Raiden
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| Raiden | |
| Production information | |
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| Manufacturer | New Samarkand Metals, Luthien Armor Works |
| Use | Line Unit |
| Weight Class | Medium |
| Tech Base | Inner Sphere |
| Cost | 400,000 C-bills |
| Introduced | 3055 |
| Technical specifications | |
| Mass | 1,000 kg |
| Top Speed | 10 km/h |
| Armament | |
| Armor Type | Standard |
| BV (1.0) | Small Laser = 37 Flamer = 33 Machine Gun=31 |
| BV (2.0) | Small Laser = 44[1] Flamer = 38[2] Machine Gun=38[3] MRM = 37[4] Tsunami = 40[5] Original = 40[6] |
Description
The Raiden is a battle armor design that hails from the Draconis Combine. It is essentially the Combine's take on the Inner Sphere Standard, though the Standard was still being produced in the Kurita realm at the time. Greatly aided by the prize they won on Wolcott, the Combine's battle armor development program gave birth to the Raiden, as well as the lighter Kage and heavier Kanazuchi. When the first Raiden prototype was presented to the Coordinator in 3052, it was armed with a small laser in its right arm and shoulder-mounted single-shot SRM. While it boasted enough armor to survive hits from missiles and medium lasers, the Coordinator commanded the director to improve armor coverage so that it could survive a direct blast from a Large Laser and still remain mobile.[7]
The director was informed that he would be piloting the test suit, despite the fact that the septuagenarian had neither the training nor strength to properly control the suit. The design team removed the prototype's missile launcher in order to provide the necessary armor. Following the successful test, the director suffered only five broken bones and spent a month in the hospital; he was promoted to head of the Internal Security Force's research department after recovering from his wounds.[8] The director died the following year and received an honor guard composed of Raiden-suited troopers.
Compared to other early Inner Sphere designs, the Raiden came equipped with jump jets, a feature which others lacked. The Raiden is both stronger and more agile than the Standard design, making it superior in hand-to-hand fighting.[9]
Armament
Like the Inner Sphere Standard, the Raiden has a modular weapon mount that can accept a Small Laser, Flamer, or Machine Gun to accommodate for preference or mission parameters. It lacks the missile launcher and anti-personnel weapon mount of the Elemental Battle Armor, though it has the same jump capacity of ninety meters and also mounts a battle claw that enables it to hitch a ride on an OmniMech and make anti-'Mech attacks. Raidens were later equipped with the "Tsunami" Gauss Rifle, and during the FedCom Civil War, engineers perfected a single tube Medium Range Missile launcher with four reloads for the Raiden.[10]
Variants
- Anti-Infantry - Equipped with a Vibro-Claw, Flamer, and Machine Gun, this variant is fearsome in urban combat and devastating to conventional infantry platoons.[11] BV (2.0) = 47[12]
References
- ↑ Record Sheets: 3058 Unabridged (Clan & Star League), p. 56
- ↑ Record Sheets: 3058 Unabridged (Clan & Star League), p. 55
- ↑ Record Sheets: 3058 Unabridged (Clan & Star League), p. 57
- ↑ Record Sheets: 3058 Unabridged (Clan & Star League), p. 58
- ↑ Record Sheets: 3058 Unabridged (Clan & Star League), p. 59
- ↑ This is the prototype suit listed below. Record Sheets: 3058 Unabridged (Clan & Star League), p. 60
- ↑ Lostech, p. 96
- ↑ Lostech, p. 96
- ↑ Lostech, p. 96
- ↑ Record Sheets: 3058 Unabridged (Clan & Star League), p. 58
- ↑ Technical Readout: 3085, p. 191
- ↑ Record Sheets: 3085 Unabridged — Old is the New New, p. 19