Shadow Omega

Vehicle Type: XVOF-2Z Shadow Omega

Intelligence: Neural

Alignment: Scrupulous

Crew: None needed. But three people can sit in the cockpit w/gear. The cargo/bomb bay area can hold passengers and their gear in the area around the missiles/bombs.

Attributes:

I.Q.: 52

P.S.: 63

P.P.: 41

M.D.C. by Location:

*Depleting the M.D.C. of the sensor head will knockout long-range communications (reduce to 100 miles), long-range radar (reduce to 250 miles) and laser targeting (-1 to strike). Do to small size attackers are -4 to strike.

**The forearm shields can be used to shield the main body or body parts from damage. Note: Depleting the arm shields to below their M.D.C. will destroy the wing connection joints and damage the wing(s), making transformation into jet or guardian modes Impossible! Likewise, the loss of an arm is the lose of a wing and connection unit, making transformation impossible.

***Depleting the M.D.C. of the main body will shut the Omega down completely, rendering it useless.

****The EU-16 of the Omega is built into it and protected by the main body. Because it is such a difficult target, attackers are -6 to strike it.

*****Depleting the M.D.C. of the "Brain" will destroy the Omega. Note: To hit the brain you must first deplete the M.D.C. of the main body. Depleting the M.D.C. of the main body will cause the brain to eject out of the omega.

******Depleting the M.D.C. of the Cross dimensional Device will make dimensional travel impossible. Note: To hit it the M.D.C. of the main body must be depleted first.

Speed:

Statistical Data

Sensors and Equipment:

