The FedCom civil war was a chaotic time, with loyalties divided, allies turned to enemies, and whole commands shattered from within and without. From that chaos whole new units arose. One such was the mercenary command that came to be known as Winfields Light Cavalry.
Captain Franklin Winfield piloting one of the units two heavy mechs in command of their first of two mech lances. A field refited Orion ON1-K with the Autocannon swaped out for an LB-X model and the medium lasers upgraded to extended versions and CASE added to protect the otherwise highly exposed ammunition.
Lieutenant Mitchel Carter Pilots the lead mech of the units other mech lance. A Chameleon that began it's life as one of the 7W combat models deployed for field trials with pro-Katherine forces where it fell victim to massed LRM bombardment. The gyro was completley destroyed, and of it's weapons compliment, only the one medium laser was repairable by the WLC's technicians. However being a widely produced design, replacement parts where found off of an older training model. Lt. Carter had the techs keep the replacement modles weapons mounts. With a second medium laser and two small lasers, it maintains the look of the classic 7V but with somewhat improved armour, and heat curve in order to cause confusion amongst opponents, many of whom are intimitley familliar from personal experience with the limitations of the original
And if you survived this far, a bonus. I am not satisfied with the paint job, but I love the bash.
