One Rabid Fox changes the Succession Wars [A Battletech Isekai]

[HunterxReader]

Yeah....might need to do some stuff for kathil's, firgorve's, and new sytris's yards or at least 1 of them.
and maybe get kathil's nightstar plant making a introtech variant?

also for the phone thing it just takes practice

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a trooper like rifleman variant

Spoiler: Rifleman 4-P

Rifleman RFL-4P
Mass: 60 tons
Chassis: Standard Biped
Power Plant: 240 Fusion
Cruising Speed: 43.2 kph
Maximum Speed: 64.8 kph
Armor: Standard
Armament:
2 PPC
4 Medium Laser
Communication System: Unknown
Targeting & Tracking System: Unknown
Introduction Year: 3020
Tech Rating/Availability: D/X-E-D-D
Cost: 4,974,400 C-bills
Type: Rifleman
Technology Base: Inner Sphere (Introductory)
Tonnage: 60
Battle Value: 1,308

Equipment		Mass
Internal Structure		6
Engine	240 Fusion	11.5
Walking MP:	4
Running MP:	6
Jumping MP:
Heat Sink:	18	8
Gyro:		3
Cockpit:		3
Armor Factor:	168	10.5

	Internal Structure	Armor Value
Head	3	9
Center Torso	20	25
Center Torso (rear)		8
R/L Torso	14	19
R/L Torso (rear)		5
R/L Arm	10	19
R/L Leg	14	20

Weapons and Ammo	Location	Critical	Tonnage
2 Heat Sink	LL	2	2
2 Heat Sink	CT	2	2
Medium Laser	RT	1	1
Heat Sink	LA	1	1
Medium Laser	LA	1	1
PPC	LA	3	7
Medium Laser	LT	1	1
2 Heat Sink	RL	2	2
Heat Sink	HD	1	1
Heat Sink	RA	1	1
Medium Laser	RA	1	1
PPC	RA	3	7

Since its a rifleman all its subsystems and quirks should be on Sarna and the like. Alas not on MML by default and I can't be too bothered to add them so unless its wanted.

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Nice one, like a sane -4D! For campaigns I do the same as well, imitating the -1N except with PPCs to make mini-Warlords, or sometimes just doing away with symmetry and turning the LLs into a single PPC, then HS and armor.

 

[Bofors40mm]

Nice one, like a sane -4D! For campaigns I do the same as well, imitating the -1N except with PPCs to make mini-Warlords, or sometimes just doing away with symmetry and turning the LLs into a single PPC, then HS and armor.

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the 4D is where the design started. I was basically tinkering around and realized I could make a mini warhammer 6-D if I pulled the large lasers.

 

[HunterxReader]

the 4D is where the design started. I was basically tinkering around and realized I could make a mini warhammer 6-D if I pulled the large lasers.

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Cool, 2 PPCs+MLs are reliable enough for heavies and being able to do so cheaper with 60-tonners will be helpful, it's like a non-jumping Longsword. Could be a good second-line filler for PPC heavies like said Longsword and Warhammers. Post-Helm upgrades to ER PPCs will be useful against LRM users in its weight class, like Dragons and Catapults. Heh, I'm remembering UrbanKnights.

 

[Bofors40mm]

Cool, 2 PPCs+MLs are reliable enough for heavies and being able to do so cheaper with 60-tonners will be helpful, it's like a non-jumping Longsword. Could be a good second-line filler for PPC heavies like said Longsword and Warhammers. Post-Helm upgrades to ER PPCs will be useful against LRM users in its weight class, like Dragons and Catapults. Heh, I'm remembering UrbanKnights.

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Also helps that the Suns make a lot of riflemans and this is the era where they attempted to make more useful introtech variants canonically as is.

They do also make a lot of Jagermechs but weirdly no attempts on that design to make it better.

Even a dual AC-10 variant would be decently better than the standard design.

As for the 4-P and the Longsword being similar it actually predates the Longsword I just sort of forgot about for awhile.

 

[HunterxReader]

Also helps that the Suns make a lot of riflemans and this is the era where they attempted to make more useful introtech variants canonically as is.

They do also make a lot of Jagermechs but weirdly no attempts on that design to make it better.

Even a dual AC-10 variant would be decently better than the standard design.

As for the 4-P and the Longsword being similar it actually predates the Longsword I just sort of forgot about for awhile.

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Yeah, it's around this time that NAIS opens, and Hanse Davion in canon starts dabbling in mech variants. Other than the Supers though, the only ones I remember are the two Rifleman variants, the Suburbanmech and the Blackjack-DB. It's interesting that except for the AC/10 Rifleman most of these variants are laser swaps, though I suppose their mind was on logistical concerns.

For the Jagermech, other than due to the love of autocannons, I assume they didn't try to change the design because they've already dabbled in LRMs with the -A (and with a low production run, I assume it wasn't widely well-received), and switching to energy weapons would've been seen as a step back to the heat problem they were trying to fix with the Rifleman (as well as butting in on the niche of their other product). At least, until the 70-tonners came out and Victor commissioned the Jagermech III.

I don't know about the dual AC/10s though pre-3SW, it's possible the concept had been tainted for heavies by the Hammerhands. A 75-ton mech outdone and relegated to history by one that was 5 tons lighter, maybe they didn't think it was worth doing with lighter mechs with even less free weight, especially without LB-X.

 

[Imperator Pax]

New Avalon 1.1​

The Longsword was not a complicated design. It didn't need to be, and if anything complexity would have defeated the purpose. He liked the grasshopper, really, he did, but the LRM 5 did seem something of an extra feature thrown in for a seventy ton mech. An extra feature that probably wasn't necessary, and maybe even be a potential vulnerability. It would probably be better to just claim to be able to make the fusion engine that powered the Locust or Whitworth and just put them in 80 ton Heavy LRM carriers for missile support.... but that could wait for the time being.

