Ares (OmniMech)

Description

Entering a new era, Battlemechs blown the 100 tons limit with these impressive behemoths. Coming from a dark project so-called Rhodes Project in an unknown location, the Ares Colossal Class is the first representant of a new 'mechs breed. Better armored, better weaponed and three legged, they were firstly seen during the Dark Age. Many claim these 'mechs were a fake. In fact, reality was really a dark omen. Indeed, these mechs, weighting around 130 tons (depending the version) carries an arsenal that could shame an Atlas itself.(from testimonies, the fire load looks like a complete regiment fire). Remaining at an experimental stade, many of the Great Houses try to find their homeworld, but these war beast are already harvesting more and more worlds, their green lightning face orbit as a death and destruction omen...

Armament

The armament is divided in three main categories : -Legs -Torso -Loadout

The two first are commons to all versions.

• -Legs contains 1 short range missile 2-racks plus an extanded range small laser and 2 anti-personnel pods.

• -Torso bears 2 long range missile 5-racks plus 2 extended range medium lasers

• -Loadout at least, differs from a version to another...

Alternate Configurations

• Alt. Config. A - Codenamed "Zeus" : the loadout bears 2 extanded range PPCs plus 3 short range missile racks. Designed for medium range combat.
• Alt. Config. B - Codenamed "Hera" : the loadout stores 1 heavy gauss rifle plus 3 extended range medium pulse lasers. Designed for medium and short range battles.
• Alt. Config. C - Codenamed "Hades" : the loadout differs with 1 tight stream electromagnetic pulse weapon plus 2 medium range missile 20 racks and finally 1 autocannon/10
• Alt. Config. 1 - Codenamed "Poseidon" : this more recent version is an improvement in speed and reparability, resulting of the experiment progresses. This version carries 2 extanded range PPCs, 1 tight stream electromagnetic pulse weapon and 1 medium range missile 20 rack.

References

Created for the Wizkids "Mechwarrior Age of Destruction" battlepacks, these designs are a progress in the game evolution.

• Explaination articles :

http://www.wizkidsgames.com/mechwarrior/mw_article.asp?cid=40834 in the orders, polls around the firt sights :

• http://www.wizkidsgames.com/mechwarrior/LinkNet/default.asp?a=40774
• http://www.wizkidsgames.com/mechwarrior/LinkNet/default.asp?a=40803 (bottom of the article)
• http://www.wizkidsgames.com/mechwarrior/LinkNet/default.asp?a=40809
• http://www.wizkidsgames.com/mechwarrior/LinkNet/default.asp?a=40829 (plus an impressive video at the bottom of the article)