Combat Frame Data: MCF-Re124 Refined XSeed Prometheus

Model number: MCF-Re124

Code name: Refined XSeed Prometheus

Nickname: ReXPro

Classification: general purpose combat frame

Manufacturer: ISBC

Operator: CDF, UCA, UCAF, UCMC, UCN

First deployment: CY 60

Crew: 1 pilot in cockpit in chest

Height: 19 meters

Weight: dry weight 95 metric tons, full weight 110 metric tons

Armor type: “1D” carbyne laminar armor

Powerplant: cold fusion reactor, max output 2870 KW

Propulsion: rocket thrusters: 4x 41,790 kg, 4x 20,910 kg, 2x 12,500kg; top speed 2780 kph; maneuvering thrusters: 21, 180° turn time 0.85 seconds; legs: top ground speed 200 kph

Sensors: gravitic, radar, thermal, optical array; main binocular cameras mounted in head

Fixed armaments: 2x plasma sword, power rated at 0.55 MW, stored in recharge rack on back, hand-carried or affixed to plasma rifle in use; plasma assault rifle, power rated at 2.3 MW, stored on back, magazine or capacitor-fed, hand-carried in use

Optional hand armaments: carbyne shield, mounts to either forearm
Special Equipment: ion field projector

Pilot: Kaiser Eckhart

The Ynzu first struck the Earth Sphere in CY 60 with a lightning attack on the moon’s Von Braun City. When the swarm moved on to Earth, it easily overwhelmed the Coalition Defense Forces, despite humanity’s twenty years of preparation.

All seemed lost until ISBC delivered its first run of mass-produced XSeeds to the battlefield. The CDF’s sole-surviving combat frame carrier Sovereign Protector led a desperate counteroffensive. The SP’s new XSeeds, aided by the XCDS-00M0χ, captured the Ynzu Controller and repelled the rest of the swarm. That engagement proved the worth of the MCF-Re124 Refined XSeed Prometheus.

Based on ISBC’s XCD-001-4 prototype, the Refined Prometheus was the first successful mass-produced XSeed. Its carbyne laminar armor, bolstered by a carbyne-reinforced shield and an ion field projector, boosted the ReXPro’s survivability beyond any other mass production combat frame. Its weaponry featured a fully automatic plasma rifle inspired by the HBC-40 Stapfen. A traditional pair of plasma swords rounded out the ReXPro’s loadout. Though rather unremarkable individually, the ReXPro proved a match for the Ynzu given a modest numerical advantage.

The next year, the newly formed UC Military adopted the ReXPro as its standard combat frame. The UC Air Force, Army, Marines, and Navy all used ReXPro variants until the introduction of the MCF-121 Defender XSeed.

Even after UCAF’s adoption of the MCF-122 Emancipator and the UCMC’s deployment of the MCF-123 XSeed Marine, the UC Army continued fielding the ReXPro as its main front line CF. Rumors began circulating in CY 97 of ISBC testing prototypes for the highly anticipated Two-Series XSeeds. Many of the same rumors claimed that the UCA would be the first to receive the breakthrough CFs.

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