Henry turned away from the frame, "Alright well you gentlemen have your particular assignments," He remarked. They were going to reach out to federated boeing to see what if anything they had on the Cargo King DropShip, obviously the artemis and ER lasers were going to have to come out but he just wanted to know if the design was available. If it was... well then they could license the production and he could throw up a dropship yard and just produce a Cargo King without the lostech goodies. Then he wouldn't be competing with anyone manufacturing an existing dropship design.

As for hte rest of them, well he had interests besides just the issue of space lift even if that was arguably what he considered the largest priority. The problem, with his assumption of what was the largest priority was it was not universal. DropShips, and JumpShips as necessary to ferry material between distant star systems might carry the trade between worlds, but they hardly stirred mens souls, and for the aristocracy and the gentry it was the prospect of military power which struck the more resonant chord.

That brought them back to the matter of the Longsword... and to a lesser extent its LRM issue. He still thought the best option would probably be LRM carrier vehicles, but maybe the guys would find something.

New Avalon looked the same as it had last time he had been here.. but what Henry didn't see were the undercurrents of political power. At least for Henry's sake Ian Davion had ruled long enough that there were no remnants from the thirty eight year reign of his father Andrew, who Ian had succeeded just before the turn of the century.


Henry did still think it was insane that after sixteen years of rule Ian still didn't have an heir he was thirty five for gods sake, he had never been married. That probably sounded ridiculous given Henry's own apparent age, but even so he'd been arguably exposed to enough of the norm of the 31st​ century to recognize that that wasn't normal.

"There is one other thing," The essence generated MI6 'Rabid Foxes' officer remarked, "It appears Field Marshal Davion has scheduled her lunch with Prince Hanse." Who was in lieu of any children of Ian's heir apparent to the title of First Prince... but Ian was probably busy.

New Avalon traffic control when they had jumped in hadn't exactly been expecting two ducal ranked Field Marshals to be arriving. New Avalon being the capital of the Federated Suns meant the official welcoming party at the private starport deck had fallen all over itself to meet the expectations of the Duke of Robinson, and Duchess of Victoria... and left the two minors more or less on their own.

--
Within her hotel room at the starport, which were temporary accommodations for the evening Alexandria was mulling over her letter to her father. Penning the correspondence wasn't going well she'd been here the better part of an hour with little show for it.

She had always thought of the transit between her home on Kestrel and the capital of New Avalon to be an interminable experience of waiting. It was only three jumps, three weeks passage wasn't that ridiculous but she had in particular associated the the trip to New Avalon with her debutante appearance... and that had been time of jittery nerves.

This trip had had been a statement of wealth. Not necessarily a flaunting of it, or not how she perceived the trip. The JumpShip circuit had been a matter of cold hard logical reasoning to solve a problem rather than a statement of house wealth.

Not that House Cunningham's retainers were likely to believe that since they hadn't been there to observe... and Henry Clay's mannerisms were eccentric at the best of times. Probably better not to mention it at all, in fact she was having a hard time discerning what needed to actually be put in the letter... at what point she just ... relinquish the matter and simply ask for her father to come to New Avalon, and how to phrase that in a way to convey sufficient seriousness regarding the situation.

... and without starting a slew of rumors.

The truth was she had allowed the opportunity to slip by to contact Kestrel as they had passed by... because she hadn't known what to say, and because she had underestimated precisely how short of an interval they really had before the next jump.

She had ...made a mistake in not being prepared, and not taking seriously the claims of travel. It wasn't as if Kestrel was close enough either to simply trust a courier to get there quickly. She did have the benefit of having an appropriate chaperone, but that didn't help with the matter of getting the duke of kestrel's attention and act ...

... she scowled and looked at the half written draft and discarded what she wrote to start over, yet again.

--
"While I do appreciate you coming to call auntie I don't see how I might be of assistance." Hanse Davion was playing coy. He was heir to the realm, and more importantly his wedding to Dana Stephenson had already proved productive.

More importantly than just securing the line of succession, Hanse was one of the few people that Ian could be said to trust implicitly and that included, had included moving his heir apparent from a frontline combat command with the Davion Guards. Not that Hanse minded, from the twinkle in his eye, and the sly grin the not so little fox was happy with his new position.

Eventually it was rather likely that Hanse would supersede her and put posted to command of the entire DMI but for now he was simply a posted advisor to the office of the First Prince. That was a safe enough place for the heir to the realm, and kept him on hand if the worst were to come to pass... and so Yvonne began the process of unfurling the horrendous gordian knot of her headache to Hanse.

"It does seem a pickle, auntie." He agreed after a minute. "You're right of course that if Ian can be convinced of a position first it'll be unlikely he can dissuade from it...but that might take more than just me." He demured, but that was more a deflection to spread out the argument further to a wider clique of influence within the government.

She sighed, "I am aware that what I view as being the best interest of the realm does benefit him. I don't have to like it, but nor am I ignorant."

As Duke of New Syrtis and the recently installed hereditary minister for the Capellan March Michael Hasek Davion had an inflated sense of self importance. She didn't like the man, she hadn't liked his father... and there were historical enmities between the Combine and Capellan marches... it was no secret that as the capellans had the unfortunate nickname of being the 'sick man of the inner sphere' there were plenty of nobles among the Draconis March who were happy to look down their noses at New Syrtis.

That admittedly didn't apply to Lord Aaron, or many of his inner circle, but it didn't change the reputation or the historical animosity either. Lord Aaron respected the capellan threat, so he might accept reason and logic, but it didn't mean he would necessarily like it... and it might cause his backbenchers to protest.

"So about this seventy tonner?"

"I believe he has brought a few of them," She was under the impression that they'd been assembled for Albion to experiment with them, but that wasn't the reason Hanse was asking, "Do you have something?"

"It wouldn't hurt for him to grease the wheels, so to speak with New Avalon's other manufacturer," Based on the continent of Brunswick she wasn't sure if it had just been the fact he already had owned Centurions that had driven him to select Corean, but Archenar had been scarcely mentioned outside of the historical context. "Just this Longsword, though?"

