Lancer
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| Lancer | |
| Production information | |
| Manufacturer | Gutierrez Aerospace |
| Model | LX-2 |
| Class | Medium |
| Tech Base | Inner Sphere |
| Introduced | 3064 |
| Technical specifications | |
| Mass | 50 |
| Frame | L2 |
| Power Plant | 250 Fusion Engine |
| Armament |
1 x LRM-10 with Artemis IV FCS |
| Communications System | Telestar G-3 |
| Tracking & Targeting System | SynCom DEC w. Artemis IV FCS |
| Heat Sinks | 10 Double Heat Sinks |
| BV (1.0) | 961 |
| BV (2.0) | ??? |
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[edit] Description
One of the products of the post-Clan Invasion trillion M-Bill naval technology renaissance in the Free Worlds League, the Lancer is an advanced AeroSpace Fighter design that sees most use as a carrier DropShip and WarShip-based reconnaissance craft.
Gutierrez Aerospace put their decade of experience with producting the stopgap F-94 Stingray to good use in designing the test bed LX-1 to validate the design and new technology, with the production model LX-2 entering service after a four year development period in 3064. Though not as "cutting-edge" as the as the Shiva OmniFighter, the Lancer is formidable aircraft, hailed as a "dream to fly" by pilots and "simplicity to maintain" by ground crews.
A light and agile fighter with integrated flight and weapon systems, the heart of the aircraft is the 250-rated fusion engine and five tons of fuel, capable of driving the Lancer at high speeds at low level. Advanced terrain-avoidance sensors allow the Lancer to fly at NOE altitudes, a highly successful if uncomfortable way to sneak under enemy radar cover.
[edit] Armament
A nose-mounted Irian Weapons Works Class 10b LRM launcher provides the Lancers principal long-range firepower, the same weapon carried by the Stingray with the addition of an Artemis IV FCS to improve missile accuracy, with a Tronel PPL-22 Large Pulse Laser mounted in each wing providing medium-range firepower. While carrying an advanced and well rounded weapons array for its size, the Lancer is hampered by carrying only a single ton of LRM reloads, and bombs or external pods greatly degrade the fighter's performance in its signature NOE role.
[edit] Variants
- LX-2A - A variant used on the FWLS Santorini replaces the LRM launcher with an ER Large Laser, an extra heat sink, as well as an extra ton of fuel. BV (1.0) = ?
[edit] References
- Technical Readout: 3067 - pg 142-143
