Editing Eisenfaust

{{InfoBoxBattleMech
|image = Eisenfaust.jpg
|name = ''Eisenfaust''
|manufacturer = [[Defiance Industries]]<ref name=TRJp84f>''Technical Readout: Jihad'', pp. 84–85: "EFT-7X Eisenfaust"</ref> <!-- reprinted from TRO:3085 -->
|production year = 3077
|year reference = <ref name="MUL1">[http://www.masterunitlist.info/Unit/Details/945/eisenfaust-eft-7x/ MUL online data for the ''{{PAGENAME}}'']</ref>
|model = EFT-7X<ref name=TRJp84f />
|cost = 5,844,370 [[C-bill]]s<ref name="MUL1"/>
|Tech Base = Inner Sphere
|mech type = BattleMech
|feet = biped
|mass = 45
|chassis = [[Chariot Type II-B]] <!-- <ref name=TRJp84f /> -->
|armor = [[Durallex Medium]] <!-- <ref name=TRJp84f /> -->
|engine = [[Edasich Motors 180 XL]] <!-- <ref name=TRJp84f /> -->
|comsys = [[Neil 6000-G]] <!-- <ref name=TRJp84f /> -->
|T&T = [[RCA Instatrac Mark XXII]] <!-- <ref name=TRJp84f /> -->
|heat sinks = 15 [[Double Heat Sink|double]] <!-- <ref name=TRJp84f /> -->
|speed = 64 <!-- <ref name=TRJp84f /> -->
|jumpjets = None<ref name="TRO:3085p74+"/>
|armament = <!-- <ref name=TRJp84f /> -->
* 1x [[plasma rifle]]
* 1x [[ER large laser]]
* 2x [[medium pulse laser]]
* 1x [[ER small laser]]
|BV (1.0) = N/A
|BV (2.0) = 1,203<ref name=TRJp84f /><ref name="MUL1"/><ref>''Record Sheets: 3085 Print Edition'', p. 54</ref>
}}

== Description ==
The '''''Eisenfaust''''' was originally designed shortly after the [[Lyran Commonwealth]] began building 'Mechs. Based on their experience with the ''[[Commando]]'' and ''[[Ymir]]'', the LCAF tried to build a medium class "siege engine" 'Mech. Though the trials looked promising, the battlefield performance of the early ''Eisenfaust'' was poor and the design was cancelled.<ref name="TRO:3085p74+">''Technical Readout: 3085'', pp. 74-75 - EFT-7X ''Eisenfaust''</ref>

After the recovery of [[lostech]] and advanced [[SLDF]] technologies, [[Defiance Industries]] looked at the early ''Eisenfaust'' design again. The updated ''Eisenfaust'' entered production after simulations showed it could be an effective battlefield unit if equipped with updated technologies. In fact the ''Eisenfaust'' was one of the first designs to enter production after the start of the [[Jihad]].<ref name="TRO:3085p74+"/>

The updated ''Eisenfaust'' uses an [[XL engine]] to provide power. The small weight of the engine allows the 'Mech to carry more armor and weaponry than the prototype models, as well as increasing the top speed. More importantly, the use of 15 [[double heat sink]]s allows the ''Eisenfaust'' to dissipate the heat from all its weapons.<ref name="TRO:3085p74+"/>

== Weapons and Equipment ==
The ''Eisenfaust'' uses a single [[plasma rifle]] as its main weapon. Equipped with two tons of ammunition the rifle can inflict serious damage on any battlefield unit and can obliterate conventional infantry platoons. The ''Eisenfaust''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s slow top speed makes it difficult for the 'Mech to break contact and reload its plasma rifle magazine, therefore Defiance engineers installed a suite of lasers to provide the backup weapons the 'Mech needs to deal with determined opponents. Two [[medium pulse laser]]s and an [[ER small laser]] work to deal with close up threats, as well as deal with hostile [[battle armor]]. The [[ER large laser]] supports the plasma rifle at range, allowing the pilot to save the plasma rifle for a knockout punch.<ref name="TRO:3085p74+"/>

