New 45 ton mech in production

[Tahuti]

Russ Bullock posted info on twitter: "got another 45 on the horizon"

At this time we got these 45 ton mechs:
http://www.sarna.net/wiki/Vindicator
http://www.sarna.net/wiki/Hatchetman
http://www.sarna.net/wiki/Phoenix_Hawk
http://www.sarna.net/wiki/Wyvern
http://www.sarna.net/wiki/Kyudo (this shouldn't be even here)

I'm voting for the Wyvern.

[DemonRaziel]

Hatchetman is melee, Phoenix Hawk is allegedly unseen, Kyudo is apparently not supposed to be here.
Out of the Vindicater and the Wyvern, my vote goes to the Vindicator.

And as a side note, I hated Wyverns' guts in Baldur's Gate... those damn things had poison!

[kifferson von doober]

Not sure i disagree with the inclusion of the kyudo, it's an old star league era mech so it should be fine timeline wise but would be very rare. the part i like is that they'd be looking at designs from the 3075 tro which includes stats for the succsessor states first production designs. could mean the inclusion of the icarus ii (though not til much later) for house marik and also the fed-suns battleaxe and hammerhands which would both make nice warhammer replacements!

I'd still quite like the vindicator though even though it's a dirty capellan design

[devilcrayon]

https://twitter.com/russ_bullock/status ... 7724482560

Vindicator it is.

[DemonRaziel]

Based on the info from Sarna these things look a little slow. The 4L might be nice (295 max engine, if my math is spot on), though I'm fairly certain they will exclude the ECM hard point.

[cyberstrabadi]

I`d like to see another medium than the Cic mounting ECM but i think that they won`t do it just like Demon said.

[Tahuti]

Atlas DDC or light mechs. There is such poor choice in ECM mechs.

[devilcrayon]

There's the Cicada 3M... it's nominally a medium.

[Ralnathane]

I would love to see the Hatchetman, and then the Axeman later on in the 60 ton variety, BUT, we will most likely never see them as the collision physics are too jacked up for melee combat.