3145 Mixed Tech; Electronics

[Colt Ward]

While looking at a few armor designs I started wondering-

Are Clan electronics one of the best things to start using in 3145 mixed tech designs?

I know we started getting IS built mechs mounting Clan grade weapons, but does the Clan versions of Active Probes, ECM and Targeting Computers with their weight savings put the old L2 IS versions out of business?

They are more likely to survive than weapons mounted in the arms, and shave off half tons for the first two and 25% more capacity with the TC.

[Tai Dai Cultist]

I choose to believe that we'll eventually see a single, unified tech base.  Whether it takes an all-at-once rules reboot or the passage of a few more in-universe decades, it's got to happen.  Not just for in-universe reasons like you point out (when you can build IS ECM and Clan ECM, why bother continuing to build IS ECM?) but also for meta reasons.  Deadwood has to eventually go.

[Gray Jaguar]

While looking at a few armor designs I started wondering-

Are Clan electronics one of the best things to start using in 3145 mixed tech designs?

I know we started getting IS built mechs mounting Clan grade weapons, but does the Clan versions of Active Probes, ECM and Targeting Computers with their weight savings put the old L2 IS versions out of business?

They are more likely to survive than weapons mounted in the arms, and shave off half tons for the first two and 25% more capacity with the TC.

If I recall properly, I've spied some designs making use of Clan-spec Targeting Computers.  However, I haven't seen Active Probes or ECM in use.  Instead, it seems the Inner Sphere goes for parity in that regard with Angel ECM being the same for both sides and ending up getting used instead of going Clan-spec ECM.  Guardian ECMs still seem common enough and are probably still in use because the 1/2 Ton difference isn't as much of a gain compared to getting facilities to produce Clan-spec ER Large Lasers (with a full ton of reduction) or just importing awesome Kingston ER PPCs.

[Kojak]

Deadwood has to eventually go.

Not if Ian McShane has anything to say about it.

[Thatguybil]

Clan ERPPC with an IS PPC-Cap is one of the sillier mixed tech muchness. 

[Col Toda]

I agree with the unified tech base that was mentioned above . Say 100- 150 years would seem fair .

[mbear]

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