Savage Wolf (Mad Cat Mk IV)
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| Mad Cat Mk IV | |
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| Production information | |
| Manufacturer | Manufacturing Plant SFF-TU1[1] |
| Production Year | 3136[2] |
| Model | Prime |
| Class | Heavy |
| Technical specifications | |
| 'Mech type | Clan OmniMech |
| Mass | 75 tons |
| Chassis | Type W4 Endo Steel |
| Armor | Composite Alpha-V1 Ferro-Lamellor |
| Engine | Model 49b XXL engine |
| Communications System | Khan Series (Type 6c) |
| Targeting Tracking System | Series XIV OPT |
| Heat Sinks | 15 double |
| Speed | 86 km/h |
| Armament |
Primary Configuration
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| BV (2.0) | 2,681[1][3] |
Contents
Description
Renewing the Mad Cat legend, the Mk IV used some of the most powerful configurations of its ancestor. Clan Sea Fox expected to experience the same success with this model as it had with previous ones. The development of the Mad Cat Mk IV had its origins in an illicit collaboration between Clan Jade Falcon and Spina Khanate's Beta Aimag, led by ovKhan Sha Clarke. When this arrangement came to light—and was repudiated by Clan Sea Fox as a whole—all connection with the Falcons was severed (though the Falcons did manage to retain an unspecified number of non-Omni prototypes). OvKhan Petr Kalasa of Spina's Delta Aimag was granted the right to pursue development of the OmniMech, sold as the Mad Cat Mk IV to the Inner Sphere and as the Savage Wolf to the Clans.[1]
Weapons and Equipment
This 'Mech used the same weapons loadout previously seen on the Timber Wolf's alternate configuration D: twin ER PPCs provide a strong energy punch at long range, while four Streak SRM-6 deal a similarly powerful short range punch. Just as with that configuration, two Streak SRM-6 were mounted facing to the rear, providing the design with a 360° fire arc.[1]
Configurations
- Alternate Configuration A
- This Mad Cat Mk IV configuration replaces both ER PPCs with ER Large Lasers and the four Streak SRM-6 missile launchers with two ATM 9s. The remaining tonnage is spent on four Small Pulse Lasers, two in the center torso and one in each side torso. BV = 2,413[4][5]
- Alternate Configuration B
- A radical departure from the original Mad Cat Mk IV, the right arm carries a massive Hyper-Assault Gauss Rifle 30 which spills into the right torso, giving the 'Mech its main punch at all ranges. The remaining pod space is spent on an ATM 9 in the left torso and an Improved Heavy Large Laser in its left arm. This configuration, to mount such massive equipment, uses two fewer Double Heat Sinks compared to the Prime. BV = 2,606 [6][7]
- Alternate Configuration C
- This configuration mirrors the classic Timber Wolf Prime, though it sacrifices two Double Heat Sinks to mount its weaponry. It downgrades the LRM-20s to LRM-15 launchers, using the weight savings onArtemis V systems. The remaining change replaces the Timber Wolf Prime's two Machine Guns for an additional Medium Pulse Laser. BV = 2,796[8][9]
- Alternate Configuration PR
- This chassis, along with the PR2, used an XL engine instead of the production model's XXL. Ferro-Fibrous armor is used instead of Ferro-Lamellor armor, and it also uses one fewer Double Heat Sink, carrying an ER Small Laser in the left torso instead. The PR and PR2 were presumably prototypes taken and used by Clan Jade Falcon. BV = 2,702[10][11]
- Alternate Configuration PR2
- A variant of the original PR configuration, the PR2 retains the ER PPCs, the ER Small Laser and the sixteen Double Heat Sinks. The secondary missile weaponry is altered, with the four Streak SRM-6s replaced with two front-facing ATM 6s and two rear-facing ATM 3s. BV = 2,666[12][13]
Design Quirks
The Mad Cat Mk IV is subject to the following Design Quirks:[1]
Notable Pilots
- Anastasia Kerensky - Piloted the Prime configuration.[14]
- Alaric Wolf - He piloted Alternate Configuration A, "an ER large laser configuration of the Mad Cat Mk IV with deadly efficiency. An accomplished strategist and tactician, Alaric is a decisive and inspiring leader on the battlefield, held in almost mythic regard by Clan Wolf warriors. His example has led many to seek out the Mad Cat Mk IV, perhaps bringing the venerable Timber Wolf full circle by making it once again a favorite among the Wolves."[15]
Gallery
- Savage Wolf A Wepwawet.png
Alaric Ward’s Savage Wolf A “Wepwawet”
"Onslaught"-Mad Cat Mk IV miniature from MechWarrior: Battleforce set
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Technical Readout: 3145 Mercenaries, pp. 42-43, "Mad Cat Mk IV"
- ↑ Online date for the Savage Wolf (Mad Cat Mk IV)
- ↑ Record Sheets: 3145 Unabridged, p. 52
- ↑ Technical Readout: 3145 Mercenaries, p. 100, "Mad Cat IV A"
- ↑ Record Sheets: 3145 Unabridged, p. 53
- ↑ Technical Readout: 3145 Mercenaries, p. 101, "Mad Cat IV B"
- ↑ Record Sheets: 3145 Unabridged, p. 54
- ↑ Technical Readout: 3145 Mercenaries, p. 102, "Mad Cat IV C"
- ↑ Record Sheets: 3145 Unabridged, p. 55
- ↑ Technical Readout: 3145 Mercenaries, p. 103, "Mad Cat IV PR"
- ↑ Record Sheets: 3145 Unabridged, p. 56
- ↑ Technical Readout: 3145 Mercenaries, p. 104, "Mad Cat IV PR2"
- ↑ Record Sheets: 3145 Unabridged, p. 57
- ↑ Legends, p. 141
- ↑ Technical Readout: 3145 Mercenaries, p. 42, "Notable Units"