American Mecha Bushido

説明

Originally published in Battletechnology Magazine issue 18, this Mech was designed and conceived by R. Kent Schmidt. It had a full write up, but no art work. This is my attempt at bringing this Mech to life. I used a Hatamoto-Chi as the base for it, which seemed appropriate. Perhaps the Hatamoto-Chi was developed from this earlier Mech. Here is the overview of the Mech from the magazine article. Bushido BSD-7K Overview: The BSD-7K was initially designed as the Kuritan answer to the Hatcheman, but over the seven years of pre-design work, it was redesigned into a much larger, deadlier Mech. The Mech was created by Dr. Batu Ibinbachi of the hightly respected Sun Zhang Military Academy research facility to be a close combat machine. Designed with the maximum amount of leg armor and heavy-duty leg actuators - as well as jump jets - the Bushido was created to execute both regular kicking attacks and the famed "Death From Above". The unusual combination of jump jets with an extra-heavy heavy Mech frame began as an innovative answer to the toe-to toe combat which was appearing more and more in the later years of the Succession Wars. Bushido BSD-7K Mass: 70 tons Tech Base: Inner Sphere Chassis Config: Biped Rules Level: Tournament Legal Era: Clan Invasion Tech Rating/Era Availability: D/X-X-D-D Production Year: 3029 Dry Cost: 6,209,023 C-Bills Total Cost: 6,209,023 C-Bills Battle Value: 1,482 Chassis: RKS Masterframe BSD Standard Power Plant: Vlar 300 280 Fusion Engine Walking Speed…