"To the best of my knowledge. He didn't bring one of these cataphract," Why, or what reasoning had gone into the decision she wasn't sure but it didn't really matter. Clay considered the mech question to be more a matter of convincing Corean to license a medium mech design and to construct Centurion lines in the Draconis march. That would if it was successful increase the number of centurions in Davion service, and that would be of interest to Corean. The majority of Achenar's income came from its other industries, but that didn't mean they weren't interested in their military contracts it wouldn't hurt to try and leverage their participation on amiable terms. It was certainly in the interest of House Davion to balance its industrial entities.

Better they reached out first, rather than have Achenar's representatives feel slighted by having to find out on their own, Yvonne figured that might make them less likely to want to participate fully in the future.

 

[Bofors40mm]

why do i imagine this is semi related to my introtech sentry/watchman variant assuming a source of FE 200s is made available for a swordman variant or the like...or is a variant for the swordsman proper needed here?

also a LRM-5 or 2 is decent long range firepower for a light or medium mech in this period.

oh i think you randomly mentioned the grasshopper on accident

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Spoiler: Sphinx Tank

Sphinx Tank (Standard)
Mass: 40 tons
Movement Type: Tracked
Power Plant: 160 Fusion
Cruising Speed: 43.2 kph
Maximum Speed: 64.8 kph
Armor: Standard
Armament:
2 LRM 5
1 SRM 6
1 Large Laser
Communication System: Unknown
Targeting & Tracking System: Unknown
Introduction Year: 3000
Tech Rating/Availability: E/X-E-D-D
Cost: 1,240,633 C-bills
Type: Sphinx Tank
Technology Base: Inner Sphere (Introductory)
Tonnage: 40
Battle Value: 784

Equipment		Mass
Internal Structure		4
Engine	160 Fusion	9
Cruising MP:	4
Flanking MP:	6
Heat Sinks:	10
Control Equipment:		2
Power Amplifier:
Turret:		1.5
Armor Factor:	152	9.5

	Internal Structure	Armor Value
Front	4	37
R/L Side	4/4	26/26
Rear	4	26
Turret	4	37

Weapons and Ammo	Location	Critical	Tonnage
2 LRM 5	Turret	2	4
SRM 6	Turret	2	3
Large Laser	Turret	2	5
LRM 5 Ammo (24)	Body	1	1
SRM 6 Ammo (15)	Body	1	1

Something I cooked up awhile ago a Myrmidon expy that loses the PPC due to Succession War production scarcity and maintenance hell and also downrates the engine to a 160 for much the same reason and also to add additional weapons in the form of 2 LRM-5s fed by a ton of ammo and a half ton of additional armor upping it to 9.5 tons which among other things means in theory all facings can tank a direct hit from a long tom albeit a TAC is likely. Has a MG variant that loses the 2nd LRM-5 for a pair of MGs fed by a half ton of ammo and a additional half ton of armor bringing the total up to 10 tons and costs 17 less BV and 20,300 C-bills than the stock variant. Overall the design is a bit cheaper than the original tank its inspired by and its big attraction in universe would be that you can buy 2 for 159,534 less c-bills than a single Manticore.

 

[HunterxReader]

TFTC! The Swordsman huh. Well, I suppose it is about the right time to bring it up with its history, seeing as the Duke of Robinson (where it was previously constructed) and the First Prince (with the political issue of the design being used by a rebel to the Davions) are both close by. Yeah, for a quick basis for Watchman/Sentry the Swordsman is available, looks damn good as well. A single LRM-5 might work better on a smaller frame as additional long-range/indirect support (see Shadow Hawk/Vindicator) compared to something heavy like a Cataphract or a Grasshopper, but I suppose even then its impact can be minor so trading it away from a cheap line mech like a Swordsman wouldn't be the worst thing. Huh, an MI6 spawn, well that'll be useful for an insight on Davion/DMI thinking, and he's likely using it as backdoor on their codes and network/comms. Cool.

Was it Alex's first time going on a command circuit? Because by its very nature, it means there's an important message/meeting and get here right now. I guess she hasn't internalize the importance of their venture before they passed by Kestrel. Well, that's a shame. I don't think Yvonne will be allowing any news about their travel going out, must keep discretion so toasters and that manchild in the Capellan March don't catch wind of this.

Ohoho, Hanse's got a child on the way. That's gonna be fun in the future. Huh, I wonder why he didn't bring the Cataphract, did he forget that he left the ones he generated with Justin and the academy and was planning on generating/"smuggling"new ones on the go (DMI headaches intensifies) or is he going slow on introducing designs to production? He did plan on the mechs proving themselves before production, so I suppose he might just be up for a demonstration rather than for proposals like they're thinking. I think Hanse's gonna need to put minders in that meeting with Archernar. Whether they get funding or not, if the higher-ups try to subtly inquire as to why a lot of dosh is being put on Corean rather than one of the Suns' oldest domestic manufacturer, Henry (the wrecking ball of a person that he is) might just go "because they've actually done something in the past few decades".

You know, I always thought of the Rifleman-2N as the primitive -3N, but now that I've read back on it, it's actually standard-tech -1N: 50-tonner with 2 PPCs and 4 MLs. 16 heatsinks and 7.5 tons of armor though, probably best for fire support. So Bofor's Rifleman does have a canon precedent.

 

[Bofors40mm]

Looks at the swordsman's specs....well that AC-5 has to go. If nothing else it masses too bloody much on a mech of that size. I'll have a variant posted later.

And yeah the Rifleman 4-P is at its heart basically a Rifleman 2-N that uses the extra mass available through the modern Rifleman platform to have better sinking and armor that's worth a darn.

As for the Capellan March there's 1 bribe that should work for getting Michael to shut up for a long long time. Aka make a introtech variant of the Nightstar(again i'll post something later) using its mothballed plant on Kathil and/or maybe axing the Bristol yard to help repair or upgrade one or more of the 3 yards in the capellan march (kathil, figrove, and new sytris)

Also Henry is pushing stuff too fast too far. He needs to wait till the Dragoons do their final supply run if nothing else so he doesn't accidentally bring in all the clanners early.

