Charger CGR-3A1

[casperionx]

Developed during the fires of the jihad, Luthien Armor Works found a cache of old chargers still in operational condition.

The armor was mostly destroyed however but the chassis was solid, and the fusion engine was good.

With a spare amount of TSM and an oversupply of Irian supplied Diverse Optic sunbeam extended medium and small range lasers.

After the first tests they found the fire power wasnt sufficient to generate TSM, so they utilised an XL gyro to provide the extra free weight even though it is more delicate.

The final part of the puzzle is StarSlab-7 Heavy Ferro-Fibrous armor.

Further testing found the mech to be effective at close range and while it didnt have much long range, its speed could get it to close quickly with its opponents.

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Charger CGR-3A1

Mass: 80 tons
Tech Base: Inner Sphere
Chassis Config: Biped
Rules Level: Tournament Legal
Era: Clan Invasion
Tech Rating/Era Availability: E/X-X-E-A
Production Year: 3070
Cost: 10,850,640 C-Bills
Battle Value: 1,435

Chassis: Wells 990 Standard
Power Plant: LTV 400 400 Fusion Engine
Walking Speed: 54.0 km/h (64.8 km/h)
Maximum Speed: 86.4 km/h (97.2 km/h)
Jump Jets: None
    Jump Capacity: 0 meters
Armor: StarSlab-7 Heavy Ferro-Fibrous Heavy Ferro-Fibrous
Armament:
    3 Diverse Optics Sunbeam ER Medium Lasers
    6 Diverse Optics Sunbeam ER Small Lasers
Manufacturer: Luthien Armor Works
    Primary Factory: Luthien
Communications System: Tek BattleCom
Targeting and Tracking System: Dalban Hirez

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Equipment           Type                         Rating                   Mass 
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Internal Structure: Standard                     122 points                8.00
Engine:             Fusion Engine                400                      52.50
    Walking MP: 5 (6)
    Running MP: 8 (9)
    Jumping MP: 0
Heat Sinks:         Double Heat Sink             10(20)                    0.00
Gyro:               XL                                                     2.00
Cockpit:            Standard                                               3.00
    Actuators:      L: SH+UA+LA+H    R: SH+UA+LA+H
    TSM Locations: 2 LT, 1 RT, 2 LA, 1 RA
Armor:              Heavy Ferro-Fibrous          AV - 168                  8.50
    Armor Locations: 1 HD, 4 LT, 4 RT, 4 LA, 4 RA, 2 LL, 2 RL

                                                      Internal       Armor     
                                                      Structure      Factor     
                                                Head     3            9         
                                        Center Torso     25           25       
                                 Center Torso (rear)                  6         
                                           L/R Torso     17           20       
                                    L/R Torso (rear)                  5         
                                             L/R Arm     13           18       
                                             L/R Leg     17           21       

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Equipment                                 Location    Heat    Critical    Mass 
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6 ER Small Lasers                            RT        12        6         3.00
3 ER Medium Lasers                           LT        15        3         3.00
                                            Free Critical Slots: 9

BattleForce Statistics
MV      S (+0)  M (+2)  L (+4)  E (+6)   Wt.   Ov   Armor:      6    Points: 14
5          3       3       0       0      4     1   Structure:  6
Special Abilities: TSM, ENE, SRCH, ES, SEAL, SOA



[Nightsong]

A kick from one of those would be rather scary. And although a little weak on the firepower until near point blank, it’s pretty scary in AS terms.

[Cowdragon]

Chargers are always a favorite. Well done!

The plan with any Charger seems to be "get in close and punch and kick something to death." and it works well. I've used the old 1A's to much surprise and success this way many times over the years. THESE however really emphasize this aspect and the threat is multiplied accordingly. Love them!

[Sabelkatten]

Well, the arms and armor are still not much to write home about... But as a relatively quick-and-dirty upgrade it does the job pretty well. :)

I would probably have stayed with SHS and less weapons to get more armor, but whatever works.

[Giovanni Blasini]

Now that's just neat.