Cicada CDA-4A
- Type
- BattleMech
- Tech
- Inner Sphere
- Mass
- 40t
- Role
- Striker
- Intro
- 3150 Dark Age
- Rules
- Advanced
- Move
- Armor
- 134 pts
Medium VSP Laser ×2Medium Re-engineered Laser
Availability by era
2 eras · 6 factions
| Gun | Pilot | Adj BV |
|---|---|---|
| G0 | 1 | 2,534 |
| G1 | 2 | 2,216 |
| G2 | 3 | 1,843 |
| G3 | 4 | 1,448 |
| G4 | 5 | 1,097 |
| G5 | 6 | 943 |
| G6 | 7 | 845 |
| G7 | 8 | 746 |
| G8 | 8 | 702 |
Piloting rides one point worse than Gunnery, capped at Piloting 8, the conventional pairing. Regular is Gunnery 4 / Piloting 5.
Recognition notes
The Cicada CDA-4A is a 40-ton striker that fights close in, a 3150 rebuild of the 2740 CDA-2A scout. Where the CDA-2A carries a Medium Laser in each torso and a Small Laser in the center torso, the CDA-4A swaps in a Medium VSP Laser in the left torso and another in the right torso, with a Medium Re-engineered Laser in the center torso. Endo steel structure and ferro-fibrous armor replace the CDA-2A's standard structure and armor, and double heat sinks stand in for the earlier single type, while a lighter XL fusion engine of the same 320 rating frees tonnage for a supercharger in the right torso that pushes sprint speed to 173 km/h. The armless configuration carries over from the original, and Westover BattleMechs builds the type at its Westover plant.
Armor & loadout
| Weapon / Equipment | Loc | Qty | Ammo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Enr | CT | 1 | |
| Enr | RT · LT | 2 | |
| mobilitySupercharger | RT |