Extralight Fusion Engine

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The Extralight Fusion Engine (often shortened to XL Fusion Engine) is mechanically similar to a Fusion Engine but uses much lighter radiation shielding. Replacing the dense tungsten carbide of standard fusion engines with a crystalline polymer similar to that of double heat sinks, the XL fusion engine is half the mass for the same performance.

There is a penalty in bulk, however. The Inner Sphere XL fusion engine is twice as large as the standard fusion engine, while the Clan model is about two-thirds larger. The larger volume of the engines makes them much more likely to end up in the path of penetrating hits. Further, these bulkier engines intrude into the side torso bays of a BattleMech, exposing the 'Mechs to catastrophic engine damage from structural damage that would be otherwise survivable.

There is also a penalty in cost; an XL fusion engine is four times as expensive as a standard, a component that is already usually the largest cost in a BattleMech. Despite this, the allure of huge weight reduction means that the technology sees wide use (as evidenced by the long list of manufacturers below).

History[edit]

Developed by Terran Hegemony scientists in 2556[1] as prototypes, these power plants first saw production use by their armed forces in 2579. By the time Kerensky left in 2784, they were already widely deployed; the subsequent chaos of the Succession Wars caused the destruction of the last XL engine manufacturing plants by 2865. The technology wouldn't resurface in the Inner Sphere until 3035, when it was rediscovered by the Lyran Commonwealth. [2]

Construction Notes[edit]

It has been indicated that the Clan model of Extralight Fusion Engines requires special materials only available from facilities on the Clan homeworlds. Wolf's Dragoons spent several years building their own engines for their OmniMechs before this material shortage compelled them to find an alternative. Rather than using the bulkier (and more vulnerable) Inner Sphere engines, they successfully developed the Light Fusion Engine, which uses the same bulk of the Clan models but at half the weight savings. This is notable as it seemed the Dragoons had little trouble reproducing other Clan equipment. [3] Prototype XL Fusion engines struggle with heat containment as a result of their unpolished design. As a result they generate heat, regardless of whether or not a unit mounting the engine has moved or not. When these engines sustain damage, they usually will run much hotter than a production unit as well on a random additional heat level (in the CBT, roll a die and divide that value in half to add onto the normal heat for a damaged engine), on top of the "normal" heat generated from damaged engine shielding.[1]

Brands[edit]

Fusion Engines are produced under the following brand names:

Manufacturing[edit]

Fusion Engine - XL are manufactured on the following planets:

Engine by Facilities[edit]

Engine by Mech[edit]

Bibliography[edit]

References[edit]

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