XME-422-X Vandal (David Crowe)

A high-end Elaran psycho-mek, the usefulness of the Vandal is greatly dependent on the quality of the ESPer piloting it. Aside from the ESPer Lens, the Vandal's strength is in close combat. The cestus are nasty (do they get both a servo damage bonus and a hydraulic bonus?) and the 12K beam sword is almost overkill, especially when the V-Max is on. The Vandal has very good sensors, far far better than almost any other mek. Speed is among the highest as well. The big drawback is the limited number of shots on all the ranged weapons. The beam shotguns are anti-missile, but limited to 5 shots. It had better be a big missile that is coming in for you to use one of those shots.

The Vandal is one of two meks that stand a fighting chance against an Axis Rogue. With the V-Max on, the Vandal can crack the Rogue's force shield, but it had better finish the Rogue quick...

The old Vandal is MV -2 2023.3 CP and 28.4 tons

XME-422X Vandal 1600.4 CP MV -2 28.4 tons

Land MA 7, Flight MA (Grav & Thrusters) 26

Servos & Armor

Torso-HS with LH-G armor 24 cp

Head-HS with MW-G armor 17cp

R. Arm-MS with MW-G armor 17 cp

L. Arm-MS with MW-G armor 17 cp

R. Leg-HS with LH-G armor 20 cp

L. Leg-HS with LH-G armor 20 cp

Total Cost 115 CP Total Kills: 76

Weapons

Beam Gun WA +2, Rng. 10, Dmg 10K, Shots 5, 10 Kills, Loc T, Spc. 3, -12.8 spc. eff. Cost 22.3 CP

Beam Shotgun WA +1, Rng 7, Dmg 5K, Shots 5, 5 Kills, Loc-hand, space (5), -30.6 spc. eff., 60 degree Wide Angle, variable anti-missile Cost 40.3 CP

Beam Sword WA +1, Rng. M, Dmg 12K, Shots inf., 3 Kills, Loc R. Hand, Spc. (5), Handheld, -7 spc. eff., Cost 15.5 CP

Cestus WA +2, Rng. M, Dmg 4K, Shots inf., 4 Kills, Loc R-mt, Spc. (5), -3 spc. eff., Cost 9.5 CP

Cestus WA +2, Rng. M, Dmg 4K, Shots inf., 4 Kills, Loc L-mt, Spc. (5), -3 spc. eff., Cost 9.5 CP

R Hand WA 0, Rng M, Dmg 1K, Shots inf., 1 Kill, Loc RA, spc 1 Quick, Handy Cost 2

L Hand WA 0, Rng M, Dmg 1K, Shots inf., 1 Kill, Loc LA, spc 1 Quick, Handy Cost 2

Total Weapon Cost 166.4 CP Total Kills 43

Sensors

Main AH loc. Head, 3 Kills, 1 space cost 22 CP

2 weapon mounts, 1 per arm. -2 spc. eff ea., cost 6 CP

Torso cockpit, E-pod 2 spaces, cost 2 CP

Liftwire, light cost .5 CP

System splitting Esper lens 4/leg 3/all others cost 15 CP

Fuel 1000 KM, 6.1 tons

Thrusters MA 12 12.7 CP + -10.7 spc. eff. 1 per leg. Total 18.1 CP

Gravitics MA 14 19.7 CP +-18.7 spc. eff. 1 in torso. Total 29.1 CP

Base Cost cost 251.2 CP

Cost Multiplier Systems

Cool Supercharged powerplant (.3)

Heavy Hydralics (.1)

V-Max (2 turns) (1.25)

V-Max (1 turn) (.75)

ESPer Lens Rank 3, Port. 3, Draw 2, Backlash 0 (.32)

Env. Protection Desert, Water, Arctic, Space, Re-entry (.3)

Virtual controls (.05)

Total modifiers 3.07

Weight efficiency -38.9 tons 77.8 CP

374.1 x4.07=1522.6 CP + 77.8=1600.4 CP

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