STATISTICS
| Mass: 20 tons | Movement Type: Hover (A w/ Jump Jets) |
| Power Plant: TME 150
eXtraLight TME 110 eXtraLight (-A) |
Armor Type: TME 3049 Ferro-Fibrous |
| Comm Systems: TME Vox Et Deus | Cruising Speed: 108 kph 87 kph (-A) |
| Targeting/Tracking Systems:
TME 3050 Point-and-Shoot |
Maximum Speed: 162 kph 130 kph (-A) |
| Chassis: TME XJLT Model 1 | |
| Armament: 2 TME/BTSTS-PML:3049 "Tommy Laser" Medium Pulse Lasers 2 TME/BTSTS-MG:3000 "Chatterbox" Machine Guns 5 TME/BTSTS-JJT:3000 "Air Bob" Jump Jets (-A modification) |
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OVERVIEW
The TME-10 Menacing Fly is one of the strangest ground vehicle designs, using three ventral jets to lift its six articulated landing legs off of the ground and two rear thrusters to propel it forward. It is often mistaken as some sort of battle armor or light 'Mech as it scuds across the battlefield. However, the strange TME-10 was only the first shock to jaded Battletech vehicle commanders, as it was the testbed for the TME Industries new jump-capable tank, the TME-10-A Jumping Spider. Externally identical, they are two very different vehicle due to their respective mobilities.
CAPABILITIES
The Menacing Fly is one of the faster ground vehicles in existance. Its driver, sitting in a reclining acceleration couch, controls both the movement and the foward fixed medium pulse lasers. The gunner sits in a reflective polarized plexiglas ball turret with the twin machine guns, working to discourage pursuit. The Fly's motive systems take up most of the vehicle, especially in the massive rear thrust nozzles.
The Jumping Spider modifies the Menacing Fly's motive system by allowing the thrust nozzles to accept bursts of over 300% capacity for short durations of time. A smaller, less-powerful engine had to be mounted to accept the additional equipment and heat shielding, but the upshot is that a "burst" through the hover motive system has the same effect as a standard jump jet.
DEPLOYMENT
The TME-10 models usually serve as light fast reconnaissance units.
VARIANTS
There are no TME-10 modifications that we know of at this moment.
TME-10 Menacing Fly Hover Tank |
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| 20 tons | Hover | Cruise MP: 10 (108 kph) | Flank MP: 15 (162.0 kph) |
| Engine: 150 XL Fusion | Engine Mass: 4.125t | Control Mass: 2.0 t | Lift Equip Mass: 2 t |
| No Power Amplifier | 10 Heat Sinks | Internal Structure: 2 t | No Turret |
| Armor Mass: 4.5t Ferro | Armor Points: 81 | Crew: 2 | |
ARMOR |
EQUIPMENT |
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| Front: | 25 |
2 Medium Pulse Lasers | Front |
| Left/Right Side: | 20 / 20 |
2 Machine Guns | Rear |
| Rear: | 16 |
200 Machine Gun shots | Body |
| Front Turret: | not applicable |
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| Rear Turret: | not applicable |
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TME-10-A Jumping Spider Jump Tank |
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| 20 tons | Hover w/ Jump | Cruise MP: 8 (86.4 kph) | Flank MP: 12 (129.6 kph) |
| Engine: 110 XL Fusion | Engine Mass: 2.625t | Control Mass: 2.0 t | Lift Equip Mass: 2 t |
| No Power Amplifier | 10 Heat Sinks | Internal Structure: 2 t | No Turret |
| Armor Mass: 4.5t Ferro | Armor Points: 81 | Crew: 2 | Jump Distance: 150m |
ARMOR |
EQUIPMENT |
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| Front: | 25 |
2 Medium Pulse Lasers | Front |
| Left/Right Side: | 20 / 20 |
Machine Gun | Rear |
| Rear: | 16 |
100 Machine Gun shots | Body |
| Front Turret: | not applicable |
5 Jump Jets | Body |
| Rear Turret: | not applicable |
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DESIGNER'S NOTE: Micro Machine.