MercTech: Flea

History:
Originally produced by the Free Worlds League as a militia mech before the formation of the Star League, the 20 ton Flea focuses on firepower over armor and agility, as it is expected to face infantry and combat vehicles rather than other battlemechs. With impressively an large and varied loadout for its weight, the Flea is suited for fighting various different types of targets, with most models carrying at least an anti-infantry weapon and an array of lasers against hardened targets. While its speed is average for its weight class, the lack of Jump Jets makes it less agile than most other light mechs, and it carries among the thinnest armor available for a production battlemech.

Becoming nearly extinct during the Succession Wars, it wouldn't be until the appearance of Wolf's Dragoons that a large number of original Fleas would appear in the Inner Sphere once more. The mech would be produced in the Capellan Confederation for a time after they stole the schematics from the Dragoons, but it would enter mass production throughout the Inner Sphere later in the mid 3050s.

FLE-4:
Structure: Standard

Armor: Standard 2 tons

Engine: Standard 120

Top Speed: 97 kph

Gyro: Standard

Heat Sinks: 10 Single Heat Sinks

Cockpit: Standard

Equipment: 1x Large Laser, 1x Flamer, 2x Small Lasers

FLE-15:
Structure: Standard

Armor: Standard 3 tons

Engine: Standard 120

Top Speed: 97 kph

Gyro: Standard

Heat Sinks: 10 Single Heat Sinks

Cockpit: Standard

Equipment: 2x Medium Lasers, 1x Flamer, 2x Small Lasers. 2x Machine Guns 1t ammo

FLE-16:
Structure: Standard

Armor: Standard 3 tons

Engine: Standard 180

Top Speed: 145 kph

Gyro: Standard

Heat Sinks: 10 Single Heat Sinks

Cockpit: Standard

Equipment: 2x Medium Lasers, 1x Flamer

FLE-17:
Structure: Endo-Steel

Armor: Standard 3 tons

Engine: Standard 120

Top Speed: 97 kph (+ with MASC)

Gyro: Standard

Heat Sinks: 10 Single Heat Sinks

Cockpit: Standard

Equipment: 2x Medium Pulse Lasers, 1x Flamer, 2x Small Lasers, MASC

FLE-19:
Structure: Endo-Steel

Armor: Standard 3 tons

Engine: Standard 120

Top Speed: 97 kph

Gyro: Standard

Heat Sinks: 10 Single Heat Sinks

Cockpit: Standard

Equipment: 1x Flamer, 1x Rocket Launcher-10, 8x Light Machine Guns w/ 0.5t ammo