Thinking a little about the Acheron quad from Marauder648 on the way to work, I thought about the concept; what do you do with assault quads? Usually, they're relegated to support roles ( such as the Thunder Stallion, Sirocco ).What about something different?
The Iron Horse takes the unusual step of incorporating Triple Strength Myomers, which give it above average speed in addition to a nasty kick. A turret housing three (!) ER Large Lasers, backed by an array of light and medium lasers, gives good general firepower. A Radical Heatsink allows a higher than normal rate of fire. Finally, heavy armor and a standard engine gives good survivability.
Iron Horse IH-001
IS experimental
85 tons
BV: 2,188
Cost: 12,114,108 C-bills
Movement: 4 (5)/6 (8)/0
Engine: 340
Heat Sinks: 13 [32]
Gyro: Standard Gyro
Internal: 138 (Endo-Steel)
Armor: 272/279
Internal Armor
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Head 3 9
Center Torso 27 41
Center Torso (rear) 10
Right Torso 18 28
Right Torso (rear) 8
Left Torso 18 28
Left Torso (rear) 8
Front Right Leg 18 35
Front Left Leg 18 35
Rear Right Leg 18 35
Rear Left Leg 18 35
Weapon Loc Heat
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ER Large Laser (T) RT 12
ER Large Laser (T) RT 12
ER Large Laser (T) RT 12
Medium X-Pulse Laser CT 6
Medium X-Pulse Laser CT 6
ER Small Laser LT 2
ER Small Laser RT 2
Small X-Pulse Laser HD 3
Equipment Loc
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Triple Strength Myomer FRL
Triple Strength Myomer RRL
Triple Strength Myomer RLL
Triple Strength Myomer FLL
Triple Strength Myomer LT
Triple Strength Myomer RT
BattleMech Turret (Quad) RT
Radical Heat Sink System LT
