[MilSpec] Technical Readout: 3060 Upgrades

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TSH-8S TAI-SHO

Mass: 85 tons
Chassis: Star League TS
Power Plant: Strand 255
Cruising Speed: 32 kph
Maximum Speed: 54 kph
Jump Jets: None
Jump Capacity: 0 meters
Armor: Durallex Ferro-Fibrous with CASE
Armament: 1 Imperator Ultra AC/10
2 Lord’s Light Heavy Particle Beam Weapons
Communications System: Garret T-19G with C3 slave
Targeting & Tracking System: Cat’s Eyes 5

Unlike the Shugenja, the Tai-sho has proven a popular command vehicle for the Draconis Combine Mustered Soldiery, and it serves with distinction as a company-command ’Mech in many battalions and regiments across the Combine. Its only flaw is the relative scarcity of repair parts for the massive C3 master computers, which provide such devastating coordination for other ’Mechs but are fragile and subject to attack.
After the loss of Quentin to the Word of Blake the DCMS put pressure on Independence Weaponry to continue manufacture of the Tai-sho. Unable to expand their New Samarkand facility to produce assault 'Mechs, Independence opted to broaden their shared-technology agreement with Blankenburg Technologies allowing them to manufacture the Tai-sho on Soul, in addition to the Katana.
With supplies of C3 master units spotty at best, Independence redesigned the Tai-sho as a frontline combat unit. Sharing a number of components with the new CRK-5003-C—the engine, C3 slave, and heavy-duty gyro—sped up the design process and created a far sturdier 'Mech. Taking into consideration that this Tai-sho was no longer a command unit, the ER PPCs were exchanged for heavy PPCs.

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THUNDER STALLION 3

Mass: 85 tons
Chassis: Type QMA Standard (Quad)
Power Plant: Fusion 255
Cruising Speed: 32 kph
Maximum Speed: 54 kph
Jump Jets: None
Jump Capacity: 0 meters
Armor: Forged Type HH32 with CASE
Armament: 1 Type 0 HAG/40
1 Type MU LB-20X AC
1 Series 2f ER Medium Laser
Communications System: CH3V Series Integrated with ECM Suite
Targeting & Tracking System: Version Kappa-III TTS

The battles in the Inner Sphere have brought heavy combat to many more Hell’s Horses warriors than ever before, and even the socially-stigmatized pilots of the “support ’Mech” Thunder Stallion have been able to capture fame and glory. Despite their supporting role, many Thunder Stallion MechWarriors distinguished themselves in the fighting. One did so enough that that his Galaxy command authorized a modification to his ’Mech.
The massive barrel of the LB-20X autocannon has always made this four-legged ’Mech an imposing sight, but this new one is even more terrifying: there are now two barrels. The long-range missile launcher have been replaced by the largest hyper-assault Gauss rifle ever constructed. Liberally provided with ammunition, the HAG pairs with the LB-X cannon to provide absolutely devastating firepower that has been seen to disable light and medium ’Mechs in a single salvo.
An extended-range medium laser and an ECM suite were added to try and increase the Thunder Stallion’s defenses, but this deadly machine’s best defense remains a good offense.

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TSG-9C TI TS’ANG

Mass: 60 tons
Chassis: SL Special Endo Steel
Power Plant: Hermes 360 XL
Cruising Speed: 65 kph
Maximum Speed: 97 kph
Jump Jets: Chevron I
Jump Capacity: 180 meters
Armor: Durallex Guardian Heavy Ferro-Fibrous
Armament: 2 Diverse Optics ER Small Lasers
2 Diverse Optics ER Medium Lasers
1 Ceres Arms Plasma Rifle
Communications System: CeresCom Model 21-Rs
Targeting & Tracking System: C-Apple Churchill

During the last days of the Capellan counter-attack into the Federated Suns’ Capellan March, a few modified Ti Ts’ang’s were identified fighting with McCarron’s Armored Cavalry. Although the ’Mechs speed and performance were unchanged, the weapons complement was adjusted to provide supporting fire.
Three of the extended range medium lasers, half the extended range small, and three double heat sinks have been removed to make room for a Ceres Arms Plasma Rifle. The reduction in lasers makes the lack of heat sinks manageable, and the ’Mech’s triple-strength myomer makes high heat levels and asset regardless.
These few Ti Ts’angs were greatly feared on New Syrtis, where they were infamous for overloading the heat systems of AFFS ’Mechs and then chopping into the helpless ’Mechs with their hatchets. Toward the end of the battle the New Syrtis defenders were placing bounties on them.

