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 I know I am asking a lot so far in 3 different design categories, but I really do need the help and fresh ideas to get the ball rolling for my Beast Clan AU, Dragon Cat has been very helpful in ideas for fluff writing and that's been a big help, but the old fashioned nuts and bolts department also needs to be addressed, and this time around its fighter designs(PS would be extremely grateful for even at least a paragraph of fluff for each design submitted, hint the Beast Clan is very Warship, dropship and Fighter intensive, so if you know your WW II history in RL, think of designing for that type of combat specifically the Pacific War Theater.)

By 2820, the older equipment of the Beast Clan dating from the old and now gone forever Star League. Was beginning to become obsolete in the face of newer technologies the Three Families Research Fleet had been researching and now was into the prototype production development phase.

 While the technology already fielded by the Beast Clan's primary battle force, the 12th TSSOG was still far in advance of anything the Realms fielded, that balance was slowly changing, much line it's predecessor the Beast Clan relies on Superior Tech and Equipment to offset the Realms greater numbers, but by direct intervention of the Founder, it was ordered that the new generations of equipment to be fielded be advanced enough to keep that edge, but also be practical enough to be viable war machine, and not the paper tigers fielded in the old days.

 Faced with limited resources even with the settling of the small stellar cluster named the Ghost Cluster, the Beast Clan at this time does not have the personal or needed infrastructure to build single type specialty units, one of the breakthrough tech of the Three Families Research Fleet was the continued research of the Mercury class battlemech Modular Placement system(What the Beast Clan calls Inner Sphere Omni Technology), the Three Families managed to  crack the final hurdles that would allow the system to be fitted to other combat platform.

 with this the need for 4 designs for the future standard of production and deployment of the Clan's military is now being solicited by the Military Procurement Division.

Design 1. 25-35 tons, most be agile, decently armored and armed and be able to deploy in the traditional scout/harasser role.

Design 2. 40-55 tons, must be able to fulfill the traditional role of the workhorse of the military.

Design 3. 60-70 tons, will be the most common deployed striker type vehicle.

Design 4. 75-85 Tons, Will be the primary battlefield combatant.



1.Basically Omni Inner Sphere tech will be the centerpiece requirement.
2. Armor types is limited to either Standard or ferro, Since the Beast Clan specializes in Aerospace, Heavy Ferro is also available (bonus points for using Standard armor for the designs)  this is to keep repair and replacement simplified.
3. The requirements for the engines are either regular or Light Fusion(another developed tech). XL is available, but deemed not needed at this time until further developments are advanced to reduce the XL's inhering vulnerability.
4. Tech available for the designs is Jihad era Inner Sphere, minus tech developed by Word Of Blake.
5. Thanks for the help and have fun !!.

There will be a Dropship Challenge after this one, if it seems people are interested.