Butcher 1-4

 

Butcher 1-4, callsign  'Basilisk', is the callsign of a Tempest Infantry Fighting Vehicle featured in the Orion Nero Initiative series. Basilisk is part of the 12th Cavalry Regiment of the 1st Infantry BCT and is only seen in  'Lockdown'.

 

Engagements
Basilisk only appears in the chapter, ' Lockdown' where Basilisk and Buzzard are sent into Goulburn to help Stalker Six extract Bravo Team and Adrian Lux from Alvitr Central Security occupied territory. Upon arrival to the set rendezvous zone in the city, Basilisk and Buzzard begin opening fire on a building across the river in the city.

When an RPG is fired at the pair of Tempests, Basilisk is destroyed after an IED is set off and all three crew members of the tank are killed.

General Characteristics

 * Crew:
 * Tank Commander: (K.I.A.)
 * Driver: (K.I.A.)
 * Gunner: (K.I.A.)
 * Max Occupancy: 6 soldiers

Armament

 * 30mm Bushmaster autocannon
 * M791 APDS-1 Armour-Piercing Discarding Sabot (with) tracer
 * M792 HEI-T High Explosive Incendiary round (with) tracer
 * 2x TOW anti-tank missile launchers


 * Coaxial mounted M240 Machine gun

Countermeasures
Concealment:


 * 2x 4 barrel M250 smoke grenade launchers that blocks both visual and thermal imaging on the front of the turret
 * Exchanged with chaff and flares

Armour:


 * Spaced laminate armour offering 14.5mm all-around protection
 * 7017 aluminium armour on the hull

Active Protection System (APS):


 * 1x Iron Fist Hard-kill APS