 

[HunterxReader]

Good thing about the Nightstar is it's a command mech, and Variable Range Targeting means it can stay at safe at long-range and still have decent accuracy. Also gives a plausible design history with the Rabid Fox, especially with the DC crowing about it. An introtech version would probably be like a downgraded -FC.

 

[Wargamer08]

Looks at the swordsman's specs....well that AC-5 has to go. If nothing else it masses too bloody much on a mech of that size. I'll have a variant posted later.

And yeah the Rifleman 4-P is at its heart basically a Rifleman 2-N that uses the extra mass available through the modern Rifleman platform to have better sinking and armor that's worth a darn.

As for the Capellan March there's 1 bribe that should work for getting Michael to shut up for a long long time. Aka make a introtech variant of the Nightstar(again i'll post something later) using its mothballed plant on Kathil and/or maybe axing the Bristol yard to help repair or upgrade one or more of the 3 yards in the capellan march (kathil, figrove, and new sytris)

Also Henry is pushing stuff too fast too far. He needs to wait till the Dragoons do their final supply run if nothing else so he doesn't accidentally bring in all the clanners early.

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The AC5 is generally just garbage, but so many mechs use them you sorta have to keep it for lore reasons. Accurate ammo makes AC5s less of a paperweight. Maybe ammo is the answer? It just gets tiring seeing endless energy boats and lrm5 multiples with the only ACs being 20s or LBXs.

 

[Bofors40mm]

Honestly if ACs or at least lighter ones got better anti infantry capabilities since smallish fast firing autocannons should be amazing in that role along with at least anti VTOL and drone work without flak ammo in the AA role for much the same reasons and/or where at least lighter ala the construction rules over in Bruce Quest I'd give them a lot more love.

That being said I personally don't mind the AC-10 in certain roles in introtech and I frickin love the LBX-10 as its arguably the finest non gauss ballistic weapon for anything that isn't urban combat. Certainly the most flexible overall.

 

[Imperator Pax]

EDIT Notice
Swordsman should be Longsword.
That was a sleep deprivation miss.​

 

[Bofors40mm]

Spoiler: Introtech Nightstar

Introtech Nightstar NSR-8D
Mass: 95 tons
Chassis: Standard Biped
Power Plant: 285 Fusion
Cruising Speed: 32.4 kph
Maximum Speed: 54 kph
Armor: Standard
Armament:
1 PPC
4 Medium Laser
2 AC/10
Communication System: Unknown
Targeting & Tracking System: Unknown
Introduction Year: 3021
Tech Rating/Availability: D/X-E-D-D
Cost: 8,695,440 C-bills
Type: Introtech Nightstar
Technology Base: Inner Sphere (Introductory)
Tonnage: 95
Battle Value: 1,825

Equipment		Mass
Internal Structure		9.5
Engine	285 Fusion	16.5
Walking MP:	3
Running MP:	5
Jumping MP:
Heat Sink:	16	6
Gyro:		3
Cockpit:		3
Armor Factor:	288	18

	Internal Structure	Armor Value
Head	3	9
Center Torso	30	45
Center Torso (rear)		14
R/L Torso	20	31
R/L Torso (rear)		9
R/L Arm	16	31
R/L Leg	20	39

Weapons and Ammo	Location	Critical	Tonnage
2 Heat Sink	RT	2	2
AC/10 Ammo (20)	RT	2	2
PPC	RT	3	7
Medium Laser	LA	1	1
AC/10	LA	7	12
3 Heat Sink	LT	3	3
Medium Laser	LT	1	1
AC/10 Ammo (20)	LT	2	2
Medium Laser	HD	1	1
Medium Laser	RA	1	1
AC/10	RA	7	12

a introtech nightstar variant.

Spoiler: Large Laser Swordsman

Swordsman SWD-3
Mass: 40 tons
Chassis: Standard Biped
Power Plant: 160 Fusion
Cruising Speed: 43.2 kph
Maximum Speed: 64.8 kph
Armor: Standard
Armament:
2 Medium Laser
1 LRM 5
1 SRM 6
1 Large Laser
Communication System: Unknown
Targeting & Tracking System: Unknown
Introduction Year: 3023
Tech Rating/Availability: D/X-E-D-D
Cost: 2,885,493 C-bills
Type: Large Laser Swordsman
Technology Base: Inner Sphere (Introductory)
Tonnage: 40
Battle Value: 964

Equipment		Mass
Internal Structure		4
Engine	160 Fusion	6
Walking MP:	4
Running MP:	6
Jumping MP:	4
Heat Sink:	11	1
Gyro:		2
Cockpit:		3
Armor Factor:	128	8

	Internal Structure	Armor Value
Head	3	9
Center Torso	12	17
Center Torso (rear)		6
R/L Torso	10	15
R/L Torso (rear)		5
R/L Arm	6	12
R/L Leg	10	16

Weapons and Ammo	Location	Critical	Tonnage
Heat Sink	LL	1	1
Jump Jet	LL	1	0.5
Heat Sink	CT	1	1
LRM 5 Ammo (24)	RT	1	1
Jump Jet	RT	1	0.5
LRM 5	RT	1	2
SRM 6	RT	2	3
SRM 6 Ammo (15)	RT	1	1
Medium Laser	LA	1	1
Heat Sink	LT	1	1
Jump Jet	LT	1	0.5
Large Laser	LT	2	5
Heat Sink	RL	1	1
Jump Jet	RL	1	0.5
Heat Sink	HD	1	1
Medium Laser	RA	1	1

A large laser swordsman I threw together before I saw the authors note and figured I'd post anyways

 

[Arimai]

EDIT Notice
Swordsman should be Longsword.
That was a sleep deprivation miss.​

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If he fails in the negotiations does the SI have the means for a hostile takeover bid?

