JAPANESE ROBOT SUITS:
* Some quick stats for the powerful robot suits and armors in the
Rifts Japan book.
ATPA-85 Power-Spy- +9-10 Toughness, ST 5, Leaping 1, Speed 1, Blast 11 Gun & +9 Vibro-Blades Attached
H-Brand "Ninjabot"- +10-11 Toughness, ST 6, Speed 3, Blast 11 Gun & +9 Vibro-Blades Attached, Missile Launchers
-One of Breaux's worst-looking suits, it takes all of the stealth of a ninja and reverses it, making it a clunky-looking, boxy, inorganic suit with a dopey Chest-Hole for a gun.
IPA-40 Dai-Katana Bugei- +12 Toughness, ST 7, Speed 6, Flight 7, +11 Vibro-Katanas, Blast 13 Rail Gun, Blast 11 Lasers & Missiles
-The standard of the Ichto armed forces, it's SAMAS-tough and has good weaponry. Another sub-par Breaux design, unfortunately. How is "Robot Samurai" NOT Vince Martin's to draw?
IPA-45 Ikusa "Warrior"- +12 Toughness, ST 8, Speed 3, Leaping 1, Missiles, Blast 13 Rail Gun, +10-12 Vibro-Katana
-Ugh, even worse art than the last one. Has one of those "goofy angry-face samurai masks" that really just look dumb to me. This suit's meant for the elites and those descended from Samurai.
IPA-50 "Grenadier"- +15 Toughness, ST 8, Speed 3, Missiles, Blast 12 Grenade Launcher, Blast 10 Lasers
-Oh my God, this one is AWFUL. Breaux drew it like it's literally made out of misshapen boxes with battleship guns glued to the shoulder-pads. It's a "Giant Killer" designed for anti-armor combat against Dragons and other huge things.
IPA-60 Tazu-Tengu Power Armor- +11 Toughness, ST 5, Flight 7, Speed 5, Blast 10-11 Grenades
-Oh thank god, finally some Martin art. The Tengu armors are his typical sort, being very slender, with round-feathered wings set too far apart to be anything but ornamental. It's the only Power Armor legal for civilians to own.
IPA-62 Super-Tengu- +12 Toughness, ST 7, Flight 7, Speed 5, Blast 10-11 Grenades, Missiles, Blast 13 Lasers
-A better, stronger version of the above. Likely drawn because Martin drew two different designs.
IPA-70 Mizu Mi- +12 Toughness, ST 9, Swimming 6, Missiles, Blast 10 Gun, Blast 13 Plasma Cutter, +10 Vibro-Cutter
-An undersea suit.
ROBOTS:
AT-1053 Ka-Kuma "Metal Bear"- +15 Toughness, ST 10, Speed 3, Blast 15 Rail Cannons, Missiles, Blast 13 Rail Gun, Blast 12 Lasers, 30 feet tall, 4 Riders
AT-1063 Hi-Tora "Fire Tiger"- +14 Toughness, ST 9, Speed 4, Leaping 2, Blast 13 Head Blasters, Missiles, Blast 12 Flamethrower, Chemical Sprays (Acid 10, Stench & Tear Gas, Fire Retardant, Water/Holy Water), 22 feet tall, 3 Riders
IR-2015 Kani "Crab Walker"- +11 Toughness, ST 7, Speed 4, Swimming 5, Missiles, Blast 14 Torpedos, Blast 12 Lasers, 3 Riders, 9 feet tall
IR-2020 Wrecker- +14 Toughness, ST 10, Speed 4, +12 Buzz-Saws, Blast 12 Plasma Cutter, 2 Riders, 24 feet tall
-A mining/demolition robot
IR-2040 Destroyer- +13 Toughness, ST 10, Speed 4, Flight 6, Missiles, Blast 13 Lasers, Blast 12 Rail Gun, 16 feet tall, 1 Rider
IR-2050 Apocalypse- +15 Toughness, ST 10, Speed 4, Missile Launchers, Blast 13 Rail Gun, Blast 13 Belly Gun, +13 Vibro-Weapons, 4 Riders, 30 feet tall
-A new Monster Hunter type of machine, this one has Kevin Siembieda art, so it looks a bit goofy.
IR-2060 Banshee- +13 Toughness, ST 8, Speed 5, Flight 7, Missiles, Blast 14 Sonic Cannon, Blast 12 Lasers, +13 Vibro-Swords, 2 Riders, 18 feet tall
-More Martin art, thankfully. This one looks like a rejected Coalition design, sporting a skull-mask and being REALLY bulky, with huge shoulder pads and guns all over it. The Sonic Cannon in particular looks terrific, with plenty of holes for vents or whatever the hell all that is. This thing is designed to reclaim The Zone from Oni.
IR-2070 Gemini- +14 Toughness, ST 8, Speed 5, Missiles, Blast 14 Rail Gun, +12 Vibro-Sword, Concealment (Vision, Limited Level), 21 feet tall, 2 Riders
-Ugh- possibly Breaux's worst drawing. It's just so... PLAIN. Utterly-uninteresting look, cylinders for arms and legs, giant spheres for shoulder and knee pads, and a Conquistator-type helmet for whatever reason.
IR-4000 Tatsu "Dragon"- +17 Toughness, ST 10, Blast 12 Plasma Mouth Weapon, Missiles, Blast 13 Plasma Cannon, +10 Bite, Blast 13 Tail Laser, Extra Limb (Tail), 20 feet tall, 3 Riders
-JESUS CHRIST! A monstrous, 20-foot-tall, ROBOT DRAGON that you can pilot against giant monsters! One of Martin's busiest drawings, it features the organically-scaled (of course) Tatsu fighting a dragon so scaled that it's hard to tell which one is the robot at first. Huge shoulder guns, with spikes lining most important areas.
Fatal & Friends adds:
You know, I joke about Siembieda taking any possible exhaust port or circular protrusion and making it into a weapon (and if he wants to add a weapon that isn't in the art, he just calls it concealed), but Kevin. Kevin. We have to talk, pal. You need to cut it out, because this is just silly. The moment a GM describes a dragon firing snot missiles the table is going to lose it. And, yes, I'm sure some poster is readying their post about how this is unironically awesome, but I don't think just being farcical is your intent here, Kevin. It can bite and claw and horn, has palm lasers (not in the art), tail lasers (not in the art), long-range shoulder mini-missiles (not in the art), and a prehensile tail (... which I guess is in the art). The missiles are the only thing with any punch - this thing has a lot of armor but not many ways to dish out damage otherwise. It probably can't compete with actual dragons, not because dragons can deal out a lot of damage, but just because they generally will have three times the damage capacity this thing has.
Original armor design, yes?
BODY ARMOR:
Street Armor- +8 Toughness
Trooper Body Armor- +9 Toughness
Heavy Combat Marine- +10 Toughness, Thermo-Sights, Undersea Modifications
Infiltrator Body Armor- +8 Toughness, Wall-Crawling on Metals (meant for spies & ninja)
Hiker Body Armor- +8 Toughness (meant for farmers and travellers, it looks like Samurai War Gear, but with no mask)
Sumo Body Armor- +10 Toughness, +2 Strength (... it's fat. Actually not a bad Martin design, except for the huge belly- lots of bright, white spots make it stand out)
Frontiersman Body Armor- +8 Toughness
HA-20 Juicer Environmental Armor- +8 Toughness, Targetting Sights (the "Samurai" headgear looks like Vince Martin just traced Marvel's first Death's Head)