BattleMech Technical Readout

Name/Model:         Locust LCT-3M X-3
Designer:           Rudel Gurken
Source(s):          Custom Mordel.Net Units
Technology:         Inner Sphere
Technology Rating:  E
Tonnage:            20
Configuration:      Biped BattleMech
Era/Year:           Clan Invasion / 3051
Rules (Current):    Tournament Legal
Rules (Era):        Tournament Legal
Rules (Year):       Tournament Legal
Total Cost:         3,374,000 C-Bills
Battle Value:       557

Chassis:              Endo Steel
Power Plant:          260 XL
Cruising Speed:       140.4 kph 
Maximum Speed:        216 kph   
Jump Jets:            None
    Jump Capacity:    None
Armor:                Ferro-Fibrous
Armament:             
    1 Medium Laser
    4 Small Lasers
Manufacturer:         Unknown
    Primary Factory:  Unknown
Communications:       Unknown
Targeting & Tracking: Unknown

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Overview:
    As the Free Worlds Defense Industries began production of the LCT-3M at its
    factory on Gibson in late 3050 a design team had been gathered to evaluate the use
    of the new powerful XL-series of fusion engines.
    The team worked out two designs making use of such engines in two different ways
    and two prototypes were built of which both chassis were taken directly from the
    running production of the LCT-3M: The LCT-3M X-2 and the LCT-3M X-3.

Capabilities:
    The LCT-3M X-3 went another way in using an XL-engine. While keeping everything as
    it was only the AMS, its ammo and CASE were dropped standard engine had been
    replaced by a massive Magna 260 XL fusion engine. This increased its speed to a
    never reached before 216 km/h (!) reaching the top speed of a Dasher even without
    the dangerous MASC equipment.
    The tests came to an abrupt stop when the test pilot, obviously unable to cope
    with such speed in a mech, crashed the machine into a small building on the test
    range with over 200 km/h on the scale. The pilot survived the crash with only
    minor injuries but the prototype (and the  building) was totally obliterated.

Deployment:
    Only one prototype had been built and production did not start after its
    destruction.

Variants:
    With the tests just starting one of the designers proposed a version with two
    small lasers dropped for a MASC. The machine would have been able to reach a top
    speed of 280 km/h for short bursts.

Notable MechWarriors:
    No information provided

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Equipment                                                      Mass                   
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Internal Structure:                   Endo Steel                1.00                  
Engine:                                 260 XL                  7.00                  
    Walking MP:                           13                                          
    Running MP:                           20                                          
    Jumping MP:                            0                                          
Heat Sinks (Single):                      10                    0.00                  
Gyro:                                  Standard                 3.00                  
Cockpit:                               Standard                 3.00                  
Armor Factor:                             53                    3.00                  
    Type:                            Ferro-Fibrous                                    

                            Internal         Armor     
                            Structure        Value     
    Head:                       3              6       
    Center Torso:               6              7       
    Center Torso (rear):                       2       
    R/L Torso:                  5              6       
    R/L Torso (rear):                          2       
    R/L Arm:                    3              4       
    R/L Leg:                    4              7       

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Weapons and Ammo                             Location          Critical     Tonnage   
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Medium Laser                                    CT                1          1.00             
2 Small Lasers                                  RA                2          1.00             
2 Small Lasers                                  LA                2          1.00