MercTech: Black Knight

History:
Designed by the SLDF as a front-line command mech, the 75 ton Black Knight is a deadly design boasting advanced electronics and heavy firepower. For offensive punch, the Black Knight carries a massive array of energy weapons, with a particle cannon and over a half-dozen laser weapons of different classes. While this loadout is capable of horrifying damage, the large number of energy weapons produces extreme amounts of heat, further worsened by the original model's use of Single Heat Sinks, forcing pilots to fire only one weapon type at a time or risk immediate shutdown.

There was a SLDF Royals model that upgraded the heat sinks to double-strength models and the weapons to extended-range models where possible, but the devastation caused by the Succession Wars had eliminated the ability to manufacture advanced heat sinks and sensors as well as light-weight structures, leading to downgraded models being produced in that timeframe, not to mention the destruction of all its production lines. Ultimately, the rediscovery of LosTech and the creation of new factories allowed new Black Knights to be produced for the first time in centuries, and a number of new variants with the latest technologies would be introduced even in the 32nd Century.

BL-7-KNT:
Structure: Standard

Armor: Standard 11 tons

Engine: Standard 300

Top Speed: 65 kph

Gyro: Standard

Heat Sinks: 20 Single Heat Sinks

Cockpit: Standard

Equipment: 1x PPC, 2x Large Lasers, 4x Medium Lasers, 1x Small Laser

BL-7-KNT-L:
Structure: Standard

Armor: Standard 11 tons

Engine: Standard 300

Top Speed: 65 kph

Gyro: Standard

Heat Sinks: 22 Single Heat Sinks

Cockpit: Standard

Equipment: 3x Large Lasers, 4x Medium Lasers, 1x Small Laser

BL-6-KNT:
Structure: Endo-Steel

Armor: Standard 13 tons

Engine: Standard 300

Top Speed: 65 kph

Gyro: Standard

Heat Sinks: 20 Single Heat Sinks

Cockpit: Standard

Equipment: 1x PPC, 2x Large Lasers, 4x Medium Lasers, 1x Small Laser, Beagle AP

BL-6b-KNT:
Structure: Endo-Steel

Armor: Standard 13 tons

Engine: Standard 300

Top Speed: 65 kph

Gyro: Standard

Heat Sinks: 16 Double Heat Sinks

Cockpit: Standard

Equipment: 1x ERPPC, 2x Large Pulse Lasers, 4x Medium Lasers, 1x Small Laser, Beagle AP