Lancer (Aerospace Fighter class)

This article is about the reconnaissance fighter. For other uses, see Lancer.

Lancer
Production information
Manufacturer	Gutierrez Aerospace
Production Year	3064[1]
Model	LX-2
Class	Medium aerospace fighter
Tech Base	Inner Sphere
Technical specifications
Mass	50 tons
Structural Integrity
Frame	L2
Power Plant	250 fusion engine
Armor	Durallex Heavy Standard
Fuel
Armament	1x LRM-10 with Artemis IV FCS 2x Large pulse lasers
Communications System	Telestar G-3
Tracking & Targeting System	SynCom DEC with Artemis IV FCS
Heat Sinks	10 double heat sinks
BV (1.0)	961[2][3]
BV (2.0)	1,053[4]

Description[edit]

One of the products of the post–Clan Invasion trillion M-Bill naval technology renaissance in the Free Worlds League, the Lancer is an advanced aerospace fighter design that sees most use as a carrier DropShip and WarShip-based reconnaissance craft.^[2]

Gutierrez Aerospace put their decade of experience with producing the stopgap F-94 Stingray to good use in designing the testbed LX-1 to validate the design and new technology, with the production model LX-2 entering service after a four year development period in 3064. Though not as "cutting-edge" as the Shiva OmniFighter, the Lancer is a formidable aircraft, hailed as a "dream to fly" by pilots and "simplicity to maintain" by ground crews.^[2]

A light and agile fighter with integrated flight and weapon systems, the heart of the aircraft is the 250-rated fusion engine and five tons of fuel, capable of driving the Lancer at high speeds at low level. Advanced terrain-avoidance sensors allow the Lancer to fly at nap-of-the-earth (NOE) altitudes, a highly successful if uncomfortable way to sneak under enemy radar cover.^[2]

Weapons and Equipment[edit]

A nose-mounted Irian Weapons Works Class 10b LRM-10 launcher provides the Lancer's primary long-range firepower, the same weapon carried by the Stingray with the addition of an Artemis IV FCS to improve missile accuracy, with a Tronel PPL-22 large pulse laser mounted in each wing providing medium-range firepower. While carrying an advanced and well rounded weapons array for its size, the Lancer is hampered by carrying only a single ton of LRM reloads, and bombs or external pods greatly degrade the fighter's performance in its signature NOE role.^[2]

Variants[edit]

• LX-2A 

  A 3066 variant used on the FWLS Santorini replaces the LRM-10 launcher with an ER large laser, an extra heat sink, as well as an extra ton of fuel. BV (1.0) = 970^[5] BV(2.0)=1,131^[6]

• LX-3 

  This 3074 Lancer variant removes the standard weaponry and replaces it with a large variable speed pulse laser in each wing. It also carries a Guardian ECM suite in the nose. BV(2.0)=1,037^[7]

Notes[edit]

• In German products, the unit's proper name was translated to Lancier. The model code was left unchanged.

Gallery[edit]

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  Original Lancer from TRO:3067

References[edit]

Bibliography[edit]

• AeroTech 2 Record Sheets
• Record Sheets: 3067 Unabridged
• Technical Readout: 3067