The Ōmukade is a perimeter defense system
made up of a series of “cars” designed to be separated and deployed over a wide area. This land train-style vehicle system has a primary command car as the only crewed component. The command car transports a series of up to twelve secondary cars behind it, each containing a specialized defensive system or offensive weapon. When separated, the secondary cars are all autonomous wheeled drones that can operate under their own pilot programs.
Most of the secondary cars feature an exterior weapon mount attached to their Grade 1 mil-spec hardpoint. This allows a car to externally mount up to a Size 3 weapon. A typical anti-aircraft loadout may be a 30 millimeter RAC in a high traverse cradle or a Size 3 missile pod with four SAMs. Other role configurations may swap out the SAMs with four anti-armor missiles or provide light fire support with a 105 millimeter howitzer. Other options include racks for support drones. Some cars, informally called “battle wagons,” are designed to handle front-line contact with enemy forces instead of a support role. These cars are far more survivable, with upgraded armor and an enclosed turret containing a Size 1 weapon, typically a railgun, 30 millimeter chain gun, or a shortrange missile defense setup that twin links a MDS with am Ares Firebird laser.
When the cars are connected in land train configuration, the individual car drives are disconnected and function as trailers being pulled by the command car.