Cestus CTS-7A
- Type
- BattleMech
- Tech
- Inner Sphere
- Mass
- 65t
- Role
- Brawler
- Intro
- 3070 Jihad
- Rules
- Standard
- Cost
- 12.25M C-bills
- Move
- Armor
- 211 pts
ER Medium Laser ×2Medium Pulse Laser ×2LB 20-X ACStreak SRM 4 ×2
Technical Readout: TR:3058U · Record Sheets: RS:3058Uu-C
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Availability by era
1 era · 1 faction
| Gun | Pilot | Adj BV |
|---|---|---|
| G0 | 1 | 3,509 |
| G1 | 2 | 3,068 |
| G2 | 3 | 2,552 |
| G3 | 4 | 2,005 |
| G4 | 5 | 1,519 |
| G5 | 6 | 1,306 |
| G6 | 7 | 1,170 |
| G7 | 8 | 1,033 |
| G8 | 8 | 972 |
Piloting rides one point worse than Gunnery, capped at Piloting 8, the conventional pairing. Regular is Gunnery 4 / Piloting 5.
Recognition notes
The CTS-7A is a 65-ton brawler that closes to close-in range, cruising at 43 km/h and topping out near 65. Where the CTS-6X of 2609 packed each arm with a PPC, a Large Laser, and a Medium Pulse Laser, the CTS-7A strips that arsenal down to a Medium Pulse Laser and an ER Medium Laser per arm, trading long-reach punch for a shorter-range, lighter-heat spread. In place of the earlier design's arm-mounted battery, it adds a pair of Streak SRM 4 launchers in the left torso and an LB 20-X AC in the center torso, and its 12 double heat sinks replace the CTS-6X's 14 single sinks. Blue Shot Weapons builds the CTS-7A on Solaris VII.
Armor & loadout
| Weapon / Equipment | Loc | Qty | Ammo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bal | CT | 1 | 15 rds · 3 t in LT |
| MslStreak SRM 4 | LT ×2 | 2 | 25 rds · 1 t |
| Enr | RA · LA | 2 | |
| Enr | RA · LA | 2 |