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INTRODUCTION

Highness,

Put into perspective, the events of the past two decades have exerted an almost-unbearable stress upon the combined strength and resolve

of the Federated Suns. In a true testament of their indomitable fortitude, the men and women who serve our great nation—be they in uniform or

not—have bowed but have not broken, and now stand ready to snap back to face our next challenge.

Unfortunately, the current state of readiness of the Armed Forces of the Federated Suns is at an all-time low, at least compared to the years

since the end of the Third Succession War. The state of our military industry is in an even worse condition. Maintenance facilities and repair shops

across the nation are working overtime to bring tens of millions of tons of materiel back into service while our largest suppliers work to salvage even

a fraction of their once-great manufacturing capacities. It will likely be decades before the AFFS is able to return to pre-Civil War strengths, but in

this we can perhaps enjoy a bit of a glimmer. Throughout the Jihad, persistence and innovation became the “secret” weapons that truly helped to

win the war—engineers and ield techs consistently found ways to accomplish the repairs and upgrades they needed without having to “return to

the factory.”

The Blakist war did, of course, impact our research and development capabilities, including nearly every ongoing project, though not to the

same extent due to the simple fact that so much work has been spread out across scores of worlds and countless thousands of individual sites. While

the loss of the NAIS will continue to be felt for years, it will not cripple our advanced research programs.

The most promising of these advanced research projects are outlined in this report. Most are AFFS-led and inanced projects, though a

handful are solely industry based. What you see here represents the absolute state of the art now available, though with this caveat: while our best

researchers may be able to construct these advanced technologies under lab conditions, most of the systems remain far from able to progress to

regular production—even with an industry mostly rebuilding from the ground up with the best technologies available now, it will require a new

“leap” before general civil industry will be ready to produce them in mass quantity, likely only with signiicant assistance from outside entities, such

as the Clans.

All of these projects are combat units, each of which is currently operational in some capacity and currently under AFFS review. Some have

already progressed to an oicial demonstration/evaluation phase, while others remain in a prototype phase awaiting further testing. In any case, it

will take little additional efort to expand any of these projects into very limited prototype runs to equip key formations with cutting edge military

equipment, should the High Command authorize the funding and support necessary.

—Jon Davion, Marshal of the Armies, 14 June 3078

INTRODUCTION

HOW TO USE THIS BOOK

The ’Mechs, combat vehicles, and i ghters described in Experimental Technical Readout: Davion provide players with a sampling of the various

custom designs being worked on by the reconstituted New Avalon Institute of Science. The designs featured in this book rel ect limited-run

prototypes and “one-of s” that have yet to reach full factory production—and most likely never will.

The rules for using ’Mechs, vehicles and i ghters in BattleTech game play can be found in Total Warfare , while the rules for their construction

can be found in TechManual . However, the experimental nature of these designs also draws upon the Experimental-level rules presented in Tactical

Operations . Thus, none of the units featured in this volume are considered tournament legal, and their use in introductory games is discouraged.

Furthermore, the extreme rarity of these machines is such that none of them should occur in a BattleTech campaign as a chance encounter, but the

capture or destruction of any one of these prototypes could be potential objective for BattleTech scenarios, tracks and role-playing adventures.

Project Development : Herbert A. Beas II

Development Assistance: Randall N. Bills and Jason Schmetzer

BattleTech Line Developer : Herbert A. Beas II

Primary Writing : Christopher “Chunga” Smith and

Christof er “Bones” Trossen

Writing Assistance: Herbert A. Beas II

Production Sta

Factchecking/Playtesting : Chris Marti, Chris Wheeler, Daniel

Isberner, Johannes Heidler, Joshua Franklin, Keith Hann, Luke Robertson,

Patrick Wynne, Roland Boshnack and William Gauthier.

Special Thanks : Chunga sez “To Bones, who one day asked me if I

would like to be a Judge. Thank you.” Bones sez “Thanks to all you fans

who keep this game alive, fun and interesting; and to oxygen, because

I like breathing.”

Cover Design and Layout : Matt Heerdt

Original Illustrations :

Doug Chaf ee

Brent Evans

Chris Lewis

Jim Nelson

Record Sheets : David L. McCulloch

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CAT35645

STAR LEAGUE

STAR LEAGUE ERA

ERA

CLAN INVASION ERA

JIHAD ERA

Under License From

SUCCESSION WARS ERA

CIVIL WAR ERA

DARK AGE ERA

LGN-2X1 LEGIONNAIRE MUSE FIRE

Field Testing Summation: Custom LGN-2D Hybrid Reit

Producer/Site: Research and Testing facility 44-J2A, New Avalon

Supervising Technician: Major General Sandra Hall-Pujanauski

Project Start Date: 3077

Non-Production Equipment Analysis:

Type: LGN-2X1 Legionnaire MUSE FIRE

Technology Base: Mixed (Experimental)

Tonnage: 50

Battle Value: 2,032

Clan Rotary Autocannon

Equipment

Mass

Clan Relective Armor

Internal Structure:

Endo Steel

2.5

Torso Mounted Cockpit

Engine:

350 XL

Walking MP:

Overview

Late last year, MIIO became aware of Clan Diamond Shark

merchants ofering a new Clan-tech rotary autocannon for sale.

