Originally posted on rec.games.mecha April 27, 1997
I know that the FC probably wouldn't let the TC license the Pillager. If you don't like my little fantasy world, sue me.
Note: There are two versions of this mech - the export version and the domestic version. The export version was designed specifically to be expensive, and is not an especially capable design. Considering other FASA designs, I did not consider this important. Type: PLG-3TCa and PLG-3TCb Pillager Tech Base: Inner Sphere 3058 Tonnage: 100 Equipment Mass Internal Structure 10 Engine (export version): 400 XL 26.25 Walk: 4 Run: 6 Jump: 4 8 Engine (domestic version): 300 19 Walk: 3 Run: 5 Jump: 3 Heat Sinks (export): 16(32) 6 Heat Sinks (domestic): 10(20) 0 Gyro (export): 4 Gyro (domestic): 3 Cockpit: 3 Armor: 304 (standard) 19 Head: 9-3 CT: 50/ll-31 L/RT: 32/10-21 L/RA: 34-17 L/RL: 41-21 Weapons (export): ER PPC LT ER PPC RT ER Lg. Laser RA 2 Med. Laser LA Med. Laser CT Med. Laser H 2 J.J. LL 2 J.J. RL Triple Strength Myomer LT(3)/RT(3) Weapons (domestic): LB-10X LT LB-10X RT LB ammo 20 LT LB ammo 20 RT LB ammo 10 LL LB ammo 10 RL CASE LT CASE RT ER PPC RA 2 Med. Lasers LA Med. Laser CT Med. Laser H J.J. CT J.J. LL J.J. RL Cost (export version): 31,161,333 Cost (domestic version): 10,876,000 Overview: The high-level executives at Taurus Territorial Industries looked with envy at the catalogs and sales brochures featuring new, high-tech battlemechs and vehicles sold by their Inner Sphere competitors. Especially galling, in their view, was the series of expensive assault mechs produced by corporations in factories located in the St. Ives Compact. How was it, they asked, that this newcomer to the block could afford to manufacture battlemechs two, even three times as expensive as the most expensive battlemechs manufactured at the TTI plant on Taurus? This was a situation that had to be rectified as soon as possible, thought the executives. TTI queried a number of Inner Sphere corporations about the feasibility of acquiring a license to manufacture mech variants. Two years later, TTI proudly announced that its newest model, the PLG-3TCb Pillager, was available for purchase by any interested Inner Sphere parties. To date, various governments and large mercenary units have responded favorably. Of course, the Taurian government, primary customer of TTI's products, could never afford a thirty million C-bill battlemech. To cope with their needs, TTI is providing a limited run of a modified version its prototype: the PLG-3TCa Pillager. Capabilities: The primary weapons systems of the PLG-3Z Pillager were revamped for the -3TCb version. The two Gauss rifles were exchanged for two TTI ER PPCs, the weight savings from which enabled the engine to be upgraded to a Taurus 400 XL. The four medium lasers were left identical with the original design. Finally, Triple Strength Myomer was added. For the -3TCa version, the original 300 XL engine was upgraded to a 300 standard version. In order to provide weight savings for this, the twin Gauss rifles were replaced by twin LB-10Xs. As a bonus, CASE was added to the mech's side torsos.