[Andos]

какой интересный тицанг

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TYM-1C TOYAMA

Mass: 75 tons
Chassis: Endo Steel
Power Plant: Vlar 300 XL
Cruising Speed: 43 kph
Maximum Speed: 65 kph
Jump Jets: None
Jump Capacity: 0 meters
Armor: Durallex Guardian Heavy Ferro-Fibrous with CASE
Armament: 1 Doombud LRM 20
2 Blankenburg Medium Variable-Speed Lasers
1 M-2 Gauss Rifle
Communications System: Basix 200 with C3i
Targeting & Tracking System: Garret a99 with Artemis IV FCS

The Toyama BattleMech has become as ubiquitous amongst the Schismatics as the name Toyama is among their writings. Produced prodigiously at the Blakist-controlled Gibson factories (and rumored to be produced elsewhere, as well) the Toyama is a powerful heavy BattleMech made even more deadly by the advanced technologies now filling the battlefield.
A new configuration was glimpsed during a parade on Bryant, and our analysis division has modeled its likely components. The LB-10X autocannon has been replaced by a full-scale Gauss rifle, and the paired extended-range large lasers removed in favor of two medium-scale variable-speed pulse lasers. The ’Mech’s gyro is now an extra-light model, and the mass freed has been used to add an Artemis IV fire control system to the long-range missiles and increase the Toyama’s armor protection. A C3i computer lets it participate in a Level II network at the cost of the Guardian ECM suite.

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Urbanmech IIC

Mass: 30 tons
Chassis: Mk VI Standard Light Chassis
Power Plant: Clan Model XT4 Standard
Cruising Speed: 32 kph
Maximum Speed: 54 kph
Jump Jets: Clan Light Series Mk II
Jump Capacity: 90 meters
Armor: Forging ZK11 Standard
Armament: 1 Type 1a Flamer
1 Type 0 HAG/20
Communications System: Build 1685 Tacticom
Targeting & Tracking System: HT9 TTS


As derided as the ’Mech is in the Inner Sphere, the UrbanMech fares little better in the Clans. The MechWarriors assigned to pilot the UrbanMech IICs among the Hell’s Horses’ garrisons are not placated by the ’Mech’s increased speed, nor the power of its Ultra autocannon. They grumble and pout as clearly as Inner Sphere MechWarriors, and like their Inner Sphere brethren they tinker.
A pair of UrbanMech IICs that form a Nova garrison force in small city on Rodigo’s southern continent have been upgraded with weapons claimed from a passing transport by Trial of Possession. The Ultra autocannon has been replaced with a small hyper-assault Gauss rifle and the extended-range laser replaced by a flamer. The pair have been observed exercising in one of Rodigo’s ghost towns, using their flamers to create smoke for cover while they stump to and fro, blasting buildings with their HAGs.

[Пауль]

Испортили машинку одако

[Andos]

Да ты что? Супер получилось.

[Пауль]

а что кто то считает хаг хорошим оружием? Ультра 20, вот это вещь для урбанмеха, он же городской.

