MercTech: Mauler

History:
The 90 ton Mauler's history had been a rough one. Originally called the Daboku when it entered battlefield testing in time for the War of 3039, a number of glaring faults had left the assault mech with a poor reputation among its pilots. When these issues would be rectified and the design upgraded with rediscovered technology, Luthian Armor Works chose to rename the mech to its Federated Suns designation, the Mauler, in an attempt to shed its notoriety. The Mauler is designed as a long-ranged fire support mech, with a potent mix of long-ranged energy, missile and autocannon weapons, allowing it to bring all its firepower to bare against targets that might not even be able to retaliate. The Mauler's primary drawbacks are its rather poor armor protection for its weight, and its inability to effectively dissipate all the heat its weapons can generate, forcing pilots to choose between its energy and missile weapons at a given moment.

The Mauler would go on to become one of the staple assault mechs of the Draconis Combine Mustered Soldiery for the next few decades, receiving a few new variants along the way, but it would be eventually replaced by many of the newer, more potent designs that the Combine would create after the invasion of the Clans.

MAL-1R:
Structure: Standard

Armor: Ferro-Fibrous 11.5 tons

Engine: Extra-Light 270

Top Speed: 48 kph

Gyro: Standard

Heat Sinks: 11 Double Heat Sinks

Cockpit: Standard

Equipment: 2x LRM-15s w/ 4t ammo, 4x AC-2s w/ 2t ammo, 2x ER Large Lasers, 2x CASE