My favorite 'Mech? I was going to list a bunch of them, but then as I made the list I realized they all boiled down to a couple of chassis in various configurations.
Light:
LCT-5M Locust
http://www.camospecs...ure.asp?ID=2946
1 ER Medium Laser and 4 ER Small Lasers, maximum armor for its tonnage, and kick-butt speed (194.4 km/h).
LCT-6S Locust
http://www.sarna.net...-5W2_Locust.jpg (probably similar in appearance to the LCT-5W2 model)
2 ER Medium Lasers and 1 ER Small Laser, max armor, Small cockpit, and quite possibly the fastest 'Mech ever (302.4 km/h with MASC, or 28 hexes per turn for the TT people).
Medium:
PXH-3PL Phoenix Hawk
http://www.camospecs...ure.asp?ID=1089
1 Large Pulse Laser, 2 Medium Pulse Lasers, and 2 ER Small Lasers all hooked up to a Targeting Computer, near-max armor, good speed and jump jets.
PXH-7S Phoenix Hawk
http://www.sarna.net...hoenix_hawk.png
1 Large Pulse Laser, 4 Medium Lasers, maximum armor, more survivable due to Light engine, kick-butt speed for a Medium 'Mech due to MASC (129.6 km/h) and jump jets, full-head ejection system.
The original multi-channel Tek BattleCom communications system made the Phoenix Hawk well-suited to a command and forward operations role. The 'Mech often commanded scout lances. The original Tek Tru-Trak targeting system was also very advanced. Both knowledge of how to manufacture both systems was lost during the Succession Wars, but recovered along with other LosTech around the time of the Clan invasion.
Heavy:
MAD-5R Marauder
http://www.camospecs...ure.asp?ID=6053
2 ER PPCs, 2 Medium Lasers and a Rotary Autocannon/5, near-maximum armor, Guardian ECM and a C3 Slave.
MAD-9M Marauder
http://www.camospecs...ure.asp?ID=3294
4 ER Large Lasers and 2 Streak SRM-6 launchers (very unusual Marauder armament), near-maximum armor, Guardian ECM and TAG.
Like the Phoenix Hawk, the Marauder functioned well as a command 'Mech thanks to its advanced Dalban Micronics communications system. The Valiant Lamellor armor that the original Marauders carried was able to absorb more damage than other brands of armor, but the technology was lost during the Succession Wars. Like other lost technologies, it was recovered around the time of the Clan invasion.
Hmmm. I seem to gravitate toward scout or command 'Mechs.
...and yes, I like the Project Phoenix 'Mechs.
Edited by Durant Carlyle, 08 January 2012 - 03:09 PM.