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Ursus 2

Mass: 50 tons
Chassis: Bergan XIV Endo Steel
Power Plant: 300 XL
Cruising Speed: 69 kph
Maximum Speed: 97 kph
Jump Jets: None
Jump Capacity: 0 meters
Armor: Compound A2F Ferro-Fibrous
Armament: 1 Series 2a ER Medium Laser
1 Rho-series Plasma Cannon
2 Tau-II Anti-Personnel Gauss Rifle
1 Type 0 HAG/20
Communications System: Garret T10B
Targeting & Tracking System: RCA Instatrac Mk VI

As the Ghost Bears have settled into their Inner Sphere Dominion they have slowly raised the technological level of the former Rasalhague worlds, bringing them more in line with the technologies enjoyed in the Clan worlds. As the ease of locating and producing advanced weapons increased, the Ghost Bear scientist caste looked to upgrading the Ursus second-line ’Mech produced on Alshain.
With engine production established new Ursus’ are half-again faster, using a 300-rated extralight engine to propel them at speeds more familiar to light ’Mechs. The addition of jump jets makes the Ursus even more suited to Inner Sphere combat, since many of the ground-bound ’Mechs were outmaneuvered during the war with the Draconis Combine.
The weapon complement has been rebuilt to center around a hyper-assault Gauss rifle, supported by a plasma cannon and an extended-range medium laser, with two anti-personnel Gauss rifles for anti-infantry and partisan defense.

[Arkin]

Это не Ursus, это Ursus 2. Я, читая характеристики, две минуты не мог понять, что такое со старым добрым Ursus-ом приключилось, и когда это он так растолстел

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Опечатка, не более

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VKG-3A VIKING

Mass: 90 tons
Chassis: GC Type 1 Endo Steel
Power Plant: GM 270 Compact
Cruising Speed: 32 kph
Maximum Speed: 54 kph
Jump Jets: None
Jump Capacity: 0 meters
Armor: GC Slab
Armament: 1 Shigunga Arrow IV
1 ChisComp 39P Small Pulse Laser
2 Martell Medium Pulse Lasers
2 Doombud MML 7
Communications System: GC Wave 12B
Targeting & Tracking System: GC MultiTrac System Type 6 with Artemis IV FCS

The Viking, like the Beowulf, is one of the Com Guards’ orphans. Grumium Creations is inside the Free Rasalhague Republic, allied with the Ghost Bear Dominion and all-but-closed to the Com Guards. Since replacement parts and upgrades from the manufacturer are going to be hard to come by, Com Guard quartermasters have authorized a number of modifications with better ties to accessible manufacturers.
The Vikings in the 403rd Division are spending a lot of time in the refit facility bays. A compact fusion engine is emplaced to make the ’Mech more durable, and to open space for a Shigunga Arrow IV launcher in the right arm and torso. The remaining long-range missile launchers have been replaced with seven-tube multi-missile launchers with enough magazine space for both long and short-range missiles. Small and medium pulse lasers provide close-in defense, and CASE protects the ammunition bays.

WYVERN IIC 2

Mass: 45 tons
Chassis: Type OES-45 Light Modified Endo Steel
Power Plant: Fusion Standard 180
Cruising Speed: 43 kph
Maximum Speed: 65 kph
Jump Jets: SL-150 Mod V
Jump Capacity: 120 meters
Armor: Mix IIIC Composite
Armament: 1 Echo IV ER Flamer
1 Type-9a ATM 9
3 Series-L Light Machine Guns (arrayed)
1 DeltaX-series Heavy Large Laser
2 DeltaX-series Heavy Medium Laser
2 DeltaX-series Heavy Small Laser
Communications System: Consolidated BMR3-CC
Targeting & Tracking System: Series I GDS

The Wyvern has a well-deserved reputation has a defensive ’Mech that excels in city-fighting, and the Clan-made Wyvern IIC is no exception. Clan Wolf, pushed on all sides by the Ghost Bears, the Jade Falcons, and the Hell’s Horses, has been placing their Wyverns in defensive Clusters on many of their worlds, and arming them to defend the against the strongest attacks.
City combat is exemplified by brief, furious clashes where the ’Mech able to throw the most damage often wins. With this in mind, Wolf scientists have refitted their Wyvern IICs with heavy lasers—a single large and a pair each of medium and small lasers. An array of light machine guns and an extended-range flamer keep the anti-infantry capabilities of the Wyvern intact, and an advanced tactical missile system provides a bit of reach. Although the bevy of heavy lasers causes an incredible heat spike, their damage profile is just as incredible.

