[Valles]

The madness has not yet turned loose of me. In related news, the more I use MML, the more I dislike it.

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Triumph C
Type: Military Aerodyne
Mass: 5,000 tons
Use: Troop Carrier
Technology Base: Clan (Standard)
Introduced: 2833
Mass: 5,000
Battle Value: 5,643
Tech Rating/Availability: F/X-F-D-D
Cost: 308,178,000 C-bills

Dimensions
    Length: 112
    Width: 120.2
    Height: 43

Fuel: 375 tons (11,250)
Safe Thrust: 3
Maximum Thrust: 5
Heat Sinks: 45 (90)
Structural Integrity: 12

Armor
    Nose: 401
    Sides: 336/336
    Aft: 271

Cargo
    Bay 1:  Heavy Vehicle (30)      6 Doors   
    Bay 2:  Cargo (158.5 tons)      1 Door   

Ammunition:
    40 rounds of Ultra AC/10 ammunition (1 tons),
    40 rounds of LB 5-X Cluster ammunition (2 tons),
    36 rounds of LRM 20 ammunition (6 tons)

Escape Pods: 1
Life Boats: 1
Crew:  2 officers, 3 enlisted/non-rated, 3 gunners, 240 bay personnel

Notes: Mounts 54 tons of ferro-aluminum armor.

Weapons:                            Capital Attack Values (Standard)
Arc (Heat)                      Heat  SRV     MRV     LRV     ERV   Class       
Nose (32 Heat)
1 ER PPC                        15   2(15)   2(15)   2(15)    0(0)  PPC         
1 LRM 20                         6   1(12)   1(12)   1(12)    0(0)  LRM         
    LRM 20 Ammo (18 shots)
1 Ultra AC/10                    3   2(15)   2(15)    0(0)    0(0)  AC         
    Ultra AC/10 Ammo (40 shots)
2 Medium Pulse Laser             8   1(14)   1(14)    0(0)    0(0)  Pulse Laser
RW/LW (21 Heat)
2 ER Medium Laser               10   1(14)   1(14)    0(0)    0(0)  Laser       
1 LB 5-X AC                      1    1(5)    1(5)    1(5)    0(0)  LBX AC     
    LB 5-X Cluster Ammo (20 shots)
1 Large Pulse Laser             10   1(10)   1(10)   1(10)    0(0)  Pulse Laser
Aft (14 Heat)
1 LRM 20                         6   1(12)   1(12)   1(12)    0(0)  LRM         
    LRM 20 Ammo (18 shots)
2 Medium Pulse Laser             8   1(14)   1(14)    0(0)    0(0)  Pulse Laser


Overview:
The Clan-variant Triumph first flew in 2845, based on development by Clan Hell's Horses to reduce what they felt was wasted cargo tonnage when flying their existing Star-League spec Triumphs as single-trinary transports. Other Clans, particularly Clan Silver Ant, modified their own Triumph class production to follow the example, even if actual production rights were rarely sought. By 2900, the Triumph C was the standard and unquestioned way to transport combat vehicles in the Kerensky Cluster.

Capabilities:
The Triumph C is a five-thousand ton aerodyne dropship with a maximum acceleration of two and a half standard gravities. Lightly armored and modestly armed, its main duty is the delivery of a full trinary of heavy armored combat vehicles, something it accomplishes with aplomb.

Deployment:
The Triumph C is ubiquitous throughout the toumans of every Clan, but most production comes from the Hell's Horses or Bone Vultures.

[Valles]

Obviously I actually designed this around the Silver Ants and their conviction that XLFEs are a waste of money, but I didn't want them to be too prolific in designing things other than vehicles, so I assigned them only one of the three omnifighter designs I have in mind so far.

...MML makes Omnis much more annoying to work with than the Solaris series, by the way.

