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INTRODUCTION

My Dearest Bertram,

I trust youre settling in nicely on Terra. I must admit that I was somewhat surprised to hear that you would not be returning to the new

Checkswa campus on Donegal, though I suppose the allure o humanitys home can be very great indeed.

I am pleased that ComStar ound a role or you beyond that o a media pundit or Mister Stones new Republic. I eared or a time that they

would transorm you into some kind o cynical armchair politician had they kept you on INN much longer, and I know your passion has always been

the study o history. I can also relate to your choice to ocus on military history, as your brother did (God rest his soul). On Tharkad, I have alwaysound that study immensely gratiying, and probably would even i it werent the amily business. Im sure Arastide would have been proud.

I especially applaud your recent contributions to the compilation o equipment seen in the early days o modern warare, a research area that

I have personally been pursuing o late, especially with respect to the developments that took place during the dark days o the Succession Wars.

Contrary to the popular belie, o course, the destruction o knowledge and innovation during the twenty-ninth and thirtieth centuries was ar rom

complete. In act, this very destruction that orced new innovation, inevitably culminating in the renaissance we saw just as the Clans invadedor,

depending on how ironically one wishes to see it, the renaissance that inspired the Clans decision to return to the Inner Sphere.

To whet your appetite, I have taken the liberty o compiling some o the Succession Wars more remarkable records o experimental one-os

and eld variants that tried to overcome the declining tech standards o their day. Many o these were ailures, admittedly; developmental dead-ends

that only served to prove a solution had to be sought elsewhere. Others were simply victims o the changing tides o warare. But a ew have let their

ootprints on military history that persists to this very day.

I should note upront that the nature o these articles varies quite wildly. I have chosen to present these reports to you in a largely unedited

orm, to avoid tainting the primary sources. Thanks to my amilys network o associates, I oten nd these tidbits quite ascinating, and ar more

exciting than the oten-dry ocial reports one oten nds in our court archives. Secrets o the trade, eh?

Let me know i you would like to pursue this particular avenue o research urther. I am condent that the study o Succession Wars-era

technological innovations is an area that wont all under royal censorship.

And Bertram? Happy Birthday. I hope this reaches you on time.

Cordially yours,

Christopher Auburn

Tharkad, 22 January 3082 (sent via Priority HPG)

How to Use tHis BookThe Mechs, combat vehicles, and ghters described in Experimental Technical Readout: Succession Wars provide players with a sampling o

designs maintained or even newly constructed in the dark days o lostech. The designs eatured in this book refect both limited-run production

units and one-os that never reached ull actory production.

The rules or using Mechs, vehicles and ghters in BattleTech game play can be ound in Total Warare, while the rules or their construction

can be ound in TechManual. However, the experimental nature o these designs also draws upon the Experimental-level rules presented in Tactical

Operations. While none o the units eatured in this volume are considered tournament legal, their use in introductory games is appropriate due to

their Succession War status.

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CreditsProject Development

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Writing

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Chris Wheeler

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Readouts series was originally dedicated to me (Herbert A. Beas II) as a

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FLE-14 FLEa

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ld Testing Summation: Flea transitional model (ultralight)

oducer/Site: Earthwerks-FWL Incorporated

pervising Technician: Alexi Demidov

oject Start Date: 2516 (production 2519)

n-Production Equipment Analysis:

Ultralight BattleMech

vv

Over the past twenty years, the Clans have spent a lot

development time on the ProtoMech, introducing modern

tleelds to Mech-like units ar lighter in mass than todays

ndards. Yet the Clans eorts are ar rom unique; many times

ce the dawn o the BattleMech have seen a smattering o eorts

ntroduce the notion o an ultralight Mechs to the armies o

Inner Sphere. One o the very rst attempts was the FLE-14 Flea

ralight BattleMech, developed by Earthwerks Incorporated as a

w cost alternative scout to the twenty-ton FLE-4, and a superior

ut to the Wasps and Stingers o the day.

The FLE-14 eatured a t y percent speed increase over the

avier FLE-4 and an added short-range jump capability. Between

se eatures and the single medium laser carried in the Mechs

ht arm, this let only a single tons worth o armor to cover the

ire rame, a meager level o protection or the battleeld.

Five hundred FLE-14s were originally produceda small run

that day and agebut the Mechs reviews were poor rom

start. Despite impressive speed, the act that just about any

apon on the battleeld could cause a deadly armor breach did

lend the design well to sales. House Marik purchased most o

rst run on spec, but soon relegated the machine to backwater

ty and urban crowd control. Even this duty was dicult or

ultralight Fleas as a single man-pack SRM 2 launcher could

tentially deal devastating damage with a single hit.Within a ew years, the FLE-15 was released, returning the

a to its twenty-ton weight specs and sacricing speed or better

mor and weaponry. Many pilots choose to modiy their model 14s

removing the jump jets and adding armor to make them more

lient, and many model 14s remained in use throughout the Star

ague yearsalbeit in ever-dwindling numbers. Ater the all o

Star League, FLE-14s once again returned to the battleeld as

sperate Successor State armies ound themselves in need o ast

uts. While these ultralights enjoyed some success in that role

id the decline o technology, most were easily deeated i ever

ght in a ght. Generous estimates put the number o surviving

E-14 units at less than twenty in the entire Inner Sphere and

iphery, though ew remain in active service.

Type: Flea

Technology Base: Inner Sphere (Experimental)

Tonnage: 15

Equipment Mass

Internal Structure: 1.5

Engine: 135 4.5

Walking MP: 9

Running MP: 14

Jumping MP: 4

Heat Sinks: 10 0

Gyro: 2

Cockpit: 3

Armor Factor: 16 1

Internal Armor

Structure Value

Head 3 2

Center Torso 5 3

Center Torso (rear) 1

R/L Torso 4 1

R/L Torso (rear) 1

R/L Arm 2 1

R/L Leg 3 2

Weapons and Ammo Location Critical Tonnage

Medium Laser RA 1 1

Jump Jets RL 2 1

Jump Jets LL 2 1

Notes: Features the ollowing Design Quirks: Easy to Maintain,

Hard to Pilot, Narrow/Low Prole, No/Minimal Arms.

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WSP-2a-X SUPER WaSP

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ld Testing Summation: Prototype Wasp chassis rebuild

and testbed

oducer/Site: Friden Aerospace Park, Ho

pervising Technician: Dr. Jorge Belasco

oject Start Date: 3020


Supercharger

vv

[Had a stroke o luck here and managed to nd two units or

price o one. Came across these in some recently released NAIS

cumentsdeclassied ater some sixty-year secrecy rule or other.CA]

An early eort by the NAIS and Team Banzai to build upon the

owledge gleaned rom the Halstead Collection, the Super Waspwas

attempt to ully rebuild and redesign a proven war machine using

perimental technologies. Based at the Friden Aerospace Park on the

epy world o Ho, the Super Wasp eatured a hand-built chassis,

nstructed to match and surpass the capabilities o its progenitor.

Five tons heavier than the original Wasp, the Super Wasp

unted over thirty percent more armor, and a carried a second

m-mounted Diverse Optics Type 2 medium laser to double

repower. The most audacious addition, o course, was the

lusion o a supercharger. Capable o providing bursts o

eed similar to myomer-accelerator signal circuitryin an age

ere MASC had been long-orgotten casualty o the Succession

rsonly the real danger o engine damage rom extensive use

tailed the widespread use o this technology.

Although the two Super Wasps and the Super Grin were

lt strictly as demonstration units, all three Mechs received their

ptism by re on 13 May 3022, when House Kurita and the Wols

goons raided Ho. With the Davion deending orces drawn o,Black Widows recon lance expected to nd little resistance at

research acility, but was surprised to nd the park deended by

prototypes and their experimental technologies. The unusual

ngurations and conficting ater-action reports led to various

mors about the incident that have persisted to this day.

Although outgunned by the Widows BattleMechs, the Super

sps perormed admirably, disabling a Dragoons Stingerbeore

chWarrior Annie B lazes Super Wasp suered severe shielding

gine damage rom a supercharger blowout. Swamped with

at, her Mech became an easy target or the Widows. Her ellow

per Wasp pilot, MechWarrior Oscar Meggie, ought on and nearly

ceeded in taking down an enemy Phoenix Hawkbeore a large

er red by the Dragoons Rifeman cored his Mechs let torso and

o his SRM ammo, completely gutting the prototype.

Though a ll three experimental machines were d estroyed,

ir delaying action won the Davion scientists enough time to

cessully evacuate the acility and leave little o value or House

ita to claim. Both Super Wasp pilots survived the battle and were

entually ransomed back to House Davion.

