Buccaneer (BattleMech)

Buccaneer
Production information
Manufacturer	Gibson Federated BattleMechs
Model	BCN-3R
Class	Medium
Technical specifications
Mass	55 tons
Chassis	Standard
Armor	Kallon FWL Special Ferro-Fibrous
Engine	VOX 330 XL
Speed	97.2 km/h
Armament	1xSRM 6 with Artemis IV 1xER Large Laser 4xMedium Lasers 1xMedium Pulse Laser
BV (1.0)	1,091

Description

The Buccaneer is a product of the Word of Blakes voracious appetite for military equipment in its first few years as the order had more 'Mechwarriors than they had 'Mechs. The Buccaneer was originally designed to be used by ComStar but had not begun production. When the schism that created the Word of Blake occured the design was modified to accomodate equipment available to the Word of Blake in their temporary home of the Free Worlds League. The Buccaneer is built with a lightweight VOX 330 XL Engine that weighs half as much as a standard fusion engine while giving the 'Mech a top speed of 97.2 km/h. The Buccaneer carries an impressive ten tons of armor which is the maximum amount of armor the 'Mech can carry. The Buccaneer utilizes double heat sinks that dissipate twice as much heat as standard heat sinks.

Armament

Designed primarily for short range combat, the Buccaneer carries a single Diverse Optics Sunbeam ER Large Laser to give it some striking capability at long ranges. With its mostly short range arsenal, the Buccaneer excels at close combat. With the elevation of physical combat to an art in the Inner Sphere, the Buccaneers most fearsome weapon is its Hatchet. For combat at medium to close ranges, the Buccaneer has four Diverse Optics Type 18 Medium Lasers backed up by a highly accurate Starflash Medium Pulse Laser and an Irian Weapons Works 60mm SRM 6 with an Artemis IV guidance system for increased missile accuracy.

Variants

At the time of the writing of this article there are no known variants of the Buccaneer

References

• Record Sheets: 3060
• Technical Readout: 3060