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YMN-10-OR YEOMAN

Mass: 60 tons
Chassis: Curtiss Yeoman
Power Plant: Pitban 240 Light
Cruising Speed: 43 kph
Maximum Speed: 65 kph
Jump Jets: Lexington Lifters
Jump Capacity: 120 meters
Armor: Kallon FWL
Armament: 2 Zeus LRM 10
4 Doombud MML 5
Communications System: CurtissComm Mk IV
Targeting & Tracking System: Dynatec MissileTrac X

Although the Yeoman did live up to its hype as the most-missile-heavy ’Mech of its weight class, its pilots quickly learned that carrying the biggest stick in the yard also made them the biggest target. The Free Worlds’ enemies quickly learned the send quick-moving ’Mechs with powerful short-range weapons beneath the Yeoman’s missile umbrella. In response, Curtiss has been testing a new model with improved defenses.
A light fusion engine and an extralight gyro free enough mass to add jump jets, increasing the Yeoman’s flexibility. The twenty-tube long-range missile launchers have been replaced by four five-tube multi-missile launchers, which keeps the long-range support capabilities of the Yeoman but adds a ferocious short-range missile barrage capability. In addition, Curtiss has increased the ’Mech’s armor protection to add durability. In practice runs the ’Mech’s pilots have responded favorably to the new aspects, but only time will tell if the lack of the incredible missile barrage is too great a loss to bear

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Y-H11G YU HUANG

Mass: 90 tons
Chassis: Chariot Type II Endo Steel
Power Plant: Hermes 360 XL
Cruising Speed: 43 kph
Maximum Speed: 65 kph
Jump Jets: Rodan-90
Jump Capacity: 120 meters
Armor: Star Shell Standard
Armament: 2 Doombud MML 5
2 Ceres Arms Plasma Rifle
2 Martell Medium Laser
1 Raker-IV Medium Pulse Laser
Communications System: Dian-bao Comms, Standard
Targeting & Tracking System: O/P 911 Targeting and Tracking System

As the Capellan forces retreated from the Federated Suns after having exacted their revenge for the invasion, Capellan techs began to repair the damaged ’Mechs on the DropShips during the long recharge cycles. Several Yu Huangs of McCarron’s Armored Cavalry had fought to the point of disablement; rather than replace the same old weapons, McCarron’s techs decided to tinker.
Two plasma rifles replace the Yu Huang’s primary armament, while a pair of multi-missile launchers provide long-range covering fire as well as close-in bombardment capability. The medium lasers—standard and pulse—are still represented, and the Yu Huang’s movement abilities are uninhibited. In fact, more heat sinks have been added to deal with the plasma rifles’ heat burden.
To date this variant has only appeared in McCarron’s Armored Cavalry, but we have tracked the specifications being spread across the Confederation Armed Forces.

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CENTAUR 4

Mass: 5 tons
Chassis: Standard
Power Plant: 45
Cruising Speed: 65 kph
Maximum Speed: 97 kph
Jump Jets: None
Jump Capacity: 0 meters
Armor: Standard
Armament: 1 Type-2a AP Gauss Rifle
2 SRM 1
Communications System: Unknown
Targeting & Tracking System: Unknown

Our analysts recently captured a Clan Watch document detailing the state of several Clan ProtoMechs in the Homeworlds, and despite their long distance and the rarity of their appearance in the Inner Sphere we felt all Com Guard commanders should be appraised.
A new Centaur has appeared, using the AP Gauss rifle and a pair of single-tube short-range missile launchers to become a decent infighter. To aid in its closing this new Centaur uses a myomer booster to add speed and increases the famously-thin armor protection.