Type: Super Wasp


Tonnage: 25

Equipment Mass


Engine: 150 5.5

Walking MP: 6

Running MP: 9 (12)

Jumping MP: 6

Heat Sinks: 10 0

Gyro 2

Cockpit: 3

Armor Factor: 64 4

Internal Armor

Structure Value

Head 3 6

Center Torso 8 10


R/L Torso 6 7

R/L Torso (rear) 2

R/L Arm 4 6

R/L Leg 6 7


2 Medium Lasers RA 2 2

Supercharger CT 1 1

SRM 2 LL 1 1

Ammo (SRM) 50 LT 1 1

Jump Jet RL 1 .5

Jump Jets RT 2 1

Jump Jets LT 2 1Jump Jet LL 1 .5

Notes: Features the ollowing Design Quirks: Prototype.

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GRF-2N-X SUPER GRIFFIN

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ld Testing Summation: Prototype Grin chassis rebuilt

and testbed

oducer/Site: Friden Aerospace Park, Ho

pervising Technician: Dr. Jorge Belasco



Experimental Freezer Double Heat Sinks

Prototype Improved Jump Jets

vv

The Super Grin concept was the pinnacle o the NAIS

perimental eorts on Ho, eaturing more prototype technology

n the Super Wasp. Built on a custom sixty-ton chassis designed to

k like its medium-weight orebear, the Super Grins appearance

s a deliberate eort to conuse would-be observers and draw

s attention to the project.

The additional mass allowed the Super Grins engineers to

ost its close-in deense with a medium and small laser, while the

echs Starshield A armor was strengthened to improve protection

oss the torso. The CoreTek 275 usion engine was downgraded

a 240-rated Pitban, but while this reduced the Mechs ground

eed, the weight savings allowed the Davion techs to implement

designs biggest changes.

The Super Grin served as a testbed or the NAIS rst oray

o prototype double-strength heat sinks. To retain the weight

d volume o standard sinks, these reezers used volatile, liquid-

tal coolants instead o advanced radiators to increase their

ciency, but would prove to be too dangerous and dicult to

intain in the eld. With an estimated liespan o only a ew years

ore required replacements, these reezers would ultimately be

laced with the Star League technologies recovered in the Helm

mory Core, but at the time o the battle or Ho, these reezersre revolutionary. (Indeed, based on the promising results rom

Super Grins early trials, Mechs rom the Eridani Light Horses

htning Company were retrotted with similar reezers that

uld be put to great use against the Black Widows at the battle

Johnstons Farm.)

Yet the Super Grins most ambitious improvement was its ex-

imental improved jump jet system. Developed to increase mobil-

beyond the structural limitations o the day, these super-powered

s looked great on paper and provided greatly enhanced mobility

no signicant increase in thruster mass, but generated extreme

at levels and were prone to violent explosions when damaged.

Along with the Super Wasps, the only working prototype

per Grin was thrown into battle on 13 May 3022, and did not

e well. BattleROMs show the Mech using its extended jump

ge to surprise a Black Widows Rieman and deliver a powerul

ack, but the return re rom the Rieman and a companion

oenix Hawkpenetrated the Super Grins right torso, striking a

mp je t mounted there. The explos ion in t urn ignited the LRM

gazine and destroyed the Mech utterly.

While research into reezers would continue, House Davions

work on improved jump jets was apparently canceled. It would

be nearly ty years beore ar less volatile production-grade im-

proved jump jets reached the battleeldoriginating with Clan

Wol (in-Exile).

Type: Super Grin


Tonnage: 60

Equipment Mass

Internal Structure: 6

Engine: 240 11.5

Walking MP: 4

Running MP: 6

Jumping MP: 6

Heat Sinks: 15 [20] 5

Gyro: 3

Cockpit: 3

Armor Factor: 160 10

Internal Armor

Structure Value

Head 3 9

Center Torso 20 24


R/L Torso 14 22

R/L Torso (rear) 6

R/L Arm 10 14

R/L Leg 14 18


PPC RA 3 7LRM 10 RT 2 5

Ammo (LRM) 24 RT 2 2

Small Laser CT 1 .5

Medium Laser LA 1 1

Prototype Improved Jump Jets RT 3 3

Prototype Improved Jump Jets LT 3 3

Notes: Features the ollowing Design Quirks: Prototype,

Rumble Seat.

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CTF-0X CaTaPhRaCT

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ld Testing Summation: Cataphractcommand prototype

oducer/Site: Earthwerks Limited, Tikonov

pervising Technician: Unknown



Electronic Warare Equipment

vv

[A colleague sent me this tidbit while I was doing research or a

per on the Capellan March. His conclusion speaks or it sel. CA]

Chris, you wanted to know about that Cataphract I was

king about? Well, here is all I got. A chat session transcript started

l. Some Capellan Succession Wars vet was bragging about how,

e-on-one, the Capellans trashed the elite Kestrel Grenadiers.

shul thinking? But look it up, the First Grenadiers were indeed

stroyed. Took Hanses personal intervention to keep them on

rolls. A recon raid that wipes out an entire Mech regiment?

ere had to be more to it. Why didnt the Capellan news jump all

er this story?

Excerpt rom AFFS debrieng o Sergeant-Major Nicholas

nklin: 27 May 3026

The raid was Hasek-Davions idea. We were getting shited to

Capellan ront, and Michael thought he could use us to hit the

ppies beore they knew we were in theater. Make the Cappies

k weak, and give uel to Haseks call or war.

The raid went to plan at rst. We landed with minimal

ererence, complete surprise at our numbers. We split into

achments and went to hit them hard. We got the orders to move

to the secondary targets, when everything ell apart.

Even ater we lost contact with the drop site, we proceededh the plan. We were tearing up the [CENSORED] barracks when

rst garbled comms came through. We went to hightail it back

he drop site ASAP.

By the time we got there, command was a rubble. Cappies

re everywhere. They saw us and we ran. Nothing else to do.

ew stragglers rom other detachments, they had been swarmed

[CENSORED]. Those new Ravens were everywhere. We nally

anged a landing zone and ortunately there were just enough

opShips let to get us out o there. You know the rest. Less

n a battalion made it back. They say the Grenadiers are being

activated. [CENSORED].

So, why would the Capellans keep this quiet? I ound a note in

onovs les. Their request or more EW components was denied.

onov never made the Raven, but the Cataphract? Theyd be right

top o the enemy beore anybody saw themand, unlike the

ven, they could stay there. Several months beore the raid, there

record o a shipment o prototype Cataphracts to Sian. The rest

he Kestrel Grenadiers nightmare.

Type: Cataphract


Tonnage: 70

Equipment Mass


Engine: 280 16

Walking MP: 4

Running MP: 6

Jumping MP: 0

Heat Sinks: 14 4

Gyro: 3

Cockpit: 3

Armor Factor: 176 11

Internal Armor

Structure Value

Head 3 9

Center Torso 22 26


R/L Torso 15 16

R/L Torso (rear) 6

R/L Arm 11 22

R/L Leg 15 22


PPC RA 3 7

Medium Laser RA 1 1

AC/5 RT 4 8

Ammo (AC) 20 RT 1 1

Remote Sensor Dispenser CT (R) 1 .5

EW Equipment LT 4 7.5

Medium Laser LA 1 1

Notes: Features the ollowing Design Quirks: Command

BattleMech, Obsolete (3028), Rumble Seat.

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MaD-4X MaRaUDER

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ld Testing Summation: Marauderexperimental ret

oducer/Site: Ronin Incorporated, Wallis

pervising Technician: Arlo Fenster



Binary Laser Cannon

Freezers

Prototype Endo Steel

vv

[Bertram, this passed my desk just as I was about to send the le

to you. I love Marauders, my team loves Marauders, and I assume

u love Marauders. AnyMarauder is a goodMarauder, right? I you

consider publishing this document, I suggest omitting this entr y, as

ad no way to act-check it. File it under rumors.

I conrmed by act-check, this one is a perect example o

most there on the track set bySuper Grin andStarre. CA]

The MAD-4X was one o two advanced technology designs

t Ronin Inc. considered or production ater the secrets o the

m Core were unlocked. Pitted against the design that eventually

uld become the MAD-5M, its creators tried to take a dierent

k. With PPCs still in short supply throughout the Free Worlds

gue (and most o those earmarked orAwesomes), the -4X team

ught an alternative energy weapon that carried the same punch,

t which languished in obscurity or much o the Succession Wars:

binary laser cannon.

Nestling the lasers inside the weapons pods o a Marauders

ms was easy, but insulating them with advanced Star League-

e cooling jackets and locally produced knock-os o the NAIS

perimental reezers proved ar more challenging. In the end,

technicians had to remove the secondary lasers normallynd within the MADs arm pods, commandeering their emitter

usings or the blazers.

