Quicksilver QK-11-SLV vr2

Quicksilver QK-11-SLV vr2

Mass: 30 tons
Tech Base: Inner Sphere
Chassis Config: Biped Omnimech
Rules Level: Experimental Tech
Era: Dark Ages
Tech Rating/Era Availability: F/X-X-F-A
Production Year: 3132
Cost: 25,000,625 C-Bills
Battle Value: 629

Chassis: FITES-Q Endo-Steel
Power Plant: Imperator 330 XXL Fusion Engine
Walking Speed: 118.8 km/h
Maximum Speed: 183.6 km/h
Jump Jets: None
    Jump Capacity: 0 meters
Armor: StarGuard Reflec Laser-Reflective
Armament:
    9.0 tons of pod space.
Manufacturer: Achernar BattleMechs
    Primary Factory: New Avalon
Communications System: Achernar Electronics HID-9.3
Targeting and Tracking System: Federated Hunter Mk. IX

Overview:
As the Blackout continued, the Federated Suns realized that their foes were
deploying units with advanced scouting technology in numbers that the AFFS
could not match with their current designs. The Quicksilver was developed in
just 9 months to tip the scales and cripple the enemy's scouting efforts.


Capabilities:
Built off of a heavily modified Osiris chassis, the Quicksilver replaced the
jump jets of its progenitor for more speed. To do so, the Quicksilver devotes
almost 30 percent of its mass to attain a top speed of 180 kp/h, using an XXL
engine and Endo Steel to provide the design with a reasonable payload. A thick
skin of Reflective armor ensures the speedy 'Mech can shrug off laser fire.
Each of the Quicksilver's five configurations are designed with scouting and
information relay in mind, and all of them mount a Boosted C3 Slave or Master.


Deployment:
Since the Quicksilver's introduction in 3146, the design has seen heavy action
on all fronts in the Federated Suns. Though initially earmarked for units on
the Capellan front, AFFS Command's need for scouting units spread the design
throughout the entire AFFS, earning the Quicksilver a reputation for breaking
enemy lines wide open.
The action that solidified this reputation and made the Quicksilver the darling
of the AFFS was the retaking of New Syrtis. A battalion of volunteers from
across the Cappellan March prepared the way for the rest of the invasion force.
Dropped in using only Quicksilvers in his company, Captain Timothy Jessup of
the 5th Syrtis Fusiliers lead an attack on an airbase supporting a wing of CCAF
Aerospace fighters. Using his lance of Quicksilver Primes to disable the
scrambling fighters and base defenses, Captain Jessup managed to destroy 12
fighters and 3 mechs before retreating. The lack of air defense in the sector
allowed the invasion force to establish the first of many footholds.
On other fronts, the Quicksilver has been matched against a number of odd
designs, some using the RISC technology, found scattered throughout the wider
Inner Sphere, others using more typical technologies, but each time the
Quicksilver has prevailed.


Notable 'Mechs & MechWarriors:
Captain Timothy Jessup: Awarded a number of medals for his part in the
recapture of New Syrtis, including the Limp Sword Flag, the Syrtis Medal of
Honor and the Federated Suns Star, Captain Jessup has been pulled from the 5th
Syrtis Fusiliers and reassigned to the newly formed Second Davion Guards as a
scout company commander, where his skills will be put to the best use in
defending the Federated Suns.