| Bolo Mark | XV/R (Horrendous) |
|---|---|
| Year of Introduction | 2626 |
| Weight | 5,000 tons |
| Road Speed | 75 |
| Sprint Speed | 95 |
| Indirect Fire | Tactical |
| Self Aware | No |
| Armament |
1x 50cm Hellbore 4x 20cm BL mortars 4x 18cm BL mortars 12x gatling laser Infinite Repeaters |
The Model R was the final variant of the Mark XV . Main armament was upgraded to one 50cm Hellbore (which, unlike earlier models' weapons, could engage spacecraft in low orbit even from within a planetary atmosphere), and ablative armor appliqués were fitted over the Model R's flintsteel war hull in light of increases in infantry and light-vehicle energy weaponry. The preceding Model Q had seen vastly upgraded EW capabilities and the first appearance of heuristic cybernetics designed to run continuous analyses of pre-loaded battle plans against actual battle conditions in order to suggest improvements to its distant human commander. Under express human pre-battle authorization, the Mark XV/Q and /R were capable of reconfiguring their battle plans on the move without further human input. Although not self-directed, the final models of the Mark XV gave a very good impersonation of a war machine which was. Weights climbed sharply—the Mark XV/R reached 5,000 tons—but maximum road speed held fairly constant at 65–70 kph, despite weight increases.
Source: A Brief Technical History of the Bolo by Prof. Felix Hermes, Ph.D