V5.00ˆ(Vulcan VT-5S-x39ß dè5%WCWCÀ@@€?MM 2 3 2 1 —— 6Jð    5 (Unknown)¯ (Unknown)OÈ (Unknown)° (Unknown)>- (Unknown)8 (Unknown)O°8ßÈ 5¯>Î-    âÿZç The Free Worlds League is making use of Star League technology to make the Vulcan, an effective city fighter and anti-infantry 'Mech, into a more potent foe against other 'Mechs as well. Keeping the flamer and machine gun for use against infantry, Nimakachi Fusion Products Ltd. is beginning to upgrade the medium laser to a Tronel XII Medium Pulse Laser and to install a Tronel PPL-20 Large Pulse Laser instead of the autocannon in the right torso. The use of Endo Steel internal structure offsets the weight gain, and the potential heat problem is averted by installing eleven double heat sinks. Only two such 'Mechs have emerged from the factory on Tematagi, but production is expected to increase as Nimakachi works the kinks out of its assembly line. The Federated Commonwealth is taking a very different approach to making the Vulcan better-equipped to engage othe 'Mechs. The VL-5S sticks closer to the original weapons mix, with the only change being the installation of an Imperator Ultra-5 Autocannon for the older Armstrong model. The VL-5S, produced by Coventry Metal Works on Coventry, employs the proven Edasich Motors 240 XL engine rather than the Endo Steel internal structure. Coventry also appears to be more concerned with survivability than with heat. The VL-5S keeps the original's ten normal heat sinks but adds other equipment to make the Vulcan pilot safer. The use of Lexington Ltd. High Grade Ferro-Fibrous Armor offers much better protection for the right and left torso and legs with the same amount of weight. This design has Cellular Ammunition Storage Equipment to protect the autocannon shells and Myomer Acceleration Signal Circuitry to let the 'Mech leave the battlefield in a hurry when all else fails.     GEntered by Dave & Dan Welch from TRO 3050 Distribution from RS 3050  [ none ]Prototype ES/FF 00'0000000000000000000003039Prototype ES/FF 00'0000000000000000000003039Coventry Metal WorksCoventryEdasich Motors!Lexington Ltd. High Grade w. CASEMatherTech 500 Hartford 200S Hartford TA10 Rawlings 75