Locust IIC

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Mass: 25 tons
Chassis: Olivetti Stage 2
Power Plant: 200 Standard
Cruising Speed: 86 kph
Maximum Speed: 123 kph
Jump Jets: None
Jump Capacity: 0 meters
Armor: Compound Alpha Ferro-Fibrous with CASE
Armament: 1 Series 7Ja ER Medium Laser
6 General Systems Heavy Small Lasers
Communications System: York Y-2 Com
Targeting & Tracking System: York Y2-T&T

The Locust appears to be a plural in the Clans as we've made it here in the Inner Sphere--must be something about a 'Mech named after a plague that we can't just get rid of it. The initial upgrades to the Locust IIC were deadly enough, but a few new variants have popped up over the last few years that make it downright scary.
The first one makes me wonder exactly when the Dragoons stopped sending intelligence to the Clans; like the Davy model this Locust uses paired missile launchers to give it some reach, but where the Davys use LRMs this bugger has advanced tactical missiles. When tied to the speed and robustness of this Locust IIC, you've got a really mobile bombardment platform that's sure to disrupt anyone's plans.
The next new one I got a report of from the Jade Falcon border--it's a dedicated anti-infantry 'Mech, with six heavy machine guns in two arrays. The arrays are the dangerous part--because when not facing unarmored infantry swarming out of Lyran RCTs they can dial in a punch holes in battle armor as well, which makes me wonder just how hard the Hell's Horses and the Wolves are pushing.
The last one I saw on a ROM from the Combine--and the 'Mech was a Ghost Bear one. Like the Falcons this one is an ant-infantry boat, but this one seems dedicated for battle armor, with six anti-personnel Gauss rifles. For anti-'Mech action the big medium laser has a targeting computer wrapped around its lens, from the look of the fire it was laying down. I'm glad the Bears have a lot of territory between them and the League--that thing is fast as a wasp and stings much harder.

[ShadowBlade]

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