3xnihilo, on 22 November 2014 - 06:39 AM, said:
"Incoming HPG transmission:
From: 3xnihilo
Subject: Updating Drop Deck:
Gordon,
I have been intending to send this message for sometime...
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Incoming HPG transmission from:
Gordon B. Huge, EngMD - Ex. Chief & Technological Director, Huge & Scaeregh Enterprises; CEO, The Huge Machine Shop
Subject: Re: Updating Drop Deck
My good Mr. Nihilo,
I am very pleased to hear that you found the special edition Centurion to your liking, and your timing is quite fortuitous; we're planning a drive on CN9 chassis parts soon. We're hard at work at putting together a battlefield-effective configuration for the CN9-AL using a dual Large Pulse Laser setup, and recent upgrades to the CN9-D variant have allowed us to improve its loading chain's interfacing with the blowback mechanism in the right arm which will allow for some truly outrageous rates of fire when mounted with LB10-X autocannons. I would particularly suggest investigating into this model, as you are familiar with faster mechs. Yes, the CN9-D is a more costly alternative, however I will point out that as per manufacturer request, the chassis comes pre-equipped with Artemis target computing, as well as a GM 300XL engine (in some regions, provisions have been made to swap this for an equivalent Hermes model). To point out; this class of engine at present represents a sort of "sweet spot" in the engine lineup of nearly all manufacturers, as it stands atop the transition point where you start having to add extra main buffer storage and added layers of e.g. boron composites to compensate for increased reaction power and currents using the standard protium reaction. Also, the virtues of the LB10-X weapons system cannot be exaggerated; it is a lighter, more reliable and simply better alternative to standard AC10s at any range below 400 meters, particularly when combatting light mechs or in a suppression or post-skirmish environment. I won't even mention what ten 10mm diameter metal shards bouncing around at supersonic speeds can do to an ambushing troop formation with AT-weapons in an urban environment...
More on engines; I've appended a document file outlining the standard warranty policy for all GM extralight engines in the 200-250 classes, with some interesting side notes. However I should point out that if your chassis allows for it, there is absolutely no reason not to mount a 245-class XL engine rather than a 240; the weight difference between the models is virtually nonexistent. Similarly, there is no reason not to take a step back and trade off a little current and speed for an added half-ton of ammunition. You never know when you'll need it.
Finally, I can not but say that I am shocked and incensed at your report of the damages to your Death's Knell! I certainly hope that only the ammunition was supplied by our company, possibly captured during a supply raid or somesuch. Any properly put together Gauss Rifle should accelerate its projectiles to a sufficient speed that they shatter and deliver the
full kinetic energy into the target, leaving
no remnants of the projectile large enough to identify something like an insignia. If the weapon was indeed delivered by us, then someone has been doing shoddy work, and that I will not stand for! Anyway, as much as I would like to say about your participating in peacekeeping missions (I truly hope that those were some severe quotations there, and that they aren't truly making peace efforts in the region; not only would I be worried for your sake, but for the sanity of the [BLOCKED] system government as well) I will nevertheless offer you a full discount on your next reactor check and maintenance for your next visit, if you'll agree to keep quiet about this while I make investigations.
Humbly,
Mr. Gordon Huge
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