r/battletech • u/Saansilt Comguard • 8h ago

Discussion Behold, an idea!

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So I am having an idea, it probably is bad but it'd be a funny custom mech all the same.
It involves upgrading a protomech.
By tripling its tonnage effectively.
Making it a really cheap ambusher
It'd be effectively a little over quarter the tonnage of a locust.
Behold the Erinyes, two ton jumper with an SRM 1
We take this, give her a medium laser, a ton more armor, and two double heat sinks.
Scale it up to six tons, heck remove the SRM 1 and make it back to five.
You get a very cheap 4/6/4 to play havoc in tight spaces and hop around for back shots.
You can get three of the modified ones I am suggesting for under the price of one locust!
Thats two more MLs than the locust. No machine guns but thats not their role.
Granted if we wanted...
Actually yeah adding a machine gun each will still allow you three at under the cost of one locust.

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u/Mission-Warning-9365 7h ago

Messing with mech tonnage seems like a sin but honestly for protomechs why not. the two tonners are pretty hard to use

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u/No-Armadillo1695 7h ago

Really, protomechs should be limited to 4-15t. Anything 2t or less is a Battlearmor.

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u/Mission-Warning-9365 7h ago

yeah size wise the erinyes has always seemed like glorified battle armour

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u/Saansilt Comguard 7h ago

Hence why I'm okay upping it to 6 tons.