Renault’s New Flashman

Renault’s New Flashman, Flashman RPA

Flashman FLS-RPA

Mass: 75 tons
Tech Base: Inner Sphere
Chassis Config: Biped
Rules Level: Experimental Tech
Era: Clan Invasion
Tech Rating/Era Availability: E/X-X-F-E
Production Year: 3070
Dry Cost: 21,868,000 C-Bills
Total Cost: 21,869,000 C-Bills
Battle Value: 1,897

Chassis: FLS/HV-2 Endo-Steel
Power Plant: GM 375 Fusion XL Engine
Walking Speed: 54.0 km/h (64.8 km/h)
Maximum Speed: 86.4 km/h (97.2 km/h)
Jump Jets: None
Jump Capacity: 0 meters
Armor: Kemplar 5000 Standard Armor
Armament:
2 Diverse Optics Type 35PX Large X-Pulse Lasers
2 Diverse Optics Starfire ER Medium Lasers
3 Diverse Optics Type 2 Medium Lasers
2 Sperry Browning Machine Guns
1 Apple Computers Improved C3 Computer
Manufacturer: Renault-Peugeot Automotive
Primary Factory: Various
Communications System: Duoteck 195
Targeting and Tracking System: TharHes Ares-7

Overview:

After recovering the necessary facilities to build Battlemechs, Renault (with their Renault-Prime former division) had to fight a legal battle with Defiance in order to recover the production rights to their own machine. The patent and copyrights on the Flasman had been left dormant for too long and Defiance had
scooped them up and put their own lawyers unto ‘securing the design’. Luckily for Renault, loopholes in the patent law and plenty of skilled retainer months later, Defiance agreed to let Renault built ‘their own ‘mech’ as long as they didn’t infringe on anything DEFIANCE was doing with the design.

While the original Flashman was produced in limited amounts by Renault-Prime again, work quickly began into producing a new version of the machine, one that would serve better the interests of the corporate security forces of Renault. With a little help from the good people at Apple, the new Flashman RPA was released to not much noise, except for the corporate head offices around the Inner Sphere, who began bidding for entire production runs of the design.

Capabilities:

With a top speed of 86kmph, the Flashman RPA is a fast heavy ‘mech with thick armor and good firepower. 14 tons of standard compound armor protects a brand new endo-steel skeleton, with a part of the saved weight going towards an Improved C3 Computer, common in most RPA machines. All lasers are from Diverse Optics, which funded part of the redesign as a testbed for some of their products. Each arm mounts a Large X-Pulse Laser and a regular medium laser, with an extra medium laser mounted in the head. Each side torso mounts a single ER Medium laser and a basic machine gun, using 2 half-ton bins of ammo to load both standard rounds and non-lethal options. Knowing the Flashman would still run rather hot with its heavy laser loadout, Triple-Strength Myomer was mounted on the machine to give it boosts of speed when using its weapon load.

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Equipment Type Rating Mass

Internal Structure: Endo-Steel 114 points 4.00
Internal Locations: 2 CT, 2 LT, 1 RT, 3 LA, 2 RA, 2 LL, 2 RL
Engine: XL Fusion Engine 375 19.50
Walking MP: 5 (6)
Running MP: 8 (9)
Jumping MP: 0
Heat Sinks: Double Heat Sink 16(32) 6.00
Heat Sink Locations: 1 RT
Gyro: Standard 4.00
Cockpit: Standard 3.00
Actuators: L: SH+UA+LA R: SH+UA+LA
TSM Locations: 2 LT, 2 LA, 2 RA
Armor: Standard Armor AV – 224 14.00
CASE II Locations: 1 RT 1.00

                                                  Internal       Armor      
                                                  Structure      Factor     
                                            Head     3            9         
                                    Center Torso     23           36        
                             Center Torso (rear)                  9         
                                       L/R Torso     16           24        
                                L/R Torso (rear)                  8         
                                         L/R Arm     12           24        
                                         L/R Leg     16           29

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Equipment Location Heat Critical Mass

Medium Laser HD 3 1 1.00
Machine Gun RT 0 1 0.50
ER Medium Laser RT 5 1 1.00
Improved C3 Computer LT 0 2 2.50
Machine Gun LT 0 1 0.50
ER Medium Laser LT 5 1 1.00
Large X-Pulse Laser RA 14 2 7.00
Medium Laser RA 3 1 1.00
Large X-Pulse Laser LA 14 2 7.00
Medium Laser LA 3 1 1.00
@MG (1/2) (200) RT – 2 1.00
Free Critical Slots: 4