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[Hit the Deck]

Not the glorious Kit Fox Alt. Config A (the original Gauss Light) but I'm looking for a 35 tons Clan BattleMech with a ballistic hardpoint on the Arms or STs.

This Mech will be able to mount a single cGauss with 3 tons of ammo while also moving at 124.4 kph with an XL250 (after aggressively shaving armor!). Of course it being a BattleMech, you can change the engine. Bonus point if it has ECM and/or Jump Jets!

Unfortunately this Mech is Clan so it would not get meaningful quirks.

[FupDup]

Such a gundam does not exist, as far as I'm aware.

[cazidin]

Sarna MAY have such a mech but you'd have to look a bit.

[Hit the Deck]

FupDup, on 08 February 2016 - 04:53 PM, said:

Such a gundam does not exist, as far as I'm aware.

I has sad

[Mcgral18]

FupDup, on 08 February 2016 - 04:53 PM, said:

Such a gundam does not exist, as far as I'm aware.

Cougar?

Haha...ha

[El Bandito]

If we can get a Gauss only Clan mech, I'd rather have the Glass Spider.

http://www.sarna.net...r_%28Galahad%29

[TELEFORCE]

Hit the Deck, on 08 February 2016 - 04:52 PM, said:

Not the glorious Kit Fox Alt. Config A (the original Gauss Light) but I'm looking for a 35 tons Clan BattleMech with a ballistic hardpoint on the Arms or STs.

This Mech will be able to mount a single cGauss with 3 tons of ammo while also moving at 124.4 kph with an XL250 (after aggressively shaving armor!). Of course it being a BattleMech, you can change the engine. Bonus point if it has ECM and/or Jump Jets!

Unfortunately this Mech is Clan so it would not get meaningful quirks.

The closest thing to this that I can think of is the Pack Hunter. It uses an ER PPC instead of a Gauss rifle, but on table top, the Clan ER PPC is just as lethal as a Gauss rifle (in MWO, they still both do 15 points of damage, it's just that the Clan ER PPC spreads 5 of those points).

[Hit the Deck]

TELEFORCE, on 08 February 2016 - 06:13 PM, said:

The closest thing to this that I can think of is the Pack Hunter. It uses an ER PPC instead of a Gauss rifle, but on table top, the Clan ER PPC is just as lethal as a Gauss rifle (in MWO, they still both do 15 points of damage, it's just that the Clan ER PPC spreads 5 of those points).

Yeah, though ERPPC is far less special compared to Gauss because anything can mount it with such low weight.

[FupDup]

Ultimately, after looking at Sarna's page for 35-ton battlemechs, I couldn't find any Clan 35-tonners that had any ballistic hardpoints.

There are some Omnimechs like the Adder (which is too slow for your specs) but no Battlemechs.

Edited by FupDup, 08 February 2016 - 06:33 PM.

[Hit the Deck]

FupDup, on 08 February 2016 - 06:26 PM, said:

Ultimately, after looking at Sarna's page for 35-ton battlemechs, I couldn't find any Clan 35-tonners that had any ballistic hardpoints. There some Omnimechs like the Adder (which is too slow for your specs) but no Battlemechs.

Yeah, I guess the Adder will still be the only viable Gauss Light for a loooong time. Unfortunately it's a bit big with that hood.

[LordNothing]

used to run an adder with a ppc and a gauss rifle. the catch was i only had 15 rounds gauss ammo. swap ppc for an erll or better yet 4 erml or 4 spl for more ammo.

Edited by LordNothing, 08 February 2016 - 06:43 PM.

[FupDup]

LordNothing, on 08 February 2016 - 06:42 PM, said:

used to run an adder with a ppc and a gauss rifle. the catch was i only had 15 rounds gauss ammo.

I'm also assuming not much armor...

[LordNothing]

FupDup, on 08 February 2016 - 06:43 PM, said:

I'm also assuming not much armor...

i dont think it was full. it was very glass cannoney

ADR-B

even the conservative version

ADR-B

but drop it down some more and you got something approaching decency

ADR-B

Edited by LordNothing, 08 February 2016 - 06:57 PM.

[martian]

Hit the Deck, on 08 February 2016 - 04:52 PM, said:

Not the glorious Kit Fox Alt. Config A (the original Gauss Light) but I'm looking for a 35 tons Clan BattleMech with a ballistic hardpoint on the Arms or STs.

This Mech will be able to mount a single cGauss with 3 tons of ammo while also moving at 124.4 kph with an XL250 (after aggressively shaving armor!). Of course it being a BattleMech, you can change the engine. Bonus point if it has ECM and/or Jump Jets!

Unfortunately this Mech is Clan so it would not get meaningful quirks.

The answer is the Peregrine 3 from 3061.

• Clan 35-tonner.
  
• Ballistic hardpoints in both arms.
  
• Could be armed with Gauss Rifle and 3 tons of ammo.
  
• Could use 245XL engine with one external DHS for 11+1 tons instead of 250XL with 10 DHS for 12.5 tons. The loss of speed would be 2-3 km/h only, while gaining ¹/₂ ton of armor.
  
• The total amount of armor would be 230 points approximately.
  
• Could be equipped with optional Jump Jets.

[MeiSooHaityu]

Mcgral18, on 08 February 2016 - 04:57 PM, said:

Cougar?

Haha...ha

Good Idea

[Hit the Deck]

martian, on 09 February 2016 - 07:33 AM, said:

The answer is the Peregrine 3 from 3061.

• Clan 35-tonner.
  
• Ballistic hardpoints in both arms.
  
• Could be armed with Gauss Rifle and 3 tons of ammo.
  
• Could use 245XL engine with one external DHS for 11+1 tons instead of 250XL with 10 DHS for 12.5 tons. The loss of speed would be 2-3 km/h only, while gaining ¹/₂ ton of armor.
  
• The total amount of armor would be 230 points approximately.
  
• Could be equipped with optional Jump Jets.

Wow, we got it... and it's timeline appropriate to boot!

Not the ideal shape but it ticks all of the boxes!

[Lostdragon]

El Bandito, on 08 February 2016 - 04:58 PM, said:

If we can get a Gauss only Clan mech, I'd rather have the Glass Spider.

http://www.sarna.net...r_%28Galahad%29

Man, that thing is ugly. It looks like the USS Enterprise had an unholy union with a Jagermech that resulted in an abominable love child.

[MeiSooHaityu]

El Bandito, on 08 February 2016 - 04:58 PM, said:

If we can get a Gauss only Clan mech, I'd rather have the Glass Spider.

http://www.sarna.net...r_%28Galahad%29

So...Kind of a Rifleman IIC but with 5 less tons :/....

Sure, why not *shrug*

[Jasper]

There's always the Incubus. It even has 3 variants that are timeline appropriate.

http://www.sarna.net...Incubus_(Vixen)

[MeiSooHaityu]

Jasper, on 09 February 2016 - 08:16 AM, said:

There's always the Incubus. It even has 3 variants that are timeline appropriate.

http://www.sarna.net...Incubus_(Vixen)

Boy, you really had to Dig for that mech. I don't think we will have it untill Everything Else Is Gone.