BARBAROSSA

HA ARTILLERY FRAME

COMPENDIUM ENTRY

The Barbarossa is Harrison Armory’s most massive frame to date, built, per the orders of Harrison II, to “stand as the unstoppable image of Harrison I” and to carry the heaviest of weapons and equipment the Armory offers. Standing nearly thirteen meters tall, it is an unsubtle beast of a mech, inspiring terror in enemies and awe in allies. The Barbarossa can mount weapons suitable for engaging toe-to-toe with gunboats and low-gross tonnage subline vessels; due to its size and slow maneuverability, it is often employed in low-gravity engagements where mass is less of a concern.

The Barbarossa is a popular target for Purview essayists, who have been known to remark on the drawbacks that come with its size and how, as a result, it is a perfect stand-in for their political enemies.

BARBAROSSA LICENSE TREE

RANK I	RANK II	RANK III
“ROLLER” DIRECTED PAYLOAD CHARGES	BARBAROSSA FRAME	SIEGE CANNON
SIEGE STABILIZERS	AUTOLOADER DRONE	EXTERNAL AMMO FEED
	FLAK LAUNCHER

BASE FRAME ATTRIBUTES

WEAPON MOUNTS
MAIN	MAIN	HEAVY
STRUCTURE	STRESS	ARMOR
4	4	2
HP	EVASION	E-DEF
10	6	6
HEAT CAPACITY	SENSORS	TECH ATTACK
8	10	-2
REPAIR CAPACITY	SAVE TARGET	SPEED
4	10	2
SYSTEM POINTS
5

FRAME TRAITS

HEAVY FRAME
The Barbarossa can’t be pushed, pulled, knocked Prone, or knocked back by smaller characters.
PRESSURE PLATING
The Barbarossa has resistance to Explosive Damage.
COLOSSUS
Adjacent allied characters can use the Barbarossa for hard cover.
SLOW
The Barbarossa receives +1 difficulty on Agility checks and saves.

ONBOARD CORE SYSTEM

APOCALYPSE RAIL

Fresh from the Armory’s dayside research and development campus, the LGC-04 “Apocalypse Rail” is an exponential gravitic catapult – a to-scale test product pushed to licensed pilots for field trials as part of the Armory’s ongoing Plenary Beach Magnitude Weapons Test Project. Distinct from current logarithmic short- or long-spool ship-to-ship weapons (kinetic or energetic/particular), this new platform taps into the Armory’s current gravitic research to exponentially charge and distribute a kinetic payload downrange. This increase in potential energy loading and decrease in total charge time comes at the cost of stability: where the logarithmic spool cannon is stable and shock-resistant, the exponential gravitic catapult is prone to destabilization. For the time being, built-in failsafes will trigger in the event of sudden traumatic destabilization to prevent detonation of the system, resetting any charging process underway at the time of the shock.

The LGC-04 “Apocalypse Rail” system is scaled considerably down from its intended operational role – that is, replacing capital ship spinal spool cannons – in order to effect the accumulation of live data for use in improving the system prior to naval adoption.

ACTIVE - CHARGE RAIL (QUICK)

When activated, you start charging the Barbarossa’s Apocalypse Rail, an incredibly powerful ship-to-ship long-spool weapon system that requires target calibration. Gain an Apocalypse Die, 1d6 starting at 4. At the start of each of your turns, lower the value of the Apocalypse Die by 1, to a minimum of 1. If you move (even involuntarily) or become Stunned or Jammed, the Apocalypse Die resets to 4 and then continues to count down as usual.

FIRE APOCALYSPE RAIL (FULL ACTION)

If the value of the Apocalypse Die is 1–3, you can attack on your turn with the Apocalypse Rail as a full action, but can’t move or take any other actions on the same turn. After an attack with the Apocalypse Rail, the Apocalypse Die resets to 4. If you reach the end of the scene without using it, you regain 1 CP.

At the end of the scene, lose the Apocalypse Die, and the Apocalypse Rail stops charging.

CORE INTEGRATED EQUIPMENT

APOCALYPSE RAIL

The Apocalypse Rail must be charged before it can be fired, using the Charge Rail CORE Power. This weapon has different profiles determined by the current value of the APOCALYPSE DIE when you fire it. Each profile replaces the one proceeding it. The Apocalypse Rail cannot be fired at targets within range 5. After an attack with the Apocalypse Rail, the Apocalypse Die resets to 4.

WEAPON PROFILES

APOCALYSPE DIE / CHARGE RAIL: 4	N/A	N/A
CANNOT BE FIRED
APOCALYSPE DIE / CHARGE RAIL: 3	RANGE: 20 / BLAST 2	2D6 / EXPLOSIVE
Objects within the affected area automatically take 20 AP explosive damage. After the attack, the blast cloud lingers, providing soft cover to characters within the affected area until the end of your next turn.
APOCALYSPE DIE / CHARGE RAIL: 2	RANGE: 25 / BLAST 2	3D6 / EXPLOSIVE
Objects and terrain in the area automatically take 40 AP explosive damage, and on hit characters become Shredded and Impaired until the end of their next turn. The blast cloud is a burning storm: until the end of your next turn, characters within the affected area receive soft cover, and characters that start their turn within the area or move there for the first time in a round take 4 burn.
APOCALYSPE DIE / CHARGE RAIL: 1	RANGE: 30 / BLAST 2	4D6 / EXPLOSIVE
Objects and terrain in the area automatically take 100 AP explosive damage, and characters become Shredded and Stunned until the end of their next turn on hit. The ground in the affected area is vaporized on impact: for the rest of the scene, it is difficult terrain, characters within the affected area receive soft cover, and characters that start their turn with the area or move there for the first time in a round take 4 burn.