Long time ago, I remembered someone commented that "The Awesome would be better in everyway if it was 5 tons heavier or lighter", so I tried upon this concept of a Capellan enlarged Awesome that's 5 tons heavier.
Awesome Action-X AAX-1A1
Mass: 85 tons
Tech Base: Mixed
Chassis Config: Biped
Rules Level: Experimental Tech
Era: Dark Ages
Tech Rating/Era Availability: X/X-X-X-X
Production Year: 3155
Dry Cost: 24,767,183 C-Bills
Total Cost: 24,767,183 C-Bills
Battle Value: 2,698
Chassis: AAX Standard
Power Plant: VOX 340 Fusion XL Engine
Walking Speed: 43.2 km/h
Maximum Speed: 64.8 km/h
Jump Jets: None
Jump Capacity: 0 meters
Armor: Star Veil Stealth Armor
Armament:
1 Type DDS "Kingston" (CL) ER PPC + PPC Capacitor
2 Ceres Arms Thrasher (IS) Snub-Nose PPCs
2 Chi-series (CL) Small Pulse Lasers
1 Apple Churchill Platinum Guard Angel ECM
2 Qing Liang Coolant Pods
1 Apple Churchill 442X TAG
Manufacturer: Guilder Conglomerate
Primary Factory: Victoria, Menke, Sian
Communications System: Dian-bao Comms Custom w/ Angel ECM
Targeting and Tracking System: Dynatec Custom T&T w/ Targeting Computer and TAG
Overview:
The Project Action-X (or simply "AX") is a program "supposedly" initiated by a
conglomerate of small-to-medium CCAF hardware suppliers to test how to apply
the various hardware "acquired" from unconventional channels. Many insiders had
privately commented about their suspicion regarding heavy Maskirovka
involvement behind the scenes.
Capabilities:
The Awesome Action-X is a one-off prototype build on a enlarged Awesome
chassis, mounting an "acquired" Fed-Com era Virtual Reality Pilot Pod, plus
Clan XL engine, Clan Double Heat Sinks, Clan ER PPC, Clan Small Pulse Lasers
and Clan Targetting Computer brought from Clan Sea Fox merchants.
Well aware of the dangers of a hostile ECM crippling the Awesome-AX, Capellan
engineers had installed an Angel ECM to provide the ECCM required to remain
operational. To take advantage of the existing Angel ECM, Stealth Armor is
mounted.
Twin Snub-Nose PPCs are sort of a last ditch effort to dissuade hostile ECM
units from reaching their effective range.
One Coolant Pod on each side helps to mitigate the deadly heat build when
firing all PPC armaments at maximum firepower.
Battle History:
As of 3155, only 1 prototype Awesome-AX is known to exist according to
manufacturing records.
Said unit saw action only once on a raid into Lyran territory for testing under
field conditions.
Official records were sketchy, but when facing two damaged Lyran heavies, the
pilot over-exerted his heat level and himself, causing him to faint in the
middle of combat.
Recovering the Mechwarrior and the Awesome-AX cost the CCAF 2 Augmented Lances
(although not completely lost, but the units were not combat capable for the
better part of the year).
Deployment:
As of 3155, only 1 exists according to official record, parked in an unmarked
hanger on Victoria.
Although not publicly announced, Lyran Intelligence Corps had their suspecions
on a new Capellan mech under development
Variants:
As of 3155, only 1 configuration exist, although Capellan engineers are working
to mitigate the excessive heat issues.
Additional:
Features the following Design Quirks:
Extended Torso Twist
Improved Targetting (Long)
Satbilized Weapon (ER PPC)
Exposed Actuators
No Ejection Mechanism
Prototype
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Equipment Type Rating Mass
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Internal Structure: Standard 130 points 8.50
Engine: XL Engine 340 13.50
Walking MP: 4
Running MP: 6
Jumping MP: 0
Heat Sinks: (CL) Double Heat Sink 20(40) 10.00
Heat Sink Locations: 1 LT, 2 RT, 2 LA, 2 RA
Gyro: Standard 4.00
Cockpit: VRPP 3.00
Actuators: L: SH+UA+LA R: SH+UA+LA
Armor: Stealth Armor AV - 256 16.00
Armor Locations: 2 LT, 2 RT, 2 LA, 2 RA, 2 LL, 2 RL
Internal Armor
Structure Factor
Head 3 9
Center Torso 27 41
Center Torso (rear) 8
L/R Torso 18 28
L/R Torso (rear) 8
L/R Arm 14 28
L/R Leg 18 35
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Equipment Location Heat Critical Mass
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(CL) Targeting Computer HD - 4 4.00
Coolant Pod RT 0 1 1.00
(IS) Snub-Nose PPC RT 10 2 6.00
Angel ECM LT 0 2 2.00
Coolant Pod LT 0 1 1.00
(IS) Snub-Nose PPC LT 10 2 6.00
(CL) ER PPC + PPC Capacitor RA 20 2 6.00
(CL) ER PPC + PPC Capacitor RA 5* 1 1.00
2 (CL) Small Pulse Lasers LA 4 2 2.00
TAG LA 0 1 1.00
Free Critical Slots: 0
BattleForce Statistics
MV S (+0) M (+2) L (+4) E (+6) Wt. Ov Armor: 9 Points: 27
4 4 3 1 0 4 1 Structure: 5
Special Abilities: ECM, STL, AECM, TAG, ENE, SRCH, ES, SEAL, SOA
I'm still not very good at writing fluff, so comments are appreciated...
And by the way, I hope I haven't missed anything, but are Stealth Armor + Angel ECM compatible with Virtual Reality Pilot Pod and Targeting Computer? And If I run the Angel ECM in ECCM mode, does it mean that instead of blinded, my VRPP is still workable with +2 penalty?