To make up or this loss o the secondary repower, the

sign team replaced the Marauders signature dorsal cannon

h a pair o six-tube Thunderstroke SRM launchers, intending to

th augment total short range repower, and take advantage o

holes the MAD-4X was expected to create with its main guns.

s oered the added bonus o eliminating the ragile connection

nt between the Whirlwind autocannon and the hull.

Even with the additional cooling jackets, the MAD-4X still

ar too hot. Lead technician Arlo Fensters solution was two-

onged. A total o six reezer heat sinks were installed in the

chine, along with an advanced computer monitoring system

ived rom the venerable Stalker.

To accommodate the increased load, the MAD-4X was built

und a custom-made endo steel rame, which allowed or slightly

re armor to protect the vulnerable waist rotator.

In the end, the MAD-4X was ahead o its time. Its advanced

systems proved inicky and ailed stress-testing under ield

conditions, while the computer systems took up so much space

inside the Marauders cockpit that the ejection system had to be

removed and test pilots complained o the cramped working

space.

While the MAD-4X Marauder never appeared outside o

Ronins proving grounds, its basic design theory was still sound

and would be revived roughly orty years later as the MAD-9M (and

-9M2) Marauderupgrades that served so well during the Jihad.

Type: Marauder


Tonnage: 75

Equipment Mass


Engine: 300 19

Walking MP: 4

Running MP: 6

Jumping MP: 0

Heat Sinks: 18 [24] 8

Gyro: 3

Cockpit: 3

Armor Factor: 200 12.5

Internal Armor

Structure Value

Head 3 9

Center Torso 23 35


R/L Torso 16 23

R/L Torso (rear) 8R/L Arm 12 22

R/L Leg 16 20


Binary Laser Cannon RA 4 9

SRM 6 RT 2 3

Ammo (SRM) 15 RT 1 1

SRM 6 LT 2 3

Ammo (SRM) 15 LT 1 1

Binary Laser Cannon LA 4 9

Notes: Features the ollowing Design Quirks: Improved Cooling

Jackets (Binary Lasers), Combat Computer, Cramped Cockpit,

Dicult to Maintain, No Ejection System.

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ZEU-6Y ZEUS

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ld Testing Summation:Zeus limited production variant

oducer/Site: Deance Industries, Hesperus II

pervising Technician: Gerhard Homan



Binary Laser Cannon

vv

The Zeus was a reliable, roomy platorm, with spare parts

ilable in quantity and many chassis on-hand or tinkering. This

de it the perect testbed or a host o Deance projects over the

nturies, most o questionable utility. The ill-ated -6Y was one

h project. The -6Y did not originate out o any great love or the

g-languishing blazer cannon, but rather rom a desire to create

eus that was easier to maintain than the standard -6San issue

ncreasing importance as the technological dark age known as

Third Succession War progressed.

The -6Ys co ncept began rst with the downgrade o its

ssile launcher. Ad hoc battleeld repairs over the past century

d demonstrated that the housing or the troublesome teen-

e Coventry Star Fire missile launcher could easily adapt to take

ore conventional ten-tube launcher instead. This eliminated the

y maintenance headache on a design otherwise almost as tech-

ndly as the Orion. Considering a variant modelZeus that would

opt this improvisation as standard, Deance engineers explored

notion urther with the -6Y, when the discussion turned to the

ue o what to do with the weight thus saved.

Where most suggestions avored increased armor or

munition, some designers argued instead or anti-inantry

apons. At some point, a particularly charismatic engineer

membered the unloved binary laser cannon, and successully

itioned or its use in place o the Mechs Thunderbolt largeer mount in the let torso. Given that the Thunderbolt was slow

manuacture at the time and there were ears that it too might

n the ranks o lostech in the near uture, the bulkier and brutish

zer cannon seemed a good choice that would also provide

long-desired punch o a PPC without any o the troublesome

hnical issues that prompted the PPC to be removed rom the

ginalZeus specs in the rst place.

Unortunately, initial optimism soon turned to rustration

t was learned that repeated ring o the blazer oten resulted

catastrophic myomer bundle ailures. Not even a redesign o

let torso area to improve its heat dissipation could resolve

matter, nor could the nal solution o moving the blazer to a

ht-shoulder mount. As this engineering nightmare completely

gated the other maintenance benets the -6Y was specically

lt to address, the project was abandoned ater only a ew

ototypes were built.

[The above evaluation (courtesy o ComStar) was too harsh

or, perhaps, deliberately misleadingas the -6Y is an example o

a airly successul, albeit inecient experiment. This Mech was,

in act, produced (albeit in limited numbers), thanks to Deances

ability to completely manuacture them on-site with no lostech

components. The -6Ys omission rom Technical Readout: 3025

speaks volumes about ComStars dedication to ree and accessible

inormation. CA]

Type: Zeus


Tonnage: 80

Equipment Mass


Engine: 320 22.5

Walking MP: 4

Running MP: 6

Jumping MP: 0

Heat Sinks: 17 7

Gyro: 4

Cockpit: 3


Internal Armor

Structure Value

Head 3 9

Center Torso 25 26


R/L Torso 17 18

R/L Torso (rear) 6

R/L Arm 13 22

R/L Leg 17 24


LRM 10 RA 2 5

Ammo (LRM) 12 RT 1 1

Binary Laser Cannon RT 4 9

AC/5 LA 4 8

Ammo (AC) 20 LA 1 1

Notes: Features the ollowing Design Quirks: Easy to Maintain,

Improved Cooling Jacket (Binary Laser), Rumble Seat.

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K-3N-KRhQ KISO COMMaNDMECh

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ld Testing Summation: Kiso support ret

oducer/Site: Unknown


oject Start Date: speculated 2820s, based on Kiso and CCM

ilability


Collapsible Command Module

vv

The ollowing is my own summary; primary sources consisted

the attached actory specs as well as various intelligence

gments. No coherent piece o inormation on this Industrial

mmandMech exists to my knowledge.

The Mech-carried mobile eld HQ known as the Collapsible

mmand Module was made amous by being an intrinsic part o

Cyclops assault Mech. This module, essentially a container or

uipment that a regimental command unit can carry on a Mechs

so like a giant backpack, was seen as a revolutionary concept

some, but to others, a ollyespecially when the use o the

hnology passed into obscurity through the Succession Wars.

eed, while the Cyclops brought this particular technology to ame,

HQ Cyclopsan assault-weight BattleMechwas let almost

armed to oset the weight o its cargo. That the CCM eectively

ned a potentially powerul combatant into a non-combatant by

very presence made it more a liability in the increasingly Mech-

rved armies o the Successor States, so many military designers

posed that the use o such equipment would best be served by

unting them on non-combat units in the rst place.

Apparently, or the Draconis Combine, at least one answer

he HQ Cyclops was a specically modied Kiso. I only have one

opic and the attached stats that were relayed to me when I

obed my academic contacts at the University o Proserpinaout a wonderully successul delaying action on Paris in 2967.

. Michael Miller says hi, by the way.)

Orchestrated by Sho-sa Logan Kurita, a distant cousin o the

mbines ruling amily and commander o third batt alion in the

w-deceased First Proserpina Hussars, the DCMS orce held o a

tly superior Davion invasion on the southern continent. In an

vironment that consisted o hundreds o square kilometers o

ing hills and light woods, the Kuritan headquarters was never

ected, despite countless headhunter sweeps.

I suspect the pictured Kisonicknamed The Dog in what

s probably ond mockeryeatured the HQ ret and supplied

battalion command with all necessary resources. Indeed, there is

dly a more appropriate platorm or the CCM than this big quad.

h superior communications to all other WorkMechs in existence,

table platorm, lit hoists and cargo containers to support the

mmand module, the Kiso is simply ideal to bear the sixteen-ton

ght o a collapsible module during a mobile campaign.

And here my own speculations begin. The Kiso was a marvel

o engineering, but only ew existed in the Succession Wars era. I

would argue that based on the low numbers and military use only

at the regimental level, any Kisos they employed would almost have

to be retted to the HQ standard to make them viable assets. I have

sent one o my PhD students to Proserpina or urther research. I

trust her paper will shed more light on this intriguing unit.

