Mook Mechs!

Second, a redesign of an ACTUAL canon mook 'mech- the Storm Raider, a 'mech few truly understand.

Storm Raider STM-T1

Mass: 35 tons
Tech Base: Inner Sphere
Chassis Config: Biped
Rules Level: Experimental Tech
Era: Dark Ages
Tech Rating/Era Availability: E/X-X-E-A
Production Year: 3132
Cost: 5,641,785 C-Bills
Battle Value: 560

Chassis: Unknown Endo-Steel
Power Plant: Unknown 210 Fusion XL Engine
Walking Speed: 64.8 km/h
Maximum Speed: 97.2 km/h (129.6 km/h)
Jump Jets: None
    Jump Capacity: 0 meters
Armor: Unknown Light Ferro-Fibrous
Armament:
    1  Thumper Art. Cannon
    1  Mace
Manufacturer: Unknown
    Primary Factory: Unknown
Communications System: Unknown
Targeting and Tracking System: Unknown

Overview:
HAHAHA MOOK


The Storm Raider sucks- and thats the whole point of it. For the record, I 
seriously believe nobody at Catalyst made this mech- it's too SMART for anyone 
like Blaine or that Magistracy-fetishist Kit to have thought it up. See, the 
base Raider doesn't even crack 800 BV thanks to it's combination of being a 
light 'mech with SHS, the smallest rotary AC, and he use of a Mace whos +1 
to-hit makes it VERY cheap- a 4/5 pilot makes the -R3 822BV, so you could toss 
this 'mech into most grinders as a pest and crit-seeker.


But we CAN make this cheaper- and therefore, better (outside of the -R1 at 
593BV, but that fails using a threatening gun, the AC/10). We cut CASE 
completely and keep the XL/SHS and Mace, since those lower Defensive BV 
further. We also keep MASC- while a supercharger weighs 25% of MASC and crits 
engines on fail, it has the same BV- so we drop armor to 5.5 tons to drop BV 
even more.


For guns I went with an odd one- outside of fluid gun shennanigans and the 
rifle cannons, or even the awful battlemech taser, I feel like the artillery 
cannons are the best since they deal poor damage versus their weight and heat 
in exchange for targeting hexes and having AoE. The thumper in this case is 
juuuuust small enough to not raise an eyebrow while still dealing enough damage 
to actually matter- much like the RAC/2. And what do we get for all this? A BV 
of 560(!), meaning that for less than 600 BV you can have some 4/5 schmuck 
running around with a sawn-off artillery piece. And, thanks to some armor BS 
with light ferro so it can tank some 10-pointers, meaning your opponent might 
have to focus on it for a turn to kill it- hilariously meaning that it has done 
its job.


Finally, one word- no Small cockpit. For the ton you get back you pay in BV, 
which while in some mech's is fine here means less mook. One extra ton would be 
nice for more armor, but that would make the STM-T1 more expensive and make the 
mace harder to use so nyeah.


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Equipment           Type                         Rating                   Mass  
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Internal Structure: Endo-Steel                    58 points                2.00
    Internal Locations: 1 HD, 3 LT, 3 RT, 1 LA, 2 RA, 2 LL, 2 RL
Engine:             XL Fusion Engine             210                       4.50
    Walking MP: 6
    Running MP: 9 (12)
    Jumping MP: 0 
Heat Sinks:         Single Heat Sink             10                        0.00
    Heat Sink Locations: 1 LT, 1 RT
Gyro:               Standard                                               3.00
Cockpit:            Standard                                               3.00
    Actuators:      L: SH+UA+LA+H    R: SH+UA+LA+H
Armor:              Light Ferro-Fibrous          AV -  93                  5.50
    Armor Locations: 2 LT, 3 RT, 2 RA

                                                      Internal       Armor      
                                                      Structure      Factor     
                                                Head     3            8         
                                        Center Torso     11           15        
                                 Center Torso (rear)                  4         
                                           L/R Torso     8            11        
                                    L/R Torso (rear)                  4         
                                             L/R Arm     6            8         
                                             L/R Leg     8            10        

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Equipment                                 Location    Heat    Critical    Mass  
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MASC                                         CT        -         2         2.00
Mace                                         RA        -         4         4.00
Thumper Art. Cannon                          LA        5         7        10.00
@Thumper Cannon (20)                         LT        -         1         1.00
                                            Free Critical Slots: 4

BattleForce Statistics
MV      S (+0)  M (+2)  L (+4)  E (+6)   Wt.   Ov   Armor:      3    Points: 6
8          1       1       0       0      1     0   Structure:  2
Special Abilities: MEL, ARTTC, SRCH, ES, SEAL, SOA