Bishop

The Bishop Heavy Artillery Vehicle was originally designed by a long defunct group of humans initially designated the "Torchbearers". Long gone to the depths of what was presumably the opening shots the IDI war, the Bishop remains as a reminder of the Alliance that once was.

A standard "Slug thrower" of an artillery piece, the weapon relies on a "Gravity Mortar" principle. Using a rifled barrel the shell is inserted into the breach of the weapon and the breach is sealed shut. A Gravitic node build into where the firing pin of a typical artillery piece would be, promptly discharges and accelerated the shell up, out of the barrel. The ability for the gravitic node to change the propulsion of the shell allows infinite range and arc options, including an incredibly potent direct fire anti-armor ability.

Stabilized by four 'legs' that can descend from the sides of the wide vehicle's firing platform, it is assisted by four gravitic nodes designed to counteract the recoil of the weapon and to counter the possibility of flipping by either pushing or pulling the ground towards the vehicle at the moment of firing. This allows the Bishop's gravitic firing node to fire fin-stabilized AI or laser designated rounds at incredible distances on arcing trajectory.

((Artwork originally by TKG.))