BattleMech Technical Readout
Name/Model: Banshee BNC-10X
Designer: Ruger
Source(s): Custom Mordel.Net Units
Technology: Inner Sphere
Technology Rating: F
Tonnage: 95
Configuration: Biped BattleMech
Era/Year: Dark Age / 3150
Rules (Current): Advanced
Rules (Era): Advanced
Rules (Year): Advanced
Total Cost: 16,885,928 C-Bills
Battle Value: 2,483
Structure: Endo Steel
Power Plant: 285 Fusion
Walking Speed: 32.4 kph
Maximum Speed: 54 kph
Jump Jets: Unknown
Jump Capacity: 90 meters
Armor: Standard
Armament:
1 ER Small Laser
4 Medium Lasers
1 Heavy PPC
1 LB 20-X AC
Manufacturer: Unknown
Primary Factory: Unknown
Communications: Unknown
Targeting & Tracking: Unknown
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Overview:
The Banshee has long been a maligned BattleMech, with many deriding its lack of armament for
its size. This has been addressed in many ways by many nations over the last several hundred
years, but it was the Lyran Commonwealth, with its Banshee-3S, that truly made it a
formidable design. This continued with each new variation they created, but this new design
not only gave it firepower, but also survivability.
Capabilities:
Built around the fusion core of the 3S/10S, the Banshee-10X's top speed is only 54 kph, but
like the 3S-MCB1, jump jets provide additional mobility, allowing leaps of up to 90 meters
distant, or 30 meters high. The design, though perhaps not as heavily armed as other
designs, does mount an impressive short-range payload, centered on a type 20 multi-purpose
heavy autocannon mounted in its left torso. This weapon is fed by a three ton ammunition
load, and is backed by a quartet of medium lasers and a small extended range laser mounted
in its head. For more long-range fire, the design is equipped with a single heavy particle
cannon. To make this weapon even more deadly, it is paired with a PPC capacitor, which adds
a third again the firepower after the capacitor is powered up. This makes the PPC hit with
the same lethality as the heavy autocannon, but at a much greater distance.
To protect this payload, 18.5 tons of standard plate encase the frame, and the autocannon's
ammunition is protected by a type 2 CASE system. Additionally, several critical systems are
protected by additional armoring. The fusion core, compact gyro, hip actuators and cockpit
are all equipped with this additional armoring, protecting them each from one or more direct
hits.
Deployment:
Only a few of these 'Mechs have been thus far produced, but have become legendary on the
battlefield for the amount of abuse they can withstand.
Variants:
Wanting to make an even more protected unit, 3 prototypes of the Banshee-11X have been
produced, using some of the same systems. These units mount modular armor on several areas
of the 'Mech, providing an even thicker hide.
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Equipment Mass
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Internal Structure: Endo Steel 5.00
Engine (Armored): 285 Fusion 16.50
Walking MP: 3
Running MP: 5
Jumping MP: 3
Heat Sinks (Double): 10 [20] 0.00
Gyro (Armored): Compact 4.50
Cockpit (Armored): Standard 3.00
Armor Factor: 293 18.50
Type: Standard
Internal Armor
Structure Value
Head: 3 9
Center Torso: 30 42
Center Torso (rear): 18
R/L Torso: 20 30
R/L Torso (rear): 10
R/L Arm: 16 32
R/L Leg: 20 40
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Weapons and Ammo Location Critical Tonnage
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ER Small Laser H 1 0.50
Angel ECM Suite CT 2 2.00
Jump Jet CT 1 2.00
Medium Laser CT 1 1.00
CASE II RT 1 1.00
Heavy PPC w/ Capacitor RT 5 11.00
LB 20-X AC (Ammo 10) RT 2 2.00
LB 20-X AC (Ammo 5) [Cluster] RT 1 1.00
2 Medium Lasers RT 2 2.00
LB 20-X AC LT 11 14.00
Medium Laser LT 1 1.00
Jump Jet RL 1 2.00
Jump Jet LL 1 2.00
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