Paladin Defense System

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.