The Standardized Mecha Cockpit was designed to provide an easily produced, highly modular cockpit design for use in Iron Company Mechas.

The Standardized Mecha Cockpit came into use as a means to streamline and cut down on the number of resources needed to design an individual mechanized walker's control systems and cockpit design. Albert Steiner, drawing upon his past experiences working on the Company's own walkers as well as the old design records examined various reports from technicians and combat units. From there he identified the primary problems being that; most systems had specifically designed components built for and used by the walker in question-and the fact that many designs were not suited for the long-term deployments and extended engagements that the Company seemed to find themselves in. Native Kikyoan designs seemed to be even worse for this; even the “lower-tech” designs leaned too much on the High Technology base of the Sector and there was no guarantee of the Company being able to maintain let alone acquire the necessary components to ensure continued effective operation.

Figuratively rolling up his sleeves and doing a metaphorical line of whatever drugs the Neps were sniffing, the grandmaster took it upon himself to design a system built around what they needed. And thus the Standardized Mecha Cockpit was born-built with long-term endurance and operator survival above all else.

The Model 44 Stanard Mecha Cockpit is designed primarily with mechanized walkers in mind and can be scaled up or down as needed depending on design requirements. Built around a heavy-duty titanium alloy frame with monoplate armoring, it houses the pilot's chair, computer systems, and control mechanisms, able to accommodate analog, neural or cybernetic integration controls, and may accommodate up to three of these depending on machine size. It also contains quarters for the crew-this includes bunks, a small cabinet to store supplies in(up to a week), lockers for the crew, a portable electric stove that can plug into, a small shower and toilet with the necessary water to ensure operation.

The unit has an armored life support system, with the same monoplate used to make the cockpit itself-possing things such as automated fire extinguishers, air-scrubbers, particle/gas filters, NBC sealing, etc.. The cockpit also possesses anti-spall lining and silicone gel to seal most minor and moderate breaches. The unit is also capable of fully ejecting from wherever and ensuring that the pilots can be safely retrieved or fall back thanks to the armoring the cockpit possesses. The system all around in spite of having more in common with a small crew cabin than a cockpit is quickly manufactured, and easily mounted on most machines.

Commissar Farzi created this article on 2022/11/26 11:57.

This was approved by Andrew on 2024/11/08.¹⁾