• Shadow Cloaking Device: The cloaking device hides the veritech from enemy radar, protoculture sensors/targeting, and scrambles all other detection methods such as microwaves and lasers. Only conventional optical systems and the opponent's own vision can be used to see the veritech. Consequently, the Omega on a target completely undetected by radar or other sensor. It is only when they come into visual range that they can be detected. Note: Unless somebody sees the Omega coming, the Omega always has the initiative (strikes first) for the first melee round. After that, everybody rolls initiative each melee of combat.
• Radar (improved): Range 5,000 miles (200,000 miles in space); can track up to 600 targets simultaneously. The radar is constructed into the skin of the omega. This allows the omega to take a 360° image in a few seconds. The radar has three modes: off, stealth, and on. In Stealth mode the radar will only stay on long enough to take a complete image of the surrounding area and then turn off. The system is designed to vary the time between the scans so that a pattern does not appear to the enemies detectors.
• Gravity Wave sensor: This system can detect ships as far away as 200,000 miles if they are in normal space. Ships using a gravity or P-Drive make disturbances in the normal space-time continuum which can be detected from as far as 10 light years.
• Radar Signal Detector: A tiny radar receiver which will alert the omega when he is being scanned by radar. 85% accuracy.
• Radio/Video Communications: Wide band and directional, radio and video telecast capabilities. Range is 20,000 miles or can be boosted indefinitely via satellite relay.
• Laser Communications: Long range, directional, communication system. Effective Range: 250,000 miles.
• Targeting Sight & Combat Computer: Calculates, stores and transmits data onto the cockpit computer screen or Head Up Display (H.U.D.). Patches in with targeting computer. Combat Computer has over 4 billion robots, vehicles, uniforms, insignias, & monsters (96% chance of identifying something). Up to 5 billion more can be added.
• Laser Targeting System: Range: 150 miles.
• Motion Detector & Collision Warning System: Close range: 200 ft; sounds alarm and red light warns the omega of impending collision and/or immediate target.
• Head Spotlights: Range: 1000 ft
• Loudspeaker: Can amplify the pilot's voice up to 90 decibels.
• Self Destruct: A last ditch effort to prevent the capture of the Omega (usually preceded by the Intelligence ejection from the veritech) is self destruction. Explosive damage is fairly contained. Without missiles (or few) does 2D6x10 M.D., but with all or most of its missiles (60) will do 3D6x100 M.D. to a 50 ft radius. Triple damage to the omega. Note: If any AP-clips are present they will explode adding to the damage sustained. If the standard five are present then the damage is 10D20 x 2500 + 500 M.D. to a 1000 ft radius. (25,500 - 500,500 M.D.)
• Underwater Capabilities: All internal mechanisms, joints and access panels are sealed and waterproofed. The entire physical structure is conditioned for water pressure and stress, as well as maneuvering jets installed. Maximum Depth Unknown presumably limitless.
• Radiation Shielding: Special Shielding prevents the penetration of life threatening heat and radiation. The shields are so strong that they can survive a supernova.
• Provisions Storage: 100 gallons of water and an airtight compartment with 52 weeks of MRE's.
• Recycling Plant (type two): This system recycles everything (ex: oxygen & purifies the air). With this system running the duration the omega can sustain a crew is extended to 5 years before needing to put into a port.
• Hardened Circuits: The Omega's systems have been hardened to withstand the effects of scramblers, EMP's, electrical blasts and similar attacks. No damage is taken.
• Advanced Robot Optic System: Color vision, 3-D analysis, passive nightsight, infrared, ultraviolet sight. Range: 20,000 ft.
• Nightvision Optics: Range: 3000 ft. An image intensifier that is passive and relies on ambient light which is electronically amplified to give a visible picture. Nightvision can not work in absolute darkness.
