Arthur Battlemech

ARTHUR UPDATE

Greetings MechWarriors. I've spent the last couple of days packaging Brian Cache into Solo mech releases. This will hopefully help those players with smaller download requirements enjoy the new mechs. From this point onwards solo mech release versions will be unified with the Brian Cache, so do not worry that a mech may seemingly jump between versions. This is also a Beta for the Solo Releases I've no idea if this will conflict with anything but if it works out Solo release will be back on the release schedule. With that said the solo release pages will now be dedicated to Brian Cache solo releases. If there are any bugs to report please redirect them to the primary Brian Cache page Brian Cache Mech Collection

ARTHUR LORE

With the onset of the clan invasion Hanse Davion and his military advisors were studying the tactics and equipment deployed by clan forces. Taking note of the clans firepower packed into lighter chassis Hanse created a new fund for the New Avalon Institute of Science with orders to improve current Inner Sphere Technologies. Amanda Church is a Scientist and recent graduate from NAIS, who was put in charge of the project she had a love for Arthurian lore which lead to the creation of the NAIS Merlin facility located on the recently re-discovered planet of Merlin. The planet is a closely guarded secret of House Davion and only the highest ranks know of its existence. This facility would become responsible for the creation of the experimental battlemech codenamed ART-0X-X Arthur. The New experimental mech fielded several new technologies among these was the Class 5 Light Autocannon, this weapon has shown promise though it would suffer ammo feed issues causing the weapon to jam and destroy itself as well as the arm actuator it was mounted on. The mech also mounted the first Inner Sphere ER Medium Laser, however this was a completely different version from the one that was developed later. The X-ER Medium Laser was designed to mimic the clans ER Medium Laser damage profile, however this would lead to severe issues such as the focusing lens burning out after several shots or the weapon flooding the mech with excess heat. Though the primary weapons had issues the Targeting Computer that tied the lasers and Light AC

together operated as expected, though there were a few glitches in the system to be ironed out. The First Prince and his advisors were impressed with the progress the team had made they decided to increase funding and continue the program.

The ART-0X-X carries some of the most exotic experimental equipment never seen outside the highest ranks of the AFFC. The Arthur was built around a 220 XL Engine and utilizing an Endo Steel structure to save as much weight as possible. NAIS scienti