A couple of minor corrections:
Federated Boeing should be capitalized like so.
Cargo King dropship.

 

[HunterxReader]

Spoiler: Introtech Nightstar

Introtech Nightstar NSR-8D
Mass: 95 tons
Chassis: Standard Biped
Power Plant: 285 Fusion
Cruising Speed: 32.4 kph
Maximum Speed: 54 kph
Armor: Standard
Armament:
1 PPC
4 Medium Laser
2 AC/10
Communication System: Unknown
Targeting & Tracking System: Unknown
Introduction Year: 3021
Tech Rating/Availability: D/X-E-D-D
Cost: 8,695,440 C-bills
Type: Introtech Nightstar
Technology Base: Inner Sphere (Introductory)
Tonnage: 95
Battle Value: 1,825

Equipment		Mass
Internal Structure		9.5
Engine	285 Fusion	16.5
Walking MP:	3
Running MP:	5
Jumping MP:
Heat Sink:	16	6
Gyro:		3
Cockpit:		3
Armor Factor:	288	18

	Internal Structure	Armor Value
Head	3	9
Center Torso	30	45
Center Torso (rear)		14
R/L Torso	20	31
R/L Torso (rear)		9
R/L Arm	16	31
R/L Leg	20	39

Weapons and Ammo	Location	Critical	Tonnage
2 Heat Sink	RT	2	2
AC/10 Ammo (20)	RT	2	2
PPC	RT	3	7
Medium Laser	LA	1	1
AC/10	LA	7	12
3 Heat Sink	LT	3	3
Medium Laser	LT	1	1
AC/10 Ammo (20)	LT	2	2
Medium Laser	HD	1	1
Medium Laser	RA	1	1
AC/10	RA	7	12

a introtech nightstar variant.

Spoiler: Large Laser Swordsman

Swordsman SWD-3
Mass: 40 tons
Chassis: Standard Biped
Power Plant: 160 Fusion
Cruising Speed: 43.2 kph
Maximum Speed: 64.8 kph
Armor: Standard
Armament:
2 Medium Laser
1 LRM 5
1 SRM 6
1 Large Laser
Communication System: Unknown
Targeting & Tracking System: Unknown
Introduction Year: 3023
Tech Rating/Availability: D/X-E-D-D
Cost: 2,885,493 C-bills
Type: Large Laser Swordsman
Technology Base: Inner Sphere (Introductory)
Tonnage: 40
Battle Value: 964

Equipment		Mass
Internal Structure		4
Engine	160 Fusion	6
Walking MP:	4
Running MP:	6
Jumping MP:	4
Heat Sink:	11	1
Gyro:		2
Cockpit:		3
Armor Factor:	128	8

	Internal Structure	Armor Value
Head	3	9
Center Torso	12	17
Center Torso (rear)		6
R/L Torso	10	15
R/L Torso (rear)		5
R/L Arm	6	12
R/L Leg	10	16

Weapons and Ammo	Location	Critical	Tonnage
Heat Sink	LL	1	1
Jump Jet	LL	1	0.5
Heat Sink	CT	1	1
LRM 5 Ammo (24)	RT	1	1
Jump Jet	RT	1	0.5
LRM 5	RT	1	2
SRM 6	RT	2	3
SRM 6 Ammo (15)	RT	1	1
Medium Laser	LA	1	1
Heat Sink	LT	1	1
Jump Jet	LT	1	0.5
Large Laser	LT	2	5
Heat Sink	RL	1	1
Jump Jet	RL	1	0.5
Heat Sink	HD	1	1
Medium Laser	RA	1	1

A large laser swordsman I threw together before I saw the authors note and figured I'd post anyways

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Sounds about right for an L1 Nightstar. It goes from a command sniper to a medium-range fire support, but it's less explody without the GR and with almost max armor and VRT it can brawl if necessary.

The Swordsman looks good, requires bracket firing but has decent firepower for its size on medium and close range. I'd have suggested a PPC but for all my love of that zap gun, I recognize that it'll just make heat and constant firing harder to manage, plus what'll have to be dropped to add it.

Well, if Hanse's trying to placate Archernar by introducing Henry to them, the only venture I can think of for them other than the Longsword or reviving their old heavies is their Enforcer. Either expanding on their line or helping them with the design's ammo feed problem.

A dual LL-variant could bypass the issue. It loses damage and that potential cockpit hit, but at least it'll be able to use both of its gun without any risk of running out of ammo, or that ammo exploding. If it manages to keep the right arm's Barrelfist with its Improved Cooling Jacket, all the better. Something like this maybe:

Spoiler: Enforcer (Large Laser)

Type/Model: Enforcer ENF-4C
Tech: Inner Sphere / 3015
Config: Biped BattleMech
Rules: Level 1, Standard design
Mass: 50 tons
Chassis: Dorwinion Standard
Power Plant: 200 Fusion
Walking Speed: 43.2 km/h
Running Speed: 64.8 km/h
Jump Jets: 4 Standard Jump Jet
Jump Capacity: 120 meters
Jump Jet Manufacturer: McCloud Specials Standard Jump Jets
Armor Type: Starshield Standard Standard
Armament:
1 Large Laser
1 Medium Laser
1 Large Laser
Manufacturer: Achernar BattleMechs
Location: New Avalon
Communications System: System: Achernar Electronics HICS-11
Targeting and Tracking System: Federated Hunter

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Type/Model: Enforcer ENF-4C
Mass: 50 tons
Equipment: Crits Mass
Int. Struct.: 83 pts Standard 0 5.00
Engine: 200 Fusion 6 8.50
Walking MP: 4
Running MP: 6
Jumping MP: 4
Heat Sinks: 18 Single 10 8.00
Gyro: 4 2.00
Cockpit, Life Supt., Sensors: 5 3.00
L: Sh+UA+LA R: Sh+UA+LA 6 0.00
Armor Factor: 168 Standard 0 10.50
Internal Armor
Structure Value
Head: 3 9
Center Torso: 16 26
Center Torso (Rear): 5
L/R Side Torso: 12 19/19
L/R Side Torso (Rear): 5/5
L/R Arm: 8 16/16
L/R Leg: 12 24/24

Weapons and Equipment Loc Heat Ammo Crits Mass
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1 Large Laser LA 8 2 5.00
1 Medium Laser LT 3 1 1.00
1 Large Laser RA 8 2 5.00
4 Standard Jump Jets: - 0 4 2.00
(Jump Jet Loc: 2 LL,2 RL)
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TOTALS: 19 4 13.00
Crits and Tons Left: 30

Calculated Factors
Total Cost: 3,431,500 C-Bill
Battle Value (BV1):1010
Battle Value (BV2):1152

 

[Imperator Pax]

Look at what goes into the Longsword components wise (which Hanse doesn't know, but coincidence I am sure).

