M-3 Drone
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| M-3 Drone | |
| Production information | |
| Manufacturer | Terran Hegemony |
| Production Year | 2698 |
| Use | SDS Drone |
| Type | Assault |
| Tech Base | Inner Sphere Advanced[1] |
| Technical specifications | |
| Mass | 4,000 tons |
| Structural Integrity | 21 |
| Length | 89 meters meters |
| Width | 75 meters meters |
| Height | 75 meters meters |
| Safe Thrust | 7 g |
| Max Thrust | 11 g |
| Fuel (tons) | 600 tons |
| Fuel (days) | |
| Armament |
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| Armor | 75.5 tons Standard Armor |
| Crew | None |
| Passengers | None |
| Heat Sinks | 200 Double Heat Sinks |
| BV (2.0) | 16,459[2] |
Description
Based on the 2650 model of the Pentagon Assault DropShip, the M-3 was the first full production SDS Drone to see widespread use. First deployed in 2698, they replaced the sullied M-2 as the primary drone system of the early SDS network. The M-3 was also the first of the drones to be built new and not as retrofits of existing, crewed ship hulls. Starting in 2704, the M-3 was produced at O’Neil Shipyards and would eventually be built at a half dozen locations across the Hegemony. Being easier to produce than the massive M-5, the majority of Hegemony systems were protected by these diminutive but deadly assault ships.
Armament
This made it a credible threat to corvette and destroyer-class WarShips and capable of destroying the most thickly armored DropShip in a single salvo.