BattleMech Technical Readout

Name/Model:         BobCat
Designer:           GreatInca
Source(s):          Custom Mordel.Net Units
Technology:         Inner Sphere
Technology Rating:  E
Tonnage:            35
Role:               Striker
Configuration:      Quad BattleMech
Era/Year:           Civil War / 3067
Rules (Current):    Standard
Rules (Era):        Standard
Rules (Year):       Standard
Total Cost:         7,591,162 C-Bills
Battle Value:       1,428

Chassis:              Dorwinion Standard 
Power Plant:          VOX 280 XL
Walking Speed:        86.4 kph  
Maximum Speed:        129.6 kph [172.8 kph]
Jump Jets:            Anderson Propulsion 30 
    Jump Capacity:    240 meters
Armor:                Kallon FWL Special Light Ferro-Fibrous
Armament:             
    1 Magna Mk VI ER Medium Laser
    4 Martell Medium Lasers
    1 Magna Mk. IV ER Small Laser
Manufacturer:         Unknown
    Primary Factory:  Unknown
Communications:       Neil 6000
Targeting & Tracking: Cat's Eyes 5

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Overview:
    Huaman Chung, an athletically gifted and intelligent young mechwarrior, inherited a BobCat
    prototype and its design plans from his grandfather, Luke Chung, while he was a teenager.
    Luke Chung was a genius 'Mech technician and engineer for several mercenary companies
    serving the Free Worlds league.  There are currently only four prototypes of this 'Mech in
    existence.  Huaman has donated a copy of the plans to the FWLM at Princefield Military
    Academy in hope that the FWLM will seek mass production and integration into its forces.
    The FWLM is showing more interest into the Zephyr, however, so the BobCat is not likely to
    see mass production within the Free Worlds League.  Huaman is content with this because his
    grandfather has designed that 'Mech as well.

Capabilities:
    Essentially a quadruped version of the Zephyr, which itself is essentially an up-gunned
    spider, it trades two of six medium lasers and a heat sink for a single ER medium laser and
    an additional half-ton of armor.  The MASC system, like with the Zephyr, allows the BobCat
    to temporarily run with the fastest locusts (and out-run the rest), and the jump jets allow
    the BobCat to grossly out-maneuver them in rougher terrain as well.  Locusts, Spiders, and
    Tarantulas are no match for the BobCat.  Its combat purposes is deep-penetrating recon and
    scouting, and is also quite capable of hit-and-run harassment.  The BobCat's is very easy to
    pilot and its cockpit is very comfortable compared most other standard Inner Sphere
    BattleMech cockpits, as it is built for extended recon missions.  Huaman's BobCat's
    NeuroHelmet is unique in that it weighs two-thirds that of normal neurohelmets and doesn't
    cover the face, but otherwise operates as a normal neurohelmet.  The Quad chassis
    configuration and recon equipment make the BobCat exceptional for mid-jump aerial
    photography and videoagraphy.

Deployment:
    There are only four prototype units of the BobCat in existence.  Huaman is in possession of
    one of them, one was captured by the Capellans, and the other two were purchased by ComStar.
    ComStar is currently reverse engineering one of the two prototypes that they purchased.
    They are unaware that Huaman possesses complete design schematics.  The status of the
    prototype captured by the Capellans is unknown, as it wasn't captured intact (XL Engine
    blown out of left torso, two legs missing, sensors damaged).

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Equipment                                                             Mass                      
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Internal Structure:                          Standard                  3.50                     
Engine:                                       280 XL                   8.00                     
    Walking MP:                                 8                                               
    Running MP:                              12 [16]                                            
    Jumping MP:                                 8                                               
Heat Sinks (Double):                         10 [20]                   0.00                     
Gyro:                                           XL                     1.50                     
Cockpit:                                     Standard                  3.00                     
Armor Factor:                                  127                     7.50                     
    Type:                              Light Ferro-Fibrous                                      

                                    Internal         Armor     
                                    Structure        Value     
    Head:                               3              9       
    Center Torso:                      11             16       
    Center Torso (rear):                               6       
    R/L Torso:                          8             12       
    R/L Torso (rear):                                  4       
    R/L Front Leg:                      8             16       
    R/L Rear Leg:                       8             16       

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Weapons and Ammo                                       Location          Critical     Tonnage   
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4 Jump Jets                                               RT                4          2.00             
MASC                                                      RT                2          2.00             
2 Medium Lasers                                           RT                2          2.00             
ER Medium Laser                                           LT                1          1.00             
ER Small Laser                                            LT                1          0.50             
4 Jump Jets                                               LT                4          2.00             
2 Medium Lasers                                           LT                2          2.00             

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Alpha Strike Statistics                                             
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Point Value (PV): 42
TP: BM,  SZ: 1,  TMM: 4,  MV: 20"/16"j
Damage: (S) 3 / (M) 3 / (L) 0,  OV: 0
Armor (A): 4,  Structure (S): 2
Specials: ENE, JMPW1