 

[Bofors40mm]

working on something that's based off the enforcer right now actually. And for that matter the Sentry/Watchman uses most of the same parts as that canonically to speed up/ease production including the frame.
and for that matter not far back i posted a dual LL enforcer here.

Look at what goes into the Longsword components wise (which Hanse doesn't know, but coincidence I am sure).

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hint as the designer it totally wasn't

edit: my newest 50 ton design.

Spoiler: Fusilier FSR-3E

Fusilier FSR-3E
Mass: 50 tons
Chassis: Dorwinion Standard
Power Plant: Nissan 200
Cruising Speed: 43.2 kph
Maximum Speed: 64.8 kph
Armor: Starshield
Armament:
2 Zeus LRM-15s
4 ChisComp 39 Medium Lasers
Manufacturer: Archernar Battlemechs
Primary Factory: New Avalon
Communication System: Achernar Electronics HID-21
Targeting & Tracking System: Federated Hunter Mk. II
Introduction Year: 3020
Tech Rating/Availability: D/X-E-D-D
Cost: 3,773,500 C-bills

Type: Fusilier
Role: Missile Boat
Technology Base: Inner Sphere (Introductory)
Tonnage: 50
Battle Value: 1,155

Equipment		Mass
Internal Structure		5
Engine	200 Fusion	8.5
Walking MP:	4
Running MP:	6
Jumping MP:
Heat Sink:	10
Gyro:		2
Cockpit:		3
Armor Factor:	152	9.5

	Internal Structure	Armor Value
Head	3	9
Center Torso	16	22
Center Torso (rear)		7
R/L Torso	12	18
R/L Torso (rear)		5
R/L Arm	8	14
R/L Leg	12	20

Right Arm Actuators: Shoulder, Upper Arm, Lower Arm, Hand
Left Arm Actuators: Shoulder, Upper Arm, Lower Arm, Hand

Weapons and Ammo	Location	Critical	Tonnage
2 Medium Laser	CT	2	2
Heat Sink	RT	1	1
LRM 15	RT	3	7
LRM 15 Ammo (16)	RT	2	2
Medium Laser	LA	1	1
Heat Sink	LT	1	1
LRM 15	LT	3	7
LRM 15 Ammo (16)	LT	2	2
Medium Laser	RA	1	1

The Fusilier started with me wondering what you could do with a slower Trebuchet. as it turns out a decent amount with the resulting 5 available tons. 2 tons of ammo, 1 medium laser, and 2 tons of armor over the stock trebuchet. And yes its a Achernar design since they have experience with fire support designs including using the Dorwinion Standard frame or close variants of it via the Dervish(which needs a slight upgrade in my POV via more armor and heatsinks via dropping the SRMs for another pair of medium lasers and 2 tons of armor and the 2 LRM-10s being replaced with 2 more heatsinks). The name of Fusilier is a hint over how cranky Achernar is with the Federal Government right now. Well that and I already have a Ranger design so a Fusilier one works naming scheme wise.

Honestly its basically a mini archer in terms of capabilities and in terms of price comparison vs its in production in the 3rd SW Missile Boat peers its roughly 59.1% of the price of the 2R Archer, 88% of the 5N Trebuchet, 75.6% of a Dervish 6M, 66.4% of a Crusader 3R and 50.9% of the 7Q Longbow.

 

[HunterxReader]

Look at what goes into the Longsword components wise (which Hanse doesn't know, but coincidence I am sure).

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Ah, so the Longsword then. From Bofor using a Battleaxe as basis and the electronics from what I remember are similar to an Enforcer's (yep, checked again, those are Archernar systems), most of its components are Archernar-based. I was mostly thinking about Henry's intent before to approach Corean first. Well, best laid plans and all that, but hey, he/the manufacturing company was going to have to approach Archernar anyway since he's using their parts, so not exactly a bad change.

 

[Bofors40mm]

Honestly Corean lacks experience in its Fedsuns branch of making heavy mechs period and I think in general in this era and one of the big reason why I designed the Longsword the way I did was the idea that some of the Hammerhands or Battleaxe tooling is still around in storage. That would just explain how quickly Achernar restarted production of the 2 designs post New Dallas anyways.

 

[HunterxReader]

Honestly Corean lacks experience in its Fedsuns branch of making heavy mechs period and I think in general in this era and one of the big reason why I designed the Longsword the way I did was the idea that some of the Hammerhands or Battleaxe tooling is still around in storage. That would just explain how quickly Achernar restarted production of the 2 designs post New Dallas anyways.

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Hmm, after the Hector Corean's only other venture to a mech heavier than a medium pre-Helm was... oh wow, the Goliath. Yeah, Archernar looks like they're poised to get back in the Heavy game, they just need some blueprints and manuals. Ah, and I suppose one thing that makes AB ticked off enough to make the Fusiliers is the Centurion. If I remember right from sarna, the Enforcer was close to replacing the Centurion around this time, before Corean fixed some of the problems (or at least is trying, I'm not sure if they actually managed to do so before NAIS stepped in) on their mech then established a line on New Avalon. Now it's made worse by Henry further supporting them to expand to the DM, which is gonna butt in on any contracts that way. Yeah, I think Hanse's right and Henry needs to show at least some attention to Archernar, or they're gonna be belligerent to no one's benefit.

