BattleMech Technical Readout
Name/Model: Stalker STK-5MB
Designer: Techpriest
Source(s): Custom Mordel.Net Units
Technology: Inner Sphere
Technology Rating: E
Tonnage: 85
Role: Juggernaut
Configuration: Biped BattleMech
Era/Year: Clan Invasion / 3050
Rules (Current): Standard
Rules (Era): Standard
Rules (Year): Standard
Total Cost: 8,429,525 C-Bills
Battle Value: 1,833
Chassis: Irian Chassis Class 30
Power Plant: Strand 255
Walking Speed: 32.4 kph
Maximum Speed: 54 kph
Jump Jets: None
Jump Capacity: None
Armor: Riese 456 with CASE
Armament:
1 Diverse Optics Sunbeam ER Large Laser
2 Oriente Model O LB 10-X ACs
4 Magna Mark II Medium Lasers
Manufacturer: Irian BattleMechs Unlimited
Primary Factory: Shiro III
Communications: Irian E.A.R.
Targeting & Tracking: Wasat Aggressor
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Overview:
The brain child of the same Irian design team behind the MAD-4X, the STK-5MB was proposed as
an alternate direct fire support assault mech for adoption by the FWLM instead of the
AWS-9M. Stripping out all the missile weaponry and adapting designs of old Rifleman II arms
to be compatible with the Stalker chassis, the idea was to provide a well rounded, heavily
armored, well supplied assault mech that could also perform anti-air duties if needed. An LB
10-X autocannon is mounted in each arm along with a heat sink and medium laser, while CASE
protects the ammunition in the side torsos. A medium laser is in each arm, while the missile
ports for the standard SRM6 launchers is replaced instead with a single medium laser.
Fifteen and a half tons of armor gives it even more protection than the Awesome.
While the design showed promise in testing, the AWS-9M proposal was adopted instead, despite
the higher per unit cost as all components in the machine were already being manufactured at
Irian. Shiro III did not have the capacity to start manufacturing the required autocannons,
and the long term costs of shipping the weapons to be equipped onto the mech was deemed too
high.
With only 12 ever manufactured, almost all surviving examples of the design are later
conversions by mechtechs or mercenaries using a slightly different arm design from the
original 5MB models.
A fully intact model, STK-5MB-SIII-XA000007 is on display at the Irian Design Museum, having
survived the Blakist nuclear strikes, the Military Materiel Redemption Program, RAF
emergency requisition during the blackout, and chaotic fighting on Irian during the collapse
of the Republic of the Sphere. Negotiations are underway between the Battlemech Museum on
Solaris VII and the local planetary government over adding the machine to their collection.
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Equipment Mass
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Internal Structure: Standard 8.50
Engine: 255 Fusion 13.00
Walking MP: 3
Running MP: 5
Jumping MP: 0
Heat Sinks (Double): 16 [32] 6.00
Gyro: Standard 3.00
Cockpit: Standard 3.00
Armor Factor: 248 15.50
Type: Standard
Internal Armor
Structure Value
Head: 3 9
Center Torso: 27 38
Center Torso (rear): 11
R/L Torso: 18 28
R/L Torso (rear): 8
R/L Arm: 14 28
R/L Leg: 18 31
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Weapons and Ammo Location Critical Tonnage
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ER Large Laser CT 2 5.00
CASE RT 1 0.50
LB 10-X AC (Ammo 10) RT 1 1.00
LB 10-X AC (Ammo 10) [Cluster] RT 1 1.00
Medium Laser RT 1 1.00
CASE LT 1 0.50
LB 10-X AC (Ammo 10) LT 1 1.00
LB 10-X AC (Ammo 10) [Cluster] LT 1 1.00
Medium Laser LT 1 1.00
LB 10-X AC RA 6 11.00
Medium Laser RA 1 1.00
LB 10-X AC LA 6 11.00
Medium Laser LA 1 1.00
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Alpha Strike Statistics
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Point Value (PV): 46
TP: BM, SZ: 4, TMM: 1, MV: 6"
Damage: (S) 5 / (M) 5 / (L) 3, OV: 0
Armor (A): 8, Structure (S): 7
Specials: CASE, FLK1/1/1
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