MekWerks Factory, City of Fiana: August 30th 3030
I still can't get over this new tech, if we could only mass produce this for the whole Confederation we would never have to fear invasion again. Max looked up at the Vindicator and marveled at the changes the ComStar techs had made in his old Mech. It was a solid old workhorse before, but now it was much more.
They stripped it down to the bare bones and reworked it all. First they replaced all of the myomers with the new triple strength ones still being perfected by Ceres Metals. These were fixed, unlike the prototypes used during the Davion invasion of Sian. Next they replaced all of the armor with Ferro Fibrous which saved enough weight to install C.A.S.E. in the left torso to protect the LRM ammo.
He had heard about some of this lost tech but never thought he would see it, let alone use it. Here in the backwaters of House Liao, we are used to making due with what we have. The old Smasher PPC was replaced with a new kind, or rather an old kind as the ComStar master tech told him. They called it a Snub-nosed PPC; shorter range overall but no minimum and this one comes with an extra surprise, a capacitor to super charge it. Wouldn't want to be on the receiving end of that shot.
All of this was pretty fancy stuff for what Max had grown up with, but the last thing left all the rest behind. They said it was part of something called a Chameleon Light Polarization Shield. It wasn't a full system but the parts they installed still amazed Max. It made the Mech change color to blend in perfectly with the surrounding terrain. Nowhere near true invisibility but it would certainly allow the pilot to sneak up on an unwary enemy and take them down quickly. These upgrades were all designed to do just that, allow the Lost Patrol to infiltrate Davion staging areas and kill off some of the bastards quickly and quietly and bring back as much of their Mechs as could be dragged back to the Leopard.
Once back here, the MekWerks Techs would take it and build something suitable for the dispossessed pilots. According to Bentley, all of the Glasgow Techs were getting an updated course on Mech construction from a ComStar scientist named Sing. He was some kind of genius even in their own organisation, which is saying a lot. These field tests would work out any bugs and give House Liao some new tools to use against House Davion. "Sneaky Capellan" would take on a whole new meaning to those murdering bastards once Max and his crew of similarly equipped pilots landed in their back yards. They would regret ever setting foot on Capellan soil.
This "Arberghast" would make certain of that. Max named it in the old tongue still spoken on Glasgow in many of the remote areas where he had been born. Roughly translated it meant "the source of ghosts". With the Polarization shield, this Mech was a ghost and it would seek vengeance in the name of all those Capellans lost to the war mongering Davion animals who destroyed his home. The Lost Patrol would do their part to keep their homelands free.
Even though the Lost Patrol was an independent unit, they still considered themselves loyal to the Glasgow and would gladly fight by their side wherever and whenever they needed them. For now the Patrol was doing what it needed to do to feed the planet pilots and Mechs. Soon there would be enough forces to strike back into Davion space and when they do, many man Davions will know the wrath of Glasgow.
They stripped it down to the bare bones and reworked it all. First they replaced all of the myomers with the new triple strength ones still being perfected by Ceres Metals. These were fixed, unlike the prototypes used during the Davion invasion of Sian. Next they replaced all of the armor with Ferro Fibrous which saved enough weight to install C.A.S.E. in the left torso to protect the LRM ammo.
He had heard about some of this lost tech but never thought he would see it, let alone use it. Here in the backwaters of House Liao, we are used to making due with what we have. The old Smasher PPC was replaced with a new kind, or rather an old kind as the ComStar master tech told him. They called it a Snub-nosed PPC; shorter range overall but no minimum and this one comes with an extra surprise, a capacitor to super charge it. Wouldn't want to be on the receiving end of that shot.
All of this was pretty fancy stuff for what Max had grown up with, but the last thing left all the rest behind. They said it was part of something called a Chameleon Light Polarization Shield. It wasn't a full system but the parts they installed still amazed Max. It made the Mech change color to blend in perfectly with the surrounding terrain. Nowhere near true invisibility but it would certainly allow the pilot to sneak up on an unwary enemy and take them down quickly. These upgrades were all designed to do just that, allow the Lost Patrol to infiltrate Davion staging areas and kill off some of the bastards quickly and quietly and bring back as much of their Mechs as could be dragged back to the Leopard.
Once back here, the MekWerks Techs would take it and build something suitable for the dispossessed pilots. According to Bentley, all of the Glasgow Techs were getting an updated course on Mech construction from a ComStar scientist named Sing. He was some kind of genius even in their own organisation, which is saying a lot. These field tests would work out any bugs and give House Liao some new tools to use against House Davion. "Sneaky Capellan" would take on a whole new meaning to those murdering bastards once Max and his crew of similarly equipped pilots landed in their back yards. They would regret ever setting foot on Capellan soil.
This "Arberghast" would make certain of that. Max named it in the old tongue still spoken on Glasgow in many of the remote areas where he had been born. Roughly translated it meant "the source of ghosts". With the Polarization shield, this Mech was a ghost and it would seek vengeance in the name of all those Capellans lost to the war mongering Davion animals who destroyed his home. The Lost Patrol would do their part to keep their homelands free.
Even though the Lost Patrol was an independent unit, they still considered themselves loyal to the Glasgow and would gladly fight by their side wherever and whenever they needed them. For now the Patrol was doing what it needed to do to feed the planet pilots and Mechs. Soon there would be enough forces to strike back into Davion space and when they do, many man Davions will know the wrath of Glasgow.
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