Type: Kiso CommandMech


Tonnage: 100

Equipment Mass

Internal Structure: IndustrialMech 20

Engine: 200 Fusion 8.5

Walking MP: 2

Running MP: 3

Jumping MP: 0

Heat Sinks: 10 0

Gyro: 2

Cockpit (Command Console): 6

Armor Factor (Heavy Industrial): 248 15.5

Internal Armor

Structure Value

Head 3 9

Center Torso 31 23


R/L Torso 21 22

R/L Torso (rear) 14

R/L Front Leg 21 32

R/L Rear Leg 21 32


2 Searchlights RFL 2 1

2 Searchlights RRL (R) 2 1

Collapsible Command Module RT 12 16

2 Cargo Containers CT 2 20

2 Machine Guns LT 2 1

Machine Gun LT (R) 1 .5

Ammo (MG) 100 LT 1 .5

Communications Equipment LT 3 3

Lit Hoist LT 3 3

2 Searchlights LFL 2 1

2 Searchlights LRL (R) 2 1

Notes: Features the ollowing Design Quirks: Improved

Communications, Non-Standard Parts, Stable.

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J. EDGaR LIGhT hOvER TaNK (CELL)

10

ld Testing Summation: J. Edgar eld ret

oducer/Site: Scarborough, Al Nair




Light Rife (Cannon)

vv

War stirs up all manner o unusual nds. For example one o my

hives rom the FedCom era tells o a ascinating piece o what-might-

ve-been that the Davions came across during a data raid on Quentin. It

ns out our neighbors in the Draconis Combine were looking to re-engine

ir J. Edgars back beore the turn o the century. Only, in this case, unlike

t ICE modication everyone seemed to be using, Scarborough, Ltd. on

Nair sought to employ uel cells back in 2998.

It is oten hard to remember that the Inner Sphere was acing complete

hnological collapse barely sixty years ago. For decades beore that, usion

gines were harder to produce and grew increasingly rare, so it became

ndard practice to appropriate them or use in BattleMechs rather than

hicles. Scarborough was amiliar enough with the specs that made the

ndard combustion engine ret or the J. Edgar so common, but opted to

k alternatives to retain the perormance curve o a usion engine.

Their uel cell ret oered a number o advantages, the most important

which being the ability to attain greater engine power or less weight

hter than a comparable ICE, thus making it possible or the J. Edgar to

usion-ree without a signicant loss in land speed. Unortunately, the

t o the ret graphically revealed the state-o-the-art at the time. In a

hly questionable move, the successul Type 18 laser and Harvester SRMs

re replaced with a light rife and a pair o machine gunsarmament that

s all but ineective against modern armor. Just what the designers were

nking is unclear as better weapons were available even then. Perhaps,

with the Pike Support Tank, they were anticipating a time in the nearure when military vehicles had degraded even urtheror perhaps

vehicle was being considered or sale to paramilitary organizations

ow the DCMS. Whatever the case, it was not the weapons choice that

omed the tank, but rather the engine. A poor choice o catalyst and a

lty reclamation system saw it produce excessive heat and insucient

wer, while its more limited endurance compared to a standard IC engine

s a urther drawback.

Though fawed, the uel cell-modied J. Edgars did show promise and

ds were allocated or urther development, only to see then-Coordinator

hiro Kurita divert spending to pay or the Combines lavish millennial

ebrations. The stalled program would not long outlive the Coordinator.

part o Coordinator Takashis military reorms, marginal programs like

itary uel cell research were cut in avor o proven technologies, leaving

s vehicle a ootnote in the annals o military history.

Type:J. Edgar Light Hover Tank (Cell)

Movement Type: Hover

Tonnage: 25

Equipment Mass


Engine: 145 6

Type: Fuel Cell

Cruise MP: 11

Flank MP: 17

Heat Sinks: 1 0

Control Equipment: 1.5

Lit Equipment: 2.5

Power Amplier: 0

Turret: .5


Armor

Value

Front 30

R/L Side 19/19

Rear 12

Turret 24

Weapons and Ammo Location Tonnage

Light Rife Turret 3

Ammo (Rife) 18 Body 1

2 Machine Guns Turret 1

Ammo (MG) 100 Body .5

Notes: Features the ollowing Design Quirks: Non-Standard Part

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KESTREL SCOUT vTOL

11

ld Testing Summation: Kestrel scout variant

oducer/Site: Blackwell, Outreach




VTOL Jet Booster

vv

[As my riend Benj amin Morriso n (o what is let o Wolnet) sent me

ious pieces o requested inormation on the Bufalo and Starre, we got

king about various other experimental Succession Wars-era designs. This

is recount o a specialized variant o a specialized helicopter. O course,

Dragoons are completely outside o the box in terms o lostech; they were,

er all, working rom a tech base that most Houses have yet to reach even

ay. CA]

Quite possibly the rarest VTOL variant in the Inner Sphere, the Kestrel

out was developed by Blackwell Industries or use by Wols Dragoons

venth Kommando and Special Recon Group. Intended to serve as a

hly mobile and unseen reconnaissance platorm, only a handul o these

hicles was ever built beore the Dragoons reorganization olded the SRG

o the new Home Guards.

The Kestrel Scout is ideally congured to gather inormation without

ng detected and relay it to riendly orces. It accomplishes this by

orporating a sophisticated camera system in a special mast mount above

main rotor assembly, enabling the crat to remain saely concealed

hind hills or trees, to observe an area without being exposed to hostile

. In addition to th is, an at dispenser allows the Kestrel to seed a target

ne with air-dropped remote sensors as it passes. The high-powered

mmunications equipment carried within the helicopter itsel not only

ables its crew to keep in touch with these remotes, but also oers

perior ability to cut through most ambient ECM and report its ndings.O course, or any recon vehicle, speed is o critical importance. The

sign team was unable to increase the Kestrels thin armor shell without

mpromising its capabilities as a scout. Thus, they turned towards

proving the pilots ability to escape and evade enemy re by installing

bojet rockets in the VTOLs stubby wings. These jet boosters provided

Kestrel with enough short-term thrusts to achieve air speeds up to two

ndred and sixty kilometers per hour, enough to outpace even the astest

ver tanks o its day.

All o these upgrades naturally came at a price. The large amount o

io gear, racks or the remote sensors and the jet boosters combined to

minate the Kestrels once-sizable troop compartment. Combined with

minimal armor and armament, this actmore than anythinglimited

variants deployment in any mission not strictly ocused on gathering

elligence.

Type: Kestrel Scout VTOL

Movement Type: VTOL

Tonnage: 25

Equipment Mass


Engine: 160 12

Type: ICE

Cruise MP: 12

Flank MP: 18 (24)

Heat Sinks: 0 0


Lit Equipment: 2.5

Power Amplier: 0

Turret: 0


Armor

Value

Front 8

R/L Side 5/5

Rear 4

Rotor 2


2 Machine Guns Front 1

Ammo (MG) 100 Body .5

Communications Equipment Body 1

VTOL Jet Booster Body 1.5

VTOL Mast Mount Rotor .5

Remote Sensor Dispenser Rear .5

Notes: Features the ollowing Design Quirks: Dicult to Maintai

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CONDOR hEavY hOvER TaNK (FISSION)

12

ld Testing Summation: Condor ssion engine test bed

oducer/Site: Unknown


oject Start Date: Early thirty-rst century


Sponson Turrets

vv

[Sometimes, even the tabloids get it right. The ollowing is an

ormational clip taken rom Bild von Tharkad. Yes, the old tabloid

gazine. Humor me. A quick bit o research proved the essence o the articl e

be correct, although Ive made a ew amendments or claritys sake. CA]

In the early thirty-rst century, House Liao attempted to upgrade its

ndor heavy hover tanks without tapping its dwindling reserves o usion

nts. As usion engines remained desperately needed or BattleMechs

d heavy tanks, the Capellan engineers took some old Condor husks

d replaced their damaged combustion engines with mothballed ssion

dels. How they could possibly think this was a good idea is probably

en beyond the abilities o todays Capellans to explain, but it was a

erent time, those Succession Wars.

[Surprisingly insightul or Bild von Tharkad, but they s oon return to

ir usual standards. The ollowing description is actually incorrect in its

umption that these modications were undertaken on standard Condor

es. We believe instead that the ssion engine upgrades more likely tested

the urban combat amer variants, which would have required ar less

uctural alteration. CA]

To make up or the additional weight consumed the engine shielding,

Capellans decided to remove the Condors autocannon and replace it

h a third medium laser. This choice, which traded tonnage or reach,monstrated once again that the engineers had no idea what they were

ng. Ater all, not only would this change orce their ragile hover tank

se in with its targets, the added heat sink needs would virtually oset the

ight savings made possible by swapping the gun out in the rst place.

[But then the Capellans have a history o modiying standard Condors

h short-ranged lasers, so thats not news. CA]

At this point someone with some brains must have chimed in, because

y did decide to address protection with an additional two and a hal tons

armor and some additional anti-personnel weaponry. A vehicle famer

d machine gun, one each mounted on side sponson turrets, gave this

ndor better ability to deend itsel against inantry orces at point-blank

gewithout distracting the main gunners at the same time.

