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| year reference=<ref>''[http://www.masterunitlist.info/Unit/Details/4471/lancer-lx-2 MUL online date for the ''{{PAGENAME}}'']''</ref>
 
| year reference=<ref>''[http://www.masterunitlist.info/Unit/Details/4471/lancer-lx-2 MUL online date for the ''{{PAGENAME}}'']''</ref>
 
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| frame = [[L2]]
 
| power plant = 250 [[fusion engine]]
 
| power plant = 250 [[fusion engine]]
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| armament = 1 x [[LRM-10]] with [[Artemis IV FCS]] <br> 2 x [[large pulse laser]]s
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| armament = 1x [[LRM-10]] with [[Artemis IV FCS]] <br> 2x [[Large pulse laser]]s
 
| communications system = [[Telestar G-3]]
 
| communications system = [[Telestar G-3]]
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| tracking & targeting system = [[SynCom DEC w/Artemis IV FCS]]
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| tracking & targeting system = [[SynCom DEC]] with [[Artemis IV FCS]]
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| heat sinks = 10 [[Double Heat Sink]]s
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| heat sinks = 10 [[double heat sink]]s
 
| BV (1.0) = 961<ref name=TRO3067-141-143>''Technical Readout: 3067'', pp. 142-143, "Lancer Fighter Profile"</ref><ref>''AeroTech 2 Record Sheets'', p. 82</ref>
 
| BV (1.0) = 961<ref name=TRO3067-141-143>''Technical Readout: 3067'', pp. 142-143, "Lancer Fighter Profile"</ref><ref>''AeroTech 2 Record Sheets'', p. 82</ref>
 
| BV (2.0) = 1,053<ref>''Record Sheets: 3067 Unabridged'', p. 248</ref>
 
| BV (2.0) = 1,053<ref>''Record Sheets: 3067 Unabridged'', p. 248</ref>
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==Weapons and Equipment==
 
==Weapons and Equipment==
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A nose-mounted Irian Weapons Works Class 10b [[LRM-10|LRM launcher]] provides the ''Lancer''s 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.<ref name=TRO3067-141-143/>
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A nose-mounted [[Irian Weapons Works]] [[Class 10b]] [[LRM-10]] launcher provides the ''Lancer''s 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.<ref name=TRO3067-141-143/>
  
 
==Variants==
 
==Variants==
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*;LX-2A : A [[3066]] 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) = 970<ref>''AeroTech 2 Record Sheets'', p. 83</ref> BV(2.0)=1,131<ref>''Record Sheets: 3067 Unabridged'', p. 249</ref>
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*;LX-2A : A [[3066]] variant used on the FWLS ''Santorini'' replaces the [[LRM-10]] launcher with an [[ER large laser]], an extra heat sink, as well as an extra ton of fuel. BV (1.0) = 970<ref>''AeroTech 2 Record Sheets'', p. 83</ref> BV(2.0)=1,131<ref>''Record Sheets: 3067 Unabridged'', p. 249</ref>
  
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*;LX-3 : This [[3074]] ''Lancer'' variant removes the standard weaponry and replaces it with a [[Large Variable Speed Pulse Laser]] in each wing. It also carries a [[Guardian ECM Suite]] in the nose. BV(2.0)=1,037<ref>''Record Sheets: 3067 Unabridged'', p. 250</ref>
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*;LX-3 : This [[3074]] ''Lancer'' variant removes the standard weaponry and replaces it with a [[large variable speed pulse laser]] in each wing. It also carries a [[Guardian ECM Suite]] in the nose. BV(2.0)=1,037<ref>''Record Sheets: 3067 Unabridged'', p. 250</ref>
  
 
==Notes==
 
==Notes==

Revision as of 10:31, 2 August 2022

This article is about the aerospace fighter. For other uses, see Lancer (disambiguation).
Lancer.png
Lancer
Production information
Manufacturer Gutierrez Aerospace
Production Year 3064[1]
Model LX-2
Class Medium
Tech Base Inner Sphere
Technical specifications
Mass 50
Structural Integrity
Frame L2
Power Plant 250 fusion engine
Fuel
Armament

1x LRM-10 with Artemis IV FCS
2x Large pulse lasers

Communications System Telestar G-3
Tracking & Targeting System SynCom DEC with Artemis IV FCS
Heat Sinks 10 double heat sinks
BV (1.0) 961[2][3]
BV (2.0) 1,053[4]

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.[2]

Gutierrez Aerospace put their decade of experience with producing the stopgap F-94 Stingray to good use in designing the testbed 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 Shiva OmniFighter, the Lancer is a formidable aircraft, hailed as a "dream to fly" by pilots and "simplicity to maintain" by ground crews.[2]

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.[2]

Weapons and Equipment

A nose-mounted Irian Weapons Works Class 10b LRM-10 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.[2]

Variants

  • LX-2A 
    A 3066 variant used on the FWLS Santorini replaces the LRM-10 launcher with an ER large laser, an extra heat sink, as well as an extra ton of fuel. BV (1.0) = 970[5] BV(2.0)=1,131[6]

Notes

  • In German products, the unit's proper name was translated to Lancier. The model code was left unchanged.

Gallery

References

  1. ↑ MUL online date for the Lancer (Aerospace Fighter class)
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Technical Readout: 3067, pp. 142-143, "Lancer Fighter Profile"
  3. ↑ AeroTech 2 Record Sheets, p. 82
  4. ↑ Record Sheets: 3067 Unabridged, p. 248
  5. ↑ AeroTech 2 Record Sheets, p. 83
  6. ↑ Record Sheets: 3067 Unabridged, p. 249
  7. ↑ Record Sheets: 3067 Unabridged, p. 250

Bibliography

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