Zeus ZEU-9S

         Much of the synthesis involved in the merger of the Lyran Commonwealth with the Federated Suns has given the Federated Commonweath Armed Forces a Davion flavor.   Davion tactics predominate.   Davion organization has been superimposed on Steiner space.   Along with many Davion ways of doing things came an emphasis on ‘Mech designs in favor with the AFFS.   However, the pride and joy of the Lyran Commonwealth, the Zeus, was too valuable to be ignored.   Procurement officers prodded Defiance Industries to speed up its production, sending the new ‘mechs to corners of Davion space that had rarely seen this design.
         The availability of Star League technology presents new opportunities for tacticians to use the Zeus.   Though security on Hesperus is extremely tight, Our Blessed Order has reasonably reliable reports of a new model, the ZEU-9S.
         The use of Glasgow Limited Primo Ferro-Fibrous Armor offers better protection for less weight.   The savings goes toward Cellular Ammunition Storage Equipment to guard against an internal explosion and toward improved weapons.   The new Zeus also employs double heat sinks, making it able to handle the increased heat generated by the new weapons.   An extended-range Defiance 1001 Particle Projection Cannon replaces the aging autocannon in the left arm.   Designers upgraded the large laser in the left torso to a Cyclops XII Extended-Range model and replaced both medium lasers with pulse-model Defiance P5Ms.