Lurker urban combat armour

[sneakylikeajavelin]

Intended to engage in both offensive and defensive operations in urban areas, the Lurker is a vicious but close-ranged fighter. The more common model mounts paired machine guns that make it a threat to both conventional infantry and hard targets like combat vehicles and 'Mechs. Although not as heavily armoured as some designs the respectable amount of Mimetic armour makes the wearer difficult to target when stationary or moving slowly, while the jump jets allow for deployment by VTOL or a quick exit from buildings. Finally, the upgraded sensor suite enables the Lurker to spot hidden targets, allowing it to sweep ahead of an advance to flush out ambushers.

Lurker (MG)
Type: Lurker
Tech Base: Inner Sphere (Standard)
Chassis Type: Biped
Weight Class: Medium
Maximum Weight: 1,000 kg
Battle Value: 252
Swarm/Leg Attack/Mechanized/AP: Yes/Yes/Yes/No

Equipment		Slots	Mass
Chassis:			175 kg
Motive System:
Ground MP:	3		80 kg
Jump MP:	1		50 kg
Manipulators:
Left Arm:	Armoured Glove		0 kg
Right Arm:	Battle Claw		15 kg
Armour:	Mimetic	7	400 kg
Armour Value:	8 + 1 (Trooper)
Weapons and Equipment	Location	Slots (Capacity)	Mass
Improved Sensors	Body	1	65 kg
Machine Gun (Medium)	Left Arm	1	100 kg
Machine Gun (Medium)	Right Arm	1	100 kg

The TAG model replaces the medium machine gun in the left arm with a lightweight TAG system, while the one in the right arm is upgraded to a heavy machine gun. This model is still dangerous to conventional infantry, but trades a little of its hitting power against hard targets for the ability to direct artillery and missile fire from its allies.

Lurker (TAG)
Type: Lurker
Tech Base: Inner Sphere (Standard)
Chassis Type: Biped
Weight Class: Medium
Maximum Weight: 1,000 kg
Battle Value: 220
Swarm/Leg Attack/Mechanized/AP: Yes/Yes/Yes/No

Equipment		Slots	Mass
Chassis:			175 kg
Motive System:
Ground MP:	3		80 kg
Jump MP:	1		50 kg
Manipulators:
Left Arm:	Armoured Glove		0 kg
Right Arm:	Battle Claw		15 kg
Armour:	Mimetic	7	400 kg
Armour Value:	8 + 1 (Trooper)
Weapons and Equipment	Location	Slots (Capacity)	Mass
Improved Sensors	Body	1	65 kg
TAG (Light)	Left Arm	1	35 kg
Machine Gun (Heavy)	Right Arm	1	150 kg

[Sabelkatten]

Might want to consider more ground MP. Can't jump inside buildings...

[ANS Kamas P81]

How many Jump MP does it have?

[Sabelkatten]

Should be 3 MP I guess; 150kg jets.

[sneakylikeajavelin]

Might want to consider more ground MP. Can't jump inside buildings...

That's a fair point, I tend to just pile on the jump jets in BA designs but a higher ground speed is probably more useful here. I've updated the designs above to drop two jump MP in exchange for two more ground MP. Conveniently this also frees up the weight to switch the manipulators of the (MG) model to a battle claw and armoured glove.

[Sabelkatten]

I was going to ask why you'd keep one JJ, but then I realized that jumping OUT of buildings is probably legal... That's one really quick way of getting down to the ground!

[sneakylikeajavelin]

It is indeed It also lets you drop the squad out of a Karnov without needing to land it first.

[maxcarrion]

I like these, I think they have a role and they are good at it.  It would be trivial to make a flamey variant which exchanges the 2xMG for a Flamer and a Firedrake, even more infantry killing, different cover interaction (I forget the rules but I "think" flamers ignore damage reduction for shooting into buildings and Firedrake, while not represented in the tabletop, should significantly reduce overpenetration and therefore civilian casualties) at the cost of hard target firepower and higher building damage.

In fact, with all these possible variants I'd try and fiddle it so that one arm had a 2 slot, 200KG MWM with twin MG being the default loadout, then you can pack something like an LRR or Magshot if you want to press your urban suits into a longer range anti-armour role.