Buckmaster

The Buckmaster is a Loyalist light Mech. It has a Main hardpoint (unusual for this weight class) and a Small hardpoint.
== Acquisitions Entry ==
A pure killing machine. Nearly as heavily armed as a Touro but much lower profile, built for speed and stealth. Not the most expensive development program, but one of the longest running. Ruthless in elimination of redundancies and aggressively streamlined systems, which is rare in a Loyalist design. Drivers love them, the responsiveness is what you'd expect from a light mech, but it's so much more than a Fork. Recon battalions can't get enough of them. You pay the price on maintenance though, since it's about as heavy of a stress you can feasibly put on a Fork chassis without going full Corvid on it.-MB
== Pilot Variant ==
Locke's Buckmaster is armed with a Thunderclap 14MW laser and Faker 107mm mortar, with Active Camouflage for defense.
Use the terrain to your advantage, softening up targets with mortars before blasting them with the Thunderclap, then use Active Camouflage to disengage and reposition before getting swarmed.
== Notes & Strategy ==
* Enemy controlled Buckmasters will start to appear on higher level difficulties. Much like Hugh Armbuster's variant, they are equipped with Zeus railguns, Bonesaw machine guns and active camouflage. While not very durable as expected from a scout mech, their high speed and firepower makes them dangerous enemies regardless. Further complicating matters is that Buckmasters tend to spawns in pairs or trios.
* When on standby, Buckmasters remained cloaked unless alerted, keep your eyes sharp when fighting in a district where Buckmasters are on patrol.
* Be wary of your surroundings when fighting Buckmasters, and be sure to stay away from explosion hazards such as fuel pipelines, tanker trucks, pump jacks and ammo depots. As the Zeus railgun's high level of penetration can set them off.
== Trivia ==
* According to the foreword of the Brigador Audiobook, the Buckmaster was originally named in honor of Brad Buckmaster, a military sci-fi author. When he was later hired to write the book, he chose to start the book with his namesake mech.
* Marvin Beck, in the Marlowe entry, states that the Buckmaster was designed around the Zeus railgun. This is supported by the Brigador Audiobook, chapter one:
The hissing of pistons, the whine of servos, armor-shod feet rhythmically stomping, weighed down by the brute power of the railgun, all of these were things he enjoyed.The Buckmaster, a marvel of engineering, is the only scout mech chassis able to mount such a heavy weapon. He thought the Buckmaster deserved a better name, so he called it what it truly was: a hunter. Specialist Hugh Armbruster loved his mech.
== Achievements ==
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