Triple Strength Myomer

Description

Triple Strength Myomer (aka TSM) is bulkier and also more expensive than standard myomer. It can be used in the "muscles" of BattleMechs instead of standard myomer, and delivers significantly improved performance when the 'Mech has hit a certain heat threshold. Under these conditions the 'Mech will move faster and deal more damage with physical attacks.

This should not be mixed up with Myomer Accelerator Signal Circuitry (MASC), an entirely different technology that is incompatible with TSM but also improves myomer performance.

The Federated Suns leaked early research results about TSM to the Capellan Confederation on purpose just prior to the Fourth Succession War. The Capellans were quick to copy the technology and the 'Mechs of WH Imarra who guarded the Capellan capital at Sian were equipped with TSM first. Unbeknownst to them was the fact that this early version of the improved myomer reacted violently when exposed to a certain gaseous agent. House Davion forces used this to their advantage during the extraction raid to Sian for Justin Xiang Allard at the end of the war, by fogging the entire area with the green gas; this led to violent explosions whenever the armor was breached on a defending Imarra 'Mech, and rendered them incapable to mount an effective defense.

Much to the chagrin of the Federated Suns, the Capellan Confederation was the first to perfect the TSM formula and gained a valuable technology which they later used as a bargaining chip to gain further technologies from the Free Worlds League.

By the Dark Age, it is indicated that the technology had come into use by the Clans, particularly with Clan Jade Falcon's Jade Hawk.

Triple Strength Myomer is manufactured on the following planets:

Brand	Planet	Company
Ares-Bergan TSM	Ares	Bergan Industries
Cosby ThermoFlex	Vega	Cosby Myomer Research Firm - (Cosby BattleMech Research Firm)

References

• Technical Readout: 3050