Name:  Fluid Suction System
Type (Category):  Equipment (Other)
Reference:  TechManual (p. 247)

Description:
The fluid suction system (FSS) works on the same principles as the drogue, only in reverse (and with a much safer margin of operation, as it is typically reserved for ground-based operations). Designed instead to draw fuels, coolants or other fluids from another unit, the standard suction system can drain roughly 100 kilograms per second. Though impossible to use as a weapon system—it generally requires a crew or a real steady hand to make the necessary connections—the FSS enables a typical SalvageMech so equipped to drain off any vital liquid chemicals from a downed BattleMech or crippled tank in less than a minute. Heavy firefighting vehicles use similar equipment to rapidly fill their on-board water tanks from open bodies of water like rivers and lakes as well.

Game Rules:
Refueling drogues and fluid suction systems have no effect in Total Warfare play; their use is covered in Strategic Operations. Fluid suction systems aren’t necessary for refueling operations; only units designated as tankers for mid-air refueling require a refueling drogue.

Combat Vehicles

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Production Date:	PS
Extinction Date:	—
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WEAPONS AND EQUIPMENT COMBAT AND CONSTRUCTION TABLE
RULES LEVEL PROGRESSION TABLE
MegaMek Output → Critical Slot:  RefuelingDrogue
Record Sheet Output → Critical Slot:  Fluid Suction System

Prototype Date:	—
Production Date:	PS
Extinction Date:	—
Recovery Date:	—

WEAPONS AND EQUIPMENT COMBAT AND CONSTRUCTION TABLE
RULES LEVEL PROGRESSION TABLE
MegaMek Output → Critical Slot:  RefuelingDrogue
Record Sheet Output → Critical Slot:  Fluid Suction System