• Telescopic Optical Enhancement: Range:40,000 ft. Field of vision: 100 ft.
• Thermo-Imager: Range: 20,000 ft. A special optical heat sensory unit that allows the infrared radiation of warm objects to be converted into a visible image. It also enables the omega to see in darkness, shadow and through smoke.
• Advanced Audio System: Amplified stereo hearing; hears in the full decibel range. Ultra-ear enables the omega to hear frequencies inaudible to the human ear.
• Modulating Voice Synthesizer & Sound Analysis Computer: Enables the omega to change the tone, base, pitch and frequency of his voice. The sound analysis computer is designed exclusively to listen, identify, remember, and analyze sounds. 2 billion different sounds are programmed into its memory, including gun shots by caliber, engines, and other sounds. It also has the capability to analyze, compare, match and remember 5 million new sounds; 98% likelihood of identifying a person by voice pattern. Can imitate another person's voice with 95% accuracy.
• Inaudible Frequency Transmission: The omega can speak/transmit sound frequencies inaudible to the human ear, but audible to other robots, borgs with ultra-ear, and beings with superior hearing, such as mutant dogs.
• Bug Detector: A small device that picks up radio signals from surveillance listening devices. Range: 700 ft.
• External Audio Pickup: Sound amplification listening system. Range: 1500 ft.
• External Video and Audio Surveillance System: A high-resolution video camera, relays images directly to the Omega's optic scanners and these images can be recorded as a record of events. A video receiver and transmitter system enables the omega to receive video transmissions for viewing and recording. The images are recorded on a six hour, three inch, video disc that is slipped into a slot in the cockpit.
• Bio-Scan Medical Survey Unit: A computer system designed to monitor the life signs of biological life forms. Sensors are built into the cockpit of the omega. Monitors vital signs, such as respiration, blood pressure, brain waves, and body temperature. A computerized medical system tied into the Bio-Scan computer will indicate trauma to the brain and nervous system, blood loss, presence of drugs or other unnatural agent in the blood stream, and coma condition.
• Chemical Analysis System: A fully automated computer analysis system that can do complete chemical analysis of blood, drugs, liquids, and gases within 2D4 melees (45 to 120 seconds). Over 2 million chemicals are preserved in its memory with room for 8 million additions. Likelihood of a full, exact analysis is 95%. A failed roll means it can not identify the substance.
• Time Machine: A moving time machine. Once set it transports the Omega across Time. It can still only access neighboring Twists or Cycles. Recharge Time: 20 minutes. Maximum Area of Effect: A radius of up to 40 feet.
• Micro-Twist Time Travel Locator: This device works with the time machine letting it "jump" inside the Twists of the time stream. This allows access to periods closer than 125 year apart. This is only possible along the special spiraling whorls of the temporal fabric that corkscrew between the twists. Although the whorls are basically random, they tend to allow for 7, 49, 57 and 89 year increments. Note: After the "jump" when the time machine is reengaged it will automatically return to the time zone it came from.
• Cross-Dimensional Device: A moving dimensional traveling device. Once set, it teleports the Omega to a Cross-Dimensional location. Recharge Time: Requires about fifteen minutes to recharge and recalibrate for another dimensional locus. Maximum Area of Effect: A radius of up to 75 feet.
• Cross-Dimensional Disturbance Detector: A very sensitive device, it simply scans for the presence of active Cross-Dimensional devices and homes in on their signal. Useful for following other Cross-Dimensional Travelers, or for locating new and interesting dimensions. Also picks up the signals of nearby Cross-Dimensional Signal Beacons. (+20% chance when jumping directly to an emitting Detector signal, +5% to a signal that has been recorded but has faded away.
