It carries 15 double heat sinks, but that is not enough to safely deal with the heat its weapons can generate. It’s ton of ammo provides 16 shots which should be enough that a MechWarrior doesn’t need to worry much about conserving ammunition. The light gauss rifle is the only weapon on the MAD-7C that uses ammunition. A MechWarrior needs to be careful about using that though because damage can result in the gauss rifle getting stuck facing the wrong direction. The gauss rifle is torso-mounted with a forward firing arc, but it too can be flipped to fire at targets in the rear arc thanks to its Directional Torso Mount quirk. Its PPCs and pulse lasers are arm-mounted, and it can flip its arms thanks to its Hyper-Extending Actuators quirk. When in this situation, there is no reason for the Marauder to maneuver any closer to its targets.Ī MechWarrior in a MAD-7C enjoys the ability to engage targets in any direction. If it is connected to a network with a spotter that is within 6 hexes of its target, then a MechWarrior can deliver shots with maximum accuracy with its three main weapons from as far as 23 hexes from its target.

The C 3 computer can drastically change the accuracy of the MAD-7C’s shots. On its own, a Marauder MAD-7C’s MechWarrior will generally want to operate about 14 hexes from their targets in order to have their primary weapons inside medium range. The light gauss rifle’s minimum range counteracts most of the benefit of the medium x-pulse lasers getting into short range to result in only a small increase at expected damage at 3 hexes and then a drop as targets get closer than that. The expected damage output of the MAD-7C is fairly flat within 6 hexes. Inside of 9 hexes, the MAD-7C can add two medium x-pulse lasers to its firepower. Together, those weapons give the Marauder the ability to deal 28 damage.

The light gauss rifle can fire at targets up to 25 hexes away, and the two ER PPCs can reach out to 23 hexes. The armament of the MAD-7C is built on a trio of long-range weapons. The Exposed Weapon Linkage quirk has a 17% chance of disabling the weapon whenever the right torso is hit, and it loses the benefit of its Directional Torso Mount quirk on 28% of such hits. The right torso’s gauss rifle also has other vulnerabilities. The right torso has 50% of its critical slots occupied by an explosive gauss rifle, but CASE II prevents most of the effects of any explosion and there are no other explosive items. It carries above average armor for a 75-ton chassis and then benefits from the Narrow/Low Profile quirk that results in some weapon hits only dealing half damage to it. The Marauder MAD-7C can endure a lot of damage. In clear terrain, it can benefit from up to a +1 target movement modifier while walking and a +2 while running. It has 4 walking MP and 6 running MP, but lacks jump jets. The MAD-7C has average mobility for a ’Mech of its weight. Battle Value: 1,810 (plus C3 network cost).

Exposed Weapon Linkage (Light Gauss Rifle).Cover from trees or a hill can be just as effective protection as your movement.You can fire in any direction thanks to useful quirks.Firing just your three primary weapons will slowly build up heat, but adding the pulse lasers results in dangerous heat levels Without a supporting C 3 network, fighting at 14 hexes gets your primary weapons in to medium range.Connect to a C 3 network with spotters that can get within 6 hexes for maximum accuracy.It lacks the computer system and carries additional ammunition for the gauss rifle in its place. The C 3-capable MAD-7C was initially created for sale to the Republic of the Sphere, but it is available on the open market to other nations and mercenaries in the Inner Sphere.īowie’s other variant, the MAD-7R, is available for buyers that do not make use of C 3 systems. The Marauder MAD-7C is one of two variants introduced by the Lyran Commonwealth’s Bowie Industries in 3103.

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