 

[Bofors40mm]

Hmm, after the Hector Corean's only other venture to a mech heavier than a medium pre-Helm was... oh wow, the Goliath. Yeah, Archernar looks like they're poised to get back in the Heavy game, they just need some blueprints and manuals. Ah, and I suppose one thing that makes AB ticked off enough to make the Fusiliers is the Centurion. If I remember right from sarna, the Enforcer was close to replacing the Centurion around this time, before Corean fixed some of the problems (or at least is trying, I'm not sure if they actually managed to do so before NAIS stepped in) on their mech then established a line on New Avalon. Now it's made worse by Henry further supporting them to expand to the DM, which is gonna butt in on any contracts that way. Yeah, I think Hanse's right and Henry needs to show at least some attention to Archernar, or they're gonna be belligerent to no one's benefit.

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the big thing they did to help fix the centurion was set up a steady parts supply for it and in particular its autocannon because that was the big problem with the centurion.

 

[HunterxReader]

the big thing they did to help fix the centurion was set up a steady parts supply for it and in particular its autocannon because that was the big problem with the centurion.

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Well, they certainly chose the right state to invest in for that.

 

[Bofors40mm]

speaking of the centurion in general....its kind of weird that the fluff for has the design originally has it made to be a bodyguard for the trebuchet since its ya know slower which is a questionable thing for a bodyguard to be

 

[HunterxReader]

Well, I assume the Centurions moves at the front of them and theoretically safeguards them by being a bigger threat, leaving enemies with the choice of dealing with the CN9s in their face and allowing the LRM carriers to throw more missiles and move away or chasing the Trebuchet and leaving their backs open for the autocannons/lasers. But yeah, I suppose as slower bodyguards, it doesn't seem to fit when you have to pin down the ones trying to chase your charge, likely something as fast, if not faster, than their target.

 

[Bofors40mm]

Huh it occurs to me that my introtech sentry/watchman does use a achernar frame and mostly their electronics. Wasn't even intentional but mimicking the OG designs.
Either way a good way for Aaron Sandoval to keep Achernar happy with him via some sweet sweet licensing agreements

 

[Imperator Pax]

speaking of the centurion in general....its kind of weird that the fluff for has the design originally has it made to be a bodyguard for the trebuchet since its ya know slower which is a questionable thing for a bodyguard to be

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The trebuchet's flank speed occurs to me to be a tactical mobility, and disengagement, to borrow a trite and common expression shoot and scoot it should not be at the front and should be using its speed to disengage and remain at range from an enemy

 

[Imperator Pax]

New Avalon 1.2​

He hadn't fully appreciated the interest in the seventy tonners. He'd generated the parts that were to be assembled into the Longsword mechs for Albion due to the interest the Robinson contingent had expressed. It made sense that RBA would want to test the design, and it was supposed to be an easy to use design... so it made sense to make it avialble to Albion as well... after all the NAIS didn't exist yet.

It probably would.

He figured since they'd managed to steal even more of the university cache that Ian probably would insure that there was an NAIS he just probably hadn't gotten around to a grand opening yet.

He assumed it was coming... hopefully. "Fuck." Henry rubbed his eyes, "I need coffee," He remarked to the man on the other side of the table. He had the feeling all of a sudden that this was now so much more than he had initially planned.

Henry flipped through the paper work. Not that he had immediately assumed everything would necessarily go smoothly but the truth was he was hoping to be able sweet talk Corean into agreeing to his initial proposal... rather than throwing the c bill value of a mobile HPG worth of their stock... because that was the interesting thing, yard space were only in sub eleven hundred range BV wise, but were twenty five billion c-bills of cost.

A morningstar HPG equipped CCV was just over five billion c-bills.

... a vehicle worth a mere 458 BV...

It was absurd, but it didn't matter if it came to it he'd throw the stock on the table... if it came to that... that was the thing he didn't want to immediately resort to a hostile take over if social niceties from the First Prince and Field Marshal of the Draconis March would get him the preferred answer to in turn answer the logistical problem for a medium trooper mech.

The Longsword was a heavy mech though, and he should have considered that it would have naturally attracted more attention as something new... he might well have just overshadowed his own attempt to put one over the capellans and the cataphract wholly by accident. He had gotten excited, he had let himself focus on what they could do for relatively little C-Bill price tag, but it didn't change the fact, or that at least from his perspective the Centurion was already in the logistics chain they were already in production and thus the better procurement option.
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There had never been any question where she would attend. That wasn't to say this was her first visit to Albion on New Avalon, but Alexandria had always known she was meant to attend Sakhara. Her expression was carefully schooled all the same as the machines were ooh and ahhed over. The seventy tonners massed the same as Clay's Rabid Fox but were functionally closer to warhammers , that lesson had been driven home.

It had been her first real experience with the command circuit and that had caught her off balance, where instead of waiting a week for a jumpship's drives to charge it had simply been the matter of decoupling from one star lord to the next in sequence.

Technically speaking each JumpShip had been different. Uniform paint schemes aside they had had registration numbers in utilitarian block script and different names, but the Star Lords had all looked the same in broad strokes. They felt new but Alexandria supposed that was more upkeep than anything.

The Longswords though, there was no denying they were new. All twelve machines were painted in the same high vis orange, and had been numberd off in white blocky numbers. She couldn't help but ask if he knew what he was doing.

Clay frowned almost seemingly offended, and then shrugged, "seventy six million three hundred ninety one thousand one hundred ninety six c-bills." He replied, after a moment of apparent mental math to reach such an outlandish sum, "Yes I know what I'm doing, the techs are very sure they put these together from standard enough parts and weapons. Whatever quibbles I might have over one model PPC, versus another, or one medium laser manufacturer over another these are all standard parts, could we have facilitated more testing yes, but Lord Aaron is very sure that he wants a delivery of them assembled for the RBA and donating to New Avalon is not being altruistic its free advertising."

