Crosscut
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[[Image: |191px|Crosscut]]
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| Crosscut | |
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| Manufacturer | |
| Use | LoggerMech |
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| Technical specifications | |
| 'Mech type | Tournment Legal |
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| Speed | km/h |
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| BV (1.0) | ??? |
Description
The Crosscut is a popular type of LoggerMech, praised for operating efficiency in woodlands and dominating commerical foresty. Like other IndustrialMechs, the Crosscut requires considerable skill to pilot and some MechWarrior academies employ them as training 'Mechs to teach their cadets.
Originally created by Eden Corporation of Terra, the design was licenced out to various Inner Sphere factories, allowing the design to survive Eden's destruction during the Amaris Coup.
Capacities
The Crosscut is equipped with a large chainsaw in place of a right hand actuator and a Cargo Hoist to allow it carry additional cargo with the left claw.
- The Cargo Hoist was initially wrongly reported to be mounted in the Center Torso (rear) section, but this is impossible given that a Cargo Hoist requires three critical slots whereas only two are available in the Center Torso. The Cargo Hoist has since been errata'ed to be positioned in the left arm instead by Herbert A. Beas II, the line developer (as HABEAS).[1]
The 'Mech's Turbine ICE engine allows it to achieve a top speed of 64.4 kilometers per hour.
Variants
- Fusion Powered Crosscut - During the Star League era, some Crosscuts were equipped with Fusion Engines. However, scavengers have been stripping valuable fusion engines from these 'Mechs for centuries, making Crosscuts equipped in this fashion very rare.
- Dual-Chainsaw Crosscut - This variant is a custom order design, which is typically used for demolition.
- Some planetary militias have added weapons to the Crosscut to rig them for combat.
Notes
Although referred to as a LoggerMech or ForestryMech, the Crosscut is related to, but not identical to the generic ForestryMech. Rather, it is one particular of many model variants of the generic design.[2]
The Crosscut was constructed with Total Warfare constuction rules, while the ForestryMech used the previous Maximum Tech rules. A most notable difference between the two is that the ForestryMech only masses 25 tons, uses standard BattleMech armor, and has a top speed of 50 kph.