KW1-LH9 Lineholder

Mass: 55 tons
Chassis: Kressly GRF1A-MDX
Power Plant: Core Tek 275
Cruising Speed: 54 kph
Maximum Speed: 86 kph
Jump Jets: none
   Jump Capacity: none
Armor: Kressly Stoneskin 30M 
Armament:
   4 Intek Medium Lasers
   2 LongFire LRM 5s
   1 Johnson High Speed ER PPC
Manufacturer: Kressly Warworks
   Primary Factory: Epsilon Eridani
Communications System: Angst Clear Channel 3
Targeting and Tracking System: RCA Instatrac Mark XII

Overview:
       After the failure of the KW1-LH8 which went against every 
   principal of the original Lineholder, Kressly went back to the 
   drawing board to re-evaluate its classic. While the LH8 feature 
   cutting edge House Davion technologies in the form of a Myrdon 
   Tornado rotary cannon and a Blazefire "Sweetshot" ER large laser and 
   was impressive on paper, in practise it was a terrible failure. The 
   mech was much harder to produce and lack the versatilty of the 
   original and was even less armored even with all the lightened 
   construction techniques and armor. 
       In short it was doomed.
       Kressly thus doved back to its previous blueprints and decided to 
   combine all the elements of its original, LH3 and LH8 variants to 
   produce the "Ultimate" Lineholder. 
       


Capabilities:
       One major thing that Kressly Warworks wanted for the "Ultimate" 
   Lineholder was to be the ease of construction, hence complicated 
   construction techniques like Endo-Steel and Ferro Fibrous Armor had 
   to be done away with. Thus the LH9 will be no different from the 
   original LH2 that walked off their factories almost 5 years ago, 
   however it retained the LH8 double heatsink upgrade.
       The second most important reason for the simplicity of 
   construction is that since Kressly Warworks has already thrown their 
   lot in with Prince Victor Davion (secretly). Victor has barely 
   declared the War 8 months ago and would require machines that can be 
   bought cheaply yet still reliable and easily maintained until he 
   amasses his loyalist forces.
       As for the weapon upgrades, Kressly retained the tried and true 
   dual Longfire LRM5s and the quad of Intek medium lasers, however the 
   left arm "Sweet Shot"  Extended Range Large Laser has being removed 
   and a new Johnson "High Speed" Extended Range PPC which provided a 
   marked increase in lethality and range over the ERLarge laser. This 
   was possible due to the use of the double heatsinks which freed up 
   alot more room in the Lineholder. The  LH9 also feature an additional 
   DHS in the engine to allow the LH9 fire its ERPPC and LRMs while 
   running, giving it the ability to rain ordance while on the 
   move.
       The mech's protection doesn't disappoint either featuring an 
   additional ton of armor over the original giving it at least 90% 
   protection. However, the magic and selling point of the LH9 is that 
   it is still under 5 million C-bills, a serious boon for any militia 
   and of course, any cash strapped Victor Davion loyalist in the 
   Draconis March.
       

Deployment:
       Currently aggressively marketed to most Chaos March Powers in its 
   LH10 form with only a regular PPC, the LH9 is currently secretly 
   filling the ranks of the men and women who answered to Victor 
   Davion's call to oust Katherine Steiner. 
       But whatever is the end result of the Fedcom Civil War or the general 
   chaos of the Chaos March , Kressly Warworks is determined to carve 
   another share in the market for itself once again.

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KW1-LH9 Lineholder

Technology Base: - Inner Sphere - Level 2
Equipment                                                Mass
Internal Structure:                                      5.5
Engine:                275                              15.5
    Walking MP:         5
    Running MP:         8 
    Jumping MP:         0 
Heat Sinks:            11(22) - Double                     1
Gyro:                                                      3
Cockpit:                                                   3
Armor Factor:          176                                11

                     Internal          Armor
                    Structure          Value
Head                    3                9
Center Torso           18               28
Center Torso(rear)                       7
R/L Torso              13               20
R/L Torso(rear)                          6
R/L Arm                 9               18
R/L Leg                13               22

Weapons and Ammo                     Location   Critical  Tonnage
ER PPC                                  LA          3        7
Medium Laser                            LT          1        1
Medium Laser                            LT          1        1
LRM 5 Ammo                              RT          1        1
Medium Laser                            RT          1        1
Medium Laser                            RT          1        1
LRM 5                                   RA          1        2
LRM 5                                   RA          1        2
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Max Heat: 33
Heat Dissipation: 22
BV: 1,190
Cost: 4,937,866 C-bills