--- The first two 'Mechs are described here as an "OmniBattleMech". In every way other than name they are exactly the same as OmniMechs. The distinction was made for flavor, as these are presumed lost forever and were at the time a sort of Proto-OmniMech. Whether the Mercury BattleMech is a direct competitor, or the Nimbus is an SLDF black project taking it further is left up to the reader.
--- The third and last 'Mech is a supposed version of the Nimbus where it was never an SLDF project, nor a Proto-OmniMech, but rather a product released to compete with the DCMS' own Jenner. While these two are not exactly mutually exclusive with some creative interpretation, I figured it would be more interesting to fluff the 3025 version as such. The NMS-14H does a good job in countering the Jenner by having more armor and better heat management while still possessing enough mobility to handily run down a Panther as well as fielding enough weaponry to compete with it's primary prey.
OBM-0Y:
Code:
BattleMech Technical Readout
Type/Model: Nimbus OBM-0X
Tech: Inner Sphere / 2750
Config: Biped OmniMech
Rules: Level 2, Standard design
Mass: 30 tons
Chassis: Endo Steel
Power Plant: 210 GM XL Fusion
Walking Speed: 75.6 km/h
Maximum Speed: 118.8 km/h
Jump Jets: 7 Standard Jump Jets
Jump Capacity: 210 meters
Armor Type: Standard
Armament:
2 Streak SRM 2s
2 Medium Pulse Lasers
Manufacturer: (Unknown)
Location: (Unknown)
Communications System: (Unknown)
Targeting & Tracking System: (Unknown)
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==Overview:==
--- Part of a Research & Development project funded by the S.L.D.F. not long
before the Amaris Coup, the goal of the Nimbus was to provide a practical
testbed for the SLDF's then prototype OmniTechnology.
--- To this end, Project NIMBUS had it's eponymous 30 Ton OmniBattleMech
equipped with a very simple, yet versatile loadout consisting almost entirely
of the best, most cutting edge tech that the SLDF could field.
--- The project would put these new Nimbus OmniBattleMechs into limited, but
very real engagements on the battlefield along with a selection of
OmniBattleMech capable weapons to field test the effectiveness of
OniTechnology under actual battlefield conditions.
--- However, the Amaris Coup would see these 'Mechs and the data on the
project spirited away to a Castle Brian in an attempt to protect it from the
Usurper. Whether or not they were successful and what, if anything, became of
it with regards to The Exodus is largely unknown.
==Capabilities:==
--- A meager armament of two Medium Pulse Lasers supplemented by a pair of
Streak SRM 2s, the Nimbus OmniBattleMech is poorly armed for a 'Mech of it's
size, however it's blend of speed and armor ensure that it is a deadly
attacker.
--- Six tons of Standard Grade BattleMech armor make the Nimbus a well
defended machine for it's thirty ton weight class, while a massive 210-Rated
ExtraLight Fusion Engine and seven Jump Jets give it astounding mobility.
--- One ton of ammo for the highly efficient Streak SRMs is protected by CASE,
allowing as much of the highly classified material to be salvaged as possible
in the event of a premature ammo dentation.
==Battle History:==
--- Being shrouded in mystery, the battle exploits of the 'Mechs of Project
NIMBUS aren't well known, and completely unpublicized. Likewise, any
documentation related to the project is effectively gone, further vexing
matters.
--- In truth, most of the "battles" were low-intensity bandit raids and such
conducted either in friendly space or out in the Periphery. The project's
next phase would have seen it employed in more serious fighting, but the
Amaris Coup curtailed any such plans.
==Variants:==
--- A 'Mech that is even more lost to time than the Nimbus already was, the
OBM-0Y is the "Swap" element of the experiment. It was designed to test the
effectiveness of the OmniBattleMech when it's pod configurations were
altered.
--- To this end it removes all of the 0X's weaponry, including the CASE, to
mount an ER Large Laser, two Small Pulse Lasers and a Beagle Active Probe, of
which the already expensive design was engineered to accept.
--- The ER Large Laser was mounted in the Left Arm, while the Small Pulse
Lasers could be found in the Right Arm and Head respectively, replacing the
Streak SRMs. The single ton of Streak SRM ammunition, along with the CASE,
were replaced with the Beagle Active Probe.