• Absolute Referent Device: Based on the measurement of temporal energy. All measurements are given in years, months, weeks, days, hours, minutes, seconds, and nanoseconds, relative to the "home time". (+10 to success)
• Temporal Energy Sensor: This device is used for checking the T.E. of any object or area. Automatically reads out the local temporal energy, with an estimate of the time relative to the Omega's starting place. Also can pick up the T.E. of any object within 40 feet. It will indicate whether the item or creature is native to the area, or whether it comes from the past or future.(+15%)
• Dimensional Continuum Measurement and Recording Device: This device is used for recording the relative coordinates of Cross-Dimensional locations. It's designed to record the changes that take place over any Cross-Dimensional Hop. Up to 1,000 transits can be recorded directly on the Dee-Cee-Dee, and it comes with recording chips that can be used for storing additional recording and for transferring recordings to other Dee-Cee-Dees.(+15% to success)
• Cross-Dimensional Signal Beacon: Designed to "mark" various dimensions by emitting strong Cross-Dimensional signals. The device can be set to broadcast continuously so that anyone can pick it up, or to be transmitting on a select coded band. If coded, the Detector must be tuned to the specific code in order to get a strong signal.
• Quantum Differential Device: By far the most accurate and precise of all temporal measurement instruments. This works by calibrating the quantum "positions" of the electrons around a hydrogen atom. Since this changes exactly as all matter moves away from its moment of creation, it is useful for determining the exact moment anywhere in the universe. (adds +20% to success)
• Temporal Energy Stoper: This device is designed to prevent the Omega from being effected by the ravages of Temporal Energy distortion caused by extreme travel to the far reaches of time. The Omega is completely impervious to T.E. change. Because of the importance of this device it is quintupley redundant.
• Trans-Location Manipulator: This device allows the Omega to specify an exact unigraphical destination when used with Cross-Dimensional or Time travel. Roll under Cross-Dimensional Piloting & Navigation or Temporal navigation/Time Detection Equipment skill without any educational or I.Q. bonuses to achieve a successful trans-location.
• Skills: Can Speak and is Literate in all of the following languages. American, Aleanten, Dragonese, Euro, Faerie Speak, Greek, Japanese, Latin, Norman French, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Splugorth, Techno-can, Wolfven all at 98%
  Radio: Basic, Scrambler, Satellite Relay 98%, Electrical Engineer 96%, Circuit Board Micro-Electronics 98%, Mecha Electronics 98%, Robot Electronics 98%, Mechanical Engineer 96%, Veritech Mechanics 98%, Mecha Mechanics 98%, Weapons Engineer 98%, Drive Repair: Traction/ Plasma 98%, Cross-Dimensional Trans-Location Hopper Mechanics 98%, Time Machine Mechanics 65%, Math Basic 98%, Math Adv. 98%, Chemistry 98%, Chemistry Analytical 98%, Trans-Dimensional Physics 98%, Cross-Dimensional Physics 98%, Temporal Physics 98%, Demolition/ Disposal 98%, Detect Concealment 90%, Detect Ambush 98%, Air to Air Combat 160%, Pilot Omega 98%, Mecha Combat (Omega), Pilot Space Shuttle 94%, Pilot Spacecraft 98%, Pilot Cyclone (all) 98%, Mecha Combat Cyclone (all), Pilot Time Machine 75%, Cross-Dimensional Piloting & Navigation 98%, Aerial Nav 98%, Interplanetary Nav 98%, Navigation (air/land/sea) 96%, Orbital Nav, 98%, Read Sensory Instruments 98%, Weapon Systems 98%, Temporal Navigation/Time Detection Equipment 98%, Land Nav. 98%, Climbing 94%, Swimming 94%, Gymnastics 94%, Wrestling, Boxing, Computer Ops 98%, Computer Programing 98%, Computer Hacking 98%, Computer Repair 98%, Computer Networks 98%, Supercomputers 98%, Artificial Intelligence 98%, Cyber-jacking 98%, Paramedic 88%, Prowl 67%, Sniper, WP Archery & Targeting, WP Blunt, WP Knife, WP Paired Weapons, W.P. Staff, WP Sword, WP Auto Pistol, WP Auto & Semi Rifle, WP Heavy, WP Energy Pistol, WP Energy Rifle, WP Heavy Energy Weapons, WP Vehicle Mounted Weapons, WP Sharpshooter Energy Pistol, WP Sharpshooter Energy Rifle.

