The Fire Ant Light Mech was designed replace the aging Jenner Light Mech. The Fire Ant is somewhat slower than than the Jenner but is more versatile. Like the Jenner, it mounts a variety of missiles on a fast chassis. The Fire Ant weighs 35 tons, is lightly armored, and packs a large engine for its size.
Jump jets and large feet increase this agility even further. The standard version features dual LRM-6 batteries, a Streak SRM-8 battery, five medium ER lasers, and two machine guns.
The five medium lasers help to dispel some of the old "missile boat" stigma that dogged the elderly Jenner, which carried only two medium lasers, or sometimes none at all.
This Fire Ant is finished in a low-profile black and dark gray.