So I wondered how hard it would be to keep a WYSIWYG gun-port Lament variant done with Clan technologies as a line trooper for the new SLDF. Granted, these technologies need to be imported and that's not happening anytime soon until the Star League can hook up with the Wolf Empire again, but I digress - it's just an idea to see what Anastasia Kerensky could potentially end up with.
To simplify the construction I kept the same engine and heat sinks as the regular Lament, but converted the gyro to a standard model. Switching from HPPCs to CERPPCs saved a lot of weight, so I sprang for protection and upgraded the armor to a full 211 points of Ferro Lamellor. That required converting the ERMLs to CMPLs to keep the crit space from overflowing; as it is it's completely packed with no room left over. An ECM suite took up the last crit space, to counter C3 networks or other advanced systems. The last change was swapping the head ERML with an IS tech Flamer, to give it an anti-infantry capability.
Things that could be done...converting the DHS to clan spec also would net me two crits; that'd let me break the MPLs up into four ERMLs and get some real work out of the RHS mounted in the torso. I didn't want to go too heavy on the Clan technology, but it's certainly an option.
I suppose as the conceptual Main Battle 'Mech for the SLDF it'd work, it's got decent speed and solid protection with some pretty potent firepower and long range capability.
Lament LMT-2SLDF
Mass: 65 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: 3126
Dry Cost: 15,381,850 C-Bills
Total Cost: 15,381,850 C-Bills
Battle Value: 2,576
Chassis: Endo-Steel
Power Plant: 325 Fusion XL Engine
Walking Speed: 54.0 km/h
Maximum Speed: 86.4 km/h
Jump Jets: None
Jump Capacity: 0 meters
Armor: Ferro-Lamellor
Armament:
2 (CL) ER PPCs
2 (CL) Medium Pulse Lasers
1 (IS) Flamer
1 Radical Heat Sink
1 ECM Suite
Communications System: Unknown
Targeting and Tracking System: Unknown
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Equipment Type Rating Mass
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Internal Structure: Endo-Steel 104 points 3.50
Internal Locations: 7 LA, 7 RA
Engine: XL Engine 325 12.00
Walking MP: 5
Running MP: 8
Jumping MP: 0
Heat Sinks: (IS) Double Heat Sink 15(36) 5.00
Heat Sink Locations: 1 LT, 1 RT
Gyro: Standard 4.00
Cockpit: Standard 3.00
Actuators: L: SH+UA+LA R: SH+UA+LA
Armor: Ferro-Lamellor AV - 211 15.50
Armor Locations: 1 CT, 5 LT, 2 RT, 2 LL, 2 RL
Internal Armor
Structure Factor
Head 3 9
Center Torso 21 33
Center Torso (rear) 9
L/R Torso 15 22
L/R Torso (rear) 8
L/R Arm 10 20
L/R Leg 15 30
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Equipment Location Heat Critical Mass
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(IS) Flamer HD 3 1 1.00
ECM Suite CT 0 1 1.00
Radical Heat Sink RT 0 3 4.00
(CL) Medium Pulse Laser RT 4 1 2.00
(CL) Medium Pulse Laser LT 4 1 2.00
(CL) ER PPC RA 15 2 6.00
(CL) ER PPC LA 15 2 6.00
Free Critical Slots: 0
BattleForce Statistics
MV S (+0) M (+2) L (+4) E (+6) Wt. Ov Armor: 8 Points: 26
5 5 5 3 0 3 0 Structure: 3
Special Abilities: ECM, ENE, SRCH, ES, SEAL, SOA[/tt]