IIC or not IIC, that is the question.

[Tyler Jorgensson]

Meanwhile the Goliath Scorpions are like

"This belongs in our Museum!"

And yeah she would be visually stunning too, blood red with bronzed gold and white, very hard working techs included!

That should honestly be the cover….

Agreed.
Your Fan-TROs are fantastic and od have great flair 

This. Although once again I will satirically mock you for monopolizing Plog and his skills lol.

[Daryk]

Not quite monopolizing... I've managed to get a few from him as well... :)

[Wrangler]

Can't wait for that project come out!

[marauder648]

No more monopolizing for the current and forseeable future, I'm being let go from work so its a case of moving back home and going from there.

[Daryk]

Sorry to hear... best of luck!

[Maingunnery]

Being let go is a terrible experience, but there will always be new possibilities, so my best wishes for you.

[Wrangler]

That's terrible, hope things work better for you, marauder648.

[Gaiiten]

No more monopolizing for the current and forseeable future, I'm being let go from work so its a case of moving back home and going from there.

Good luck.

I know that feeling, but you can believe my words: As bad as is it, you will get something new and better.

[marauder648]

My Khan, despite knowledge about the Nova Cat designs coming to our attention the prototype is still performing well and thanks to parts commonality with other designs we believe that the Mech can be put into production without negatively effecting our current production lines or construction plans.



Archon, testing reports from field trials indicate that this new design's feared weapon system integration problems were largely overblown, probably by cautious techs and scientists who don't want to put their heads out too far. Pilots report that they like the weapons mix and the feel of the 'Mech. It could be a good gap filler in our forces and I know there's already some interest from the Mercenary market. I would humbly suggest production be started and the units distributed to notable units for true combat trials before we make any decision on a larger production run.



Some WIP's by Matt Plog.

[Daryk]

Excellent first drafts! :)

[Takiro]

Very nice!!

[Hazard Pay]

First is obviously a Vulcan descendant, 2nd is kinda Centurionish.

Vulcan IIC: Some kind of Ballistic, a Large Laser and a pair of Pulses?

Steiner Mech: Gauss, ERPPC, a trio of Lasers and an SRM-4?

[David CGB]

Need to know about that first one, looks amazing!

[marauder648]

First is obviously a Vulcan descendant, 2nd is kinda Centurionish.

Vulcan IIC: Some kind of Ballistic, a Large Laser and a pair of Pulses?

Steiner Mech: Gauss, ERPPC, a trio of Lasers and an SRM-4?

The first is actually based, in part on another common Wolf 'mech from the REVIVAL era, albeit with some serious reworking to allow the positioning of its weapons. The second isn't that well armed, its more a skirmisher and line trooper than a heavy hitter like that.

[marauder648]

Sir, finally got that gun camera footage of that new Wolf 'Mech, they're calling it the Varkolak, we're still waiting on an 'official' name from on high. A captured Clanner Warrior when asked about it also helped solve something that was throwing us off about it. Under the hood, its a Fenris, they reduced the engine although she'll still do 96kph before engaging MASC, but they share a lot of components, including the same electronics suite. Its why our forward scouts thought they were going to engage a pair of Fenris when they ran into two of these things instead when they picked up the 'Fenris' EW emissions.

Armaments a bit light for a Clanner, large laser, AC and two mediums, but she still packs a wallop and i'm sure we'll see some configs as we run into more of these things. I'll update you as soon as we learn more.


Draw by Matt Plog.

[Hellraiser]

Under the hood, its a Fenris, they reduced the engine although she'll still do 96kph before engaging MASC, but they share a lot of components, including the same electronics suite.

So its a Shadowcat?  Hehe.

[Daryk]

At least it has hands! :D

[marauder648]

So its a Shadowcat?  Hehe.

The Wolves learned that the Nova cats were building a new Medium 'mech, but they didn't know it was actually 3. The Shadowcat, Huntsman and Hellcat, and so they went off what they knew, this being the result.

[marauder648]

Apparently the team at Blackstone Battlemechs are less than happy with our newest venture as they feel it is a direct competitor to their Enfield, and they are correct. We cannot let them corner the market although the Enfield will no doubt sell well in the Federated Suns half of our nation thanks to their mania for autocannons, we've managed to get enough support for the Voltigeur following tests with various frontline units to convince the Procurement board to purchase several runs.

Designed for long duration missions, the 'Mech can support the already popular Enforcer and Centurion type 'Mechs as well as keep up with friendly screening forces, which has always been an issue for these older designs.

Sales projections once we open up the doors to mercenary units are also promising.


Drawn by the amazing Matt Plog.

[Daryk]

So, is the secondary a Large Laser or Snub-nosed PPC? :)

[Takiro]

Looks great!

[Wrangler]

That last picture seems more like a Battle Armor.

[Daryk]

Not to me... the legs are wrong for a BA...