Gerridae - Water Strider
The Gerridae Water Strider bug is essential to protecting and controlling the open ocean in the bug wars. Based after the only insect species ever to successfully colonize the open ocean, the lightly armed, but lightning quick Battle Bug is indispensable to the naval war effort.
The Strider is designed as a mobile sonar, and surface radar platform. It's center and rear legs allow it to skim across the water with virtually no sonar or EM signature beneath the surface, while it's two fore legs contain powerful passive sonar sensors. It's entire upper body is a powerful passive sensor suite to watch for surface threats.
Only armed with two plasma cannons near it's head, the Skipper's main defense is it's stealthy nature. Torpedoes and other underwater weapons have nothing to lock onto even with active sonar.
The Skipper itself is equipped with active sonar, but it is highly unlikely to use it. It's antenna are held high above the water to give it a long communication range, and the bug is equipped with a ELF (Extremely Low Frequency) transceiver for communication through salt water.
The Water Strider is first and last an intelligence bug. It's mission is to know where the enemy is, without letting the enemy know where it is. At this it excels.
This was built for the Battle Bugs June build challenge: Water Weirdness
Battlebugs is returning to BrickCon in 2010, so be sure to bring your bugs!!!
Gerridae - Water Strider
The Gerridae Water Strider bug is essential to protecting and controlling the open ocean in the bug wars. Based after the only insect species ever to successfully colonize the open ocean, the lightly armed, but lightning quick Battle Bug is indispensable to the naval war effort.
The Strider is designed as a mobile sonar, and surface radar platform. It's center and rear legs allow it to skim across the water with virtually no sonar or EM signature beneath the surface, while it's two fore legs contain powerful passive sonar sensors. It's entire upper body is a powerful passive sensor suite to watch for surface threats.
Only armed with two plasma cannons near it's head, the Skipper's main defense is it's stealthy nature. Torpedoes and other underwater weapons have nothing to lock onto even with active sonar.
The Skipper itself is equipped with active sonar, but it is highly unlikely to use it. It's antenna are held high above the water to give it a long communication range, and the bug is equipped with a ELF (Extremely Low Frequency) transceiver for communication through salt water.
The Water Strider is first and last an intelligence bug. It's mission is to know where the enemy is, without letting the enemy know where it is. At this it excels.
This was built for the Battle Bugs June build challenge: Water Weirdness
Battlebugs is returning to BrickCon in 2010, so be sure to bring your bugs!!!