All the talk about Marauders and Anvils got me thinking about the last toy the housecats brought with them, specifically, the Wendigo OmniMech, which now appears on the federal Free Worlds League availability list in the Dark Age.
Specifically the A config. I took it out for a spin, and at 6/9, it's speedy enough to act as a striker or pursuit platform while the paired CLgPulse and LRM15 just tear things apart at most ranges. Pretty much carved up a Stealth trying to end run my vehicle park, then scooted around being an irritating putz of a flanker that was too dangerous to ignore.
Feels like a smaller, nastier, bitier version of the Anvil to be honest.
Having put the design through it's paces, I'm admittedly looking forward to trying out the C.
Of course, a torso mounted cockpit and an XL engine, means things go really far south the moment you lose a torso, and I expect things will just cascade further into disaster from there, but honestly at that point, the 'Mech is a write-off anyway. I'll need more combat experience putting the Wendigo through it's paces, but it looks golden.
It's a beauty, and something well worth the cost of "care and feeding of your new housecat" in my experience.