Weapon Systems:

1. XVOF Force Field: The marvel of the barrier is that it is continually renewed every melee. Thus, if the barrier took 11000 M.D.C. damage, it is restored to its full 12000 M.D.C. fourteen (14) seconds later. If completely destroyed, the barrier will rematerialize within fourteen seconds.
   Primary Purpose: Defense
   Range: All around the omega and can be extended around an attached alpha.
   Mega-Damage: Inflicts none, but can sustain 12000 M.D. every melee.
   Payload: Nearly Inexhaustible.
2. MM-60S Super Multi-Missile System: The Omega has two MM-60 systems built into each chest/shoulder area in battloid and accessible on the right and left of the cockpit in jet or guardian mode.
   Primary Purpose: Assault
   Secondary Purpose: Anti-Aircraft
   Missile Type: Any short range missiles can be used, 200 armor piercing. 100 slammer concussion.
   Mega-Damage: Varies with missile type. Armor piercing - 1D6x10
   Rate of Fire: One at a time or in volleys of two, four, six, eight(or sixteen if both launchers are fired simultaneously). Can shoot all 80 in one melee.
   Range: armor piercing- 5 miles
   Payload: 150 short range missiles per launcher, for a total capacity of 300.
3. 70mm Wood Rail Cannon:
   Primary Purpose: Anti-Vampire
   Mega-Damage: 5D6x10 H.P. to vampires and 2D6x10 M.D. 75% of having one or more rounds hit and stay in the heart.
   Rate of Fire: Can fire up to the # of HTH attacks.
   Range: 8000 ft
   Payload: 150 blasts. It takes two melee actions to reload.
   Note: Two extra clips are stored in the bomb bay.
4. Short-Range Leg Missiles: Each leg has a short-range missile launcher built into the thigh. These missiles can be launched only in battloid mode.
   Primary Purpose: Assault/Defense
   Secondary Purpose: Antipersonnel
   Missile type: Any short range missiles, 30 armor piercing, 30 plasma, 30 slammer concussion.
   Mega-Damage: Varies with missile type. Armor piercing - 1D6x10 M.D., Plasma-1D6x10 M.D., Slammer - 2D4x10 M.D.
   Rate of Fire: One at a time or in volleys of two, four, six, eight or ten(all).
   Range: Varies with missile type. Armor piercing-5 miles, Plasma-3 miles, Slammer - 1.14 miles
   Payload: 45 in each leg, for a total of 90.
5. Medium Range, Top Mounted Missiles: These are the missile racks seen on top of the Omega in battloid mode and recessed into the rear of the Omega in jet or guardian modes. The missiles can be launched in any configuration.
   Primary Purpose: Assault
   Secondary Purpose: Anti-Mecha
   Missile Type: Any medium range missile. 10 Armor piercing, 10 Plasma.
   Mega-Damage: Varies with missile type. Armor piercing- 2D4x10 M.D., Plasma- 2D6x10 M.D.
   Rate of Fire: One at a time or in volleys of two or three.
   Range: Varies with missile Type. Armor piercing-60 miles, Plasma-40 miles.
   Payload: 10 missiles in each launcher (2), for a total of twenty.
6. Four Cruise Missiles can be seen in the mid chest area of the Omega in Battloid or on either side of the cockpit in jet and guardian modes. These can be launched only from jet or guardian mode.
   Primary Purpose: Heavy Assault
   Secondary Purpose: Anti-Spacecraft
   Missile Type: Any long range or cruise missile. 2 Reflex multi-warhead. 2 Anti-Matter
   Mega-Damage: Varies with missile type. Reflex multi-warhead: 4D6x10M.D. Anti-Matter: 4D6x100 M.D.
   Rate of Fire: One at a time.
   Range: Varies with missile type. Reflex multi-warhead-1800 miles. Anti-Matter: 1000 miles
   Payload: Four
7. Wing Hard Points (3 per wing): The wings can use any type of ordnance, but are usually limited to missiles as all wing ordnance must be fired or discarded in order to transform to Battloid mode. 3 SRMs per hard point are standard.
   Primary Purpose: Assault
   Mega-Damage: Varies with missile type. Armor piercing - 1D6x10 M.D., Plasma-1D6x10 M.D.
   Missile Type: Any short range missiles.
   Rate of Fire: 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 12 or 18 (all).
   Range: Varies by missile type. Armor piercing-5 miles, Plasma-3 miles.
   Payload: 18 total (3 per hard point).
8. EU-16 Destabilizer: It is built into the body of the Omega. The Destabilizer can fire a special burst of energy that will disrupt force fields. Against large shields one blast has an 80% chance of creating a 6D6 foot hole in the field lasting for 4D6 minutes. One blast from an EU-16 destabilizer will obliterate the force field used on power armor/robots for 4D6 + 20 minutes. Note: Can not fire in Battloid Mode.
   Primary Purpose: Assault/Defense
   Secondary Purpose: Force field disruption.
   Mega-Damage: Does 6D6x10 M.D. per blast.
   Rate of Fire: Can fire up to the combine # of HTH attacks.
   Range: 5 miles in an atmosphere, 16 miles in space.
   Payload: Effectively unlimited.
9. PC-150 Arm Phase Cannons (2): Built into the arms of the Omega are Phase Cannons. These weapons can only be used in Battloid mode, but they can be combined for use in attacking one target.