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Type/Model: Nimbus OBM-0X
Mass: 30 tons
Equipment: Crits Mass
Int. Struct.: 51 pts Endo Steel 14 1.50
(Endo Steel Loc: 2 LA, 3 RA, 4 LT, 2 RT, 1 CT, 1 LL, 1 RL)
Engine: 210 XL Fusion 12 4.50
Walking MP: 7
Running MP: 11
Jumping MP: 7
Heat Sinks: 10 Double [20] 6 .00
(Heat Sink Loc: 1 LT, 1 RT)
Gyro: 4 3.00
Cockpit, Life Supt., Sensors: 5 3.00
Actuators: L: Sh+UA+LA+H R: Sh+UA+LA+H 16 .00
Armor Factor: 96 pts Standard 0 6.00
Internal Armor
Structure Value
Head: 3 7
Center Torso: 10 12
Center Torso (Rear): 7
L/R Side Torso: 7 10/10
L/R Side Torso (Rear): 3/3
L/R Arm: 5 10/10
L/R Leg: 7 12/12
Weapons and Equipment Loc Heat Ammo Crits Mass
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1 Streak SRM 2 RA 2 50 2 2.50
(Ammo Locations: 1 RT)
2 Medium Pulse Lasers LA 8 2 4.00
1 Streak SRM 2 HD 2 1 1.50
CASE Equipment: RT 1 .50
7 Standard Jump Jets: 7 3.50
(Jump Jet Loc: 2 LT, 2 RT, 1 CT, 1 LL, 1 RL)
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TOTALS: 12 70 30.00
Crits & Tons Left: 8 .00
Calculated Factors:
Total Cost: 6,013,800 C-Bills
Battle Value 2: 827 (old BV = 772)
Cost per BV2: 7,271.83
Weapon Value: 364 / 326 (Ratio = .44 / .39)
Damage Factors: SRDmg = 15; MRDmg = 1; LRDmg = 0
BattleForce2: MP: 7J, Armor/Structure: 2/1
Damage PB/M/L: 3/2/-, Overheat: 0
Class: ML; Point Value: 8
Specials: omni
OBM-0Y:
Code:
BattleMech Technical Readout
Type/Model: Nimbus OBM-0Y
Tech: Inner Sphere / 2750
Config: Biped OmniMech
Rules: Level 2, Standard design
Mass: 30 tons
Chassis: Endo Steel
Power Plant: 210 GM XL Fusion
Walking Speed: 75.6 km/h
Maximum Speed: 118.8 km/h
Jump Jets: 7 Standard Jump Jets
Jump Capacity: 210 meters
Armor Type: Standard
Armament:
2 Small Pulse Lasers
1 ER Large Laser
1 Beagle Active Probe
Manufacturer: (Unknown)
Location: (Unknown)
Communications System: (Unknown)
Targeting & Tracking System: (Unknown)
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Type/Model: Nimbus OBM-0Y
Mass: 30 tons
Equipment: Crits Mass
Int. Struct.: 51 pts Endo Steel 14 1.50
(Endo Steel Loc: 2 LA, 3 RA, 4 LT, 2 RT, 1 CT, 1 LL, 1 RL)
Engine: 210 XL Fusion 12 4.50
Walking MP: 7
Running MP: 11
Jumping MP: 7
Heat Sinks: 10 Double [20] 6 .00
(Heat Sink Loc: 1 LT, 1 RT)
Gyro: 4 3.00
Cockpit, Life Supt., Sensors: 5 3.00
Actuators: L: Sh+UA+LA+H R: Sh+UA+LA+H 16 .00
Armor Factor: 96 pts Standard 0 6.00
Internal Armor
Structure Value
Head: 3 7
Center Torso: 10 12
Center Torso (Rear): 7
L/R Side Torso: 7 10/10
L/R Side Torso (Rear): 3/3
L/R Arm: 5 10/10
L/R Leg: 7 12/12
Weapons and Equipment Loc Heat Ammo Crits Mass
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1 Small Pulse Laser RA 2 1 1.00
1 ER Large Laser LA 12 2 5.00
1 Beagle Active Probe RT 0 2 1.50
1 Small Pulse Laser HD 2 1 1.00
7 Standard Jump Jets: 7 3.50
(Jump Jet Loc: 2 LT, 2 RT, 1 CT, 1 LL, 1 RL)