GORGON 4

Mass: 8 tons
Chassis: Standard
Power Plant: 50
Cruising Speed: 43 kph
Maximum Speed: 65 kph
Jump Jets: 3
Jump Capacity: 90 meters
Armor: Standard
Armament: 1 Type-2a AP Gauss Rifle
1 SRM 6
Communications System: Unknown
Targeting & Tracking System: Unknown

Our analysts recently captured a Clan Watch document detailing the state of several Clan ProtoMechs in the Homeworlds, and despite their long distance and the rarity of their appearance in the Inner Sphere we felt all Com Guard commanders should be appraised.
The upgraded Gorgon is a general purpose ProtoMech designed to fight at much closer ranges than the original Gorgon was—the ten-tube long-range missile launcher has been replaced by a six-tube short-range missile rack and an AP Gauss rifle added for defense. In addition a limited 90-meter jump capacity has been added, making the new Gorgon more of an ambusher.

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HARPY 4

Mass: 2 tons
Chassis: Standard
Power Plant: 10
Cruising Speed: 32 kph
Maximum Speed: 54 kph
Jump Jets: 3
Jump Capacity: 90 meters
Armor: Standard
Armament: 1 Light Machine Gun
Communications System: Unknown
Targeting & Tracking System: Unknown

The smallest ProtoMech on the field, the Harpy is often derided by experienced troops as little more than a tall suit of battle armor. The Hell's Horses, however, see some value in the ProtoMech and have downgraded its machine gun to a light model in order to give the Harpy unexpected bursts of speed.
Despites our analysts' derision, observed performance for this small machine is telling. When facing a band of Periphery pirates the Hell's Horses Point used its speed to close quickly enough to keep the pirate raiders from reboarding their APCs and escaping. The pirates were slaughtered to a man--standard practice for the Clans--and the APCs captured when the Harpies kicked their weheels off.

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HYDRA 4

Mass: 6 tons
Chassis: Standard
Power Plant: 36
Cruising Speed: 43 kph
Maximum Speed: 65 kph
Jump Jets: None
Jump Capacity: 0 meters
Armor: Standard
Armament: 3 Type-2a AP Gauss rifles
Communications System: Unknown
Targeting & Tracking System: Unknown

Our analysts recently captured a Clan Watch document detailing the state of several Clan ProtoMechs in the Homeworlds, and despite their long distance and the rarity of their appearance in the Inner Sphere we felt all Com Guard commanders should be appraised.
The new Hydra offers upgraded armor and three separate anti-personnel Gauss rifles, making it clear this new model is a pure anti-infantry weapon. Whether the Blood Spirits (whom the data shows fielding it) intend it as an anti-vehicle weapon as well remains to be seen.

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MINOTAUR 4

Mass: 9 tons
Chassis: Standard
Power Plant: 45
Cruising Speed: 54 kph
Maximum Speed: 86 kph
Jump Jets: 5
Jump Capacity: 150 meters
Armor: Standard
Armament: 1 ProtoMech AC/2
Communications System: Unknown
Targeting & Tracking System: Unknown

Our analysts recently captured a Clan Watch document detailing the state of several Clan ProtoMechs in the Homeworlds, and despite their long distance and the rarity of their appearance in the Inner Sphere we felt all Com Guard commanders should be appraised.
The newest Minotaur is a harassing variant—much of the ProtoMech’s armor is stripped away to give it greatly-increased speed and a vaunted 150-meter jump capacity. We suspect this model will be intermixed amongst Minotaur Stars, giving the Star a long reach with the ProtoMech-scale autocannon it carries.

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ROC 4

Mass: 7 tons
Chassis: Standard
Power Plant: 60
Cruising Speed: 54 kph
Maximum Speed: 86 kph
Jump Jets: 5
Jump Capacity: 150 meters
Armor: Standard
Armament: 1 Type-2a AP Gauss Rifle
Communications System: ECM Suite
Targeting & Tracking System: Unknown

Our analysts recently captured a Clan Watch document detailing the state of several Clan ProtoMechs in the Homeworlds, and despite their long distance and the rarity of their appearance in the Inner Sphere we felt all Com Guard commanders should be appraised.
The new Roc is an interdiction unit, with increased armor protection for survivability and an ECM suite for defense. A Star of such ProtoMechs could easily cut several lines of communication and degrade the effectiveness of advanced battlefield electronics. The anti-personnel Gauss rifle is powerful enough to discourage lightly-armed opponents, especially when wielded by a full Star.