Paladin Defense System
- Type
- Combat Vehicle
- Tech
- Inner Sphere
- Mass
- 130t
- Role
- Missile Boat
- Intro
- 3109 Late Republic
- Rules
- Advanced
- Cost
- 24.92M C-bills
- Move
- Armor
- 228 pts
ER Medium Laser ×2Long Tom ×2
Availability by era
3 eras · 4 factions
| Gun | Pilot | Adj BV |
|---|---|---|
| G0 | 1 | 3,751 |
| G1 | 2 | 3,280 |
| G2 | 3 | 2,728 |
| G3 | 4 | 2,144 |
| G4 | 5 | 1,624 |
| G5 | 6 | 1,397 |
| G6 | 7 | 1,250 |
| G7 | 8 | 1,104 |
| G8 | 8 | 1,039 |
Piloting rides one point worse than Gunnery, capped at Piloting 8, the conventional pairing. Regular is Gunnery 4 / Piloting 5.
Recognition notes
The Paladin Defense System is a 130-ton tracked combat vehicle built as a missile boat, though its turret carries a pair of Long Tom cannon rather than missiles, cruising at 22 km/h and topping out at 32, slow even for a superheavy hull. Two ER medium lasers face front on the hull for close-in defense of the vehicle itself, while the turret-mounted Long Toms handle the standoff bombardment role. The crew rides behind Heavy Ferro-Fibrous armor over an XL engine, with CASE and communications equipment fitted in the hull. Kallon Weapon Industries builds the type at Kirklin, with production also at Victoria.
Armor & loadout
| Weapon / Equipment | Loc | Qty | Ammo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Enr | F ×2 | 2 | |
| Art | T ×2 | 2 | 6 t ammo in B |
| otherHitchrear | RE | ||
| otherCommunications Equipment1 t | B |
CASE: Body