happyguy49
05/21/21 03:07 AM
172.98.80.24
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This would probably have began its life as a Solaris brawler due to its uncommon design ethos and brute physicality. On the lowest end of 'medium' mech, the 40 ton weight is specifically calculated to work with its primary weapons and 'raison d'etre'; its dual set of Claws.
https://www.sarna.net/wiki/Claw
A Claw lets a mech punch harder than it should have any right to, one point of damage for every seven tons of mech weight. In this case, a claw hit from a 40 ton mech does six damage! Nice, but not that big of a deal, unless and until the Triple Strength Myomer is activated  then that doubles to magic-number-twelve. Enough to rip the head off of almost any mech in existence. And "F** Around and Find Out" rocks two of them. (Every successful punch is a 1-in-6 chance of a head hit.)
Its regular weaponry of a quad of ER Medium Lasers is about average for its class, but they are stacked in a head turret with a 360 degree field of fire, making the mech unflankable. The targeting computer makes them more accurate, also cancelling out the +1 to hit that comes with the early-stage overheating that happens when intentionally running hot to activate the TSM. "FAAFO" also has near-max ferro-lamellor armor and an ECM. These elements, combined with the torso-mounted cockpit, make it surprisingly difficult to kill for its size.
The single non-turreted Micro Pulse laser might seem an odd choice; it is intended to let the pilot precisely manage heat levels, hopefully keeping them at the magic number 9 (before a -1 to MP kicks in). The supercharger that FAAFO has lets it move quite fast when both the supercharger and TSM are active, at a speedy clip of 7/14, nicely balancing out FAAFO's lack of long-range weapons.
A lot of advanced tech in this thing makes it a hair over 13 mil, not cheap for a medium mech. Thoughts?
"F*** Around and Find Out " Claw Brawler
Mass: 40 tons
Tech Base: Mixed
Chassis Config: Biped
Rules Level: Experimental Tech
Era: Dark Ages
Tech Rating/Era Availability: X/X-X-X-X
Production Year: 3132
Dry Cost: 13,007,120 C-Bills
Total Cost: 13,007,120 C-Bills
Battle Value: 2,128
Chassis: Unknown Endo-Steel
Power Plant: Unknown 240 Fusion XL Engine
Walking Speed: 64.8 km/h (75.6 km/h)
Maximum Speed: 97.2 km/h (151.2 km/h)
Jump Jets: None
Jump Capacity: 0 meters
Armor: Unknown Ferro-Lamellor
Armament:
4 (CL) ER Medium Lasers
1 (CL) Micro Pulse Laser
2 Claws
1 ECM Suite
Manufacturer: Unknown
Primary Factory: Unknown
Communications System: Unknown
Targeting and Tracking System: Unknown
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Equipment Type Rating Mass
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Internal Structure: Endo-Steel 67 points 2.00
Internal Locations: 2 LT, 2 RT, 1 LA, 2 RA
Engine: XL Engine 240 6.00
Walking MP: 6 (7)
Running MP: 9 (14)
Jumping MP: 0
Heat Sinks: (CL) Double Heat Sink 10(20) 0.00
Heat Sink Locations: 1 RL
Gyro: Compact 4.50
Cockpit: Torso-Mounted 4.00
Actuators: L: SH+UA+LA R: SH+UA+LA
TSM Locations: 2 LT, 1 RT, 2 LA, 1 RA
Armor: Ferro-Lamellor AV - 133 9.50
Armor Locations: 3 LT, 4 RT, 3 LA, 2 RA
Internal Armor
Structure Factor
Head 3 9
Center Torso 12 19
Center Torso (rear) 5
L/R Torso 10 15
L/R Torso (rear) 5
L/R Arm 6 12
L/R Leg 10 18
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Equipment Location Heat Critical Mass
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4 (T) (CL) ER Medium Lasers HD 20 4 4.00
ECM Suite CT 0 1 1.00
(CL) Targeting Computer RT - 1 1.00
(CL) Micro Pulse Laser LT 1 1 0.50
Supercharger LT - 1 1.00
Claws RA - 3 3.00
Claws LA - 3 3.00
Mech Head Turret CT - 1 0.50
Free Critical Slots: 4
BattleForce Statistics
MV S (+0) M (+2) L (+4) E (+6) Wt. Ov Armor: 5 Points: 21
8 4 4 0 0 2 0 Structure: 2
Special Abilities: TSM, MEL, ECM, ENE, SRCH, ES, SEAL, SOA
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Cray
05/21/21 12:59 PM
71.47.193.139
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Interesting. I always overlooked the claw in favor of the mace. With TSM, claws get mean pretty fast.
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Wick
05/22/21 06:23 PM
173.247.25.195
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Its a Mantis mashup. You've got pretty much the weaponry of the S, the targeting computer of the T, and the TSM and supercharger of the L.
Its done the right thing by combining these, but that's a high price to pay, nearly double the Mantis, so I'm not sure it would have wide appeal outside of Solaris and other dueling arenas. Most militaries eyeing this might consider two Mantis's in its place.
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AmaroqStarwind
06/02/21 02:49 PM
8.20.123.34
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If this is an Arena mech, you're gonna want Laser heat sinks instead of DHS.
From a purely fluff standpoint... You should also probably paint the mech with an extravagant colorshift pearl, and make your medium lasers a distinct color; the red/green lasers commonplace throughout the IS and Clans respectively are pretty boring. (Technically the lasers are all IR according to BT lore, or gamma rays in the case of the Large Laser, but whatever. It's Solaris!)
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