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I had so much fun with the Stormcrow (Ryoken) contest that I came up with some ideas for configurations myself and along with two from marauder648 I am gonna keep them around for future VIPs even though they didn’t make the final cut. Two of mine like of marauder648’s D (LRM-20 with Artemis and a ER Large) and E (Gauss and ER PPC) are variants on configurations that already made it.

First up will be my suggestion for optimizing canon B which drops two ER Mediums which in my view you really can’t fire anyway as an Alpha Strike puts you way over! With the two free tons I add an extra ton of Ultra AC ammo increasing its battlefield stamina and adding a Double Heat Sink. With 14 (28) you can fire your weapons once and walk while being perfectly balanced on the heat scale. Double firing the Ultra AC/20 and running will put you over by 8 heat which isn’t the end of the world. While you lose 14 possible damage from the reduction of ER Mediums you can’t go over by 20 on a running Alpha Strike. I could still see Clan warriors refusing to give up offensive capability however and sticking with canon B but a few might try this configuration.

   Optimized Canon B
4 ER Medium Lasers         Right Arm      4      4
Double Heat Sink         Right Arm      2      1
3 Double Heat Sinks         Right Torso      6      3
Ultra AC/20             Left Arm      8      12
Ammo (Ultra AC) 15         Left Torso      3      3

While marauder648 won the Primary Configuration contest with a new version it got me thinking. Why 4 ER Mediums when you can replace that with another ER Large? That’s right 3 ER Large would make for a super long ranged medium and we can drop Heat Sinks cause we’d have too many again which is the problem marauder648 originally addressed. So let’s do a three ton Targeting Computer and really create an accurate long range capable of independent operations nasty medium. Eight ( Double Heat Sinks left allow us to dissipate all weapon heat leaving only movement (1 for walking or 2 for running) unaccounted for. Pretty nice option I think for some Clan sniper out there looking to strike from distance before the enemy can close. Please note I chose locations to maximize survivability you could probably arrange them ER Larges differently if you like.

   Triple Sniper Prime
ER Large Laser         Right Torso      1      4
ER Large Laser         Left Torso      1      4
ER Large Laser         Head         1      4
Targeting Computer         Right Torso      3      3
Double Heat Sink         Right Torso      2      1
2 Double Heat Sink         Left Torso      4      2
3 Double Heat Sink         Right Arm      6      3
2 Double Heat Sink         Left Arm      4      2

The only major weapon I thought we missed in the design challenge was the Ultra AC/10 and paired with jump jets (3 tons) it could have created a mid-range city fighter. Linked with a big energy weapon (ER PPC in this case for max damage) along with a supplemental ER Medium Laser I think you have a capable alternate even if it bares similarities to marauder648 E (Gauss and ER PPC combo) I think it has its own niche.

   

Heavy Mobile C
Ultra AC/10            Left Arm      4      10
Ammo (Ultra AC) 30         Left Arm      3      3
ER PPC            Right Arm      2      6
ER Medium Laser         Head         1      1
3 Jump Jets            Left Torso      3      1.5
3 Jump Jets            Right Torso      3      1.5

Look for these five (5) special configurations for some notable Clan warriors later on in my story! I think they are pretty good options even if they are not part of the ten most common now for the Quicksilver Stormcrow. What do you think?