Still, even these last two additions did not stave o the inevitable

ure. The ew tanks that could be put together rom the old husks ran out

eplacement ssion engines ater just a ew years in operation.

[Even rom a less arcical standpoint, the ssion engine Condors ailure

makes sense. As a power source whose development has stagnated or

centuries now, ssion engines rated or combat duty simply cannot perorm

any better than a comparable internal combustion enginewhile costing

more than their high-tech usion equivalents. Even the Capellans reasoned

this one out in short order, and likely shelved the concept beore wasting any

urther efort on the olly o improving a dead technology. CA]

Type: Condor Heavy Hover Tank (Fission)


Tonnage: 50

Equipment Mass


Engine: 165 16

Type: Fission

Cruise MP: 8

Flank MP: 12

Heat Sinks: 9 4


Lit Equipment: 5

Power Amplier: 0

Turret: .5

Sponson Turrets: .5


Armor

Value

Front 40

R/L Side 25/25

Rear 21

Turret 25


3 Medium Lasers Turret 3

Machine Gun Right Sponson .5

Vehicle Flamer Right Sponson .5

Machine Gun Let Sponson .5

Vehicle Flamer Let Sponson .5

Ammo (MG) 200 Body 1

Ammo (Flamer) 40 Body 2

Notes: Features the ollowing Design Quirks: Non-Standard Part

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BUFFaLO DRONE BOMB

13

ld Testing Summation: Low-tech deense solution

oducer/Site: Various

pervising Technician: Field Technicians

oject Start Date: N/A


Booby Trap

Supercharger

vv

The history o war are is littered with instances o civilian vehicles

ng turned into deadly booby traps or the opposing military. One

amous historic example o this is Anton Mariks kitchen sink deense

New Delos. While the battle itsel was decided long beore it even started

cause o the discrepancy o skill and will between the combatants,

nscripts recounting the decimation o Summers Company (a part o

arlie Battalion, in Wols Dragoons Delta Regiment) were used in several

dia broadcasts ollowing the end o the rebellion, to emphasize the

ror tactics Antons orces pursued as their desperation mounted.

In the transcripts, elements o Summers Company were securing

onvoy o rebel hovertanks, when several o the vehicles detonated.

e blasts were so intense that they vaporized the nearby Dragoons

tleMechs, briefy convincing the mercenaries that the rebels were

ploying tactical atomics against them. The company sustained heavy

ualties and nearly routed in panic.

Ater-action investigations revealed that the entire incident had been

ap. The vehicles in question were large Bualo hovercrat, operating

der remote control and tted with packed with enough explosives

rival a tactical weapons orcei not its area o eect. Many o these

hicles also carried tons o munitions such as surplus machine gun ammo

nerno missiles specically to increase their devastating blasts. The use

these support vehicles as Trojan horses oered not only the highest

structive potential given their payload capacity, but virtually guaranteedenemy would get in close enough to suer damage, as the capture o

istical vehicles was a key part o the loyalists strategy.

In the recent Word o Blake Jihad, Bualos once again became the

ored vessels or suicide bombers, likely inspired by tales rom the Marik

il War. During the battle or Terra, in act, many reports demonstrated

alo drone hovertrucks that were equipped or ECCM work, with some

orting thicker, military-grade armor and even actual nuclear payloads.

Fortunately, most drones are the work o a desperate orce already

apped or resources, and most have historically been jammed and

dered harmless by even the simplest o electronic countermeasures.

ile this does not negate the possibility o living suicide drivers make up

the lack o remote operations, modern technology at least oers some

ense against this more insidious use o technology.

Type: Bualo

Chassis Type: Hover (Large)

Mass: 100 tons

Equipment Rating: D/X-F-F (Experimental)

Equipment Mass

Chassis: 30

Engine/Controls: Electric (Fuel Cell) 23.5

Cruise MP: 5

Flank MP: 8 (10)

Heat Sinks: 0 0

Fuel: 1,702 km 6

Armor Factor (BAR 5): 93 3

Internal Armor

Structure Value

Front 10 18

Front R/L Side 10 15/15

Rear R/L Side 10 15/15

Rear 10 15

Weapons and Ammo Location Mass

Ammo (MG) 900 Body 4.5

Crew: 0 (Drone)

Cargo:

1 Container (10 tons) 1 Door (Rear

Notes: Features Booby Trap (10 tons), Drone (Remote) Operatin

(10.5 tons), Supercharger (2.5 tons).

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oarece Superheavy MBT

14

ld Testing Summation: House Marik limited production

oducer/Site: Earthwerks-FWL Inc., Keystone

pervising Technician: Tavian Vladimirescu



Super-Heavy Vehicle

vv

[Pulled this one rom some o my Marik associates. While the loss o

hnology was a very real threat, it does seem ironic rather that this over-

cialized design was chosen to combat it. CA]

The devastation o the Second Succession War let the Free Worlds

ague with a severe shortage o combat vehicle manuacturers. With

loss o Bainsvilles Vickers-Shellingord Armor Company, the FWLM

t its last reliable source o battle tanks and spelled the end o the Tiger

dium tank. Worse, with the increasing loss o sophisticated engineering

owledge, some speculated that the ability to design and construct new

tleMechs could be lost within the next three or our generations, thus

periling the realms entire deense.

Knowing the FWLM needed a heavy-hitting armored vehicle to regain

edge, Captain-General Philippa Marik tasked Earthwerks Incorporated

h developing a new combat vehicle both less sophisticated and more

vivable than a BattleMech. The ideal vehicle would also need to be

pable o rapid mass-production, to ll out the Leagues thinning military

ks and boost its deenses as quickly as possible.

Initial design goals called or a vehicle with twice the rontal armor

any existing design, able to handle all-types o terrain, and built around

on-usion engine. The original prototype, dubbed Soarecar (in honor

Helios chariot), was a mundane vehicle sporting a pair o class ve

ocannons. While its armor protection was stellar, this tank still ell well

ort o the BattleMech-level repower and durability the LCCC demanded.For the next two decades, Earthwerks repeatedly reworked its designs

meet the increasingly impossible demands o the Leagues procurement

ce, each time increasing the vehicles weight. The nal designunveiled

ast in 2904was gargantuan, so much so that the Romanian-speaking

signers had long since abandoned its original name or oarece

ouse), as an ironic pun.

Built around a specially developed, battleeld-grade uel cell en gine,

oarece eatured three classes o autocannons in its turret, including

mperator Zeta to shatter the limbs o enemy Mechs and a Smoothie-2

anti-aircrat work. Though its ground speed was slow, the vehicle was

ced into limited production to ll the desperate need or heavy armor.

le over a hundred had been built by the time House Marik nally

ptured Shiro III, home o Grumman Amalgamated. With the capture o

actory that still produced the venerable (and, ultimately, ar superior)

tos tank, orders or the oarece plummeted. A ew years later, production

he superheavy vehicle was nally cancelled.

Type: oarece Superheavy MBT


Movement Type: Tracked

Tonnage: 175

Equipment Mass


Engine: 350 7.5

Type: Fuel Cell

Cruise MP: 2

Flank MP: 3

Heat Sinks: 1 0

Control Equipment: 9

Lit Equipment: 0

Power Amplier: 0

Turret: 4.5


Armor

Value

Front 110

R/L Front Side 92/92

R/L Rear Side 92/92

Rear 60

Turret 110


AC/20 Turret 14

Ammo (AC/20) 30 Body 6

AC/10 Turret 12


AC/2 Turret 6


Machine Gun Front .5

Ammo (MG) 200 Body 1

Limited Amphibious Equipment 7

Notes: Features the ollowing Design Quirks: Accurate Weapo

Dicult to Maintain, Non-Standard Parts, Obsolete/2915, Poor Per

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SF-1X STaRFIRE

15

ld Testing Summation: Experimental airrame

oducer/Site: Banzai Weapons Design Company, New Avalon

pervising Technician: Dr. B. Banzai



Prototype Ultra Autocannon/5

Prototype Ferro-Aluminum Armor

vv

The discovery o the Helm Memory Core was, o course, the

tershed event that sparked the Inner Spheres technological

aissance. Though other discoveries and research were gradually

gging us out o the technology dark age o the Succession

rs were being made, the so-called Gray Death Core kicked

s recovery into overdrive, especially in the military elds.

h manuacturing still limited by centuries o decline, the rst

neciaries o this revival were, naturally, the older and proven

chines that still remained on the modern battleeld. Newly

veloped machines, in the meantime, ound use as test beds, and

vived more oten than not only in a niche role.

