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| Name = Cavalier
 
| Name = Cavalier
 
| Manufacturer = [[Albion Advanced Technologies and Products]]<ref>''Handbook House Davion'' p.185</ref>,<br /> [[General Motors]]<ref>''Technical Readout 3058 Upgrade'' p.19 </ref>
 
| Manufacturer = [[Albion Advanced Technologies and Products]]<ref>''Handbook House Davion'' p.185</ref>,<br /> [[General Motors]]<ref>''Technical Readout 3058 Upgrade'' p.19 </ref>
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| production year=3058
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| year reference=<ref>''[http://www.masterunitlist.info/Unit/Details/3908/ MUL online date for the ''{{PAGENAME}}'']''</ref>
 
| Use = Line Unit
 
| Use = Line Unit
 
| Weight Class = Medium
 
| Weight Class = Medium
 
| Tech Base = [[Inner Sphere]]
 
| Tech Base = [[Inner Sphere]]
 
| Cost = 400,000
 
| Cost = 400,000
| Introduced = [[3058]]
 
 
| Mass = 1,000
 
| Mass = 1,000
 
| Top Speed = 10
 
| Top Speed = 10

Revision as of 10:26, 9 September 2013

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Cavalier
Production information
Manufacturer Albion Advanced Technologies and Products[1],
General Motors[2]
Production Year 3058[3]
Use Line Unit
Weight Class Medium
Tech Base Inner Sphere
Cost 400,000 C-bills
Introduced
Technical specifications
Mass 1,000 kg
Top Speed 10 km/h
Armament

1 x Modular Weapon Mount

Armor Type Standard
BV (1.0) Flamer = 33, 199
Machine Gun = 31, 199
Small Laser = 37, 231
SRM = 35, 219
BV (2.0) Flamer = 38, 199[4]
Machine Gun = 38, 199[5]
Small Laser = 44, 231[6]
SRM = 42, 219[7]

Description

In response to sagging morale in the Armed Forces of the Federated Commonwealth (due in large part to the Lyran secession), Prince Victor Ian Steiner-Davion ordered new units to be created that represented a visual aesthetic meant to appeal to AFFC troops. Military engineers responded with a battle armor design that was essentially a reworked version of the Inner Sphere Standard. They simply moved around some armor plates and came up with a unit that could jump ninety meters at a time and had enough armor to withstand a blast from a Large Pulse Laser. By 3070, all Federated Suns facilities has switched over from producing the Inner Sphere Standard to the Cavalier.[8][9]

Armament

Like the Inner Sphere Standard, the Cavalier has a modular weapon mount that can accept a Flamer, Small Laser, or Machine Gun. The only actual difference between the two suits is that the Cavalier's missile launcher is an SRM-1 with three reloads. The laser is most useful against hardened targets, while the machine gun is highly effective against unarmored infantry; the Flamer is threatening to both.[8]

Gallery

References

  1. Handbook House Davion p.185
  2. Technical Readout 3058 Upgrade p.19
  3. MUL online date for the Cavalier
  4. Record Sheets: 3058 Unabridged (Clan & Star League), p. 22
  5. Record Sheets: 3058 Unabridged (Clan & Star League), p. 24
  6. Record Sheets: 3058 Unabridged (Clan & Star League), p. 23
  7. Record Sheets: 3058 Unabridged (Clan & Star League), p. 261
  8. 8.0 8.1 Technical Readout: 3058 Upgrade, pp. 18-19, "Cavalier Battle Armor Profile"
  9. Field Manual: Federated Suns, p. 158

Bibliography