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An Idea I had whilst thinking about Clan Hell's Horses.  With the introduction of the Golem as well as the ongoing upgrades of the Gnome series the Bears have been keeping abreast of BA development but I think the Falcon's Ironhold would make them raise an eyebrow before promptly turning on their Scientists and going "Make something like that, but do not just copy it!"

What the Scientists came back was basically what happens if you leave a Gnome and a Golem in a darkened hangar with a big tub of Haagen Das and they like each other very much.  Faster on the ground than the standard Elemental but lacking any jumping ability the new 2-ton suit packs as much armour as the Gnome but has superior ranged firepower and endurance. 

Front and center is the new BA LB-X autocannon which can cause a tremendous amount of damage, and acting as a 'support' weapon is a medium recoilless rifle.  A pair of AP mounts are fitted under the arms but the weapons are not fitted on the arms or carried in rifle like mountings. Instead they are mounted on flexible mount's on the battle armour's shoulders.  When deployed they will pan and track following the wearers eye movements and fire on voice command or physical trigger.  When not being used the weapons fold up and over the shoulders pointing down and to the rear, this reduces the height clearance problems that found many Golem equipped troops constantly banging their heads and in some cases fouling their missile launchers and limits horizontal clutter too without the fear of a long rifle sticking out in front of the battlesuit.  This would let it be used in closer confines and tight spaces.

The final layer of defence is a pair of battle claws, making the assault suit fearsome in close combat even if it cannot swarm its opponents.

Gnome II
Clan experimental

BV: 596
Cost: 4,802,500 C-bills

Movement: 2/2

Internal: 5
Armor: 90
                     Internal    Armor
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Trooper 1                   1       18
Trooper 2                   1       18
Trooper 3                   1       18
Trooper 4                   1       18
Trooper 5                   1       18

Weapon                         Loc  Heat
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Battle Armor LB-X AC (Left arm) Point     0
Medium Recoilless Rifle (Right arm) Point     0

Equipment                      Loc
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BA Standard                    None
Anti Personnel Weapon Mount (Left arm) Point
Anti Personnel Weapon Mount (Right arm) Point
Battle Claw (Left arm)         Point
Battle Claw (Right arm)        Point


One sub-variant has been produced for testing thus far and is armed with an ER Small laser as well as a flamer, whilst its sensors are linked into a light active probe allowing it to hunt for targets in built up areas. A pair of AP mounts make the suit equally fearsome against infantry without having to use its flamer, whilst a power pack keeps the energy hungry laser and flamer fed with enough power for extended firing and use.  The battle claws were retained but to fit all this, the armour was slightly reduced, but it is still proof against a gauss rifle or heavy large laser.


Gnome II Hunter
Clan experimental

BV: 569
Cost: 4,731,250 C-bills

Movement: 2/2

Internal: 5
Armor: 85
                     Internal    Armor
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Trooper 1                   1       17
Trooper 2                   1       17
Trooper 3                   1       17
Trooper 4                   1       17
Trooper 5                   1       17

Weapon                         Loc  Heat
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ER Small Laser (Left arm)      Point     2
Flamer (Right arm)             Point     3

Equipment                      Loc
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BA Standard                    None
Light Active Probe (Body)      Point
Power Pack (Body)              Point
Anti Personnel Weapon Mount (Left arm) Point
Anti Personnel Weapon Mount (Right arm) Point
Battle Claw (Left arm)         Point
Battle Claw (Right arm)        Point



This is my first attempt at Battle armour, what do you folks think?