Super Wasp
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| Super Wasp | |
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| Production information | |
| Manufacturer | none (prototype) |
| Model | WSP-2A |
| Class | Light |
| Technical specifications | |
| Mass | 25 tons |
| Chassis | custom (prototype) |
| Armor | unknown |
| Engine | Nissan 200 |
| Speed | 129.6 km/h |
| Jump Jets | unknown |
| Armament |
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| BV (1.0) | ? |
| BV (2.0) | ? |
Contents
Description
The WSP-2A Super Wasp is an evolution of the classic Wasp, a re-design that essentially produced a new BattleMech with even a different tonnage (similar to the -IIC variants that the Clans created for many classic designs). Its weight was increased to 25 tons, allowing for the addition of another ton of armour and the installation of a substantially larger Fusion engine that significantly improves the design's ground speed to match famously fast 'Mechs such as the Locust, Spider or Cicada. The jump capacity was not improved, however.
- Note that the Super Wasp as described in the sourcebook is an illegal design, as it would be 1 ton overweight if built under standard rules. To remedy this it has been suggested to assume that the custom 25 ton chassis be treated as an early equivalent to Endo Steel (which would be exactly 1 ton lighter than a standard 25 ton chassis). This is, however, just a speculation.
Together with the Super Griffin, the Super Wasp was designed at the Friden Aerospace Park research facility on Hoff by House Davion scientists in "Project Phoenix". After eighteen months of work, two operational prototypes had been completed when the Black Widow Company attacked the facility on 13 May 3022. Both Super Wasp prototypes were deployed as a last line of defense and presumably destroyed. There have been no recorded encounters with this design afterwards.
Armament
The Super Wasp remains faithful to the weapon configuration of the regular WSP-1A Wasp, namely a Medium Laser in the right arm and a SRM-2 launcher in the left leg.
Variants
None known. In fact only two functional prototypes were encountered and presumably destroyed and the design apparently never entered full production. The exact reasons for this remain unknown.