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Revision as of 11:01, 2 April 2010
Lancer | |
Production information | |
Manufacturer | Gutierrez Aerospace |
Model | LX-2 |
Class | Medium |
Tech Base | Inner Sphere |
Technical specifications | |
Mass | 50 |
Structural Integrity | |
Frame | L2 |
Power Plant | 250 Fusion Engine |
Fuel | |
Armament |
1 x LRM-10 with Artemis IV FCS |
Communications System | Telestar G-3 |
Tracking & Targeting System | SynCom DEC w. Artemis IV FCS |
Heat Sinks | 10 Double Heat Sinks |
BV (1.0) | 961 |
BV (2.0) | ?? |
Description
One of the products of the post-Clan Invasion trillion M-Bill naval technology renaissance in the Free Worlds League, the Lancer is an advanced AeroSpace Fighter design that sees most use as a carrier DropShip and WarShip-based reconnaissance craft.
Gutierrez Aerospace put their decade of experience with producting the stopgap F-94 Stingray to good use in designing the test bed LX-1 to validate the design and new technology, with the production model LX-2 entering service after a four year development period in 3064. Though not as "cutting-edge" as the as the Shiva OmniFighter, the Lancer is formidable aircraft, hailed as a "dream to fly" by pilots and "simplicity to maintain" by ground crews.
A light and agile fighter with integrated flight and weapon systems, the heart of the aircraft is the 250-rated fusion engine and five tons of fuel, capable of driving the Lancer at high speeds at low level. Advanced terrain-avoidance sensors allow the Lancer to fly at NOE altitudes, a highly successful if uncomfortable way to sneak under enemy radar cover.
Armament
A nose-mounted Irian Weapons Works Class 10b LRM launcher provides the Lancers principal long-range firepower, the same weapon carried by the Stingray with the addition of an Artemis IV FCS to improve missile accuracy, with a Tronel PPL-22 Large Pulse Laser mounted in each wing providing medium-range firepower. While carrying an advanced and well rounded weapons array for its size, the Lancer is hampered by carrying only a single ton of LRM reloads, and bombs or external pods greatly degrade the fighter's performance in its signature NOE role.
Variants
- LX-2A - A variant used on the FWLS Santorini replaces the LRM launcher with an ER Large Laser, an extra heat sink, as well as an extra ton of fuel. BV (1.0) = ?
References
- Technical Readout: 3067, pp. 142-143