The Sea Naga Stalks the Swamps

OWCS-01AQ Sea Naga

The Sea Naga is a low-production, very specialized aquatic variant of the standard Naga chassis designed to operate in wetland and swamp terrains. To this end, the vehicle receives extensive modifications to its hull and motive systems, and though it is still readily recognizable as a Naga strider, none would mistake its unusual capabilities. The two most obvious differences are the replacement of the ground movement system with caterpillar underwater drive units and the streamlining of the shoulder-mounted missile pods. The former modification, coupled with the installation of hidden ballasts within the hull, allows the vehicle limited under water mobility. The latter gives the Sea Naga two shoulder-mounted vertical launch bins for subroc guided missiles. For maximum impact during ambushes, a pressured-air system launch the heavy missiles to the surface where their normal jets take over, allowing the Sea Naga to fire without leaving its watery hiding place. Another, more subtle modification is the replacement of the forward autocannon by a Grendel-XVI microtorpedeo launcher, whose warheads are quite capable of cracking any civilian grade hulls. Although the Grendel is mounted on the Naga autocannon hardpoint, the length of its main tube and feed cables hobbles its rotation and restricts its arc of fire to a safe 20° cone in front of the vehicle.

Most of the Sea Nagas in existence belong to the “Swamp Rats”, a strider unit currently stationed in Marabou. During the War of the Alliance, the “Swamp Rats” adopted deadly ambush tactics to eliminate advanced Terran combat groups attempting to break through the southern wetlands. In the first engagement, an entire Earth hovertank platoon was shattered from attacks launched from underneath the placid waters of the Yolanda swamps. After the war, the unit was relocated to Lake Esperance to join the Southern Underwater and Scuba Training Center. Strider crews graduating in the use of Sea Nagas receive a “Swamp Rat” emblem to affix to their uniforms. The Swamp Rats are sometimes sent in missions outside the immediate territory of the city-state, their gleaming green-brown Nagas hauled on large hovertrucks, surrounded by grinning ‘Rats working on their tan.

Sea Naga in Heavy Gear Blitz!

The Sea Naga is a Naga variant added to the South model list in Heavy Gear Blitz! These additional profiles are Extended Content.

Model	TV	Roles	MR	Arm	H/S	A	GU	PI	EW	React Weapons	Mounted Weapons	Traits	Type	Size
Sea Naga	21	FS	W:6	9	4/4	2	4+	5+	5+	LRP	2x MATM, LCW	TD (Aux), Sensor Boom (Aux), Sub	Strider	2"