Battle walkers

Battle Walker

The Battle Walker is a form of mobile combat equipment that uses mechanical legs to provide motion over a solid surface instead of wheels or tracks.

Several societies have developed this form of all terrain combat vehicle, most after reaching TL 4.

The Terrans had prototype Battle Walkers at the time of their ascension

The Terran Battle Walker came out of a project initially designed to aid in the transportation of supplies by troops on foot Legged Squad Support System. The prototypes being tested at the time of the ascension were a long way from being combat ready, but with the contact with the Sarans, and the new armor and engine technologies those prototypes were made into something that could have survived Terra's last World War. It took several more years before United Earth finally produced a version that could enter a battle against a prepared TL 4 society and win.

Current models have very few equals on a planetside battlefield, one of the few being the Destroyer Suits used by the Union Marines.