The culmination of research and development into Artillery Cannons in 3012 of course saw the largest of those weapons delegated to Hesperus II for production. Defiance Industries predictably attempted to cram them into a Zeus chassis, with somewhat unexpected resutls. The massive weight of the Long Tom Artillery Cannon forced the removal of almost all other weapons to make room for the huge cannon and requisite heat sinks. Even with that, however, there simply wasn't enough tonnage available to cool the huge cannon. Oddly, the redesign effort did find enough space to install somethg the Zeus had lacked since its inception: hands. No one was more shocked than the chief engineer, but even they were intrigued enough to let the effort continue. Ultimately, only the single Medium Laser in the Center Torse survived the redesign effort, and the design, while interesting, never reached full rate production.
LTAC Zeus ZEU-6L
Mass: 80 tons
Tech Base: Inner Sphere
Chassis Config: Biped
Rules Level: Experimental Tech
Era: Succession Wars
Tech Rating/Era Availability: D/X-F-E-D
Production Year: 3025
Dry Cost: 7,956,840 C-Bills
Total Cost: 8,016,840 C-Bills
Battle Value: 1,413
Chassis: Unknown Standard
Power Plant: Unknown 320 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 Long Tom Art. Cannon
1 Medium Laser
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: Standard 122 points 8.00
Engine: Fusion Engine 320 22.50
Walking MP: 4
Running MP: 6
Jumping MP: 0
Heat Sinks: Single Heat Sink 17 7.00
Heat Sink Locations: 1 CT, 2 LT, 1 RT, 1 LL
Gyro: Standard 4.00
Cockpit: Standard 3.00
Actuators: L: SH+UA+LA+H R: SH+UA+LA+H
Armor: Standard Armor AV - 184 11.50
Internal Armor
Structure Factor
Head 3 9
Center Torso 25 26
Center Torso (rear) 9
L/R Torso 17 18
L/R Torso (rear) 6
L/R Arm 13 22
L/R Leg 17 24
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Equipment Location Heat Critical Mass
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Long Tom Art. Cannon LT/LA 20 7/8 20.00
Medium Laser CT 3 1 1.00
@Long Tom Cannon (15) LT - 3 3.00
Free Critical Slots: 23
BattleForce Statistics
MV S (+0) M (+2) L (+4) E (+6) Wt. Ov Armor: 6 Points: 14
4 2 3 2 0 4 0 Structure: 6
Special Abilities: ARTLTC, SRCH, ES, SEAL, SOA