BattleMech Technical Readout
Name/Model: Polaris PL-15D
Designer: Kirbanzo
Source(s): Custom Mordel.Net Units
Technology: Inner Sphere
Technology Rating: E
Tonnage: 90
Role: Juggernaut
Configuration: Biped BattleMech
Era/Year: Jihad / 3080
Rules (Current): Standard
Rules (Era): Standard
Rules (Year): Standard
Total Cost: 18,730,200 C-Bills
Battle Value: 2,000
Chassis: CT Class 9
Power Plant: CT Stella Lite Turboshaft 270 XL
Walking Speed: 32.4 kph
Maximum Speed: 54 kph
Jump Jets: None
Jump Capacity: None
Armor: StarSlab/3
Armament:
2 GM Avenger Rotary AC/5s
1 Poland Main Model X Silver Bullet Gauss Rifle
2 Achenar Variance Medium VSP Lasers
1 ExoStar Small Pulse Laser
Manufacturer: GM/Centaur Industries
Primary Factory: El Dorado
Communications: CT Relay-3 with Guardian ECM Suite
Targeting & Tracking: CT Firesight-3
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Overview:
Designed in secret by General Motors and Centaur Industries during the Amaris Civil War for
Kerensky's forces, the Polaris is based on GM's Maurauder design and like the Nightstar was
meant to dupe Rim Worlds forces who were targeting that Heavy 'Mech. However, the primary
factory on Terra would be discovered by Amaris just before Kerensky's siege to retake it and
would be destroyed, ensuring the design would not survive the Succession Wars.
Only the Helm Memory Core was able to give the 'Mech a second life, with General Motors
making a production run for the Davion side of the Federated Commonwealth alliance and
Centaur Industries also manufacturing it for the Lyran side. This would allow it to see
action during the Clan Invasion, as well as participate on both sides of the FedCom Civil
War. Lyran production would dry up, however, when Alpha Centauri was taken by the Word of
Blake, and since Centaur Industries would remain in Republic of the Sphere hands after the
Jihad and all the way to its replacement by the ilClan Centaur Industries was forced to
outsource the design to Defiance Industries in order to honor its Lyran contracts.
(Source & basis)
Capabilities:
DESIGN QUIRKS: Battle Computer, Command BattleMech, Cowl, Improved Communications, Improved
Sensors, Stable, Non-Standard Parts
Deployment:
The Polaris was first deployed in the Amaris Civil War, and would indeed be its only
deployment until the Grey Death Legion recovered the means to reverse the Inner Sphere's
technological decline. In the modern Inner Sphere its main conflicts were fighting against
the Clans during Operation REVIVAL and going against itself when the Federated Commonwealth
split in two.
The Word of Blake would also deploy the 'Mech when they got their hands on Alpha Centauri,
creating their own fearsome variants in their campaign of terror against the rest of
humanity.
Variants:
No variants of the design would be developed during the Amaris Civil War. All alternate
loadouts and such would only be made post-Helm Memory Core.
One such loadout was a stopgap as the advanced tech was reverse-engineered, downgrading the
Polaris to use pre-Memory Core tech. This of course greatly lessened its capabilities, but
the design was still seen as viable as a cheaper version.
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Equipment Mass
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Internal Structure: Standard 9.00
Engine: 270 XL 7.50
Walking MP: 3
Running MP: 5
Jumping MP: 0
Heat Sinks (Double): 11 [22] 1.00
Gyro: Standard 3.00
Cockpit: Standard 3.00
Armor Factor: 256 16.00
Type: Standard
Internal Armor
Structure Value
Head: 3 9
Center Torso: 29 35
Center Torso (rear): 8
R/L Torso: 19 31
R/L Torso (rear): 7
R/L Arm: 15 30
R/L Leg: 19 34
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Weapons and Ammo Location Critical Tonnage
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Small Pulse Laser H 1 1.00
Guardian ECM Suite CT 2 1.50
Rotary AC/5 (Ammo 60) RT 3 3.00
Silver Bullet Gauss Rifle (Ammo 16) RT 2 2.00
Silver Bullet Gauss Rifle LT 7 15.00
Medium VSP Laser RA 2 4.00
Rotary AC/5 RA 6 10.00
Medium VSP Laser LA 2 4.00
Rotary AC/5 LA 6 10.00
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Alpha Strike Statistics
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Point Value (PV): 47
TP: BM, SZ: 4, TMM: 1, MV: 6"
Damage: (S) 6 / (M) 5 / (L) 1, OV: 1
Armor (A): 9, Structure (S): 4
Specials: ECM, FLK1/1/1
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