Fafnir

Fafnir
Production information
Manufacturer	Defiance Industries of Hesperus
Model	FNR-5
Class	Assault
Technical specifications
Mass	100 tons
Chassis	Foundation Type 220
Armor	Durallex Speical Heavy V2
Engine	VLAR 300
Speed	54 km/h
Armament	1x Medium Pulse Laser 2x ER Medium Lasers 2x Heavy Gauss Rifles
BV (1.0)	2,412

Description

The Fafnir was intended to become Defiance Industries of Hesperus' flagship BattleMech. The slow assault design also serves as a platform for the pair of "Thor's Hammers."

Armament

Made on the heaviest chassis available, the Fafnir sports two of the Lyran Alliance's newest weapons, the Heavy Gauss Rifle. The largest non-artillery weapon in existence, the Hammerfists can deal an immense amount of damage very quickly. The Fafnir cannot operate for for supply lines, however, as it only has three medium lasers as a backup.

Variants

• FNR-5B - A lack of Thor's Hammers during the FedCom Civil War forced engineers to come up with a field modification that could be useful without the Heavy Gauss Rifles. The solution was to replace them with a pair of standard Gauss Rifles, ER Medium Lasers, and ER Large Lasers. This does not help the lack of ammo that plagues the FNR-5, but it does make the design more viable without ammunition.

References

• Technical Readout: 3067