BattleMech Technical Readout

Name/Model:         Locust LCT-3M X-2
Designer:           Rudel Gurken
Source(s):          Custom Mordel.Net Units
Technology:         Inner Sphere
Technology Rating:  E
Tonnage:            20
Configuration:      Biped BattleMech
Era/Year:           Clan Invasion / 3051
Rules (Current):    Tournament Legal
Rules (Era):        Tournament Legal
Rules (Year):       Tournament Legal
Total Cost:         2,584,000 C-Bills
Battle Value:       573

Chassis:              Endo Steel
Power Plant:          160 XL
Cruising Speed:       86.4 kph  
Maximum Speed:        129.6 kph 
Jump Jets:            None
    Jump Capacity:    None
Armor:                Standard
Armament:             
    1 Anti-Missile System
    1 Medium Laser
    8 Small Lasers
Manufacturer:         Unknown
    Primary Factory:  Unknown
Communications:       Unknown
Targeting & Tracking: Unknown

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Overview:
    As the Free Worlds Defense Industries began production of the LCT-3M at its
    factory on Gibson in late 3050 a design team had been gathered to evaluate the use
    of the new powerful XL-series of fusion engines.
    The team worked out two designs making use of such engines in two different ways
    and two prototypes were built of which both chassis were taken directly from the
    running production of the LCT-3M: The LCT-3M X-2 and the LCT-3M X-3.

Capabilities:
    [I designed this Mech after looking at the drawing of the LCT-3M in the old TR
    3050]
    The LCT-3M X-2 got its standard engine replaced by the new Magna 160 XL saving
    three tons. The tonnage was used to upgrade the arm-mounted weapon pods to
    quadruple small lasers. The Voelkers AMS was moved to the head to make room in the
    mechs tiny arms. This prototype was wrapped in the standard StarSlab armor layout
    of the LCT-1V but suggestions were made to use Kallon FWL Special Ferro Fibrous
    armor on a potential production variant.
    With the same speed as the LCT-3M but heavier weaponry critics pointed out the
    high costs while still being relatively slow compared to enemies like the clan
    mech code named ?Dasher?, a mech that the new Locust will likely face in the near
    future.

Deployment:
    Only one prototype had been built and production did not start. The Mech still
    exists, mothballed somewhere on the test range of the Gibson plant.

Variants:
    In an early state of the prototype design one proposal preferred a ninth small
    laser and a Beagle Active Probe instead of the AMS, its ammo and CASE. As the
    sophisticated probe required an upgrade of the sensor interfaces and time was at a
    premium no changes were made.

Notable MechWarriors:
    No information provided

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Equipment                                                      Mass                   
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Internal Structure:                   Endo Steel                1.00                  
Engine:                                 160 XL                  3.00                  
    Walking MP:                            8                                          
    Running MP:                           12                                          
    Jumping MP:                            0                                          
Heat Sinks (Single):                      10                    0.00                  
Gyro:                                  Standard                 2.00                  
Cockpit:                               Standard                 3.00                  
Armor Factor:                             64                    4.00                  
    Type:                              Standard                                       

                            Internal         Armor     
                            Structure        Value     
    Head:                       3              8       
    Center Torso:               6             10       
    Center Torso (rear):                       2       
    R/L Torso:                  5              8       
    R/L Torso (rear):                          2       
    R/L Arm:                    3              4       
    R/L Leg:                    4              8       

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Weapons and Ammo                             Location          Critical     Tonnage   
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Anti-Missile System                             H                 1          0.50             
Medium Laser                                    CT                1          1.00             
Anti-Missile System (Ammo 12)                   LT                1          1.00             
CASE                                            LT                1          0.50             
4 Small Lasers                                  RA                4          2.00             
4 Small Lasers                                  LA                4          2.00