The Maximillian class Combat Armoured Trooper suit is the heaviest deployed by the Coalition's Paratoop force. Standing 5.94 metres tall the suit has a basic combat loaded weight of 8.8 metric tons when fitted with the standard armament of two heavy and two light weapons. Additional armour can bit applied - a suit of armour for a suit of armour, essentially - but this adds several tons to the design and increases the ground pressure beyond an acceptable level, requiring the antigrav unit to be run constantly to offset the increase. This has a negative effect on both range/endurance, jump/hover/flight capability, and most especially on stealth.
The design of the Maximillian is relatively conventional, with the single operator in the chest unit. Sensor, communication and computer systems are located above the cockpit, providing the operator with a 3D immersive view of the surroundings in day or night, in almost any environment. The arms and legs are conventionally arranged. A variety of arms can be attached, including heavy weapons such as plasma cannon, a Graser cannon, a missile pack, a flamethrower, or a 40 mm field cannon with 92 shells of various kinds, including micro-nuke, M/AM and nanological. Two more weapon hardpoints are located on the shoulders for light weapons; usually a pair of triple barreled laser cannon are mounted here. Beneath the cockpit is a modular housing containing the fusion reactor and fuel tanks.
Even without forcefield protection, the Maximillian is capable of operating in almost any environment; they have been used on planets ranging from near absolute zero to 600 K, in pressures exceeding those found kilometres under the ocean. They have waded through liquid Hydrogen and lava for extended periods without harm. They are the big hitters of the Coalition ground forces; the only way to inflict more damage than a Maximillian can is with orbital bombardments from ship-scale weaponry.