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Cherokee Prime

Mass: 35 tons
Frame: Star Spirit
Power Plant: Pitban
Cruising Speed: 108 kph
Maximum Speed: 162 kph
Armor: Forging IIA
Armament:
     6.0 tons of pod space
Manufacturer: Circe Factory Complex 4
     Primary Factory: Circe
Communication System: CCC T50
Targeting & Tracking System: CCC D52B
Introduction Year: 2942
Tech Rating/Availability: F/X-X-E-D
Cost: 2,971,991 C-bills



Type: Cherokee
Technology Base: Clan (Standard)
Tonnage: 35
Battle Value: 921

Equipment                                          Mass
Engine                        280 Fusion             16
Safe Thrust: 10
Max Thrust: 15
Structural Integrity:         10                       
Heat Sinks:                   10 [20]                 0
Fuel:                         320                   4.0
Cockpit                                               3
Armor Factor (Ferro)          115                     6

                           Armor   
                           Value   
     Nose                    34   
     Wings                 29/29   
     Aft                     23   

Fixed Equipment
None

Weapons
and Ammo              Location   Tonnage  Heat   SRV  MRV  LRV  ERV
ER Medium Laser         NOS       1.0      5      7    7    0    0 
SRM 6                   RWG       1.5      4      8    0    0    0 
SRM 6 Ammo (30)         FSLG      2.0      -      -    -    -    - 
SRM 6                   LWG       1.5      4      8    0    0    0 


Cherokee A

Mass: 35 tons
Frame: Unknown
Power Plant: 280 Fusion
Cruising Speed: 108 kph
Maximum Speed: 162 kph
Armor: Ferro-Aluminum
Armament:
     6.0 tons of pod space
Manufacturer: Unknown
     Primary Factory: Unknown
Communication System: Unknown
Targeting & Tracking System: Unknown
Introduction Year: 2942
Tech Rating/Availability: F/X-X-E-D
Cost: 2,723,772 C-bills

Type: Cherokee
Technology Base: Clan (Standard)
Tonnage: 35
Battle Value: 979

Equipment                                          Mass
Engine                        280 Fusion             16
Safe Thrust: 10
Max Thrust: 15
Structural Integrity:         10                       
Heat Sinks:                   10 [20]                 0
Fuel:                         320                   4.0
Cockpit                                               3
Armor Factor (Ferro)          115                     6

                           Armor   
                           Value   
     Nose                    34   
     Wings                 29/29   
     Aft                     23   

Fixed Equipment
None

Weapons
and Ammo              Location   Tonnage  Heat   SRV  MRV  LRV  ERV
Large Pulse Laser       NOS       6.0      10    10   10   10    0 


Cherokee B

Mass: 35 tons
Frame: Unknown
Power Plant: 280 Fusion
Cruising Speed: 108 kph
Maximum Speed: 162 kph
Armor: Ferro-Aluminum
Armament:
     4.0 tons of pod space
Manufacturer: Unknown
     Primary Factory: Unknown
Communication System: Unknown
Targeting & Tracking System: Unknown
Introduction Year: 2942
Tech Rating/Availability: F/X-X-E-D
Cost: 2,760,785 C-bills

Type: Cherokee
Technology Base: Clan (Standard)
Tonnage: 35
Battle Value: 893

Equipment                                          Mass
Engine                        280 Fusion             16
Safe Thrust: 10
Max Thrust: 15
Structural Integrity:         10                       
Heat Sinks:                   10 [20]                 0
Fuel:                         400                   5.0
Cockpit                                               3
Armor Factor (Ferro)          115                     6

                           Armor   
                           Value   
     Nose                    34   
     Wings                 29/29   
     Aft                     23   

Fixed Equipment
None

Weapons
and Ammo              Location   Tonnage  Heat   SRV  MRV  LRV  ERV
Medium Pulse Laser      NOS       2.0      4      7    7    0    0 
LRM 5                   RWG       1.0      2      3    3    3    0 
LRM 5                   LWG       1.0      2      3    3    3    0 


Cherokee C

Mass: 35 tons
Frame: Unknown
Power Plant: 280 Fusion
Cruising Speed: 108 kph
Maximum Speed: 162 kph
Armor: Ferro-Aluminum
Armament:
     6.0 tons of pod space
Manufacturer: Unknown
     Primary Factory: Unknown
Communication System: Unknown
Targeting & Tracking System: Unknown
Introduction Year: 2942
Tech Rating/Availability: F/X-X-E-D
Cost: 2,584,241 C-bills

Type: Cherokee
Technology Base: Clan (Standard)
Tonnage: 35
Battle Value: 617

Equipment                                          Mass
Engine                        280 Fusion             16
Safe Thrust: 10
Max Thrust: 15
Structural Integrity:         10                       
Heat Sinks:                   10 [20]                 0
Fuel:                         320                   4.0
Cockpit                                               3
Armor Factor (Ferro)          115                     6

