That's right! It's back, and meaner than ever. With just a brief 6-month closure of the NAIS' Mech Fabrication plant on New Avalon, the TIA-1D is being churned out in record numbers. While security is tight, one of our agents has reported that the plant produced at least 6 'Mechs last year, with a large portion going to the Federated Commonwealth regiments. The major upgrades of theTitan are the twin Defiance 100T Particle Projection Cannons replacing the older Magna Hellstar PPCs. Also the Martel Medium Lasers were upgraded to Sutel Precision Line Medium Pulse Lasers, and to protect the pilot of the Titan further, it now carries the reliable CASE in both the left and right torsos. To upgrade its weaponry the Titan drops seven heat sinks. However, it employs the technology of double sinks to improve its heat dissipation and to compensate for the additional heat buildup of the new weapons. Battle History: The Titan has had an illustrious career despite being only 20 years old. Its ferocity and raw firepower are unequaled on the battlefield. One example was the baffle for Quentin in 3039. An assault lance of Titans were en route to the battlefront when a Kurita Company surprised them and opened fire. One Titan burst into a ball of flame as the rear armor was breached and the SRM ammo detonated. Realizing her situation, Lt. Deneice Wages radioed to headquarters for reinforcements and engaged the invaders. The battle lasted five minutes. When reinforcement arrived all that remained was Lt. Wages' Titan. Out of ammo and missing its left arm, it was fighting a Panther and the Kuritan Commander's BattleMaster. With a dual blast of PPC fire from the Titan, the Panther exploded as the engine went supernova. Deciding that discretion was the better part of valor, the BattleMaster pilot gave a salute and retreated from the field. For her actions, Lt. Wages was promoted to the rank of Hauptmann. She retired at that rank three years later. This battle did not affect the outcome of the war for the planet: Kuritan forces pushed the Federated Commonwealth off the planet two weeks later. What the battle did prove beyond a doubt was the Titan's durability. That three Titans going head to head with a Kurita company lasted for half an hour, with one surviving, is nothing short of a miracle. Of the 400 plus Titans which have been produced, slightly more than 100 are the new Titan-1 Ds. The Titan is mostly concentrated in the Federated Commonwealth regiments. They are used as command 'Mechs. In most regiments they are assembled in assault lances, the average frequency being one such assault lance per battalion. The other Titans are scattered between the Lyran Guard and the Crucis Lancers. Variants: The only variant of the new Titan is the substitution of a Guardian ECM for the Beagle Probe. Due to the modular nature of these systems, the substitution takes eight hours. The older TIA-1A Titans have in some cases been upgraded with Star League technology. Dropping six heat sinks and the SRM6, one model adds Rawlings 550 Jump Jets, a medium laser, CASE in both torsos, an SRM 4, and a upgrade of the PPCs to Extended Range PPCs. The other model drops the same weapons but adds an SRM 4, CASE, and a third PPC. Both of these models replace the remaining heat sinks with freezer type double heat sinks. Notable MechWarriors: Hauptmann Dean Martin Assigned to the 3rd Crucis Lancers, he was one of the first to receive Titan-1 D. While he mourned the loss of his Victor, he realizes that the Titan is clearly superior. Using this superiority, he was the first to perform