference aside from visual appearance is their dual CPU units are wired to their organic brains, indicating that they are both hardwired to other systems as well as capable of free thought and decision making. Officers were recovered from the wreckage of the bomber craft, and an occasional one was found with a couple of the Raider craft as well, possibly indication of a Raider squadron leader.

A fourth class featuring matte black armor has been reported, but none have been acquired for analysis yet. It is presumed that these are stealth models designed for intelligence missions.

Just like the other Sathar allies, any civilian encounters with Cythar should be reported immediately. They should not be attacked unless as a last resort, as they are very dangerous cybernetic beings and completely unpredictable, although their slow reaction and movement speed does allow one to obtain the upper hand in some situations.

Ground Vehicles Revisited

Ground Vehicle Variations

Multi-Barrel Weaponry

Dual, Triple, & Quad barrel weapons

One method to increase damage to your opponents is sending more firepower in their direction. Rather than shooting at them with two, three, or four different weapons, why not simply have all those weapons on a single body?

Adding additional barrels to a weapon, be it a pistol or rifle, incoporates utilizing the reciever, ammunition, and barrel from another host weapon. Hence, a standard laser rifle buttstock can be modified to accept a second, thrid, and/or fourth barrel and ammunition reciever, so that all weapons employ the common trigger assembly to activate them. Doing so increases the mass by 50% of the original single weapon for each additional barrel/reciever. The advantage of course is the extra damage inflicted by the second, third, and fourth unit thus doubling, tripling, or quadrupling the standard damage. The drawbacks, aside from aditional mass, include the additional doubling, tripling, or quadrupling of ammo use. 

Cost is also increased by 50% of the original host weapon. Range modifiers are not affected, although possible encumbrance issues can arise.

 

 

Dual Gyrojet Pistol
  

Dual Laser Pistol

Power Sources (revised mass)

Skills Breakdown