I don't know how to say this without getting kicked in the balls and sent packing, so I'll just spill the beans. As of this morning, this build is dead. It turns out my aspirations were bigger than what I could pack into the raider and keep it on the road safely. Ultimately, my needs for the rig changed and cascaded into something that couldn't be done with this platform. The build is still on, but will be done with a rig for a different forum.

Thanks to all for the support through my ramblings here, and I'm sorry I couldn't deliver...

I still have the Black Raider, though, and will continue to improve on that Mitsu for now.