Wight

Wight
Wight
Production information
Manufacturer Luthien Armor Works[1]

StarCorps Industries[1]

Production Year 3068[2]
Model WGT-1LAW/SC[1]
Class Light
Cost 3,281,535 C-bills
Technical specifications
'Mech type Inner Sphere BattleMech
Mass 35 tons
Chassis Alshain 560-Carrier Endo Steel
Armor New Samarkand Royal Heavy Ferro-Fibrous
Engine Omni 175 Compact
Communications System Sipher CommCon SCU-4
Targeting Tracking System Cat's Eyes 5
Heat Sinks 10 double
Speed 86 km/h
Armament
BV (2.0) 1,142[1][3][4]


Description

Developed as much to replace units lost in the Blakists' Jihad as to prove the enduring industrial strength of the Draconis Combine, the Wight is a daring and innovative 'Mech design. With the loss of their main facility on the Combine's capital in 3068, Luthien Armor Works was caught between a government contract it could not refuse, yet could not fulfill due to lack of facilities, resulting in a surprising solution. Buying up a large volume of worn out 10-K Panthers sent to Wakazashi Enterprises for refurbishment, LAW stripped each 'Mech down to its base endo steel skeleton and then contracted with StarCorps Industries of Son Hoa in the Lyran Alliance to share the cost of a new design, shipping some of these frames to StarCorps with the paired ER lasers mounted to outfit as they wished. Those frames that LAW retained had compact fusion engines, double heat sinks, and heavy ferro-fibrous armor installed to give the Wight surprising longevity for a front-line light 'Mech.[5]

Weapons and Equipment

The Wight's weapon array suits its role as a short ranged brawler, based around one of the newly introduced Lord's Light heavy PPCs in the right torso, backed up by dual mounted Diverse Optics ER medium lasers. Its all energy weapon loadout allows the 'Mech to stay in action as long as its bulky armor and its pilot's endurance will allow.[5]

Variants

  • WGT-2SC 
    Despite sharing the cost of the design, StarCorps has never produced the base model, blasting LAW for its low mobility by light 'Mech standards. StarCorp's base version of the Wight instead uses standard ferro-fibrous armor and carries a snub-nose PPC as its main weapon to allow it to mount jump jets, trading firepower for mobility.[1] BV (2.0) = 1,093[8][9]
  • WGT-2LAWC3 
    The Wight's version of the ubiquitous DCMS C3 slave field refit kit. Like many such kits it removes one of the ER medium lasers to free up the space needed, and is available for both the 1LAW and 2LAW models.[1] BV (2.0)= 821[12][13]

Design Quirks

The WGT-1LAW/SC Wight has the following Design Quirks:[18]

The WGT-4NC Wight Dezgra variant is subject to the following Design Quirks:[16]

Notes

  • Luthien Armor Works' Wights are produced over the planet Dover by a L.A.W. mobile factory, which had been constructed in the hull of the unfinished battleship Yamato.[19][20]

Gallery

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 Technical Readout: Jihad, pp. 66–67: "WGT-1LAW/SC Wight"
  2. MUL online date for the Wight
  3. Record Sheets: 3075 Unabridged, p. 40
  4. Record Sheets: 3075 Unabridged - The Cutting Edge, p. 129
  5. 5.0 5.1 Technical Readout: 3075, pp. 70-71, "Wight 'Mech Profile"
  6. Record Sheets: 3075 Unabridged, p. 41
  7. Record Sheets: 3075 Unabridged - The Cutting Edge, p. 130
  8. Record Sheets: 3075 Unabridged, p. 44
  9. Record Sheets: 3075 Unabridged - The Cutting Edge, p. 133
  10. Record Sheets: 3075 Unabridged, p. 42
  11. Record Sheets: 3075 Unabridged - The Cutting Edge, p. 131
  12. Record Sheets: 3075 Unabridged, p. 43
  13. Record Sheets: 3075 Unabridged - The Cutting Edge, p. 132
  14. Record Sheets: 3075 Unabridged, p. 45
  15. Record Sheets: 3075 Unabridged - The Cutting Edge, p. 134
  16. 16.0 16.1 Experimental Technical Readout: Phantoms, p. 3
  17. Spotlight On: Stone's Trackers, p. 7
  18. BattleMech Manual, p. 95 BattleMech Quirk Table - Wight Entry.
  19. Technical Readout: 3075, p. 70
  20. Field Report: DCMS, p. 6

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