The Starre is an example o these test beds. As basic as its

rame is when reviewed today, the crat was groundbreaking or

ng one o the rst new designs o its dayalbeit one devised

ecically or testing. Wolnet reached this same u nderstanding

en they included the ghter in their update o ComStars original

26 Technical Readout. The ollowing was Wolnets abstract:

The Starre was an early upgraded technology project o

NAIS, ollowing the dissemination o the Gray Death Memory

re. Based on th e Star LeaguesHellcat IIrame, the newly created

rre was the aviation research project running alongside the

velopment o the Axman and Caesar BattleMechs. Unlike theechs, the aerospace ghter never saw widespread deployment,

its construction was archaic and did not oer advantages

er line units. It was, however, an exemplary testbed, and easily

died to trial a slew o new weapons, armor and heat sink

tems.

The Starre was exemplary, but I nd it interesting that

lnets coverage shows discrepancies. In their 3050 Inner Sphere

e, they noted that the ghter reached actual production, while

TR 3026 revision essentially called it a stillborn concept.

As always, the truth is somewhere in the middle: while most

iscovered Star League weapons were tested on the Starre,

e Ultra autocannon was o most interest (in typical Davion

hion). While the initial Starres were hand-built custom crat,

ch with a dierent payload, the SF-1X that eatured the Ultra

/5 entered limited production until the mid-3040s. Most o

se ultimately appeared in the ranks o the NAIS Training Cadre.

ile the prototype eatured in the NAIS museum did not survive

Word o Blakes New Avalon rampage, a ew o the Cadres

Starres were still reportedly fying even during the occupation

o the FedSuns capital. O course, by then, with their production

lines long destroyed and technology advanced well beyond th eir

capabilities, these ghters had become relics o a bygone age.

Type: Starfre


Tonnage: 55

Equipment Mass

Engine: 275 15.5

Sae Thrust: 7

Max Thrust: 11

Structural Integrity: 7

Heat Sinks: 20 10

Fuel: 400 5

Cockpit: 3

Armor Factor (Ferro): 125 7

Armor

Value

Nose 42

Wings 31/31

At 21

Weapons and Ammo Location Tonnage Heat SRV MRV LRV ERV

Prototype Ultra AC/5 Nose 9 2 7 7 7

Ammo (UAC-P) 20 1

2 Medium Lasers RW 2 3 5

2 Medium Lasers LW 2 3 5

Small Laser At .5

Notes: Features the ollowing Design Quirks: Atmospheric Flyer, Modular Weapons, Obsolete/3045.

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TSURU vIP aIRCRaFT

16

ld Testing Summation: Military VIP Transport

oducer/Site: Wakazashi Enterprises, Kervil




Cha Pods

vv

The details on this one come through some corporate

ntacts at Avanti Industries. When their highly luxurious Zanadu

Bus debuted in 3004, it spawned a number o imitators rom

al states. One o the more successul copies was Wakazashi

erprises Graceul Crane, which rst appeared in 3007. While a

re luxury airliner is not remarkable, this special VIP variant did

ch some interest.

Soon ater Vasily Cherenko was promoted to Warlord o the

ron Military District, Wakazashi received orders to create a new

itary transport specically or his use. The brie stated that the

rlord required a swit aircrat, capable o carrying himsel and his

ior sta saely, yet with the luxury aorded by one o his rank.

Working rom an existing airrame to ensure a speedy delivery,

kazashi set about modiying the Graceul Crane. Deciding to use a

re traditional name, the Tsuru (Japanese or crane) was the result.

structure was heavily reinorced, allow it to mount the strongest

ssible armor, which was thickened to maximum tolerances. Three

s o military grade communications equipment was installed, so

warlord could be kept abreast o all developments even in fight,

d enabling the aircrat to serve as a basic headquarters unit i

cessary. In a pinch, the comms gear could also be used to project

ECCM eld around the aircrat, to combat hostile electronic warare.

For the Tsurus passengers, the Graceul Cranes lavish ttings

re retained, and even enhanced with the addition o purpose -lt luxury quarters catering to the warlords every whim. As a

ther saety measure, ejection seats were provided or all the

ssengers and crew. (Lurid rumors suggest that Cherenko

uired an extra large seat built to accommodate his bulk, but

proo o this has ever arisen.) To ensure the warlords saety

en upon landing, the cargo bay was expanded to hold a variety

armored limousines, so Cherenko could transit rom his air

nsport to his motorcade without exposing himsel to sniper re.

The Tsurus inal eatur e is its most intrigu ing. Taking

cautions to the extreme, Wakazashi installed primitive cha

ds in the aircrats wings and at quarters o. Though the

hnology had existed since the earliest days o powered fight in

e orm or another, these pods had become a rarity by the thirty-

t century, thanks to continual advances in missile targeting

hnology. Nevertheless, Wakazashi thought included them as a

are no expense measure to guarantee Cherenkos approval.

e decision clearly paid o; pleas ed with the resulting design,

erenko requested only one nal touch, and ordered his Tsuru

nted red, to match the color o his Atlas.

Type: Tsuru

Chassis Type: Fixed Wing (Medium)

Mass: 100 tons

Equipment Rating: D/X-E-E (Experimental)

Equipment Mass

Chassis: 22.5

Engine/Controls: Fusion 29

Sae Thrust: 5

Max Thrust: 8

Structural Integrity: 5

Heat Sinks: 0 0

Fuel: 400 8

Armor Factor (BAR 10): 103 6.5

Armor

Value

Nose 24

Wings 24/24

At 31

Weapons and Ammo

None

Crew: 6 (1 ocer, 5 enlisted/non-rated)

Cargo:

15 tons standard 1 Door (At)

Notes: Features Armored and STOL Chassis Modications, 4 Cha Pods (4 tons, RW/L

Communications Equipment (3 tons), 6 crew and 14 passenger ejection seats (2 tons), 1

quarters (10 tons).

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GaME RULES

dgn Qu

Every prototype and primitive unit described in this Experimental Technical Readouthas one or more listed positive and/or negative Design

Quirks (see p. 193, SO). These quirks are included to give each design a unique favor based upon its history and use in the post Star League era

known as the Succession Wars. Use o these quirks is optional and should be agreed upon by all players beore play begins.

Pyp impv Jump J

The concept o the improved-range jump jet technology nally reached ruition in the late 3060s, but had previously been attempted at variousstages o Succession Wars history. The most amous near-breakthrough was House Davions experiments on Ho in the early 3020s. While prototype

improved jump jets were lighter and smaller than their modern incarnations, they ran hotter and were prone to exploding when damaged. Ater

the projects destruction in the midst o the Wols Dragoons raid on Ho, urther development was halted. Compared to the old system, modern

improved jump jets eature additional shielding and cooling circuits, making them bulkier an d heavier, but ultimately saer and much more reliable.

Prototype improved jump jets have identical construction and game rules as standard jump jets (see p. 225, TM), butlike modern improved

jump jetsthe oer a maximum Jump MP equal to the Mechs maximum Running MP. Heat generated by these jets is also doubled, at 2 heat points

per hex jumped, with a minimum cost o 6 heat points.

To refect the volatility o these experimental jets, a critical hit to a prototype improved jump jet destroys the extra capacitor banks powering

the electron beam emitters used to ignite the jets. This results in a catastrophic discharge o the capacitors stored energy that is identical to a

10-point internal ammunition explosion in the location containing the jet.

Primitive Chaff PodsCha is one o the earliest orms o electronic countermeasures in modern warare. Though the technology is rarely used, its eectiveness has

been updated just as requently as has most modern electronic warare technology.

To represent this parity o technological advances, primitive cha pods work identically to standard cha pods (see p. 299, TO) both in terms

o game play and construction.

Prototype Ferro-Aluminum ArmorThe aerospace ghter equivalent o early erro-brous armor, prototype erro-aluminum armor takes up 1 slot in the ghters wings and at or

a total o 3 slots (see p. 192, TM).

