Zeus (Leonidas)

The Zeus (Leonidas) is an 80-ton assault that fights at long range, cruising at 43 km/h and topping out near 65, a 3056 rebuild of the 2787 ZEU-5T. In place of the ER PPC the Left Arm now carries a Gauss Rifle, and the LRM 15 in the Right Arm becomes an LRM 20. The two Medium Lasers of the original are replaced by Medium Pulse Lasers, one in the Center Torso and one rear-facing in the Left Torso, while the ER Large Laser stays in the Left Torso. A 320 XL fusion engine replaces the standard 320 fusion plant, and the heat-sink count drops from 17 to 12 double sinks. The Artemis IV fire-control system in the Right Arm carries over from the ZEU-5T, and the type remains an easily-serviced design built by Defiance Industries at Hesperus II.