Lithium Fusion Engine (Mecha-Press)

Descrption

Originating from the Mecha Press magazine, the Lithium Fusion Engine is much like a hybrid car, taking a smaller engine and pairing it with a network of Lithium Fusion batteries to store surplus energy that the mech is not using and release it on demand.

Game Rules

Though the network of Lithium Fusion batteries occupy 14 critical slots, they add negligible mass. As a result, to find the tonnage of the engine, calculate the engine rating as normal and and reduce the desired Walk MP by 1. For example, a 60 ton mech (such as the Prodigal Son) using a Lithium Fusion Engine with a Walk MP of 6 would only need a 300-rated Lithium Fusion Engine, instead of a 360-rated Standard Fusion Engine.

Lithium Fusion Engines cannot be combined with XL Fusion Engines.

Legality

As a non-canon item, Lithium Fusion Engines are NOT Tournament Legal, and if they were to appear under Total Warfare rules, would most likely be classified as Experimental Technology.