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2012

(6)

(7) (7)

(10)(6) (6)

(7) (7)

(2)

(4)

(2)

(6) (6)

(4) (4)

(8)

(6) (6)

2 Medium Laser RA 3 5 [DE] 3 6 91 SRM 2 LL 2 2/Msl

[M,C,S] 3 6 9

Shoulder

Upper Arm Actuator

Lower Arm Actuator

Hand Actuator

Roll Again

Roll Again

Roll Again

Roll Again

Roll Again

Roll Again

Roll Again

Roll Again

Shoulder

Upper Arm Actuator

Lower Arm Actuator

Medium Laser

Medium Laser

Roll Again

Roll Again

Roll Again

Roll Again

Roll Again

Roll Again

Roll Again

Fusion Engine

Fusion Engine

Fusion Engine

Gyro

Gyro

Gyro

Gyro

Fusion Engine

Fusion Engine

Fusion Engine

Supercharger

Roll Again

Heat Sink

Heat Sink

Jump Jet

Jump Jet

Ammo (SRM 2) 50

Roll Again

Roll Again

Roll Again

Roll Again

Roll Again

Roll Again

Roll Again

Heat Sink

Heat Sink

Jump Jet

Jump Jet

Roll Again

Roll Again

Roll Again

Roll Again

Roll Again

Roll Again

Roll Again

Roll Again

Life Support

Sensors

Cockpit

Roll Again

Sensors

Life Support

Hip

Upper Leg Actuator

Lower Leg Actuator

Foot Actuator

Jump Jet

SRM 2

Hip

Upper Leg Actuator

Lower Leg Actuator

Foot Actuator

Jump Jet

Roll Again

10 (10)

Single

on order #4104487


21/32

Super-Griffin GRF-2N-X

4

6

6

60


Inner Sphere

2012

(9)

(22) (22)

(24)(14) (14)

(18) (18

(6)

(7)

(6)

(14) (14)

(10) (10)

(20)

(14) (14)

1 Small Laser CT 1 3 [DE] 1 2 31 LRM 10 RT 4 1/Msl

[M,C,S]6 7 14 21

1 PPC RA 10 10 [DE] 3 6 12 181 Medium Laser LA 3 5 [DE] 3 6 9

Shoulder

Upper Arm Actuator

Lower Arm Actuator

Hand Actuator

Medium Laser

Roll Again

Roll Again

Roll Again

Roll Again

Roll Again

Roll Again

Roll Again

Shoulder

Upper Arm Actuator

Lower Arm Actuator

Hand Actuator

Double Heat Sink

Double Heat Sink

Double Heat Sink

PPC

PPC

PPC

Roll Again

Roll Again

Fusion Engine

Fusion Engine

Fusion Engine

Gyro

Gyro

Gyro

Gyro

Fusion Engine

Fusion Engine

Fusion Engine

Small Laser

Roll Again

Double Heat Sink

Double Heat Sink

Double Heat Sink

Double Heat Sink

Double Heat Sink

Double Heat Sink

Double Heat Sink

Double Heat Sink

Double Heat Sink

Jump Jet

Jump Jet

Jump Jet

Double Heat Sink

Double Heat Sink

Double Heat Sink

Jump Jet

Jump Jet

Jump Jet

LRM 10

LRM 10

Ammo (LRM 10) 12

Ammo (LRM 10) 12

Roll Again

Roll Again

Life Support

Sensors

Cockpit

Heat Sink

Sensors

Life Support

Hip

Upper Leg Actuator

Lower Leg Actuator

Foot Actuator

Roll Again

Roll Again

Hip

Upper Leg Actuator

Lower Leg Actuator

Foot Actuator

Roll Again

Roll Again

15 (20)

Double

on order #4104487


22/32

Cataphract CTF-0X

4

6

70


Inner Sphere

2012

(9)

(16) (16)

(26)(22) (22)

(22) (22

(6)

(9)

(6)

(15) (15)

(11) (11)

(22)

(15) (15)

1 Remote Sensor Dispenser(R) CT [E] 1 AC/5 RT 1 5

[DB,S]3 6 12 18

1 Electronic Warfare Equipment LT [E] 61 Medium Laser RA 3 5 [DE] 3 6 91 PPC RA 10 10 [DE] 3 6 12 181 Medium Laser LA 3 5 [DE] 3 6 9

Shoulder

Upper Arm Actuator

Lower Arm Actuator

Hand Actuator

Medium Laser

Roll Again

Roll Again

Roll Again

Roll Again

Roll Again

Roll Again

Roll Again

Shoulder

Upper Arm Actuator

Lower Arm Actuator

PPC

PPC

PPC

Medium Laser

Roll Again

Roll Again

Roll Again

Roll Again

Roll Again

Fusion Engine

Fusion Engine

Fusion Engine

Gyro

Gyro

Gyro

Gyro

Fusion Engine

Fusion Engine

Fusion Engine

Remote Sensor Dispenser (R)

Roll Again

Electronic Warfare Equipment




Roll Again

Roll Again

Roll Again

Roll Again

Roll Again

Roll Again

Roll Again

Roll Again

AC/5

AC/5

AC/5

AC/5

Ammo (AC/5) 20

Roll Again

Roll Again

Roll Again

Roll Again

Roll Again

Roll Again

Roll Again

Life Support

Sensors

Cockpit

Heat Sink

Sensors

Life Support

Hip

Upper Leg Actuator

Lower Leg Actuator

Foot Actuator

Heat Sink

Roll Again

Hip

Upper Leg Actuator

Lower Leg Actuator

Foot Actuator

Heat Sink

Roll Again

14 (14)

Single

on order #4104487


23/32

Marauder MAD-4X

4

6

75


Inner Sphere

2012

(9)

(23) (23)

(35)(22) (22)

(20) (20

(8)

(10)

(8)

(16) (16)

(12) (12)

(23)

(16) (16)

1 SRM 6 RT 4 2/Msl[M,C,S]

3 6 9

1 SRM 6 LT 4 2/Msl[M,C,S]

3 6 9

1 Blazer Cannon RA 16 12 [DE] 5 10 151 Blazer Cannon LA 16 12 [DE] 5 10 15

Shoulder

Upper Arm Actuator

Lower Arm Actuator

Double Heat Sink

Double Heat Sink

Double Heat Sink

Blazer Cannon

Blazer Cannon

Blazer Cannon

Blazer Cannon

Endo Steel Prototype


Shoulder

Upper Arm Actuator

Lower Arm Actuator

Double Heat Sink

Double Heat Sink

Double Heat Sink

Blazer Cannon

Blazer Cannon

Blazer Cannon

Blazer Cannon



Fusion Engine

Fusion Engine

Fusion Engine

Gyro

Gyro

Gyro

Gyro

Fusion Engine

Fusion Engine

Fusion Engine



Double Heat Sink

Double Heat Sink

Double Heat Sink

Double Heat Sink

Double Heat Sink

Double Heat Sink

SRM 6

SRM 6

Ammo (SRM 6) 15




Double Heat Sink

Double Heat Sink

Double Heat Sink

Double Heat Sink

Double Heat Sink

Double Heat Sink

SRM 6

SRM 6

Ammo (SRM 6) 15




Life Support

Sensors

Cockpit

Roll Again

Sensors

Life Support

Hip

Upper Leg Actuator

Lower Leg Actuator

Foot Actuator



Hip

Upper Leg Actuator

Lower Leg Actuator

Foot Actuator



18 (24)

Double

on order #4104487


24/32

Zeus ZEU-6Y

4

6

80


Inner Sphere

2012

(9)

(18) (18)

(26)(22) (22)

(24) (24

(6)

(9)

(6)

(17) (17)

(13) (13)

(25)

(17) (17)

1 Blazer Cannon RT 16 12 [DE] 5 10 151 LRM 10 RA 4 1/Msl

[M,C,S]6 7 14 21

1 AC/5 LA 1 5[DB,S]

3 6 12 18

Shoulder

Upper Arm Actuator

Lower Arm Actuator

AC/5

AC/5

AC/5

AC/5

Ammo (AC/5) 20

Roll Again

Roll Again

Roll Again

Roll Again

Shoulder

Upper Arm Actuator

Lower Arm Actuator

LRM 10

LRM 10

Roll Again

Roll Again

Roll Again

Roll Again

Roll Again

Roll Again

Roll Again

Fusion Engine

Fusion Engine

Fusion Engine

Gyro

Gyro

Gyro

Gyro

Fusion Engine

Fusion Engine

Fusion Engine

Roll Again

Roll Again

Heat Sink

Heat Sink

Heat Sink

Heat Sink

Heat Sink

Roll Again

Roll Again

Roll Again

Roll Again

Roll Again

Roll Again

Roll Again

Blazer Cannon

Blazer Cannon

Blazer Cannon

Blazer Cannon

Ammo (LRM 10) 12

Roll Again

Roll Again

Roll Again

Roll Again

Roll Again

Roll Again

Roll Again

Life Support

Sensors

Cockpit

Roll Again

Sensors

Life Support

Hip

Upper Leg Actuator

Lower Leg Actuator

Foot Actuator

Roll Again

Roll Again

Hip

Upper Leg Actuator

Lower Leg Actuator

Foot Actuator

Roll Again

Roll Again

17 (17)

