MercTech: Raven

History:
Designed by the Capellan Confederation with the purpose of electronic warfare, the 35 ton Raven was built to mount cutting edge sensors and ECM systems, in an attempt to alleviate the Confederation's inferior military capabilities compared to its neighbors, the Federated Suns and the Free Worlds League. The original Ravens were built around a massive electronic warfare suite, which attempted to replicate the capabilities of two LosTech SLDF technologies, the Guardian ECM suite and the Beagle Active Probe. Unfortunately for the Capellans and the mech, the prototype suite didn't prove to be what they hoped, so the Raven either remained an inferior unit, or exchanged the suite for more combat capabilities.

The Raven would finally have its time to shine once the Confederation acquired the schematics for many previously LosTech technologies, with the -3L cramming as many advanced technologies as possible into the chassis, including a larger extra-light engine, light-weight composite armor, a laser designation system, a Narc beacon launcher, and the Guardian and Beagle systems that the experimental suite tried to emulate. The -3L proved itself a devastating electronics support mech, solidifying the Raven as a mainstay Capellan design for the century to come, with a number of upgrades over the decades keeping the mech equipped with the latest cutting edge technologies.

RVN-2X:
Structure: Standard

Armor: Standard 6.5 tons

Engine: Standard 175

Top Speed: 81 kph

Gyro: Standard

Heat Sinks: 12 Single Heat Sinks

Cockpit: Standard

Equipment: 1x Large Laser, 1x SRM-6 w/ 1t ammo, 2x Medium Lasers

RVN-4X:
Structure: Standard

Armor: Standard 7 tons

Engine: Standard 175

Top Speed: 81 kph

Gyro: Standard

Heat Sinks: 12 Single Heat Sinks

Cockpit: Standard

Equipment: 1x SRM-6 w/ 1t ammo, 2x Medium Lasers, 2x Machine Guns w/ 1t ammo, 5x Jump Jets

RVN-3L:
Structure: Standard

Armor: Ferro-Fibrous 4.5 tons

Engine: Extra-Light 210

Top Speed: 97 kph

Gyro: Standard

Heat Sinks: 11 Single Heat Sinks

Cockpit: Standard

Equipment: 1x SRM-6 w/ 1t ammo, 2x Medium Lasers, 1x Narc w/ 2t ammo, 1x TAG, Guardian ECM, Beagle AP, 1x CASE