These came out just a touch too late for me to
use them in the last war, but I am waiting with anticipation to get some stocks
in for the next waltz. They are a much needed addition to the chassis slot
options and fill a gap that has been a bugbear for mech commanders for quite a
while.
So what do you get for your hard earned dosh?
Well, book price is 981 Ferrite, 1105 Bioptics and 50 Crystal. On paper what
you get is Dodge of 8, 2 x damage boost of 4% and there’s an unfortunate 5%
projectile vulnerability… HOWEVER the big bonuses are a stonking 30% mitigation
on any splash or trample attacks… and since the weight range of this piece is
75 – 85 tons, this is where it more than earns the money back.
That weight range now suddenly includes mainstay
mechs you just don’t want to retire such as the Dangerous Dilophus, the heavily Armoured Ammonite and the Beamalicious Bishop. Not to mention heavier mechs like the Ballista and Gigus that by rights are too heavy to be thinking about
retiring, but up until now have had no place in the lineup to call home when
faced with those nasty BFM mechs.
You see, as a commander your choice was limited.
Keep them behind your best mechs and watch them get torn apart and shut down by
trample damage before they got a shot off, or to at least get some use you had
to throw them at the front in a skirmish line against an enemy now too powerful
and heavier by far than them.
Oh, but now they have trample shields… the true
flexibility of your formation has returned. The fact that they also have splash
shielding once they get into firing position is pure icing on the cake. Up at
that tonnage range, chassis pieces were always going to be a mix and match… the
Evador Bolts just add one more delectable piece to the puzzle so you can get
the best out of your lines.
Submitted by by David McCallum #701548