This mod, formally named Violet Alliance, enhances the original game by unlocking, changing, and adding. Enjoy. :^)
Special thanks to modder Kalani6324 for making this possible. This is the MLC-3 Light Tank. An early game anti-vehicle tank for the Rebel Alliance.
The Empire is, for the most part, a largely "spam vehicle" based faction, and early game, the Rebels do not have as much in the way of anti-vehicle tanks. This thing will help in that role, but it will not out-shine the Heavy Tracker and Freerunner. Despite it being a tank, I am actually treating it as some sort of self-propelled tracked field gun. If one is a tank fan, think of the M56 Scorpion. If one is not a tank fan, think of some sort of jury-rigged tractor, with tracks instead of wheels, and guns attached to it.
A different way of looking at it could be, it is a slightly weaker P-tower turret, that now can move. The MLC-3 will fire in burst of 2, and if both shots are able to connect, a non-upgraded MLC-3 will do 90% of the damage of a non-upgraded 1.4 FD P-Tower turret. I might reduce that, though. Maybe. Quick refresher, I changed the base damage, number of volleys and rate of fire of the P-tower turret a few years back for lore purposes.
Late game, I would say it is still viable due to its production cost and time to build. It is very cheap to produce, and takes relatively little time to crank out of your factories. As the Rebels do not have the resources to spam vehicles, this thing is very production time friendly. Remember, for the Rebel faction, stacking vehicle factories will not speed up vehicle production as you lack the resources to stock your factories anyway. For the Imperial faction players, it can be overwhelmed with infantry. For the Rebel faction, I hope you enjoy this new asset to help you threaten enemy vehicles.