Lego Mech - Thresher
Okay, so I figured it's high time I did a mech that wasn't a bug. I was inspired by the Tau Broadside Battlesuit from Warhammer 40K, but wanted to go much MUCH bigger with this one. Something more appropriate to Battletech or Robotech.
THRESHER - HEAVY ASSAULT MECH
After nearly three years in delays, the thresher is finally ready for combat. The thresher was designed as a "Front Line Artillery Mech". While Front Line and Artillery may seem like contradictions, the goal of the designers was to make a direct fire mech with as much firepower as a heavier slower artillery mech.
The Thresher's main weapons are the two giant Particle Projection Cannons (PPCs) mounted on it's shoulders. These massive guns are of a scale otherwise only found on capitol ships' weapon mounts. Each PPC has it's own generator and massive dedicated heat sinks allowing for an alarming rate of fire.
The Thresher's secondary weapons include a variety of missiles as well as pulse lasers and a Gatling cannon. The mech is heavily shielded and armored.
Though it looks ponderous, the Thresher is surprisingly nimble if not particularly fast. It is however equipped with jump jets allowing it sudden short bursts of speed, and the ability to leap over many obstacles.
Combat trials have shown that the Thresher's main liability is it's tendency to attract the attention of everything else on the field once it begins firing. Current doctrine dictates that the Thresher wait until the battle is fully joined before opening fire, allowing it to maximize on the confusion.
Armaments:
2 capitol scale PPCs
(shoulder mounted)
2 arm mounted LRM launchers
(6 missiles per arm - total 12)
4 arm mounted light pulse laser clusters
(6 lasers per arm - total 12)
2 shoulder mounted SRM launchers
(25 missiles per shoulder - total 50)
1 chest mounted Gatling cannon
(center chest directly under pilot)
Lego Mech - Thresher
Okay, so I figured it's high time I did a mech that wasn't a bug. I was inspired by the Tau Broadside Battlesuit from Warhammer 40K, but wanted to go much MUCH bigger with this one. Something more appropriate to Battletech or Robotech.
THRESHER - HEAVY ASSAULT MECH
After nearly three years in delays, the thresher is finally ready for combat. The thresher was designed as a "Front Line Artillery Mech". While Front Line and Artillery may seem like contradictions, the goal of the designers was to make a direct fire mech with as much firepower as a heavier slower artillery mech.
The Thresher's main weapons are the two giant Particle Projection Cannons (PPCs) mounted on it's shoulders. These massive guns are of a scale otherwise only found on capitol ships' weapon mounts. Each PPC has it's own generator and massive dedicated heat sinks allowing for an alarming rate of fire.
The Thresher's secondary weapons include a variety of missiles as well as pulse lasers and a Gatling cannon. The mech is heavily shielded and armored.
Though it looks ponderous, the Thresher is surprisingly nimble if not particularly fast. It is however equipped with jump jets allowing it sudden short bursts of speed, and the ability to leap over many obstacles.
Combat trials have shown that the Thresher's main liability is it's tendency to attract the attention of everything else on the field once it begins firing. Current doctrine dictates that the Thresher wait until the battle is fully joined before opening fire, allowing it to maximize on the confusion.
Armaments:
2 capitol scale PPCs
(shoulder mounted)
2 arm mounted LRM launchers
(6 missiles per arm - total 12)
4 arm mounted light pulse laser clusters
(6 lasers per arm - total 12)
2 shoulder mounted SRM launchers
(25 missiles per shoulder - total 50)
1 chest mounted Gatling cannon
(center chest directly under pilot)