                           Armor   
                           Value   
     Nose                    34   
     Wings                 29/29   
     Aft                     23   

Fixed Equipment
None

Weapons
and Ammo              Location   Tonnage  Heat   SRV  MRV  LRV  ERV
ER Medium Laser         NOS       1.0      5      7    7    0    0 
5 Cargo (1 ton)         FSLG      5.0      -      -    -    -    - 







Overview
Clan Star Adder developed the Cherokee with a single precept in mind: to build a cheaper Avar. To the extent that that was a useful thing to have, they succeeded, but outside of those clans, like the Goliath Scorpions, that shared their resource limitations - and thus could buy only a few of the craft - the only export customer they found were the Silver Ants, who were positively enthusiastic and paid generously for the production rights.

Capabilities
A 280 standard fusion torch gives the thirty-five ton Cherokee a maximum acceleration of seven and a half gravities, comparable to the earlier Avar, but, with four tons of reaction mass standard, leaves only twelve tons to distribute evenly between pod space and ferro-aluminum armor.

The Cherokee Prime is armed for short-range engagements with a single nose-mounted ER medium laser and six-tube short range missile racks in either wing, each with its own ton of reloads.

The Cherokee A is dedicated to destroying other interceptors, mounting a single highly accurate large pulse laser in the nose as its only weapon system.

Configuration B is preferred for long-range supporting fire; it mounts an LRM5 rack in either wing, feeding from a shared ton of ammunition, and a medium pulse laser in the nose.

The Cherokee C does carry an ER medium laser in its nose as a self-defense weapon, but its primary duty is the delivery of a point of Elemental battle armor using the cargo pods fixed to its fuselage.

Deployment
By the 3060s even Clan Star Adder had mostly replaced their Cherokees, relegating surviving units to essentially second-line duties, but Clan Silver Ant continued to deploy it as one of their three primary omnifighters on the strength of its affordable standard fusion engine.

History
In 3072, a civilian Inner Sphere jumpship entered the Omsk system and deployed a single lance of aerospace fighters, who identified themselves as militia from the Ani'tsutsa system in the Pleiades and issued a Batchall over the rights to, specifically, the Cherokee's name, as they represented a community of the Cherokee people who did not wish their name associated with a course of brazen conquest.

Star Colonel Hiram Sakai honored their request by deploying a flight of Cherokee Primes. While none of the four fighter craft deployed survived, one of the militia pilots lived long enough to be recovered by rescue craft before dying and Sakai judged the militia the victors, and redesignated their omnifighters as Kesh class, after the birthplace of Tamerlane. Clan Hell's Horses fought, and won, a hard-fought cluster-level trial to prevent the redesignation from being taken up by other clans.

[MWBookwyrm]

Nice work. It reminds me of the Chaeronea, though the Chaeronea is 10 tons lighter, more maneuverable, and is a standard fighter. They can even carry similar payloads, as the Chaeronea's only weapon is an ER PPC.

[Valles]

The Chaeronea was actually directly in my mind when I put the design together, in that I knew that six tons was the pod space I wanted. Given the SFE I figured I couldn't reasonably get more than 10/15 without some very serious compromises, and the Clan-standard 4t fuel tank was already kind of minimal, which just left tweaking the base mass to get a good armor loadout. I came very close to fitting one config or another with an ERPPC, but I eventually decided that I only wanted a single Big Nose Gun config and the LPL was both better for hunting other interceptors and, well - the Chaeronea already exists.

In similar fashion, the Visigoth and Scytha already exist, and I didn't let that stop me from designing SFE echoes of them, but I didn't want the configurations to rhyme more than they had to.

[MWBookwyrm]

Neat! Though I will note that the Chaeronea already had a standard fusion engine and instead chose to have very low armor to fit it's loadout. Though I think the Cherokee is a better replacement for the Chaeronea than the Bashkir is. About the only way the Bashkir is better than the Chaeronea is that it's an omnifighter. The Cherokee is a better replacement (in my eyes) because it's an improvement in pretty much every way, justifying the price hike.

I'm tempted to also try to create a SFE echo of another Clan ASF, but I don't know the timeline on that. I mainly need to figure out a role that isn't covered by these three.

