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Name/Model:         Red Hawk RED-2H
Designer:           mud
Source(s):          Custom Mordel.Net Units
Technology:         Inner Sphere
Technology Rating:  D
Tonnage:            55
Configuration:      Biped BattleMech
Era/Year:           Clan Invasion / 3050
Rules (Current):    Introductory
Rules (Era):        Introductory
Rules (Year):       Introductory
Total Cost:         4,873,407 C-Bills
Battle Value:       1,358

Chassis:              Standard
Power Plant:          275 Fusion
Walking Speed:        54 kph    
Maximum Speed:        86.4 kph  
Jump Jets:            Standard
    Jump Capacity:    150 meters
Armor:                Standard
Armament:             
    4 Medium Lasers
    2 SRM 4s
Manufacturer:         Unknown
    Primary Factory:  Unknown
Communications:       Unknown
Targeting & Tracking: Unknown

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Overview:
    The Red Hawk is an old Terran Hegemony design which occasionally appears in the armies of
    the Successor Lords.  It was originally deployed in conjunction with teams of Griffins as a
    body guard 'mech, once the Griffin's short-range vulnerabilities were fully appreciated.  It
    shares many of the same parts with the Shadow Hawk/Griffin/Wolverine trio, making repair and
    refit a reasonable proposition even though most supply stocks for the design have long since
    been exhausted.  It's heavy armor plating gives it a distinctively bulky appearance.
    Warriors unfamiliar with the design have been known to mistake it for a Grasshopper at first
    sighting.

Capabilities:
    The Red Hawk is extremely well armored for a medium 'mech.  Four wrist mounted Martell
    medium lasers provide a strong close range punch, backed up by two Holly SRM-4 launchers.
    It also carries a large number of heat sinks; unfortunately due to a flaw in the design of
    the center torso, one of the heat sinks mounted directly under the engine is particularly
    vulnerable to damage; this has proven to be an unexpected blessing for some pilots though.
    The heat sink is positioned in such a way that hits which would otherwise damage the fusion
    plant hit the heat sink instead.  (In game terms, the single empty slot in the center torso
    counts as a heat sink slot).  The design's only serious flaw is the lack of long-range
    firepower.

Deployment:
    The Red Hawk is thinly spread out among all five house armies, with House Liao and House
    Steiner possessing the greatest concentrations of the design.  The only known Red Hawks in
    mercenary hands are a lance deployed with the Eridani Light Horse, who find it's combination
    of speed and heavy armor a valuable addition to their ranks.

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Equipment                                                             Mass                      
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Internal Structure:                          Standard                  5.50                     
Engine:                                     275 Fusion                15.50                     
    Walking MP:                                 5                                               
    Running MP:                                 8                                               
    Jumping MP:                                 5                                               
Heat Sinks (Single):                            15                     5.00                     
Gyro:                                        Standard                  3.00                     
Cockpit:                                     Standard                  3.00                     
Armor Factor:                                  184                    11.50                     
    Type:                                    Standard                                           

                                    Internal         Armor     
                                    Structure        Value     
    Head:                               3              9       
    Center Torso:                      18             30       
    Center Torso (rear):                               5       
    R/L Torso:                         13             21       
    R/L Torso (rear):                                  5       
    R/L Arm:                            9             18       
    R/L Leg:                           13             26       

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Weapons and Ammo                                       Location          Critical     Tonnage   
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Jump Jet                                                  CT                1          0.50             
2 Jump Jets                                               RT                2          1.00             
SRM 4                                                     RT                1          2.00             
2 Jump Jets                                               LT                2          1.00             
SRM 4                                                     LT                1          2.00             
SRM 4 (Ammo 25)                                           LT                1          1.00             
2 Medium Lasers                                           RA                2          2.00             
2 Medium Lasers                                           LA                2          2.00             

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Alpha Strike Statistics                                             
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Point Value (PV): 36
TP: BM,  SZ: 2,  TMM: 2,  MV: 10"j
Damage: (S) 3 / (M) 3 / (L) 0,  OV: 1
Armor (A): 6,  Structure (S): 5
Specials: SRM1/1
 
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