MAD-4M Marauder - the MAD-4X Exits Prototype Stage

[Giovanni Blasini]

All this discussion on the MAD-4X Marauder got me wondering what one would look like if it overcame its teething pains and exited prototype stage.  I suspected it'd be a beast, and I think I'm right.

Marauder MAD-4M

Mass: 75 tons
Chassis: Endo Steel Biped
Power Plant: 300 Fusion
Cruising Speed: 43.2 kph
Maximum Speed: 64.8 kph
Jump Jets: None
     Jump Capacity: 0 meters
Armor: Standard
Armament:
     2 SRM 6
     2 Binary Laser (Blazer) Cannon
Manufacturer: Unknown
     Primary Factory: Unknown
Communication System: Unknown
Targeting & Tracking System: Unknown
Introduction Year: 3040
Tech Rating/Availability: E/X-F-E-D
Cost: 7,148,750 C-bills

Type: Marauder
Technology Base: Inner Sphere (Standard) 
Tonnage: 75
Battle Value: 1,570

Equipment                                          Mass
Internal Structure            Endo Steel              4
Engine                        300 Fusion             19
   Walking MP: 4
   Running MP: 6
   Jumping MP: 0
Double Heat Sink              16 [32]                 6
Gyro                                                  3
Cockpit                                               3
Armor Factor                  208                    13

                          Internal   Armor   
                          Structure  Value   
     Head                    3         9     
     Center Torso            23        35    
     Center Torso (rear)               10    
     R/L Torso               16        23    
     R/L Torso (rear)                  8     
     R/L Arm                 12        23    
     R/L Leg                 16        23    


Right Arm Actuators: Shoulder, Upper Arm, Lower Arm
Left Arm Actuators: Shoulder, Upper Arm, Lower Arm

Weapons
and Ammo              Location  Critical   Heat    Tonnage   
CASE                     RT        1        -       0.5   
SRM 6                    RT        2        4       3.0   
2 Double Heat Sink       RT        6        -       2.0   
SRM 6 Ammo (15)          RT        1        -       1.0   
Binary Laser Cannon      LA        4        16      9.0   
CASE                     LT        1        -       0.5   
SRM 6                    LT        2        4       3.0   
2 Double Heat Sink       LT        6        -       2.0   
SRM 6 Ammo (15)          LT        1        -       1.0   
Binary Laser Cannon      RA        4        16      9.0   
   
Features the following design quirks: Combat Computer, Command Mek, Hyper-Extending Actuators, Narrow/Low Profile, Difficult to Maintain

[AlphaMirage]

I agree, the closing with the enemy would be the biggest problem but that can be alleviated with Smoke SRMs. I would be murder as a tight terrain combatant however I'd hate to run up against it in a city or canyon particularly if it had both smoke and infernos (so i couldn't escape).

[Hazard Pay]

I’ve toyed with the-4X before, my favorite was one with an XL going 5/8.

[Daryk]

Love it Gio!  That thing is a BEAUTIFUL BEAST! ;D

[Giovanni Blasini]

Love it Gio!  That thing is a BEAUTIFUL BEAST! ;D

What a difference a year makes, right?  All I did in MegaMekLab was increase the year from 3039 to 3040, and standard endo and double heat sinks were available.  That let me switch from the prototype versions to the regular versions, and I figured I'd iron out some of the other prototype-style quirks at the same time.

Yeah, a production version of the MAD-4X would have been as subtle as a crowbar to the cranium, and a 'Mech I'd happily take against the early-invasion Clan 'Mechs.