SSIA Sentinel:
Cost: 2500
Armor: Heavy
Speed: Fast
Weapon: Laser Gatling Gun
Range: Medium-Long
Stolen Invader Tech, advanced anti-surface/air unit
Stolen Tech units are limited to being built one per player

The SSIA Sentinel (long P-Series Laser Gatling Platform MkIV) was a prototype that was supposed to mount a larger scale version of the Laser Gatling Gun, a prototype 6-barrel automatic laser gun designed for the best of SSIA Special Ops. All that was needed to construct a Sentinel survived the Main War and time transfers, but the system's tendency to overheat rapidly, even with 6 barrels meant that it offered little over existing and more reliable vehicle platforms.

The Invaders however, don't have this problem, using different methods to generate the energy required for their lasers- and though only a few Invader laser weapons would qualify as "rapid fire", the energy system used generates significantly less heat. In this respect, a clever field commander could bring the Sentinel into usability by infiltrating an Invader Advanced Tech Center and jury rigging the important components of Invader laser tech onto the vehicle.

The Sentinel in theory is one of the most powerful vehicles in SSIA service- a well sloped glacis plate and frontal turret provide protection from most heavy weapons, and a powerful suspension and engine allow the vehicle to make direction changes and turn the turret at a rate that would leave any hover vehicle jealous.

It is a fatal mistake to take the Sentinel's rather small size (compared to say, the SSIA MBT) as a sign of weakness or frailty- while the system takes awhile to reach full speed, the Laser Gatling gun fires with enough intensity to slice through any steel alloy or composite armor- only specially designed ablative plating will be able to withstand sustained fire. Infantry, vehicles, aircraft, missiles, structures- all of them are very much vulnerable to the Sentinel's power.

Battlefield Observations
>Pew Pew x1000- The Sentinel's Laser Gatling gun tears through everything on the battlefield- once it gets up to full speed, only the heaviest armored targets will last for more than 5 seconds.
>Deceptively Protected- While the Sentinel lacks the sheer size of the MBT, the quintessential SSIA armored vehicle, it has comparable armor protection. While for the high threat battlefield, this may seem insufficient, it is enough to allow the Sentinel to speed its weapon to full- and offense is the best defense.
>Deceptively Fast- Owing to the fact it doesn't need to carry shells or a bulky power system thanks to 'borrowed' Invader tech, the Sentinel is light and can perform a full 360 degree traverse faster than almost any tank. This allows it to maintain pursuit, escape and track targets with astounding efficiency.