Well, it's time to go completely crazy again.

[Feign]

It has come to my attention that there aren't enough completely ridiculous 200 ton monstrosities on this board.  I understand why, with them being tactically almost useless, but I decided to whip a few up just to see how wrong (or right) things can get when pushing the Battlemech to it's absolute design limit.


The Vishnu Semi Mobile Weapons Platform is a joint venture between the Regulans and Clan Diamond Shark.  Intended to be a "ground flagship" only a single lance of Vishnu platforms were created, and only once has one seen live combat.  Between the top-of-the-line weaponry and the massively expensive shielding material on the mech's huge extra-extralight engine, some estimate the cost to build the Vishnu is more in line with light to medium dopships than regular ground units.

Vishnu VSH-TM-8X
 Mixed (Base IS)
200 tons 
BV: 4,834
Cost: 345,656,000 C-bills

Movement: 2/3
Engine: 400 XXL
Heat Sinks: 20 [48]
Cockpit: Superheavy Tripod Cockpit
Gyro: Superheavy Gyro

Internal: 340 (Endo-Steel)
Armor: 664/683
                     Internal    Armor
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Center Torso               60       87
Center Torso (rear)                 29
Right Torso                42       64
Right Torso (rear)                  20
Left Torso                 42       64
Left Torso (rear)                   20
Right Arm                  33       64
Left Arm                   33       64
Right Leg                  42       80
Left Leg                   42       80
Center Leg                 42       80

Weapon                         Loc  Heat
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HAG/20 (Clan)                   LA     4
Streak LRM 10 (Clan)            LA     4
HAG/20 (Clan)                   RA     4
Streak LRM 10 (Clan)            RA     4
ER PPC (T) (Clan)               LT    15
ATM 3 (T) (Clan)                LT     2
ATM 3 (T) (Clan)                LT     2
Streak LRM 10 (T) (Clan)        LT     4
ER PPC (T) (Clan)               RT    15
ATM 3 (T) (Clan)                RT     2
ATM 3 (T) (Clan)                RT     2
Streak LRM 10 (T) (Clan)        RT     4
TAG                             CT     0
Arrow IV (Clan)                 CT    10

Ammo                           Loc Shots
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HAG/20 Ammo                     LA     6
HAG/20 Ammo                     LA     6
Streak LRM 10 Ammo              LA    12
Streak LRM 10 Ammo              LA    12
HAG/20 Ammo                     RA     6
HAG/20 Ammo                     RA     6
Streak LRM 10 Ammo              RA    12
Streak LRM 10 Ammo              RA    12
ATM 3 Ammo                      LT    20
ATM 3 Ammo                      LT    20
Arrow IV Homing Ammo            LT     5
Arrow IV Homing Ammo            LT     5
ATM 3 ER Ammo                   RT    20
ATM 3 HE Ammo                   RT    20
Arrow IV Ammo                   RT     5
Arrow IV Ammo                   RT     5

Equipment                      Loc
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Standard                       None
CASE II (Clan)                  LA
CASE II (Clan)                  RA
CASE II (Clan)                  LT
Shoulder Turret                 LT
CASE II (Clan)                  RT
Shoulder Turret                 RT

[Suralin]

Cost: 345,656,000 C-bills

You did it. You actually made something more expensive than my absurd dual-engine superheavy.  :P

I must reclaim the title somehow ;)

Anyway this looks like a beast to kill. I'm imagining a Steiner scout company (all Atlases, natch) being sent to try desperately to bring this monstrosity and its escorts down.

[Red Pins]

You guys think inside the box too much.  Send a company of hovers after it to ram the legs and a company of fast VTOLs with TAG to aim for that  company of ARROW IV-equipped tanks.

I use the TAG guided tandem-charge Arrow V of my AU to take down my Super-Heavies.  Everything has a weakness, a super-unit is just boring.

[Snimm]

Not every unit will have such resources always at their disposal...

[Col Toda]

Completely Crazy is right . Costs as much as my 2 company combined arms unit and with 1/6th the BV which is useless offensively because it has to be unloaded from a drop ship as cargo before. Being deployed. On the plus side it only puts 3 people in harms way as opposed to about 50 . Anywhere that people are scarce like a Germanium mining outpost that food and water has to be shipped in my still be the best choice from an operational security point of view. Super Heavy Mechs lose the least when used on the defensive. I always thought that they were a niche combat unit that in the fluff text as guardians of a major Republic manufacturing hub being a good use for them .  I don't think such units could stop a well planned determined assault but the price would be so high the attack may be scrapped in the planning stage.

[Feign]

Send a company of hovers after it to ram the legs and a company of fast VTOLs with TAG to aim for that  company of ARROW IV-equipped tanks.

Well, that tactic does kill a lot of things.  Though the flack fire from the HAGs give it a good chance against fast VTOLS, and the tripod piloting bonuses certainly helps when dealing with ramming, and a combined 126 points of leg armor can take a lot of kamikaze Savannah Masters.

more expensive than my absurd dual-engine superheavy.  :P

Going dual-engine is actually remarkably cost effective if you don't mind the Illegal Quirk.  But yeah, this thing is solid-gold-yacht levels of impractical.

Anyway this looks like a beast to kill. I'm imagining a Steiner scout company (all Atlases, natch) being sent to try desperately to bring this monstrosity and its escorts down.

and its escorts is where things get tricky.  Only a fool would send this thing into battle alone.  It's the mascot, commander, rally point, campaign speech backdrop and occasionally auxiliary fire support/anti-aircraft of a battalion or more of mechs.