Rotwang
08/03/14 02:40 PM
94.226.248.136
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Ensign ESN-3R
Mass: 85 tons
Tech Base: Inner Sphere
Chassis Config: Biped
Rules Level: Tournament Legal
Era: Age of War/Star League
Tech Rating/Era Availability: E/E-F-E-A
Production Year: 2697
Cost: 20.121.093 C-Bills
Battle Value: 1.668
Chassis: Unknown Standard
Power Plant: Unknown 340 Fusion XL Engine
Walking Speed: 43,2 km/h
Maximum Speed: 64,8 km/h
Jump Jets: None
Jump Capacity: 0 meters
Armor: Unknown Ferro-Fibrous
Armament:
1 PPC
1 Autocannon/10
1 Large Pulse Laser
2 SRM-6s
4 Medium Lasers
Manufacturer: Unknown
Primary Factory: Unknown
Communications System: Unknown
Targeting and Tracking System: Unknown
Overview:
Conceived as a replacement for the Battlemaster, the Ensign was meant to
function not only as a command mech, but also as a fast battlefield superiority
mech.
Capabilities:
Built around a weight-saving 340 XL engine, propelling the mech to speeds of 64
kph. This allowed the mech to mount a much heavier armament than the original
Battlemaster.
The hand mounted PPC was augmented with an underslung Large Pulse Laser, an
arm-mount AC/10 on the other side. For close defence the Ensign carried four
medium lasers and twin SRM-6 Launchers. Unlike the Battlemaster, they were
mounted inside the torso, giving a better field of view to the sides. Two of
the medium lasers faced rearwards to discourage the enemy from attacking the
rear.
14 tons of ferro-fibrous armour gave the Ensign a level of protection only
rivalled by the likes of the Atlas.
Despite the excellent all-round combat capacity the SLDF quartermaster found
several flaws in the design. It lacked anti-infantry weapons, despite mounting
weapons with HE capability. The short range armament was considered weaker
than the Battlemaster, as the Large Pulse Laser was considered to be a ranged
weapon and the second SRM rated lower than energy weapons. As a result the
Royal version of the Battlemaster was selected instead, though it had many of
the same flaws, which lead to accusations of corruption and bribery. The
subsequent board of inquiry found no evidence that the Battlemaster 1Gb model
had been favoured instead as it was selected on different criteria as a variant
of an existing battlemech.
Unable to sell the mech on the open market, production was shut down and the
factory was retooled to produce parts instead.
During the first Succession War the Capellan Confederation captured the
installations and attempted to put the Ensign in production, but the Federated
Suns attacked the world before these plans could be set in motion. Capellan
engineers set demolition charges that collapsed a nearby hill and buried the
site for centuries. The Word of Blake made a considerable effort to unearth
the installations and restart production, but the factory was captured by
Devlin's Stone's forces. A Blakist holdout team was lead to wrongly believe
that Stone was at the facilities and detonated a "dirty" tactical nuclear
device that devastated most of the installations and rendered the ruins highly
radioactive.
Nearly fifty years onwards investigators have examined the site and found that
the factory was in better shape than expected, but radioactivity levels were
still lethal.
Battle History:
Several prototypes participated in the Martial Olympiads for several years and
proved themselves to be a match for anything the SLDF could field at the time,
but the organizers took great care not to match it up with any Battlemasters
for fear it might cause further controversy.
The prototypes were mothballed, but put back into service when General Kerensky
requested more command mechs for his operations in the Periphery. According to
field reports the Ensigns performed adequately, but their age made maintenance
difficult and some of the weapons were considered obsolescent. Despite this
the mechs survived the Civil War after which they forever disappeared from
view. The design fits no known Clan mechs, so it is thought the design went
extinct in the early years of the Clans.
Variants:
The World of Blake planned to replace the AC with an LBX version and add CASE,
while replacing the PPC with an ER version. Dozens of near complete mechs
survived the explosion mostly intact and are known to be still at the factory
site, but recovering them would be a costly affair.
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Equipment Type Rating Mass
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Internal Structure: Standard 130 points 8,50
Engine: XL Fusion Engine 340 13,50
Walking MP: 4
Running MP: 6
Jumping MP: 0
Heat Sinks: Double Heat Sink 12(24) 2,00
Gyro: Standard 4,00
Cockpit: Standard 3,00
Actuators: L: SH+UA+LA+H R: SH+UA+LA+H
Armor: Ferro-Fibrous AV - 250 14,00
Armor Locations: 1 HD, 3 LT, 3 RT, 1 LA, 2 RA, 2 LL, 2 RL
Internal Armor
Structure Factor
Head 3 9
Center Torso 27 39
Center Torso (rear) 10
L/R Torso 18 27
L/R Torso (rear) 9
L/R Arm 14 26
L/R Leg 18 34
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Equipment Location Heat Critical Mass
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PPC RA 10 3 7,00
Large Pulse Laser RA 10 2 7,00
Autocannon/10 LA 3 7 12,00
SRM-6 RT 4 2 3,00
Medium Laser RT 3 1 1,00
SRM-6 LT 4 2 3,00
Medium Laser LT 3 1 1,00
2 (R) Medium Lasers CT 6 2 2,00
@SRM-6 (15) RT - 1 1,00
@AC/10 (20) LT - 2 2,00
@SRM-6 (15) LT - 1 1,00
Free Critical Slots: 3
BattleForce Statistics
MV S (+0) M (+2) L (+4) E (+6) Wt. Ov Armor: 8 Points: 17
4 4 4 1 0 4 1 Structure: 4
Special Abilities: SRCH, ES, SEAL, SOA, SRM 1/1/0
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ghostrider
08/04/14 02:47 AM
24.30.141.170
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The biggest thing I would say to replace might be the lpl for an erll. That would be more of a range weapon then the is lpl. It barely outranges the standard medium lasers. Yes the better to hit makes up for alot of issues there. Or a second ppc, but minimum range issues there.
I could see an upgrade using a gauss rifle in place of the 10 but coming up with the extra weight might be an issue. First idea is the lpl, but may not be a good idea.
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