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Hi, I was wondering what would a Periphery made Omni Unit be like? what kind of tech should be inside of one of Periphery design? and just general pointers on designing an omni unit for the periphery.
Double heat Sinks as standard, Targeting Computers boosting energy weapon fire where possible, LRMs for indirect and multi-type ammo capacity.
The Prime design would be set up where changing it to any of the other variants would require as little time as possible.
The other idea is to only have the Lance leaders getting Omnimechs, so they can change their loadout based on mission needs without making their entire force cost 25% more.
standard structure and engine for maximum ruggedness and cost savings. helmtech on configs before 3080, TW after. by 3100 you can safely start adding more exotic weapons from BMM
Agree on this. Basic versions of engines, internal structure, and armor means the Mechs can be repaired with parts from nearly anywhere and you don't have a lot of new items in the Logistics systems. Just going with regular engines instead of XL engines will save a lot of money. You won't get the optimal offensive force like you would by using all the fun toys, but your defense forces can be about twice the size on a similar equipment budget.
The best idea might be taking an existing design that a Periphery nation produces and changing it to an Omni capability. The Phoenix Hawk might be a good example. It is already jumpy, fast, can carry decent weapons, and as a medium Mech the Periphery is more likely to have locations that can manufacture it.
Money example:
Standard Phoenix Hawk (PXH-1): 4,067,540 C-Bills, of which 1,174,500 is the engine price (after unit mass multiplier). As a comparison, the gyro would cost 1,305,000
PXH-1 just changing the engine to XL: 7,591,040 C-Bills, of which 4,698,000 is the engine price (after unit mass multiplier)
(This is ignoring the 7 tons of mass saved which will be used for other stuff)
(These are not custom designs, this is just showing what changing one item will do to the price)