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M577 Armored Personnel Carrier: A lightweight 4x4 wheeled military ground vehicle used bythe USCM corps in the late 22 nd century. Designed to fulfill demands made in the Marine 70strategy plan to create a cost-efficient vehicle for troop deployment via dropship. While consideredto be a capable multi-role model, the restrictions in development made the M577 inferior to otherAPCs.The M577 has a length of over 8,5 meters and weighs over 14 tons. The vehicle is operated by acrew of two soldiers, one being the driver and the other one being the section commander, and cantransport up to 12 passengers, who are strapped into harnessed seats in the dedicated passengercompartment. The interior can be accessed through a starboard slide-door and the portside driver'shatch. A tactical operations center for the section commander is located at the rear of the vehicle.The M577 can be loaded with equipment for up to 5 days.Sensor coverage is provided by a 270-degree sensor cluster at the front searchlight. Further featuresinclude a turreted thermal imager, an optic sensor capable of providing footage with a magnificationof up to 20x, an ultrasonic motion tracker and a weapon radar with a range of up to 3000 meters.Stealth capabilities consist of laser absorbents and infrared camouflage, while defense measures areprovided by jamming systems and a decoy launcher at the rear of the vehicle which is also able torelease particulate smoke as a countermeasure against lasers.The weapon systems of the M577 are divided in two elements. The first one is two front-mountedRepublic Dynamics Electric RE-700 20mm gatling guns equipped with a 1700-round feed and capableof handling various ammo types. The other element is a weapon turret that can be slid back tothe rear side of the APC when entering narrow passages. The exact weapon type of the turret varies,the three main variants of the vehicles being the M577A, the M577A2 and the M577A3. (A2,A:INF, CMTM)M577A: A variant of the M577 Armored Personnel Carrier, which has its turret module equippedwith two Boyas PARS 150 phased plasma cannons. The weapons are powered by a hydrogen fuelcell with a capacity for 1000 shots. Using Cadmium Telluride pellets, the projectiles are fired with avelocity of 5000 m/s and a cyclic fire rate of 40 rpm. Depending of atmospheric conditions, therange of the M577A is up to 4000 meters. (CMTM)M577A2: A variant of the M577 Armored Personnel Carrier outfitted with two Republic DynamicsM2025 free-electron lasers on its turret module. This configuration enables the M577A to attackboth ground and air targets effectively. Given ideal atmospheric conditions, the M577A2 can fireover a maximum distance of 3000 meters. (CMTM)M577A3: The most recent variant of the M577 Armored Personnel Carrier by the year 2179, theM577A3 is equipped with a turret module sporting two charged particle beams. For the demands ofthis weapon type, the vehicle has been outfitted with a dedicated Martin Continental magnetohydrodynamicturbine which holds enough fuel capacity to fire 50 seconds on a single tankful. The rangeof the M577A3 is up to 4000 meters, depending on the atmospheric conditions. A M577A3 wasused during the Hadley's Hope incident in 2179. (A2, CMTM)M579: A mobile air defense weapon platform used by the USCM in the second half of the 22 nd century,consisting of a 20mm gatling gun mounted on a M570 chassis. Targeting data is provided by amulti-spectrum sensor system. (CMTM)Mantis Alien: A Xenomorph breed originating from a mantis-like creature. The most prominentanatomical feature of this subspecies are its two large grasping forelegs it used to get hold of its victims.(KAF)Marachuk, John L.: A male human and a lower-echelon colonist living at Hadley's Hope in 2179.During the Xenomorph outbreak that eventually wiped out the colony's population, Marachuk was
impregnated by a Facehugger and subsequently brought to the medical facilities in order to removethe parasite. While the Facehugger could be removed before implantation, Marachuk was killedduring the operation. (A2)Mars: The fourth planet of the Sol system. Named after the Greek god of war. Terraformedbetween 2032 and 2040. The first colony on Mars, Valles Colony, was founded in 2040, followedby Leo colony in 2041. By the year 2071, the planet was home to almost 40 million colonists. Marsbecame known for its weapon research facilities and advanced Atmosphere Processors. Weyland Industrieshad offices on Mars, also serving as Peter Weyland's temporary residence in 2091, shortlybefore he would secretly join the clandestine mission of the research vessel Prometheus. (PR,PR:WIW)Marshall, Tobin A.: A male human working as a spy for the Planetus Corporation during the earlythirties of the 23 rd century. When Planetus began to get strange readings originating from aWeyland-Yutani research station on the planet C-3 L/M owned by both corporations, Marshall wasinserted into the facility, tasked with finding the origin of the readings. For this mission, a visual recordingdevice was surgically implanted in one of his eyes.After his arrival, Marshall soon learned of a new terraformer prototype being tested near the station.He made several attempts to get to the prototype, only to discover that the device had been removed,if it ever existed at all. Meanwhile, the staff of the station was gradually reassigned and replacedwith inexperienced personnel under dubious circumstances. In the end, only Marshall and aLaFargue synth remained, who revealed himself to Marshall as being a second spy from Planetus.Marshall remained suspicious of the synth, but before he could devise a plan to conclude his missionand escape, a Weyland-Yutani strike force led by Charles Braley raided the facility and capturedMarshall and the synth. During the interrogation that followed, Braley revealed that Weyland-Yutani had been aware of the existence of a spy for some time and had reassigned the staff after abackground check until only he and the LaFargue synth remained as suspects. Braley proceeded tokill both of them, inserting a robotic Chestburster into Marshall in order to fake an Alien infestationfor his master plan to take over Planetus. However, in 2232, Marshall's recordings were retrieved byAnders Kramm during his investigation of the incident and revealed the truth behind the events.(A:NE)May Outpost: A military outpost found in 2071 on the planet KOI-610.01. Notable for being oneof humanity's major military presences in colonized space by the latter half of the 21 st century,sporting a population of just under one million by 2071. Aside from military use, May Outpost's industryfocused on electronics. Key resources were magnesium, lithium and oxygen. (PR:WIW)McManna, Corin: A male human and a pilot working for Weyland Industries. Inhibiting the rankof Captain as of 2072, McManna had flown hundreds of missions aboard Weyland Industries' firstFTL-capable vessel, the Heliades class. McManna also participated in the development of the successorof the Heliades, the Prometheus-class space exploration vessel, as part of the test flight crew.(PR:WIW)MedPod: A fully-automated medical diagnosis and surgical station. (PR:WIW)Medpod 720i: The first commercially available MedPod. Developed by Weyland Industries andmanufactured by Pauling. Weyland Industries patented the Medpod 720i under the file number16,572,092 on September 2, 2061, and the device entered production after the FDA had approvedthe MedPod in 2070. By 2091, about a dozen Medpod 720is had been produced and deployed forfield testing. A Medpod 720i was also installed aboard the Prometheus during the LV-223 incidentin 2093.The Medpod 720i was designed to automatically diagnose and treat a variety of physical conditions,
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