Amazed that the Clans could reverse engineer the design so

quickly, the Department of Military Communications and Research

desperately wanted to acquire a few of these weapons. Our ield

agents made discreet inquiries, and negotiated the purchase of a

selection of diferent Clan technologies. The rotary autocannons

purchased were destined for Project MUSE FIRE—which is tasked

to design a suitable upgrade for the Legionnaire .

Engineers were stunned when they received the Clan RAC’s

technical speciications and saw what the Diamond Sharks had

created. While the Clan version was no diferent in mass, its greater

bulk shocked the designers, who expected Clan manufacturing to

reduce the size of the weapon.

Technicians started by installing a full torso-mounted cockpit

system to move the pilot out of the cramped head assembly. At

irst, there was resistance in the team to mounting the new RAC

back on the Legionnaire as they felt they still did not have the

space necessary, but General Hall-Pujanauski was determined

to use the Clan replacement. It was a tight it, but the designers

shoehorned the new weapon into the Legionnaire ’s right torso.

With the ’Mech’s head now mostly empty, save for its sensor

package, designers moved the entire head assembly behind the

cannon, illing it with the ammunition bay—which, though poorly

armored, is a diicult target to hit. Should the ammunition sufer a

catastrophic explosion, designers are conident that the explosive

damage will be directed away from the ’Mech, its pilot, and the

valuable cannon, all of which should remain operational.

In addition to the RACs, Project MUSE FIRE received a sizable

supply of Clan-spec energy dampening armor from the Diamond

Sharks. Designers mounted this in a straight swap of the normal

armor, conident that this will keep the machine operational an

extra ifteen to twenty percent each engagement.

Two MUSE FIRE Legionnaire s have been assembled, though

one is currently down after the autocannon jammed during trials.

The gun has been torn down and inspected for damage, and the

team is reports they are conident the weapon will be returned to

service quickly.

Running MP:

Jumping MP:

Heat Sinks:

10 [20]

Gyro:

Cockpit:

Armor Factor (Relective):

152 (C)

9.5

Internal

Armor

Structure

Value

Head

Center Torso

Center Torso (rear)

R/L Torso

R/L Torso (rear)

R/L Arm

R/L Leg

Weapons and Ammo

Location

Critical

Mass

ER Medium Laser

Rotary AC/5 (C)

Ammo (RAC) 60

ENF-7X ENFORCER III MUSE COMPACT

Field Testing Summation: Custom ENF-6 Hybrid Reit

Producer/Site: Avalon City Yards, New Avalon

Supervising Technician: Major Terren Sepandreau

Project Start Date: 3074

Non-Production Equipment Analysis:

Type: ENF-7X Enforcer MUSE COMPACT

Technology Base: Mixed (Experimental)

Tonnage: 50

Battle Value: 1,670

Clan Endo Steel Structure

Equipment

Mass

Clan Extralight Fusion Engine

Internal Structure:

Endo Steel (C)

2.5

Clan Ferro-Fibrous Armor

Engine:

250 XL (C)

6.5

Clan Double Heat Sinks

Walking MP:

Binary Laser Cannon

Running MP:

Jumping MP:

Overview

Project MUSE COMPACT is proof positive that necessity is the

mother of invention—as well as the answer to the problems and

delays inherent to the bureaucratic process. During the Blakists’

long and unsuccessful campaign for the control of New Avalon,

the need for replacement equipment was never more evident.

The commander of Avalon City’s garrison, Major General Kimberly

Severin, brought together a group of AFFS techs and Achernar

BattleMechs engineers over the remains of a battered Enforcer to

discuss better ways of returning battleield salvage to service. In

the name of national security and expediency, she also secured

for them nearly complete access to any equipment and personnel

they needed to carry out their mandate. The ensuing slew of wild

ideas led to the basis for a much-upgraded Enforcer , as well as the

oicial formation of Project MUSE COMPACT.

By marrying the ubiquitous and battle-proven Enforcer ’s

systems with advanced components built to Clan speciications,

the project working group created a hardy and capable test bed

upon which they could experiment with a number of diferent

concepts. After more than a dozen options, the group ultimately

settled upon a coniguration that mounts a pair of hard-hitting

binary laser cannon. Further, Major General Severin directed them

to give the ’Mech the maximum jumping capacity possible—a

task that stymied their eforts for months while they worked to

both free the mass and physical space needed to mount improved

jump jets.

Under Major General Severin’s direction, the group modiied

eleven Enforcer s to the ENF-7X standard, all of which saw some

action against the Blakists; of the seven surviving models, four

are fully operational, while three more require signiicant repair

before returning to service. Based on the success of the ENF-7X,

Project MUSE COMPACT was transferred to the Department of

Military Communications and Research; the group now works

directly with the AFFS, Achernar BattleMechs and other suppliers

to develop a production model.

Given the current state of Achernar’s factories and the loss

of so many R&D facilities, there seems little chance that this ’Mech

will see standard production unless contracted out to a Clan for

construction. Nevertheless, the lessons learned have already

proved valuable and have help set new standards for conducting

major ield reits and overhauls.

Heat Sinks:

12 [24] (C)

Gyro (XL):

1.5

Cockpit:

Armor Factor (Ferro):

163 (C)

8.5

Internal

Armor

Structure

Value

Head

Center Torso

Center Torso (rear)

R/L Torso

R/L Torso (rear)

R/L Arm

R/L Leg

Weapons and Ammo

Location

Critical

Mass

Binary Laser Cannon

Improved Jump Jets

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