When the Free World's League looks back into its past and then gets an idea!

[RevenVrake]

So, back in the day the FWL had this big 175 ton tank...

And man I love tinkering with Super-Heavies!

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Soarece Super Heavy Tank (Dark Age)

Mass: 175 tons
Movement Type: Tracked
Power Plant: General Motors
Cruising Speed: 21.6 kph
Maximum Speed: 32.4 kph
Armor: Durallex Reinforced
Armament:
     7 Light Machine Gun
     1 LB 2-X AC
     1 Long Tom Cannon
     1 Light Gauss Rifle
Manufacturer: Earthwerks Incorperated
     Primary Factory: Keystone
Communication System: Unknown
Targeting & Tracking System: Unknown
Introduction Year: 3145
Tech Rating/Availability: E/X-X-X-E
Cost: 14,998,179 C-bills

Type: Soarece Super Heavy Tank
Technology Base: Inner Sphere (Experimental)
Movement Type: Tracked
Tonnage: 175
Battle Value: 2,730

Equipment                                          Mass
Internal Structure                                   35
Engine                        350 Fuel Cell        35.5
Cruising MP: 2
Flank MP: 3
Heat Sinks:                   1                       0
Control Equipment:                                  9.0
Power Amplifier:                                    0.0
Turret:                                             4.0
Armor Factor (Heavy Ferro)    652                    33

                          Internal   Armor   
                          Structure  Value   
     Front                   18       110   
     Front R/L Side        18/18     90/90   
     Rear R/L Side         18/18     85/85   
     Rear                    18        82   
     Turret                  18       110   


Weapons
and Ammo                       Location    Tonnage   
Light Machine Gun                Rear        0.5     
4 Light Machine Guns           Sponson       2.0     
Light Machine Gun               Front        0.5     
Vehicular Sponson Turret      Front Right    0.25   
Vehicular Sponson Turret      Front Left     0.25   
Light Machine Gun               Turret       0.5     
Light Gauss Rifle               Turret       12.0   
Long Tom Cannon                 Turret       20.0   
LB 2-X AC                       Turret       6.0     
Combat Vehicle Chassis Mod       Body        7.0     
Light Machine Gun Ammo (100)     Body        0.5     
Light Gauss Rifle Ammo (32)      Body        2.0     
LB 2-X Cluster Ammo (45)         Body        1.0     
CASE                             Body        0.5     
Long Tom Cannon Ammo (20)        Body        4.0     
ECM Suite                        Body        1.5     

The Soarece was this weird super heavy vehicle inserted into the Succession Wars that didn't go anywhere (Getting replaced by the Ontos). Well lets give it a Dark Age make over and see what the old girl can do shall we?

Three ballistic weapons return, but instead of the usual trio of auto-cannons we have an LBX-AC/2 (For anti-aircraft work), a Light Gauss Rifle (cause its the FWL and like hell are they leaving their favorite gun off of this thing!) and the big gun, a Long Tom Cannon! No less than 7 light MGs try to keep the infantry from surrounding the tank.

Thirty Three tons of Heavy Ferro protects the tank from harm. A Guardian ECM suite was added almost as an after thought but the possibility of Ghost Targets might help protect the giant mobile pillbox.

[Daryk]

Well, being that it should be engaging enemies from extremely long range, Ghost Targets could push the target numbers to hit it to 13...

[acksed]

I always appreciated this barely-mobile mouse, purely because it was a Succession Wars-era FCE vehicle.

I wonder how evil it would be with Hardened Armour. Or Stealth!

What is the Combat Vehicle Chassis Mod? The software seems to have cut its description off.

[Daryk]

The weakness of vehicles is their vulnerability to critical hits... huge slabs of armor are much less useful when a single lucky hit can immobilize you AND lock your turret...

[RevenVrake]

What is the Combat Vehicle Chassis Mod? The software seems to have cut its description off.

That's the semi-amphibious mod to the hull to let it float (somehow) across water slowly. Cause most bridges that can handle this beast are likely to be targeted to slow it the hell down.