Single

on order #4104487


25/32

Kiso K-3N-KRHQ CommandMech

2

3

0

100

(Industrial)


BV: 940

Inner Sphere

2012

10 (10)Single

OO

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O

O

O

O

O

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(9)

(22) (22

(23)

(32) (32)

(32) (32)

(14)

(16)

(14)

(21) (21)

(21) (21)

(31)

(21) (21)

2 Cargo Container (10 tons) CT [E] 1 Collapsible Command Module RT [E] 1 Communications Equipment (3 ton) LT [E] 1 Lift Hoist LT [E] 2 Machine Gun LT 0 2

[DB,AI] 1 2 3

1 Machine Gun(R) LT 0 2[DB,AI]

1 2 3

2 Mounted Searchlight FRL [E] 1702 Mounted Searchlight FLL [E] 1702 Mounted Searchlight(R) RRL [E] 1702 Mounted Searchlight(R) RLL [E] 170

Hip

Upper Leg

Lower Leg

Foot

Mounted Searchlight

Mounted Searchlight

Hip

Upper Leg

Lower Leg

Foot

Mounted Searchlight

Mounted Searchlight

Fusion Engine

Fusion Engine

Fusion Engine

Gyro

Gyro

Gyro

Gyro

Fusion Engine

Fusion Engine

Fusion Engine

Cargo Container (10 tons)

Cargo Container (10 tons)

Heat Sink

Heat Sink

Machine Gun

Machine Gun

Machine Gun (R)

Ammo (Machine Gun) 100

Communications Equipment (3 ton)



Lift Hoist

Lift HoistLift Hoist











Collapsible Command ModuleCollapsible Command Module

Life Support

Sensors

Command Console

Command Console

Sensors

Life Support

Hip

Upper Leg

Lower Leg

Foot

Mounted Searchlight (R)


Hip

Upper Leg

Lower Leg

Foot



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on order #4104487


26/32

J. Edgar Light Hover Tank (Cell)

11

17Hover

Fuel Cell Engine

25

(Experimental)

Inner Sphere

Era: Succession Wars

2012

2012

(30)

(19

(19)

(12)

(24)

1 Light Rifle T 3[DB,S]

4 8 12

2 Machine Gun T 2[DB,AI]

1 2 3

Ammo: (Light Rifle) 18, (Machine Gun) 100

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OO

OO

O

O

O

OO

OO

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O

O

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O

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O

O

O

OO

OO

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O

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O

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OO

O

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on order #4104487


27/32

Kestrel Scout VTOL

12

18 [24]I.C.E.

25

(Experimental)

Inner Sphere


2012

2012

(8)

(5)

(5)

(4)

(2)

1 Communications Equipment (1 ton) BD [E] 1 VTOL Jet Booster BD [E] 2 Machine Gun FR 2

[DB,AI] 1 2 3

1 Remote Sensor Dispenser RR [E] 1 Mast Mount RO [E]

Ammo: (Machine Gun) 100, (Remote Sensors) 30

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OO

OOO

OO

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on order #4104487


28/32

Condor Heavy Hover Tank (Fission)

8

12Hover

Fusion Engine

50

(Experimental)

Inner Sphere


2012

2012

(40)

(25

(25)

(21)

(25)

1 Machine Gun RSpo 2[DB,AI]

1 2 3

1 Sponson Turret RS [E] 1 Vehicle Flamer RSpo 2

[DE,S] 1 2 3

1 Machine Gun LSpo 2[DB,AI]

1 2 3

1 Sponson Turret LS [E] 1 Vehicle Flamer LSpo 2

[DE,S] 1 2 3

3 Medium Laser T 5 [DE] 3 6 9

Ammo: (Machine Gun) 200, (Flamer) 40

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OO

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O

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on order #4104487


29/32

Buffalo Drone Bomb

LARGE GROUND SUPPORT VEHICLE RECORD SHEET

5

8 [10]Hover

Fuel Cell Engine

100

(Experimental)

Inner Sphere


BAR: 5

2012

2012

(18)

(15)

(15)

(15)

(15)

(15)

1 Booby Trap BD [E] 1 Cargo Container (10 tons) BD [E] 1 Drone (Remote) Operating System BD [E]

Ammo: (Machine Gun) 900

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on order #4104487


30/32

Soarece Superheavy MBT

SUPER-HEAVY COMBAT VEHICLE RECORD SHEET

2

3Tracked

Fuel Cell Engine

175

(Experimental)Inner Sphere


2012

(110)

(92

(92)

(92

(92)

(60)

(110)

1 Machine Gun FR 2[DB,AI]

1 2 3

1 AC/10 T 10[DB,S]

5 10 15

1 AC/2 T 2[DB,S]

4 8 16 24

1 AC/20 T 20[DB,S]

3 6 9

Chassis Modifications: Limited Amphibious

Ammo: (AC/2) 90, (Machine Gun) 200, (AC/20) 30(AC/10) 30

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SUPER-HEAVY VEHICLE HIT LOCATION TABLE

SUPER-HEAVY VEHICLE CRITICAL HITS TABLE

MOTIVE SYSTEM DAMAGE TABLE

ATTACK DIRECTION2D6 Roll FRONT REAR FRONT SIDE REAR SIDE

2* Front (critical) Rear (critical) Side (critical) Side (critical) 3 Right Side Left Side Front Rear 4 Front Rear Side Side

5 Front Rear Side Side 6 Front Rear Side Side 7 Front Rear Side Side 8 Front Rear Side (critical)* Side (critical)* 9 Front Rear Side Side 10 Turret Turret Turret Turret 11 Turret Turret Turret Turret 12* Turret (critical) Turret (critical) Turret (critical) Turret (critical)

*A result of 2 or 12 (or an 8 if the attack strikes the side) may inflict a critical hit on the vehicle. For each result of 2 or12 (or 8 for side attacks), apply damage normally to the armor in that section. The attacking player then automatically rollsonce on the Ground Combat Vehicle Critical Hits Table below (see Combat, p. 194 in Total Warfarefor more information).A result of 12 on the Ground Combat Vehicles Hit Location Table may inflict critical hit against the turret; if the vehicle hasno turret, a 12 indicates the chance of a critical hit on the side corresponding to the attack direction.The vehicle may suffer motive system damage even if its armor remains intact. Apply damage normally to the armor in

that section, but the attacking player also rolls once on the Motive System Damage Table at right (see Combat, p. 192 inTotal Warfarefor more information). Apply damage at the end of the phase in which the damage takes effect.If the attack hits the front right or left side, all Front side results strike the front armor, while Rear Side results strike therear right or rear left side armor. If the vehicle has no turret, a turret hit strikes the armor on the side attacked.

LOCATION HIT2D6 Roll FRONT SIDE REAR TURRET

25 No Critical Hit No Critical Hit No Critical Hit No Critical Hit 6 Driver Hit Cargo/Infantry Hit Weapon Malfunction Stabilizer 7 Weapon Malfunction Weapon Malfunction Cargo/Infantry Hit Turret Jam 8 Stabilizer Crew Stunned Stabilizer Weapon Malfunction 9 Sensors Stabilizer Weapon Destroyed Turret Locks 10 Commander Hit Weapon Destroyed Engine Hit Weapon Destroyed 11 Weapon Destroyed Engine Hit Ammunition** Ammunition** 12 Crew Killed Fuel Tank* Fuel Tank* Turret Blown Off

*If Combat Vehicle has ICE engine only. If Combat Vehicle has a fusion engine, treat this result as Engine Hit.**If Combat Vehicle carries no ammunition, treat this result as Weapon Destroyed.

2D6 Roll EFFECT* 25 No effect 67 Minor damage; +1 modifier to all Driving Skill Rolls 89 Moderate damage; 1 Cruising MP, +2 modifier to all

Driving Skill Rolls

1011 Heavy damage; only half Cruising MP (round fractions up),+3 modifier to all Driving Skill Rolls

12+ Major damage; no movement for the rest of the game.Vehicle is immobile.

Attack Direction Modifier: Vehicle Type Modifiers:Hit from rear +1 Tracked, Naval +0Hit from the sides +2 Wheeled +2

Hovercraft, Hydrofoil +3WiGE +4

*All movement and Driving Skill Roll penalties are cumulative. However, each Driving Skill Rollmodifier can only be applied once. For example, if a roll of 6-7 is made for a vehicle, inflictinga +1 modifier, that is the only time that particular +1 can be applied; a subsequent roll of 6-7has no additional effect. This means the maximum Driving Skill Roll modifier that can beinflicted from the Motive System Damage Table is +6. If a units Cruising MP is reduced

to 0, it cannot move for the rest of the game, but is not considered an immobile target. Inaddition, all motive system damage takes ef

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