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TOTALS: 16 70 30.00
Crits & Tons Left: 8 .00
Calculated Factors:
Total Cost: 6,303,050 C-Bills
Battle Value 2: 924 (old BV = 833)
Cost per BV2: 6,821.48
Weapon Value: 379 / 379 (Ratio = .41 / .41)
Damage Factors: SRDmg = 10; MRDmg = 6; LRDmg = 2
BattleForce2: MP: 7J, Armor/Structure: 2/1
Damage PB/M/L: 2/1/1, Overheat: 0
Class: ML; Point Value: 9
Specials: omni, prb
NMS-14H:
Code:
BattleMech Technical Readout
Type/Model: Nimbus [3025] NMS-14H
Tech: Inner Sphere / 3025
Config: Biped BattleMech
Rules: Level 1, Standard design
Mass: 35 tons
Chassis: Standard
Power Plant: 210 GM Fusion
Walking Speed: 64.8 km/h
Maximum Speed: 97.2 km/h
Jump Jets: 6 Standard Jump Jets
Jump Capacity: 180 meters
Armor Type: Standard
Armament:
2 SRM 2s
2 Medium Lasers
Manufacturer: (Unknown)
Location: (Unknown)
Communications System: (Unknown)
Targeting & Tracking System: (Unknown)
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==Overview:==
--- An Alternate Timeline version of the Nimbus BattleMech that instead of
being a lost precursor to the OmniMech from the Star League era, is a 3025
competitor to the Kuritan Jenner.
--- Used by a large slew of houses including the FWL, House Davion, the
Lyrans, Taurian Concordat and many others. Notably not used by the Kurtians,
who see it as an insult and the Capellan Confederation, who deemed it
superfluous.
==Capabilities:==
--- Bigger than the SLDF timeline Nimbus by five tons, it retains a similar
armament and has a slightly higher amount of armor, but is slower. It is also
nearly half the cost, utilizes no LosTech and doesn't require special OmniMech
components.
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Type/Model: Nimbus [3025] NMS-14H
Mass: 35 tons
Equipment: Crits Mass
Int. Struct.: 58 pts Standard 0 3.50
Engine: 210 Fusion 6 9.00
Walking MP: 6
Running MP: 9
Jumping MP: 6
Heat Sinks: 12 Single 4 2.00
(Heat Sink Loc: 1 RA, 1 LT, 1 LL, 1 RL)
Gyro: 4 3.00
Cockpit, Life Supt., Sensors: 5 3.00
Actuators: L: Sh+UA+LA+H R: Sh+UA+LA+H 16 .00
Armor Factor: 104 pts Standard 0 6.50
Internal Armor
Structure Value
Head: 3 7
Center Torso: 11 12
Center Torso (Rear): 7
L/R Side Torso: 8 11/11
L/R Side Torso (Rear): 5/5
L/R Arm: 6 11/11
L/R Leg: 8 12/12
Weapons and Equipment Loc Heat Ammo Crits Mass
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1 SRM 2 RA 2 50 2 2.00
(Ammo Locations: 1 RT)
2 Medium Lasers LA 6 2 2.00
1 SRM 2 HD 2 1 1.00
6 Standard Jump Jets: 6 3.00
(Jump Jet Loc: 2 LT, 2 RT, 2 CT)
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TOTALS: 10 46 35.00
Crits & Tons Left: 32 .00
Calculated Factors:
Total Cost: 3,081,510 C-Bills
Battle Value 2: 779 (old BV = 653)
Cost per BV2: 3,955.73
Weapon Value: 329 / 329 (Ratio = .42 / .42)
Damage Factors: SRDmg = 12; MRDmg = 2; LRDmg = 0
BattleForce2: MP: 6J, Armor/Structure: 3/3
Damage PB/M/L: 2/1/-, Overheat: 0
Class: ML; Point Value: 8
