The Fireforce was an attempt by the Calderon Protectorate to create a pacifacation battlemech that could be distributed to the Military in hopes of capturing the enemy and their equipment intact. the keystone technology to this was the Tight Stream Electro-Magnetic Pulse cannon, recently gifted to them by the Federated Suns. the preliminary lances of the machines all proved the concept sound, but the quirks of the TSEMP weapon meant that to use as intedned meant extreme amounts of cooperation with infantry elements, who had to be extensivly trained in anti battlemech operations, thus skyrocketing the price of the concept.
individually the Fire Force works fairly well, with a Bloodhound active probe to find hidden units and a Light autocannon for conventional targets and structures, the mech can do it's job and get in and out of hars situations. it can not howver contribute well to offensive operations.
the one place where the Fireforce has found a home is in Federal Police Forces as a Riotmech, where the TSEMP can make Rioters Nauseated and disable technicals before they cause too much damage. still the 64 models produced will probably be the first and the last of the design
Variants
Realizing the failure of the TSEMP model, it was repalced for a Plasma Weapon is some Regiments lances, and the Bloodhound active probe removed in favor of ammunition. another variant meant for more indirect action uses a Thunderbolt 10 Missile weapon at the cost of the sensors and some armor protection.
Fireforce
Mass: 50 tons
Tech Base: Inner Sphere
Chassis Config: Biped
Rules Level: Experimental Tech
Era: Dark Ages
Tech Rating/Era Availability: E/X-X-X-A
Production Year: 3132
Cost: 5,934,500 C-Bills
Battle Value: 1,706
Chassis: Unknown Standard
Power Plant: Unknown 250 Fusion Engine
Walking Speed: 54.0 km/h
Maximum Speed: 86.4 km/h
Jump Jets: None
Jump Capacity: 0 meters
Armor: Unknown Standard Armor
Armament:
1 TSEMP
1 Light AC/5
2 Medium Lasers
1 Bloodhound Active Probe
Manufacturer: Unknown
Primary Factory: Unknown
Communications System: Unknown
Targeting and Tracking System: Unknown
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Equipment Type Rating Mass
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Internal Structure: Standard 83 points 5.00
Engine: Fusion Engine 250 12.50
Walking MP: 5
Running MP: 8
Jumping MP: 0
Heat Sinks: Double Heat Sink 10(20) 0.00
Gyro: Standard 3.00
Cockpit: Standard 3.00
Actuators: L: SH+UA+LA+H R: SH+UA+LA+H
Armor: Standard Armor AV - 168 10.50
Internal Armor
Structure Factor
Head 3 9
Center Torso 16 24
Center Torso (rear) 7
L/R Torso 12 18
L/R Torso (rear) 6
L/R Arm 8 16
L/R Leg 12 24
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Equipment Location Heat Critical Mass
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2 Medium Lasers LA 6 2 2.00
TSEMP RT 10 5 6.00
Bloodhound Active Probe LT 0 3 2.00
Light AC/5 CT 1 2 5.00
@Light AC/5 (20) HD - 1 1.00
Free Critical Slots: 34
BattleForce Statistics
MV S (+0) M (+2) L (+4) E (+6) Wt. Ov Armor: 6 Points: 17
5 2 2 0 0 2 0 Structure: 4
Special Abilities: BH, RCN, SRCH, ES, SEAL, SOA
