Here's the idea.
Take an armless mech. Not the Stalker or Catapult, but the old kind people made, back when the rules said that if you lost an arm, any hit there would miss, so people made mechs without arms and piled the armor and weapons into the torso. Take the armless mech and...
Remove the side torsos.
Integrate the cockpit into the CT.
Increase the weight of the CT to 30% of total struture weight, from 25%.
Increase weight of legs to 22.5% total structure weight, from 10%.
Increase CT armor maximum by 9 and Internal Structure by 3.
Add 6 slots + the 6 Head Slots(w/Equipment, cockpit, sensors, ect...)
And now you have a "focus" mech.
Rules for "focus" mechs:
Shots that hit the arms are an automatic miss. But...
Shots that hit the LT or RT are a REROLL. Same with the rears.
Shots that hit head hit CT.
+1 to movement speed due to more of the mech being legs.
Here's a demonstration model.
Focus Prototype
Mass: 75 tons
Tech Base: Inner Sphere
Chassis Config: Biped
Rules Level: Era Specific
Era: All Eras (non-canon)
Tech Rating/Era Availability: E/X-X-E
Production Year: 0
Cost: 9,064,125 C-Bills
Battle Value: 1,353
Chassis: Unknown Reinforced
Power Plant: Unknown 300 Fusion Engine
Walking Speed: 43.2 km/h
Maximum Speed: 64.8 km/h
Jump Jets: None
Jump Capacity: 0 meters
Armor: Unknown Standard Armor
Armament:
1 ER PPC
1 Autocannon/10
2 ER Medium Lasers
Manufacturer: Unknown
Primary Factory: Unknown
Communications System: Unknown
Targeting and Tracking System: Unknown
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Equipment Type Rating Mass
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Internal Structure: Reinforced 114 points 15.00
Engine: Fusion Engine 300 19.00
Walking MP: 4
Running MP: 6
Jumping MP: 0
Heat Sinks: Double Heat Sink 12(24) 2.00
Gyro: Compact 4.50
Cockpit: Small 2.00
Actuators: L: SH+UA R: SH+UA
Armor: Standard Armor AV - 119 7.50
Internal Armor
Structure Factor
Head 3 9
Center Torso 23 35
Center Torso (rear) 11
L/R Torso 16 0
L/R Torso (rear) 0
L/R Arm 12 0
L/R Leg 16 32
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Equipment Location Heat Critical Mass
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Autocannon/10 CT 3 7 12.00
ER PPC CT 15 3 7.00
ER Medium Laser CT 10 2 2.00
@AC/10 (AP) (10) RL - 2 2.00
@AC/10 (AP) (5) LL - 1 1.00
@AC/10 (Precision) (5) LL - 1 1.00
Free Critical Slots: 38
BattleForce Statistics
MV S (+0) M (+2) L (+4) E (+6) Wt. Ov Armor: 4 Points: 14
4 2 2 1 0 3 0 Structure: 12
Special Abilities: SRCH, ES, SEAL, SOA, AC 1/1/0
Mech has massive space issues and doesn't work well with armor types, so I think it's balanced overall. Should be at least as good as quads.