   Primary Purpose: Anti-Personnel
   Secondary Purpose:Assault
   Mega-Damage(one arm/both arms): 3D6 to all living targets in a 30 ft diameter around the blast point or 1D6x10 to force fields and creatures 10 ft or larger. This damage is S.D.C. to non-M.D.C. creatures, or M.D. to M.D.C. creatures and force fields. When both weapons are used to attack the same target double the damage.
   Rate of Fire:Equal to the number of HtH attacks of the pilot.
   Range: 10,000 feet (almost 2 miles).
   Payload: Effectively unlimited.
10. TW Flare Launcher (4): Four flare launchers are installed into the omega. These can be used in any mode.
    Primary Purpose: Anti-Vampire
    Hit Point Damage: Storm Flare: 4D6x10 hit point damage for every HALF melee. Globe of Daylight: None
    Range: 2000 ft
    Payload: 140 flares per launcher. For a total of 520. Usually a mixture of 260 Storm and 260 Globe of Daylight Flares divided between the four launchers.
11. Shield: A hand held shield was added to the omega for use in battloid mode. The shield is impervious to all lasers including variable frequency lasers.
    Primary Purpose: Defense
    M.D.C. Special: 900 when not in use, but a renewing force field provides the shield with unlimited M.D.C.
    Special Bonus: Adds +2 to parry in hand to hand combat and even enables the character to attempt to parry/block energy blasts.
12. APC-1B Anti-Proton Cannon: This cannon is one of the most powerful weapon in the dimension of RIFTS earth. The main feature of this cannon is it's destructive beam which is "made" up of pure Anti-Protons (Protons are present in every atom, and anti-matter has a tendicy to totally destroy all "matter", therefore Anti-Protons tend to destroy all atoms present).
    Primary Purpose: Assault
    Secondary Purpose: Defense
    Mega-Damage: 5D20x400 M.D. per blast. (yes 2000-40000 M.D.)
    Rate of Fire: Equal to the number of hand to hand attacks per melee
    Range: 6 miles in an atmosphere, 70 miles in space.
    Payload: 20 blasts per clip. 4 extra clips can be stored in a comportment in the main body. Note: Anti-Proton clips (AP-clips) are Very dangerous. If the clip is destroyed then a explosive release of Anti-Protons is the result, causing 10D20x500 M.D. to a 400 foot radius. Each clip has 700 M.D.C. & costs 10 million credits to make and charge the first time and only costs 4 million credits to recharge the clip.
13. Particle Beam Cannons (2): The legs of the Omega have a Particle Beam Cannons built into them. In Jet mode, the body and leg guns can be volleyed together. However, as the cannons are pointed toward the body in the other modes they can not be used.
    Primary Purpose: Assault
    Secondary Purpose: Defense
    Mega-Damage: 2D6x1000 M.D. Can fire a volley doing 4D6x1000 M.D.
    Rate of Fire: Equal to the number of hand to hand attacks per melee.
    Range: 12 miles in an atmosphere. 140 miles in space.
    Payload: Effectively unlimited. Uses the secondary power system.
14. The Omega Can also drop bombs. The bomb bay of the Omega is constructed with a Nth dimensional matrix. This allows an object with a finite cubic area on the outside to have many times that area on the inside. The bomb bay measures 2400 ft long x 1200 ft wide x 600 ft tall on the inside.
    Primary Purpose: Ground Assault
    Secondary Purpose: Long range Assault
    Missile Type: Bombs are equal to short, medium, long range or cruise missiles. Cruise missiles are used for long range assault.
    Mega-Damage: Varies with type of Bomb.
    Rate of Fire: Volleys of 2, 4, 6 or 8
    Range: Bombs drop only, missiles standard.
    Payload: The bomb bay can hold up to 2000 bombs.
    Note: The bomb bay can be used to hold up to 1000 medium, long range & cruise missiles.
15. Other Weapons: Any hand held weapon can be used if needed. Must be to the scale of robots or power armor.
16. Optional Hand to Hand:
    HTH: Martial Arts
    No. of Attacks: 9  Strike: + 16  Parry: + 23
    Dodge: + 22 in battloid & guardian mode, +24 in jet
    Roll: + 9  Initiative: + 12  Long Dist. Weapon's: + 9
    Restrained Punch: 6D6 M.D.      Kick: 5D6 M.D.
    Full Strength Punch: 2D6x10 M.D. Leap Kick: 4D6x10 M.D.
    Power Punch: 3D6x10 M.D.      Stomp: 4D6 M.D.
    Body Block: 1D6x10 M.D.       Body Flip: 6D6 M.D.

ShadowOmega.php -- Revised: March 24, 2007.

Site Navigation

Sections

• Main Page
• Art Work
• Augmentation
• Character Sheets
• Fan-Fic
• GM Shields
• Humor
• Munchkin Files
• Rifts Time Line
• RPG Essays & Theories
• Optional Rules

Netbooks

• Bob Brand Armaments
• Fort Knox
• Character Netbook
• Ordnance Netbook
• Palladium Skills book

Web Resources

• Hosted Websites
• Palladium on IRC
• Palladium Mailing List
• Portals
• Web Rings

Misc.

• About
• Awards
• Guestbook
• What's New
• Palladium's Internet Policy