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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.<ref name=TRO3058U18-19/>
 
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.<ref name=TRO3058U18-19/>
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Image:Cavalier.jpg| ''Cavalier'' battle armor, frontal view
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==References==

Revision as of 03:12, 24 November 2011

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Cavalier
Production information
Manufacturer Albion Advanced Technologies and Products, General Motors
Use Line Unit
Weight Class Medium
Tech Base Inner Sphere
Cost 400,000 C-bills
Introduced 3058
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[1]
Machine Gun = 38, 199[2]
Small Laser = 44, 231[3]
SRM = 42, 219[4]

Description

To respond to sagging morale in the Armed Forces of the Federated Commonwealth due to large part to the Lyran secession, Prince Victor Ian Steiner-Davion ordered new units created that represented a visual aesthetic that appealed to many AFFC troopers. 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 received 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.[5][6]

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.[5]

Gallery

References

  1. Record Sheets: 3058 Unabridged (Clan & Star League), p. 22
  2. Record Sheets: 3058 Unabridged (Clan & Star League), p. 24
  3. Record Sheets: 3058 Unabridged (Clan & Star League), p. 23
  4. Record Sheets: 3058 Unabridged (Clan & Star League), p. 261
  5. 5.0 5.1 Technical Readout: 3058 Upgrade, pp. 18-19, "Cavalier Battle Armor Profile"
  6. Field Manual: Federated Suns, p. 158

Bibliography