Neo-Jovian Mecha Recognition Guide
SolFed
Solar Federation Space Force
Marida A2
Primary Operator: SFSF
Role: mass production orbital
Fixed Armament
- 2 linear gun (head)
- 1 beam saber (right hip)
- 3-slot grenade rack (left hip)
Notes
The Marida is the Solar Federation's current front line mass production mobile suit and of all its myriad variants, the SFSF's orbital use Marida A2 and A3 variants are the most common. A well designed, well rounded and perhaps most importantly, technically mature unit, its performance in all key metrics is at least equal if not superior to any opposing force it is likely to encounter in significant numbers.
Solar Federation Army/Airforce
Marida B
Primary Operator: SFAA
Role: mass production terrestrial
Fixed Armament
- 2 modular mission pod hardpoint (head)
- 1 beam saber (right hip)
- 3-slot grenade rack (left hip)
- more hardpoints!
Notes
Long relegated to second fiddle when it came to its share of the military acquisitions budget, the planetary wing of the the SolFed military has been acquiring its own B and C variant Maridas for terrestrial and atmospheric operating environments. The B variant is equipped to handle a wide variety of terrain and gravitational conditions and is inherently a tougher suit than the A variants as it is almost never issued with a shield. Head mounted linear cannons are also replaced with modular mission pod hardpoints (usually direct-fire cannon armament on one side and something else in the other).
Marida D
Primary Operator: SFNM
Role: mass production amphibious/gas giant
Notes
The longest Marida variant in coming and by far the most sophisticated from an engineering perspective, the Marida D goes far above and beyond the mundane requirement of operation in Earthlike waters. Featuring robust environmental controls, radialogical and electromagnetic flux hardening and a condensed graviton pressure balance system, Marida D can operate in incredibly hostile environments that have nevertheless proven militarily important in the past, such as the upper layers of gas giants. Its main fixed armament are shoulder mounted heavy pods for missiles or torpedoes.