a Death From Above attack with the Titan. The facts that the opponent was a Kuritan Sho-sa, and that the attack was captured on camera, made the kill all the more spectacular. TIA-1 D Titan Mass: 100 Tons Chassis: NAIS-B Power Plant: General Motors 300 Extralight Cruising Speed: 32.4 kph Maximum Speed: 54.8 kph Jump Jets: Rawlings 550 Jump Capacity: 90 Meters Armor: Durallex Super Heavy II Armament: 2 Defiance 1001 Projection Cannons 7 Sutel Precision Line Medium Pulse Lasers 6 Holly Short Range Missile 4-Pack Manufacturer: NAIS' Mech Fabrication Primary Factory: New Avalon Communication System: Tek BattleCom Targeting/Tracking System: Wasat IBM with Beagle Probe Type: TIA-1 D Titan Tons Tonnage: 100 Tons 100.0 Internal Structure: 10.0 Engine: 300 XL 9.5 Walking: 3 Running: 5 Jumping: 3 Heat Sinks: 16(32) 6.0 Gyro: 3.0 Cockpit 3.0 Armor 304 19.0 Internal External Head: 3 9 CT: 31 50/11 RT/LT: 2132/10 RA/LA: 17 34 RL/LL: 21 41 Weapons: Type: Location Crits Tonnage ER PPC FIT 3 7.0 ER PPC LT 3 7.0 Medium Pulse Laser RT 1 2.0 Medium Pulse Laser FIT 1 2.0 Medium Pulse Laser FIT 1 2.0 Medium Pulse Laser RA 1 2.0 Medium Pulse Laser RA 1 2.0 Medium Pulse Laser LA 1 2.0 Medium Pulse Laser LA 1 2.0 SRM-4 H 1 2.0 SRM-4 CT 1 2.0 SRM-4 RT 1 2.0 SRM-4 RT 1 2.0 SRM-4 LT 1 2.0 SRM-4 LT 1 2.0 Ammo (SRM) 25 RL 1 1.0 Ammo (SRM) 25 LL 1 1.0 Beagle Probe LT 2 1.5 Jump Jets CT 1 2.0 Jump Jets RL 1 2.0 Jump Jets LL 1 2.0 TIA-2D Titan Variant Tonnage: 100.0 Internal Structure: 10.0 Engine: 300XL 9.5 Walking: 3 Running: 5 Jumping: 3 Cockpit: 3.0 Gyro: 3.0 Heat Sinks: 16(32) 6.0 Armor: 304 19.0 InternalExternal Head: 3 9 CT: 31 50/11 RT/LT: 21 32/10 RA/LA: 17 34 RL/LL: 21 41 Weapons: Type Location Crits Tonnage ER PPC RT 3 7.0 ER PPC LT 3 7.0 Medium Pulse Laser RT 1 2.0 Medium Pulse Laser RT 1 2.0 Medium Pulse Laser RT 1 2.0 Medium Pulse Laser RA 1 2.0 Medium Pulse Laser RA 1 2.0 Medium Pulse Laser LA 1 2.0 Medium Pulse Laser LA 1 2.0 SRM-4 H 1 2.0 SRM-4 CT 1 2.0 SRM-4 RT 1 2.0 SRM-4 RT 1 2.0 SRM-4 LT 1 2.0 SRM-4 LT 1 2.0 Ammo (SRM) 25 RL 1 1.0 Ammo (SRM) 25 LL 1 1.0 ECM or Beagle Probe LT 1 1.5 Jump Jets CT 2 2.0 Jump Jets RL 2 2.0 Jump Jets LL 2 2.0 Space Allocation: Location Fixed Spaces Left H SRM 4 0 CT SRM 4 Jump Jet 0 RT 3 Engines 3 ER PPC 3 Medium Pulse Lasers 2SRM4 0 LT 3 Engine 3 ER PPC 2 ECM or Beagle Probe 2SRM4 0 RA 2 Medium Pulse Lasers 6 Double Heat Sinks 0 LA 2 Medium Pulse Lasers 6 Double Heat Sinks 0 RL 1 Jump Jet 1 Ammo (SRM) 0 LL 1 Jump Jet 1 Ammo (SRM) 0  Type: TIA-1 AD Titan Upgrade This kit replaces the weapons and heat sinks on the TIA-1A to update it to 3050 Tech level. Tonnage 100 Tons 100.0 Internal Structure: 10.0 Engine: 300 Vlar 19.0 Walking: 3 Running: 5 Jumping: 0 Heatsinks: 15(30) 5.0 Gyro: 3.0 Cockpit: 3.0 Armor: 304 19.0 Armor Factor: InternalExternal Head 3 9 CT: 31 50/11 RT/LT 1 32/10 RA/LA 17 34 RL/LL 21 41 Weapons: Location Crits Tons ER PPC FIT 3 7.0 ER PPC LT 3 7.0 Medium Pulse Laser RT 1 2.0 Medium Pulse Laser RT 1 2.0 Medium Pulse Laser RT 1 2.0 Medium Pulse Laser RA 1 2.0 Medium Pulse Laser RA 1 2.0 Medium Pulse Laser LA 1 2.0 Medium Pulse Laser LA 1 2.0 SRM-4 RT 1 2.0 SRM-4 RT 1 2.0 SRM-4 LT 1 2.0 SRM-4 LT 1 2.0 SRM-6 CT 2 3.0 Ammo (SRM) 25 RT 1 1.0 Ammo (SRM) 25 LT 1 1.0 Ammo (SRM) 15 LT 1 1.0 CASE RT 1 0.5 CASE LT 1 0.5 Back to BattleTechnology 17 Table of Contents Back to BattleTechnology List of Issues Back to MagWeb Magazine List © Copyright 1992 by Pacific Rim Publishing. This article appears in MagWeb.com (Magazine Web) on the Internet World Wide Web. 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