Alexandria didn't believe him. It simply wasn't a credible statement coming from someone younger than she was, but there was no point in arguing over whether he was seriously going to protest that this was all about money or not because as it was the Duchess of Victoria, as well as Lord Aaron had made their appearance with a second alumni of Avalon, adding a third duke to their number. The heir apparent to the realm Hanse Davion, the Fox to the First Prince's Hound. Hanse Davion looked much more relaxed, at ease, than he had at his wedding reception... but how much of that was the nuptials, or even for that matter his older brother's rather public intoxication Alexandria couldn't begin to guess.

"Auntie tells me you unveiled these in sequence, is there anything else in the works?"

"Mm," Henry paused to consider, or restrain himself from answering Hanse Davion's question, "There are a number of various projects, just never enough time."
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Hanse Davion preferred the BattleMaster. The machine passed down to him as his father's spare suited him better than the Atlas his brother had received as heir. The Atlas was a slower machine, dangerous but ponderous. The longsword was lighter than his battlemaster, and maxed out at the same speed, but it only need a sixteen ton engine to achieve that than the much heavier 340 rating Engine that powered his machine.

The fact that the Longsword carried two Donal PPCs instead of one somewhat changed the dynamic of its otherwise lighter weapons load out.

He was in a bright orange and white mech on the gunnery range showing off for the small cluster of senior cadets invited to watch the proceedings. Albion's cadets might pilot this mchine, but they were not the invitees Hanse was watching. They had staged this carefully after all.

Ian had his hands full at the moment, but it was only a matter of time before he managed to leverage escaping his curated schedule. As a result he knew he needed to have an argument formulated to sway to convince his older brother to support preferably before Ian loudly demanded to be allowed an opportunity at piloting the seventy ton machine. It hadn't been on the official itinerary so he assumed that word had yet to reach the First Prince about the contents, but that wouldn't last long.

Had Clay advertised he was bringing a new indigenous mech design, and a heavy mech at that, there would have been turn out from New Avalon's elite, and pressure to move for a formal hearing, arguably more of a response than just what Clay was actually hear for. To that end it was ironic, Hanse would admit, that there were likely to be more questions about creation of a new 70 tonner than what Clay wanted to actually spend money on.

Unless you happened to be the Achenar delegation.

Hanse guided the machine to the embarkation point he had started the course at, and dismounted from the war machine, but he was satisified it passed muster... and even if it hadn't it was still eye grabbing. He immediately made a bee line back to his party

He wasn't surprised his auntie was talking about the Battlemaster, after all she had piloted one with the Crucis Lancers. Henry shook his head, "The 340 rating is uncommon for a reason. Things like the Rapier, and the Star League era Longbow fell out for a reason, that leaves really just the Victor and BattleMaster." He scratched at his hair, which should have been impractically long and shaggy for a mechwarrior in the confines of a modern production neurohelmet, and cut a contrast between the buzz cuts many of the Avalon cadets were sporting. "If you're principle aim is an assault mech, that's a different matter something in the eighty ton class is a more practical engine."

The boy really couldn't help himself at times, Hanse recognized. He was obviously just too accustomed to what he considered normal, and never stopped, or rarely stopped to think about it... it reminded him of Ian at times... and that was probably why the First Prince got along so well with the 'Rabid Fox'. "You'll have to excuse me Lord Henry, but if you don't like the Fox moniker perhaps not painting your machines akin to fox's belt might be a start," He joked rejoining the group, but cognizant of the security detachment from the DMI that must have been his aunt's idea.

"They're not." Henry started to protest. Then stopped, "You didn't use the JumpJets."

"I'm quite sure they work," Hanse replied, and he spared a look to his aunt, "Are you sure you can't do something about the BattleMaster?"

"No, not anytime soon, I'll be blunt I'd sooner allocate resources to produce something in the hundred ton range. Atlas, King Crab, Marauder 2, those Annihilators or Imp things even that the Dragoons brought."

Hanse started to smirk, but Aaron Sandoval's eyes alit, "The annihilator you say?"

"Mmhmm," was the grunted reply, "it runs off the same engine as the Centurion, but thats the point its a common engine. Once we have Corean on board and the myomer and chassis process on an industrial then we can do things like branch out, but the Battlemaster at this stage would have only limited shared components with what we can manufacture."

 

[Bofors40mm]

I'll note the longbow as the SLDF used it had a 255 engine from what I remember The 340 variation is from what I recall a merc (or was it great house I legit don't recall) designed variation. Oh and the victor uses a 320.

Also Hanse Ole buddy the jump jets give the Longsword massively more maneuverability vs a battlemaster since ya know it doesn't really care about what the terrain is in terms of mobility in most instances.

Oh and the SI should really mention something about founding the NAIS since the first prince and his heir like him. If nothing else checking never hurt anyone.

Also 2/3 assaults.....not really worth it. They're really just target practice for LRM carriers/boats, air strikes, and artillery or jusr flanked or just outright ignored and maneuvered away from if all else fails if the other side is using their brains.

 

[Imperator Pax]

I'll note the longbow as the SLDF used it had a 255 engine from what I remember The 340 variation is from what I recall a merc (or was it great house I legit don't recall) designed variation. Oh and the victor uses a 320.

Also Hanse Ole buddy the jump jets give the Longsword massively more maneuverability vs a battlemaster since ya know it does really care about what the terrain is in terms of mobility in most instances.

Oh and the SI should reallt mention something about founding the NAIS since the first prince and his heir like him. If nothing else checking never hurt anyone.

Also 2/3 assaults.....not really worth it. They're really just target practice for LRM carriers/boats, air strikes, and artillery or jusr flanked or just outright ignored and maneuvered away from if all else fails if the other side is using their brains.

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I was under the impression the 340 wa the SLDF version, I could be wrong that was me going off memory