MercTech: Awesome

History:
Built for the SLDF to replace the aging Striker assault mech, the 80 ton Awesome would soon gain a legendary combat record and solidify itself as one of the most dangerous designs on the battlefield. The original Awesome was built around a trio of particle cannons and an astounding 28 heat sinks to cool it, allowing it to fire multiple salvos before needing to cool off. With the PPC's lack of ammunition dependency and 15 tons of armor, among the thickest seen on a mech of its weight, the Awesome can keep a steady barrage at long range for as long the mech itself lasts, making it an unrivaled stand-off mech as well as making it effective in guerilla combat.

The Awesome would prove a relatively easy chassis to modify, with numerous variants in the next few centuries that replace some if not all of its PPCs with other weapons, including lasers and long-ranged missiles. As the Free Worlds League would become the sole nation to construct new Awesomes they would construct a number of new variants using newer PPC and LRM systems.

AWS-8Q:
Structure: Standard

Armor: Standard 15 tons

Engine: Standard 240

Top Speed: 48 kph

Gyro: Standard

Heat Sinks: 28 Single Heat Sinks

Cockpit: Standard

Equipment: 3x PPCs, 1x Small Laser

AWS-8R:
Structure: Standard

Armor: Standard 15 tons

Engine: Standard 240

Top Speed: 48 kph

Gyro: Standard

Heat Sinks: 28 Single Heat Sinks

Cockpit: Standard

Equipment: 2x LRM-15s w/ 2t ammo, 1x Large Laser, 1x Small Laser

AWS-8T:
Structure: Standard

Armor: Standard 15 tons

Engine: Standard 240

Top Speed: 48 kph

Gyro: Standard

Heat Sinks: 23 Single Heat Sinks

Cockpit: Standard

Equipment: 2x LRM-15s w/ 2t ammo, 2x Large Lasers, 1x Small Laser

AWS-8V:
Structure: Standard

Armor: Standard 15 tons

Engine: Standard 240

Top Speed: 48 kph

Gyro: Standard

Heat Sinks: 28 Single Heat Sinks

Cockpit: Standard

Equipment: 1x LRM-15 w/ 2t ammo, 1x PPC, 1x Large Laser, 1x Small Laseer

AWS-9Q:
Structure: Standard

Armor: Standard 15.5 tons

Engine: Standard 240

Top Speed: 48 kph

Gyro: Standard

Heat Sinks: 19 Double Heat Sinks

Cockpit: Standard

Equipment: 4x PPCs, 1x Small Laser, Guardian ECM

AWS-9M:
Structure: Standard

Armor: Standard 15.5 tons

Engine: Extra-Light 320

Top Speed: 65 kph

Gyro: Standard

Heat Sinks: 20 Double Heat Sinks

Cockpit: Standard

Equipment: 3x ERPPCs, 1x Medium Pulse Laser, 2x Streak SRM-2s w/ 1t ammo, 1x Small Pulse Laser

AWS-10KM:
Structure: Endo-Steel

Armor: Standard 15.5 tons

Engine: Compact 240

Top Speed: 48 kph

Gyro: Compact

Heat Sinks: 18 Double Heat Sinks

Cockpit: Standard

Equipment: 2x Heavy PPCs, 1x Snub-Nose PPC, Guardian ECM