Thunder Fox
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| Thunder Fox | |
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| Production information | |
| Manufacturer | |
| Model | TFX-A1 |
| Class | Medium (Quad) |
| Technical specifications | |
| Mass | 50-55 tons tons |
| Chassis | unknown |
| Armor | possibly ferro-fibrous |
| Engine | |
| Speed | km/h |
| Jump Jets | no |
| Armament |
variant on configuration |
Contents
Description
A new medium-weight quad 'Mech design that appears to have entered service during the Dark Age, it is utilized by many of the factions, including the Steel Wolves, Clan Ghost Bear, and the Swordsworn. It is a solid design, equipped with a variety of weapons, good armor, and good speed. Unlike some earlier quadrupedal designs, the Thunder Fox is not nearly as clumsy or hard to pilot.
Armament
The standard model of the Thunder Fox is armed with a mix of projectile, missile, and energy weaponry. Although the specifics are as-yet unknown, the design appears to be reliable, as it sees action in many major factions throughout the Republic of the Sphere.
Variants
- TFX-A4 - Swordsworn variant. A Thunder Fox with a House Davion field upgrade that is finance by the Lord Governor Aaron Sandoval, with the power as Prefect of prefecture IV and head of Sandoval family on the Republican side of the boarder. The upgrade was commissioned to create a strong tie to House Davion for the private army of Duke Sandoval at the time, with the focus on autocannon firepower and mobility that is known by House Davion. It replace the ER PPC that is standard on the Republican Thunder Fox with the Ultra Autocannon 10 model, which require the removal of the targeting computer, Command/Control/Communication Slave system, CASE, and one ton of armor. The standard 250 model engine have to be upgrade to extra-light for the weight of the UAC 10, yet still have room for the the 300 model to give the extra speed to close in on the enemy. Due to the weapon layout as close range combat, the upgrade require an ECM system, which barley made room to squeeze in, in order to delay as much as possible from missile lock.
- TFX-A4-M- Republican variant. In complacent with Devlin Stone plan after the formation of the Inner sphere of the Republic. The plan call for a mech that is cost saving in maintenance and repair, yet still effective in combat from invader and raider. The Thunder fox was chosen as the base for such plan as it allow the mech to hulled down better than two legged mech, and created a limited signature find from the radar in coverage. With cost-saving in mind, endo-steel with standard engine for weight space. It is armed with regular SRM-4 and two medium laser that are easy to repair and keep the cost down. It carry one ton of ammo, but with CASE to protect the pilot and rest of the mech from ammo hit. The only long range weapon that is call for and allow to be spare on no expense is the ER PPC which happen to be slaved to a targeting computer. To keep the heat control within limited, it use the double heat system. In order to enhance the coordinate with the rest of the arm force, the mech also carry a Commnad/Control/Communication slave system. To better protect the pilot and the value of the limited mech that is restricted within the Republican, the mech carry the maximum armor of 11.5 ton of standard armor that is allow for a quad-legged mech, yet it is able to run at 86KPH.
- TFX-B1 - Spirit Cats variant
- TFX-B2 - "Frigga" A Rasalhague Dominion variant.
- TFX-B4 - "Bartlby"
- TFX-C4 -