[Valles]

The Kirghiz comes to mind first for me, but the Sulla is also right there, along with an 8/12 bird of some kind. Some kind of very light, very vast interceptor would have potential, a Thrush or Seydlitz equivalent, inasmuch as the Chaeronea isn't already.

[Valles]

MML decided to randomly eat half my fluff midway through this.

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Tuareg Prime

Mass: 55 tons
Frame: Cobra Spine
Power Plant: Skyfang
Cruising Speed: 75.6 kph
Maximum Speed: 118.8 kph
Armor: CCC/Composite 4
Armament:
     19.0 tons of pod space
Manufacturer: Homer Core Complex
     Primary Factory: Homer
Communication System: HS-CC Mk IIA*
Targeting & Tracking System: Hood Array Type 12
Introduction Year: 2901
Tech Rating/Availability: F/X-X-E-D
Cost: 4,406,214 C-bills


Type: Tuareg
Technology Base: Clan (Standard)
Tonnage: 55
Battle Value: 2,263

Equipment                                          Mass
Engine                        275 Fusion           15.5
Safe Thrust: 7
Max Thrust: 11
Structural Integrity:         7                       
Heat Sinks:                   10 [20]                 0
Fuel:                         320                   4.0
Cockpit                                               3
Armor Factor (Ferro)          259                  13.5

                           Armor   
                           Value   
     Nose                    93   
     Wings                 62/62   
     Aft                     42   

Fixed Equipment
None

Weapons
and Ammo                Location   Tonnage  Heat   SRV  MRV  LRV  ERV
ER Medium Laser           NOS       1.0      5      7    7    0    0 
Medium Pulse Laser        NOS       2.0      4      7    7    0    0 
Gauss Rifle               NOS       12.0     1     15   15   15    0 
ER Medium Laser           RWG       1.0      5      7    7    0    0 
Gauss Rifle Ammo (16)     FSLG      2.0      -      -    -    -    - 
ER Medium Laser           LWG       1.0      5      7    7    0    0 


Tuareg B

Mass: 55 tons
Frame: Unknown
Power Plant: 275 Fusion
Cruising Speed: 75.6 kph
Maximum Speed: 118.8 kph
Armor: Ferro-Aluminum
Armament:
     2 Medium Pulse Laser
     4 Streak SRM 6
Manufacturer: Unknown
     Primary Factory: Unknown
Communication System: Unknown
Targeting & Tracking System: Unknown
Introduction Year: 2985
Tech Rating/Availability: F/X-F-D-D
Cost: 3,680,521 C-bills

Type: Tuareg
Technology Base: Clan (Standard)
Tonnage: 55
Battle Value: 2,094

Equipment                                          Mass
Engine                        275 Fusion           15.5
Safe Thrust: 7
Max Thrust: 11
Structural Integrity:         7                       
Heat Sinks:                   10 [20]                 0
Fuel:                         320                   4.0
Cockpit                                               3
Armor Factor (Ferro)          259                  13.5

                           Armor   
                           Value   
     Nose                    93   
     Wings                 62/62   
     Aft                     42   


Weapons
and Ammo                 Location   Tonnage  Heat   SRV  MRV  LRV  ERV
4 Streak SRM 6             NOS       12.0     4     12   12    0    0 
Medium Pulse Laser         RWG       2.0      4      7    7    0    0 
CASE                       FSLG      0.0      -      -    -    -    - 
Streak SRM 6 Ammo (45)     FSLG      3.0      -      -    -    -    - 
Medium Pulse Laser         LWG       2.0      4      7    7    0    0 



Tuareg C

Mass: 55 tons
Frame: Unknown
Power Plant: 275 Fusion
Cruising Speed: 75.6 kph
Maximum Speed: 118.8 kph
Armor: Ferro-Aluminum
Armament:
     2 ER PPC
Manufacturer: Unknown
     Primary Factory: Unknown
Communication System: Unknown
Targeting & Tracking System: Unknown
Introduction Year: 2985
Tech Rating/Availability: F/X-F-D-D
Cost: 3,448,981 C-bills

