Part 349: Mech Design Contest 3: Specialists!

`Mech Design Contest 3: Specialists
In honor of our 1000th page (and because of all this talk about niche units) I have created a new contest!

The goal is simple: Use any pre-existing chassis to design a `Mech that fills a specialized, niche role. Build a city-fighter, an anti-aircraft gun, or mobile artillery! Make an underwater warrior, a submarine hunter (or other anti- blue-water navy `Mech), a boring tank hunter, or slap in a cargo bay and make an infantry fighting vehicle! I don't care! Everything's free game as long as you design a specialist!



Rules:
Participants are allowed ONE entry.

Generalist designs and Jacks-of-All-Trades will be laughed at and then publicly disqualified at voting time.

Medium or Heavy `Mechs preferred, but any weight class will be considered.

`Mechs may mount any Star League-era armaments or equipment in addition to the Level 1 equipment.



`Mechs designed with a faction in mind may use that faction's special equipment:
Draconis Suns
- Heavy PPCs
- Hyper-Velocity Autocannons
- PPC Capacitor

Lyran Commonwealth
- Hatchet
- Rotary AC/5
- Light Autocannons

Republic of Skye
- Hatchet
- Light Gauss Rifle
- Heavy Gauss Rifle

Duchy of New Syrtis
- Targeting Computer
- C3 Master / C3 Slave

Capellan Confederation
- Improved Single Heat Sinks (replaces standard heat sinks on all designs)
- MRMs
- iLK Missiles

Free Worlds League
- Arrow-IV Missile System
- FASCAM Arrow-IV
- Homing Arrow-IV
- ER Medium Laser
- Light Autocannons

New Rim Worlds Republic
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- Snub-Nose PPC
- PPC Capacitor
- ER Lasers (all)
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- Ultra Autocannons (all)
- Light Autocannons
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- Streak SRMs (all)
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- Retractable Blade
- ?????
- Angel ECM
- ?????? ???????? ??????
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Three winners will be chosen by the thread when the current mission ends. A fourth and fifth final winner will be chosen by me. Please PM `Mech files to me, or e-mail at Redacted!. This E-Mail link will be taken down in approximately 48 hours.