Inspired by discussion in the vehicle of the week article on the Vedette.
During 3020s, the Free Worlds League came up with a variant of the Vedette which carried a more powerful AC-10, but also kept the speed by installing a surplus 250 fusion engine in it. Unfortunately, this design was ultimately a failure because the engines were no longer being manufactured and were thus too valuable to waste in this manner. The variant was extinct by the clan invasion*.
So anyway, I took that concept, went for a main gun that actually takes advantage of the fusion engine, and used an engine that was still in production.
The question is, would you really want to take a Marauder or Orion engine and use it on a vedette?
Vedette (Large Laser)
Mass: 50 tons
Movement Type: Tracked
Power Plant: 300 Fusion
Cruising Speed: 64.8 kph
Maximum Speed: 97.2 kph
Armor: Standard
Armament:
1 Machine Gun
1 Large Laser
Manufacturer: Unknown
Primary Factory: Unknown
Communication System: Unknown
Targeting & Tracking System: Unknown
Introduction Year: 3025
Tech Rating/Availability: E/X-E-D-D
Cost: 1,887,000 C-bills
Type: Vedette
Technology Base: Inner Sphere (Introductory)
Movement Type: Tracked
Tonnage: 50
Battle Value: 625
Equipment Mass
Internal Structure 5
Engine 300 Fusion 28.5
Cruising MP: 6
Flank MP: 9
Heat Sinks: 10 0
Control Equipment: 2.5
Power Amplifier: 0.0
Turret: 0.5
Armor Factor 120 7.5
Internal Armor
Structure Value
Front 5 30
R/L Side 5/5 20/20
Rear 5 20
Turret 5 30
Weapons
and Ammo Location Tonnage
Machine Gun Front 0.5
Large Laser Turret 5.0
Half Machine Gun Ammo (100) Body 0.5
*The escorpion imperio would actually re-create the AC-10 variant of the vedette during the early republic era, but that was probably a convergent evolution thing.