Type: Tuareg
Technology Base: Clan (Standard)
Tonnage: 55
Battle Value: 2,244

Equipment                                          Mass
Engine                        275 Fusion           15.5
Safe Thrust: 7
Max Thrust: 11
Structural Integrity:         7                       
Heat Sinks:                   15 [30]                 5
Fuel:                         480                   6.0
Cockpit                                               3
Armor Factor (Ferro)          259                  13.5

                           Armor   
                           Value   
     Nose                    93   
     Wings                 62/62   
     Aft                     42   


Weapons
and Ammo              Location   Tonnage  Heat   SRV  MRV  LRV  ERV
2 ER PPC                NOS       12.0     15    15   15   15    0 



Tuareg D

Mass: 55 tons
Frame: Unknown
Power Plant: 275 Fusion
Cruising Speed: 75.6 kph
Maximum Speed: 118.8 kph
Armor: Ferro-Aluminum
Armament:
     2 ER Medium Laser
     1 Ultra AC/20
Manufacturer: Unknown
     Primary Factory: Unknown
Communication System: Unknown
Targeting & Tracking System: Unknown
Introduction Year: 2985
Tech Rating/Availability: F/X-F-D-D
Cost: 3,881,971 C-bills

Type: Tuareg
Technology Base: Clan (Standard)
Tonnage: 55
Battle Value: 2,074

Equipment                                          Mass
Engine                        275 Fusion           15.5
Safe Thrust: 7
Max Thrust: 11
Structural Integrity:         7                       
Heat Sinks:                   10 [20]                 0
Fuel:                         320                   4.0
Cockpit                                               3
Armor Factor (Ferro)          259                  13.5

                           Armor   
                           Value   
     Nose                    93   
     Wings                 62/62   
     Aft                     42   


Weapons
and Ammo                Location   Tonnage  Heat   SRV  MRV  LRV  ERV
Active Probe              NOS       1.0      -      -    -    -    - 
Ultra AC/20               NOS       12.0     7     30   30    0    0 
ER Medium Laser           RWG       1.0      5      7    7    0    0 
CASE                      FSLG      0.0      -      -    -    -    - 
Ultra AC/20 Ammo (20)     FSLG      4.0      -      -    -    -    - 
ER Medium Laser           LWG       1.0      5      7    7    0    0 




Tuareg A

Mass: 55 tons
Frame: Unknown
Power Plant: 275 Fusion
Cruising Speed: 75.6 kph
Maximum Speed: 118.8 kph
Armor: Ferro-Aluminum
Armament:
     2 LRM 20
     3 ER Medium Laser
Manufacturer: Unknown
     Primary Factory: Unknown
Communication System: Unknown
Targeting & Tracking System: Unknown
Introduction Year: 2985
Tech Rating/Availability: F/X-F-D-D
Cost: 4,213,471 C-bills

Type: Tuareg
Technology Base: Clan (Standard)
Tonnage: 55
Battle Value: 2,388

Equipment                                          Mass
Engine                        275 Fusion           15.5
Safe Thrust: 7
Max Thrust: 11
Structural Integrity:         7                       
Heat Sinks:                   10 [20]                 0
Fuel:                         320                   4.0
Cockpit                                               3
Armor Factor (Ferro)          259                  13.5

                           Armor   
                           Value   
     Nose                    93   
     Wings                 62/62   
     Aft                     42   


Weapons
and Ammo                           Location   Tonnage  Heat   SRV  MRV  LRV  ERV
2 LRM 20                             NOS       10.0     6     12   12   12    0 
2 Artemis IV FCS                     NOS       2.0      -      -    -    -    - 
ER Medium Laser                      RWG       1.0      5      7    7    0    0 
CASE                                 FSLG      0.0      -      -    -    -    - 
LRM 20 Artemis-capable Ammo (24)     FSLG      4.0      -      -    -    -    - 
ER Medium Laser                      LWG       1.0      5      7    7    0    0 
ER Medium Laser                      AFT       1.0      5      7    7    0    0 

Overview
Clan Cloud Cobra debuted the Tuareg in 2901 in the confident expectation that they would soon solve the balance issues that forced the use of a standard fusion engine and be able to make the platform their primary omnifighter in the near future. The introduction of the Visigoth almost half a century later found the issue unresolved, and the Cobras entirely abandoned development and support of a craft they had expended considerable effort to keep as a private signature.

