BattleTech Vehicle Technical Readout
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Type/Model:    Katherine  OD-1-KTH
Tech:          Inner Sphere / 3060
Config:        Tracked Vehicle
Rules:         Level 2, Standard design

Mass:          50 tons
Power Plant:   200 Pitban Fusion
Cruise Speed:  43.2 km/h
Maximum Speed: 64.8 km/h
Armor Type:    StarSlab/11.5 Type HVA Standard
Armament:      
  1 Defiance Hammerfist Heavy Gauss Rifle 
Manufacturer:  Defiance Industries of Hesperus II
  Location:    Hesperus II
Communications System:  TharHes Muse 54-58K
Targeting & Tracking System:  TharHes Mars 5

==Overview:==
The Katherine, originally called Mjolnir, was to have been a heavy tank, ba
on the Po that was seen as the Lyrans pulled from the Chaos March conflict 
years ago. Ongoing research, after a handful of Pos were purchased via 
mercenaries and reverse-engineered, however, left many failures in its wake
the heart of the issue was that, rather than use a simple Autocannon, the 
Mjolnir was to sport the new Heavy Gauss Rifle, in hopes of introducing a 
powerful, if not cheap, main battle tank. 

Testing showed many a problem with the early designs. The Defiance Hammerfi
Heavy Gauss Rifle was in early testing stages, and sometimes failed to fire
the engaging process drained the ICE engine dry of power, shutting the tank
down. Larger engines and power amplifiers were tried, but even these couldn
keep up with the massive power drain. A fusion engine was finally attempted
found successful, but still problematic. The turret mount then came into 
notice, as turning the vehicle could simply tip it over, due to weight 
imbalances, and the force of firing a projectile was enough to flip the tan
over. 

Truly, the Mjlnir was destined for the scrap heap, were it not for the FedC
civil war. Needing every weapon available, Katherine personally gave a 
greenlight for some wild R&D developments. One request from above was for a
dedicated Mech-hunter, able to out-range and out-punch anything in the FedS
arsenal, but at a fraction of the cost. Having finally stumbled onto the la
feature needed, Hesperus II engineers turned their shoestring budget projec
into a mech-hunter, rather than a line tank, and found success. 

Sadly, the civil war ended before production could be started. In the honor
their fallen Archon Princess, engineers renamed the tank the Katherine, a 
last-minute thumb to the eye of the victors of the war. Production has been
extremely limited, as the new Archon's hatred for Katherine, herself, cause
design to barely tolerated, as well as the extreme shortage of such a diffi
to produce main gun. 


==Capabilities:==
The Katherine is, in fact, a truly average machine, fully built around the 
weapon. Somewhat slow for a medium tank, and featuring an expensive Fusion 
engine, without so much as a machine gun for a secondary weapon and having 
mere sixteen shots for its main gun, the Katherine is well and truly a 
defensive machine, not to be sent into the field of battle away from home. 
simply too vulnerable to troop-based or vehicular counterattacks, despite 
having an astonishing ammount of firepower. Against enemy mechs, however, 
there's simply no tank of the same tonnage that can compete. 


==Deployment==
A full Batallion of Katherines are found on Hesperus II, equating fully hal
the production thusfar. Others are scattered about in regions that were 
staunchly pro-Katherine during the civil war, and seem to have been purchas
at least as much in her honor as for their battlefield ability. Ongoing dem
stay decent, but not high, in this time of relative peace. The production r
is slated for a full two regiments, but it is unknown, at this time, if the
regent will continue production beyond these numbers, or if the Katherine w
soon go the way of her namesake. 


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Type/Model:    Katherine  OD-1-KTH
Mass:          50 tons

Equipment:                                 Items    Mass
Int. Struct.:  20 pts Standard               0      5.00
Engine:        200 Fusion                    0      8.50
Shielding & Transmission Equipment:          0      4.50
    Cruise MP:   4
     Flank MP:   6
Heat Sinks:     10 Single                    0       .00
Cockpit & Controls:                          0      2.50
Crew: 4 Members                              0       .00
Armor Factor:  120 pts Standard              0      7.50

                          Internal    Armor
                          Structure   Value
   Front:                     5         48 
   Left / Right Sides:        5      24/24 
   Rear:                      5         24 

Weapons and Equipment    Loc  Heat  Ammo   Items    Mass
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1 Heavy Gauss Rifle      Front    0   16     2     22.00
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TOTALS:                           0          2     50.00
Items & Tons Left:                          13       .00

Calculated Factors:
Total Cost:        2,095,000 C-Bills
Battle Value:      705
Cost per BV:       2,971.63
Weapon Value:      287 / 287 (Ratio = .41 / .41)
Damage Factors:    SRDmg = 18;  MRDmg = 13;  LRDmg = 4
BattleForce2:      MP: 4T,  Armor/Structure: 0 / 5
                   Damage PB/M/L: 1/1/1,  Overheat: 0
                   Class: GM;  Point Value: 7