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Name/Model:         Arrow Platform
Designer:           Thunder
Source(s):          Custom Mordel.Net Units
Technology:         Inner Sphere (Mixed)
Technology Rating:  F
Tonnage:            90
Configuration:      Biped BattleMech
Era/Year:           Dark Age / 3150
Rules (Current):    Advanced
Rules (Era):        Advanced
Rules (Year):       Advanced
Total Cost:         7,538,250 C-Bills
Battle Value:       662

Chassis:              Composite
Power Plant:          90 Compact
Walking Speed:        10.8 kph  
Maximum Speed:        10.8 kph  
Jump Jets:            None
    Jump Capacity:    None
Armor:                Hardened
Armament:             
    3 Arrow IV Systems (C)
Manufacturer:         Unknown
    Primary Factory:  Unknown
Communications:       Unknown
Targeting & Tracking: Unknown

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Overview:
    This was a pure exercise in how cheaply could I get Arrow IVs on the field using only 1
    mech.
    
    The setup was probably about 7.5k bv with 3 mechs.  I Went for 2 high value Mechs with TAG,
    and this.  The premium for bringing homing ammo was also paid.

Capabilities:
    So it started as a 100 ton mech just to maximize potential.  Compact engine and gyro free up
    the space needed to fit 3 Arrow IVs while leaving 1 arm free to prop up the mech.  Because I
    already knew armor was just a cost I didn't want to pay.  So being prone behind cover was
    the best option for survival.
    
    The real problem is now heat.  3 Arrow IVs are pretty hot, and I did want to be able to use
    them continously.  Arrow IVs also take up a rather appalling number of critical slots.  With
    the movement floored to reduce BV multipliers the engine wasn't going to help hold the
    needed heat capacity.  It is here where I finally discovered a use for one of the arguably
    least useful bits of tech ever, the compact heat sink.
    
    With enough heat to actually be useful, and a weapons payload equally as functional, it was
    time to start parsing away at the BV.  First was a small cockpit to reduce the total bv by
    5%.  Composite structure to reduce the internal structures value by half.  A reduction in
    tonnage until all critical slots were used and a minimum tonnage remained which was used up
    in armor.  Finally a ton of ammo was placed in every location without CASE to include that
    series of penalties to the BV calculation.
    
    And today I realized there was one truly final trick.  Use hardened armor for the -1 to
    running, reducing the offensive multiplier further and reducing the BV by just over 100 more
    points.

Notable MechWarriors:
    Why yes, you could put a 8/8 pilot in this for even further reductions in BV.  A concept
    that has been called "a monkey with a homing grenade"
    
    It's not like the homing round even uses the launchers skills after all.  (The TAG gunners
    on the other hand...)

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Equipment                                                             Mass                      
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Internal Structure:                         Composite                  4.50                     
Engine:                                     90 Compact                 4.50                     
    Walking MP:                                 1                                               
    Running MP:                                 1                                               
    Jumping MP:                                 0                                               
Heat Sinks (Compact):                           30                    30.00                     
Gyro:                                        Compact                   1.50                     
Cockpit:                                    Small (C)                  2.00                     
Armor Factor:                                   20                     2.50                     
    Type:                                    Hardened                                           

                                    Internal         Armor     
                                    Structure        Value     
    Head:                               3              3       
    Center Torso:                      29              2       
    Center Torso (rear):                               1       
    R/L Torso:                         19              2       
    R/L Torso (rear):                                  1       
    R/L Arm:                           15              2       
    R/L Leg:                           19              2       

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Weapons and Ammo                                       Location          Critical     Tonnage   
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Arrow IV System (Ammo 10) [Non-Homing] (C)                H                 2          2.00             
Arrow IV System (C)                                     CT/RT               12        12.00             
Arrow IV System (Ammo 5) [Non-Homing] (C)                 CT                1          1.00             
Arrow IV System (Ammo 5) [Non-Homing] (C)                 RT                1          1.00             
Arrow IV System (C)                                     LT/CT               12        12.00             
Arrow IV System (Ammo 5) [Non-Homing] (C)                 LT                1          1.00             
Arrow IV System (Ammo 5) [Non-Homing] (C)                 RA                1          1.00             
Arrow IV System (C)                                     LA/LT               12        12.00             
Arrow IV System (Ammo 5) [Non-Homing] (C)                 LA                1          1.00             
Arrow IV System (Ammo 5) [Non-Homing] (C)                 RL                1          1.00             
Arrow IV System (Ammo 5) [Non-Homing] (C)                 LL                1          1.00             

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Alpha Strike Statistics                                             
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Point Value (PV): 45
TP: BM,  SZ: 4,  TMM: 0,  MV: 0"
Damage: (S) 0 / (M) 0 / (L) 0,  OV: 0
Armor (A): 1,  Structure (S): 5
Specials: ARTAC-3, CR
 
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