Capabilities
The Tuareg is a 55-ton omni-fighter whose 275 standard fusion engine gives it a maximum acceleration of five and a half standard gravities. Protection comes from a substantial thirteen point five tons of advanced ferro-aluminum composite armor, and four tons of reaction mass leave nineteen tons of allotable pod space. As an older design, it amost entirely segregates spaceframe components from pod space; the latter is a literal ventral pod cradled to the underside of the spaceframe.

The Tuareg Prime is a capable mixed-role combatant that mounts an ER medium laser in each wing, along with a third in the nose. The nose also holds a medium pulse laser and the fighter's main gun, a mighty gauss rifle with two tons of ammunition.

Configuration A is a missile-based configuration. While it retains the wing lasers of the Prime and adds a third in the tail, the nose battery has been replaced with a pair of LRM20 racks with Artemis IV fire control. The four remaining tons of pod space are devoted to LRM ammunition.

The Tuareg B is also missile-based, but it omits the tail laser and converts the wing mounts to highly accurate pulse weapons, while replacing the LRMs with four Streak SRM6 launchers supplied by a shared three-ton ammunition bay to create a formidable strike platform.

Configuration C, while capable at anti-aerospace and strafing work, is primarily focused on endurance. Its armament consists solely of a pair of nose-mounted extended-range particle projection cannons, but it supports them with five additional heat sinks and two additional tons of reaction mass to create a platform that will comfortably outlast any of its competitors.

Finally, the Tuareg D was originally designed as a supplement to the B in the direct strike role; with an active probe and ER medium lasers in the wings in support, its role and primary firepower are explicit in the nose-mounted Ultra-20 assault autocannon, a weapon ideal for opening holes in the armor of large units for the B's SRMs to exploit.

Deployment
While the Tuareg has been largely superseded by the itself-now-venerable Visigoth, a significant number are still found in the service of Clan Cloud Cobra, second only to the prolific use by Clan Silver Ant. Poorer Clans like the Goliath Scorpions, Fire Mandrills, and Blood Spirits are also forced to settle for the relatively affordable platform.

History
Clan Smoke Jaguar forces in the Kelang system became convinced in 3069 that one or several Tuareg omnifighters had been captured by insurgents and were being treacherously concealed from rightful recovery. By the time the confusion was discovered, punitive actions had wiped out the Kelang Tuareg tribes, ending the last unbroken cultural tradition of that people and leaving their languages and practices in the hands of reconstruction or revivalist movements and the Combine's Azami.

[MWBookwyrm]

The Kirghiz comes to mind first for me, but the Sulla is also right there, along with an 8/12 bird of some kind. Some kind of very light, very vast interceptor would have potential, a Thrush or Seydlitz equivalent, inasmuch as the Chaeronea isn't already.

I think I can do the 8-12 bird, though its not riffing off of any existing specific fighter. I've actually dialed back the speed somewhat, as the original idea was actually going 9-14 (but had to make sacrifices to do it).

Also, I apologize for truncating the summaries of each config after the first. I figured the info didn't need to be repeated.

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Alex Prime

Mass: 25 tons

Armament:
    8.0 tons of pod space

Cost: 2,221,398 C-bills



Type: Alex
Technology Base: Clan (Standard)
Tonnage: 25
Battle Value: 1,324

Equipment                                          Mass
Engine                        150 Fusion            5.5
    Safe Thrust: 8
    Max Thrust: 12
Structural Integrity:        8                     
Heat Sinks:                  10 [20]                0
Fuel:                        320                  4.0
Cockpit                                              3
Armor Factor (Ferro)          86                    4.5

                          Armor 
                          Value 
    Nose                    24 
    Wings                21/21 
    Aft                    20 

Fixed Equipment
None

Weapons
and Ammo              Location  Tonnage  Heat  SRV  MRV  LRV  ERV
2 Medium Pulse Laser    NOS      4.0      4      7    7    0    0
ER Small Laser          RWG      0.5      2      5    0    0    0 
ER Medium Laser        RWG      1.0      5      7    7    0    0
ER Small Laser          LWG      0.5      2      5    0    0    0 
ER Medium Laser        LWG      1.0      5      7    7    0    0
ER Medium Laser        AFT      1.0      5      7    7    0    0 


