Mobile Bipedal Strike Platfrom

Mobile Bipedal Strike Platforms, abbreviated as MBSP are large bipedal armoured combat vehicles roughly standing around 18 meters. MBSPs are generally made for ground combat, although there have been variants made for underwater environments. MBSPs are not suited for combat in zero gravity.

History
MBSPs origins traces to that of EXTFrame Enterprise's Exosuits. Development of the MBSP began on Earth by NSU Scientist Bai Yahui of the NSU Research Department. The project itself was named 'Red P' and was kept secret from everyone but the department itself.

The project itself was stalled due to problems with a suitable energy source. Prototype MBSPs were not able to go far and barely had enough armour to protect itself from projectiles.

This changed in 2070, as the researchers have found a suitable reactor for MBSPs due to progress in making the reactors smaller. The first fully functional MBSP, the Type 70 WB was unveiled in 2075 to the public.

Prior to unveiling of NSU's MBSP the Type 70 WB, AUH started developing their own MBSP, which eventually spawned the EX-VE-W 2076 Prototype MBSP in 2076.

MBSPs saw major use by both NSU and their full product, and the American Union with AUH Prototype EX-VE-W during the Alaskan Campaign in 2076 where a unit of 4 MBSPs managed to destroy an Armoured Division during Operation Nighthawk, thus shifting the course of how war was fought.

By 2078, AUH released their first production MBSP, the MAW-78 which proved to be quite popular with the pilots and earned it the nickname 'Havoc'.

The cost of each MBSP and training for each pilot made it unsuitable for mass production. Therefore it served as part of the 'Special Armoured Weapons Divisions' of most militaries.