Crosscut
Sarna News
| [[Image:191px|191px|Crosscut]] | |
| Crosscut | |
|---|---|
| Production information | |
| Manufacturer | |
| Use | LoggerMech |
| Class | |
| Technical specifications | |
| 'Mech type | Tournment Legal |
| Mass | |
| Chassis | |
| Armor | |
| Engine | |
| Speed | km/h |
| Armament | |
| BV (1.0) | ??? |
Description
Crosscut is a popular used LoggerMech which has been dominating commerical foresty, praised for operating effectively in woodlands. The Crosscut and other IndustrialMechs need considerable amount of skill to pilot. Some mechwarrior academies consider them good training mechs and employ them to teach their cadets. Some planetary militias jiggy-rig weaponary on these mechs for combat.
Originally created by Eden Corporation of Terra, the design was licenced out to various Inner Sphere factories, allowing the design to survive Eden's destruction of during the Amaris Coup.
Capacities
Equipt with a large Chain Saw in place of a right hand actuator. A Cargo Hoist mounted on it back to allow it carry additional cargo with left claw. The mech's Turbine ICE engine allows the mech achieve top speed of 64.4 kilometers per hour.
Variants
- Fusion Powered Crosscut - During the Star League Era, some Crosscuts were equipt with Fusion Engines. However, military scavangers have stripped fusion engines from these mechs, thus making them very rare.
- Dual-Chainsaw Crosscut - This variant is a custom order design, which is typically used for demolition.
Notes
Prior to the Technical Readout: Vehicle Annex publication, ForestryMech had come out before the Crosscut. The design differs in stats from this mech. Originally created for the MechWarrior: Dark Age collectable game. Stats for ForestryMech Classic Battletech were released in Record Sheets: Mechwarrior Dark Age I. It not clear if Crosscut and ForestryMech are one in the same design that has corrected stats or seperately designs. Two variants were created for this mech: ForestryMech - Equipt with only the Chain Saw with standard battlemech armor. ForestryMech MOD - this design is equiped with AC/2 w/1 ton ammunnition, chainsaw and more standard battlemech armor than unarm variant.
References
Record Sheets: MechWarrior Dark Age I Technical Readout: Vehicle Annex