Alex A

Cost: 2,103,820
Battle Value: 583

Weapons
and Ammo              Location  Tonnage  Heat  SRV  MRV  LRV  ERV
NARC                    NOS      2.0      2      0    0    0    0
SRM 6                  RWG      1.5      4      8    0    0    0 
SRM 6                  LWG      1.5      4      8    0    0    0 
SRM 6 Ammo (30)        FSLG        2        -      -    -    -    - 
NARC Pods (6)          FSLG        1        -      -    -    -    - 


Alex B

Cost: 2,337,609 C-bills

Battle Value: 962


Weapons
and Ammo              Location  Tonnage  Heat  SRV  MRV  LRV  ERV
ER Medium Laser        NOS      1.0      5      7    7    0    0
LRM 15                  NOS      3.5      5      9    9    9    0
Artemis IV FCS          NOS      1.0      -      -    -    -    -
LRM 15 Ammo (16)        FSLG        2        -      -    -    -    - 
ER Small Laser          AFT      0.5      2      5    0    0    0 


Alex C

Cost: 1,956,164 C-bills

Battle Value: 1,083


Weapons
and Ammo              Location  Tonnage  Heat  SRV  MRV  LRV  ERV
ER Large Laser          NOS      4.0      12    10  10  10    0
ER Small Laser          RWG      0.5      2      5    0    0    0 
ER Small Laser          LWG      0.5      2      5    0    0    0
2 ER Small Laser        AFT      1.0      2      5    0    0    0 
Targeting Computer      FSLG        2        -      -    -    -    - 


Background
Starting as a standard Aerospace fighter christened the Alexander, controversy and confusion over the fighter's name being associated with the Clan founder, rather than the Macedonian conqueror, led to the fighter and it's name being scaled back. This proved prudent however, as it allowed the somewhat aimless fighter to be retooled into a small but still nimble Omnifighter.

The Alex Prime is a fast close-range interceptor that uses high speed and a array of laser weaponry to tear apart targets. A pair of Medium Pulse Lasers in the nose provide reliable accurate fire supplemented by a ER Medium and ER Small Laser in each wing. It even boasts a rear-mouted ER Medium Laser to ward off persuers. While powerful, a full frontal barrage does tax the Alex's heat sinks, so caution is advised whole using it.

Another deadly interceptor and potential ground attacker, the Alex A relies on a SRM 6 in each wing supported by a NARC missile beacon in the Nose. However, it's effectiveness is limited by having only one ton of ammo for each weapon. Deployments of the A configuration are often prove to be brief and intense.

The B configuration is another missile-based attacker. This time aiming for long range, the Alex B's primary weapon is a LRM 15 with Artemis IV attached. Two tons of ammo give it better endurance than the A configuration, but if the missiles do run dry the B can rely on a Nose-mounted ER Medium Laser and a Aft-mounted ER Small Laser to continue the fight.

The Alex C returns to a laser focused loadout, it's main weapon is a Targeting Computer enhanced ER Large Laser. With this it can pick off other interceptors from range before the dogfighting begins, giving the Alex an edge. Almost as an afterthought, four ER Small Lasers are mounted, two aft and one on each wing.

Deployment:
While one of the first Omnifighters, the Alex was never able to gain a foothold in Clan Tolmans before other omnifighters arrived. Often accused of being too slow, but still considered to valuable for Solama forces, surviving examples of the Alex have ended up as reserve units, training aircraft, and the occasional source of spare parts.

History
While rarely seeing combat, the Alex has found a use among the clans as a bidding tool, usually being the first Aerospace asset bid away, only really seeing "combat" when a challenge is a formality. Tech crews often joke that the hardest battle it has ever fought in is trying to procure spare parts for the Alex,as its ancient nature (by clan standards) and short period of production make any non-standard parts hard to come by.

Hope the lore blurbs were good, I came up with them on the fly.

[Valles]

Eight tons of pod space on a 25t SFE bird? Ye gods. That feels exactly like what the Clans would do. So yeah, adopted. I like it!

[MWBookwyrm]

Thanks! Feel free to edit the lore as needed, I'm not overly attached to it.

I actually designed this one in reverse. I had a configuration in mind I wanted to try and fit (The NARC + SRM configuration) so I started there, marked down the 3 tons for controls, then fiddled with engines and armor until I either didn't have the tonnage for the engine or ended up with less that 3-ish tons of armor. Once I got to the point that worked, I designed the other 3 configurations.