From: roleary@st.nepean.uws.edu.au (Rocqueforte OLeary)
Subject: A different form of XL engine.
Organization: University of Western Sydney, Nepean
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL4
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 07:57:55 GMT

G'day all,
At the request of a friend, I am posting this for him. Please
direct all comments to m.cockinos@uws.edu.au or to the net. Any
comments to the author would be appreicated here too tho' :-)

From:m.cockinos@uws.edu.au (Matthew Cockinos)
		
	Wolf Dragoons/Blackwell Corporation Extra Light Engine 
 
Wolf's Dragoons and Blackwell Corporation are proud to present the Wolf
Extra Light Engine. These new engines are going to give the Inner Sphere
the edge over the Clans and there Extented weapon ranges when they start
the push towards Terra .The engines cost 5 times as much as a normal
engine to build because of the technology.It uses the technlogy from the
Steiner arena on Solaris from the detonator grid which force field 
protects people from missile and energy weapons.This has been used to 
create a force field to compact the extra light engine into the two 
critical spaces in the centre torso.This makes using the VRPP impossible
to use, but the gain outweighs the disadvantages.  You also are required
to put the field circuit into the head of the Battle Mech to keep the 
shield running. 
When a critical in this location is hit you have about five seconds to
think of something fast before the engine explodes (you're in bigger
trouble if you have disabled your ejection seat). 
 
As of this report Outreach is the only producer of these engines and 
they will only be producing them on Outreach to stop from it falling 
clan hands and they produce them at a steady rate of 10 per year, per 
weight class and only 30 are in use at the moment and these are owned 
by Wolf's Dragoons personal.As of this report,the Engines will be 
released for sale throughout the Inner Sphere.  The weight classes 
available are:- 

400 WXL x 4 
375 WXL x 2 
360 WXL x 3 
350 WXL x 2 
320 WXL x 4 
300 WXL x 3 
260 WXL x 2 
240 WXL x 3 
200 WXL x 3 
180 WXL x 4 
 
	Example: 
			Head 
			1.Life Support 
			2.Sensor 
			3.Cockpit 
			4.Force Field Circuit 
			5.Sensor 
			6.Life Support 
 
 
 
			Centre Torso 
			1.Engine 
			2.Engine 
			3.Engine 
			4.Gyro 
			5.Gyro 
			6.Gyro 
 
			1.Gyro 
			2.Engine 
			3.Engine 
			4.Engine 
			5.Engine 
			6.Engine 
 
 
 
Clan Stomping time in 3068 
 
Captain Matthew Cockinos 
Matthew's Murderers, Alpha Trinary 
Wolf's Dragoons Outreach. 
(Sent any complains about this post to m.cockinos@uws.edu.au) 

           
Matthew Cockinos
             
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#include disclaimer.h
Rocqueforte O'Leary's Notes on above post :
I personnal think this one screams munchkin (sorry Matthew), as it 
seriously screws with the probabilities of the engine being hit as per
a normal XL engine. I see this monster seriously affecting game balance.
Anyway,Matthew is a friend, and so I'm posting the above as a favour.
So, as I slip into my Inferno round proof asbestos suit, please don't
flame me for it!!!!!
#End disclaimer

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