== Variants ==
*; EFT-2 : The result of a [[Introduction Year::2471]]<ref name="MUL2"/> working group, this ''Eisenfaust'' model was intended to carry the [[AC/10]] into a siege or defensive engagement. This simple design mandate was quickly warped into an entirely different machine. For close work the 'Mech carried two [[medium laser]]s while a [[large laser]] provided long range and ammunition free firepower. The [[Coventry Defense Conglomerate]] was unable to overcome the inherent limitations of primitive technology however, resulting in a thinly armored and clumsy 'Mech that could only reach a top speed of 32 km/h. The single ton of ammunition provided to the ''Eisenfaust''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s main weapon didn't help. The CDC only produced one prototype unit for the [[LCAF]].<ref name=XTRO:PV3p4>''Experimental Technical Readout: Primitives, Volume 3'', p. 4 - EFT-2 ''Eisenfaust''</ref> BV (2.0) = 775<ref name="MUL2">[http://www.masterunitlist.info/Unit/Details/5618/eisenfaust-eft-2/ MUL online data for the ''Eisenfaust'' EFT-2 variant]</ref>

*; EFT-4J : This ''Eisenfaust'' model was the original prototype developed in [[Introduction Year::2515]]<ref name="MUL3"/>. Though several were produced, Defiance Industries only used them to test weapons and equipment configurations for the EFT-7X.<ref name=TRJp84f /> These models remain on [[Hesperus II]] to serve as test vehicles.<ref name="TRO:3085p74+"/> BV (2.0) = 977<ref>''Record Sheets: 3085 Unabridged - The Cutting Edge'', p. 110</ref><ref name="MUL3">[http://www.masterunitlist.info/Unit/Details/944/eisenfaust-eft-4j/ MUL online data for the ''Eisenfaust'' EFT-4J variant]</ref> 

*; EFT-8X : This variant is a testbed for some [[Experimental Technology|experimental weapons]] in [[Introduction Year::3080]]<ref name="MUL4"/>. Removing the standard weapons load of the ''Eisenfaust'' allows engineers to install a [[Binary Laser Cannon]] and some [[medium variable speed pulse laser]]s. As this is an experimental model, no other details are known.<ref name=TRJp84f /> BV (2.0) = 1,039<ref>''Record Sheets: 3085 Unabridged - The Cutting Edge'', p. 112</ref><ref name="MUL4">[http://www.masterunitlist.info/Unit/Details/946/eisenfaust-eft-8x/ MUL online data for the ''Eisenfaust'' EFT-8X variant]</ref>

== Design Quirks ==
The ''Eisenfaust'' is subject the following [[Design Quirks]]:<ref>[[BattleMech Manual]], p. 91 Design Quirk Table - ''Eisenfaust'' Entry</ref>
* [[Battlefists]]
* [[Easy to Maintain]]
* [[Protected Actuators]]

The EFT-2 ''Eisenfaust'' variant is subject to the following [[Design Quirks]]:<ref name=XTRO:PV3p4/>
* [[Bad Reputation]] 
* [[Improved Cooling Jacket|Improved Cooling Jacket (Large Laser)]]
* [[Poor Performance]] 
* [[Prototype]]
* [[Obsolete|Obsolete/2472]]

== Notes ==
* The ''Eisenfaust'' was released by Defiance Industries in 2515. However, the 'Mech factories that would become [[Defiance Industries]] were founded in [[2577]] by the [[Lyran Commonwealth]] and the [[Star League]], though some 'Mech factories have been on Hesperus II prior the Star League. Those factories were the property of the [[Terran Hegemony]] rather than the Lyran Commonwealth.

== BattleMech Gallery ==
<gallery>
EFT-2 Eisenfaust.jpg|EFT-2 ''Eisenfaust''
Mecheisenfaust-5s.jpg|''Eisenfaust'' [[Clix]] miniature
</gallery>

== References ==
<references />

== Bibliography ==
* ''[[BattleMech Manual]]''
* ''[[Experimental Technical Readout: Primitives, Volume 3]]''
* ''[[Master Unit List]]''
* ''[[Mechwarrior: Age of Destruction]]''
* ''[[Record Sheets: 3085 Print Edition]]''
* ''[[Record Sheets: 3085 Unabridged - The Cutting Edge]]''
* ''[[Technical Readout: 3085]]''

[[Category:'Mechs]]
[[Category:Lyran Commonwealth BattleMechs]]