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The primary type of unit players will control are small teams (lances) of Battlemechs, highly advanced, bipedal war engines bristling with weapons and capability. That doesn't mean that conventional vehicles won't play a role, however.

Vehicle Landing Pads can be brought down on captured Navbeacon Outpost slots, which will allow a steady stream of allied conventional forces to be ferried to the battlefield via landing craft. These vehicles won't be under the direct control of the player; they will move across the battlefield attacking enemy and protecting friendly facilities.

Farming C-Bills

An important income source for players will be destroying hostile vehicles. They are often much easier to destroy than enemy Mechs, so avoiding the opposing player to 'farm' C-Bills via vehicles is a potential strategy, at least early in the game.

Farming Salvage

Vehicles will also be an important source of Salvage. By the mid to late game the battlefield should be littered with vehicle wrecks for your recovery vehicles to loot.

Never-ending Defense

As vehicles wander the map it is inevitable they will come across navbeacons and Outposts belonging to a player they are hostile to. While vehicles can't capture or contest navbeacons themselves, they have no problem with attacking and destroying any undefended outposts or other facilities at these beacons.

List of Vehicles

Here is a brief summary of what kinds of vehicles you'll find on the battlefield. While vehicles are no match for a Battlemech of the same weight class, heavier vehicles can pose a serious threat to lighter Mechs.

Swift Wind Scout Car

Unarmed but capable of blistering speeds, this vehicle's sole purpose is scouting.

Skulker Recon Car

A light reconnaissance car armed with a single Medium Beam Laser.

APC

Carries a squad of 5 Battle Armor troops that hop out to do most of the fighting when facing enemies.

Packrat Armored Car

A light armored car armed with a turret-mounted SRM-6.

Galleon Light Tank

A basic tracked tank armed with a Medium Laser and twin Small Lasers.

Scorpion Light Tank

Armed simply with an AC/5 autocannon.

Main Gauche Light Support Tank

Armed with a dependable Light Gauss rifle backed up by a machinegun, this light sniper can engage from extremely long ranges.

Striker Light LRM Vehicle

A fast, wheeled missile support vehicle armed with an LRM-10 and SRM-6.

Pegasus Light Hovertank

Armed with two SRM-6s and a forward-firing Medium Beam Laser, able to cross water.

Hunter Medium LRM Tank

Armed solely with an LRM-20 for long-range fire support but totally defenseless at close range.

Vedette Medium Tank

Medium Tank armed with an Ultra AC/5 and machinegun.

Myrmidon Medium Fire Support Tank

Medium tank armed with a PPC and defensive SRM-6.

Bulldog Medium Battle Tank

Medium tank armed with a Large Beam Laser and two SRM-4s.

Goblin Medium Assault Tank

Armed with a Large Pulse Laser and SRM-6, and protected by AMS, this medium tank is designed for close-range engagements.

Manticore Heavy Battle Tank

Heavy Main Battle Tank armed with a PPC, LRM-10 and SRM-6 for all-round balanced power.

Tiger Heavy Battle Tank

A heavy tank armed with an AC/10 an an SRM-4.

Patton Heavy Battle Tank

A heavy MBT armed with an AC/10 and LRM-5.

Rommel Heavy Battle Tank

A sister design of the Patton, but swaps out the AC/10 for a short-ranged but more powereful AC/20.

Tokugawa Heavy Battle Tank

MBT armed with an LBX-10 autocannon, SRM-6 and two Medium Pulse Lasers.

Po Heavy Battle Tank

MBT armed with an AC/10 and a pair of machineguns.

SRM Carrier

Armed with 10 SRM-6, this vehicle packs a punch at close range. Built on same chassis as LRM Carrier.

Pilum Heavy LRM Tank

Armed with two Artemis-boosted LRM-15s and a pair of Medium Pulse Lasers and Streak SRM-2s.

LRM Carrier

Armed with three LRM-20s, very dangerous at long range but defenseless up close. Built on same chassis as SRM Carrier.

Ballista Artillery Tank

Armed with a mid-range artillery cannon, the Ballista can pose a threat to enemy infrastructure from well outside detection range, making them high priority targets to hunt down.

Demolisher Heavy Assault Tank

An Assault-class tank armed with two AC/20s, extremely dangerous at close range.

Shrek Heavy Fire Support Tank

A long-range fire support vehicle armed with triple PPCs, very dangerous at a distance but defenseless up close.

Alacorn Superheavy Fire Support Tank

Big brother to the Shrek, the Alacorn is armed with a trio of Gauss rifles, making it one of the most deadly vehicles to encounter on the battlefield.

Behemoth Superheavy Battle Tank

Assault-class MBT with a ridiculous armament that equals some heavy mechs, several factions also have their own variants.

Challenger X Superheavy Battle Tank

An assault-class MBT armed with a Gauss Rifle, LBX-10, LRM-10, two Medium Pulse Lasers and two Streak SRM-2s and an anti-missile system -- dangerous at any range.

Gurteltier Superheavy Battle Tank

An assault-class MBT armed with a Gauss Rifle, PPC, and MML-7 launcher.

Narukami Superheavy Battle Tank

Assault-class MBT armed with a Gauss Rifle, two PPCs and two anti-missile systems.

Po II Superheavy Battle Tank

Upgraded Po armed with a UAC/20, two LRM-5s and two Streak SRM-2s.

Ontos Superheavy Tank

Paying homage to an ancient and obscure Terran vehicle, the Ontos is a medium-range beatstick with 8 Medium Lasers and an LRM-10 rack.