Compiled overview of the 100
ton Pillager 'Mech, from various
BattleTech novels and game sourcebooks:
The success of its
Victor design led
HildCo Interplanetary Inc. to develop a larger version of that
BattleMech for city assaults and defense, either standing alone or as part of a
lance. That
'Mech was the
Pillager. Built during the
Reunification War, the
Pillager enjoyed great success with the
SLDF and helped turn the tide of that conflict in the
Star League's favor. The destruction of the facilities that made its advanced systems kept the
Pillager out of production from the end of the
Second Succession War, but the decoding of the
Gray Death memory
core provided HildCo's
engineers with the knowledge their predecessors had lost.
HildCo recently restarted production of the
Pillager at it's plant on
St. Ives.
The PLG-3Z
Pillager presents an intimidating sight. It uses the 100 ton HildCo Heavy Type VIIQT, the largest
BattleMech chassis ever constructed by
HildCo. The new Vlar 300
XL engine gives the
Pillager the same top speed as the
Atlas but at half the weight, allowing for the installation of heavier weapons and armor. The
Pillager's main weapons are its two Poland Main Model A
Gauss Rifles, a Defiance B3L Large
Laser and four Veres Arms Medium Lasers. All of them tied-in nicely with a C-
Apple Churchill Targeting System.
The
Pillager's nineteen tons of Star Slab/9.5 Mk II
Armor give it excellent protection. Fourteen double
heat sinks keep
the modern day Pillager cool-indeed. The Pillager is also equipped with HildCo Model 13
jump jets that allow it to
leap up to ninety meters.
HildCo has already completed four
production runs of the Pillager and has begun a fifth. The biggest customer so far has been the
St. Ives Compact Military. The St. Ives government has announced plans to sell the Pillager to
mercenary units in the near future.
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