RIFTS NG Lynx Commando Power Armor

Featured in RIFTS Northern Gun 2 sourcebook published by Palladiumbooks, the Lynx and the Cougar Power Armors were both designed as combat suits for fighting the Xiticix.  The Lynx pre-production name was actually "Bug-Hunter 01" , designed as a Xiticix fighter intended for Hive assaults, the design team devised a system of jet thrusters the armor can use to rocket up and down vertical shafts inside the Xiticix hives, make long leaps to assess tunnel levels, and to enter and exit from the many openings. Once inside a horizontal or vertical tunnels, the Lynx is designed leap up into mid-air to fire upon or grapple with Xiticix.  While the Llynx is so engaged, its partner, the Cougar, would present combat support and tear up Xiticix knocked out of the air or charging out across the ground from hiding places and other tunnels and shafts. The Lynx and Cougar power armors are both formidable, close combat suits with a variety of weapons for ranged and close combat. Since fierce combat inside contained spaces is highly anticipated, he Lynx is one of NG's most heavily armored suits.

However, the Lynx is much more versatile than just a Xiticix killer and hive raider. All the features that makes the Lynx and Cougar ideal for combat in the hives also makes superb for urban assaults, street combat, riot control, rescue missions, prison breaks and commando raids.  The same leaping abilities enable the Lynx to pounce from rooftop to rooftop, rocket up and down elevator shafts and assess tunnels, go up and down a flight of stairs in a single bound, leap through windows from outside (in many cases form street level). On street level, the lynx can run, leap and bounce off e sides of buildings and window ledges, dodge by leaping up or through a window, leap over roadblocks and bound over debris, vehicles and giant robots.