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Name/Model:         Rock Crab RCB-15
Designer:           FMC317
Source(s):          Custom Mordel.Net Units
Technology:         Inner Sphere
Technology Rating:  E
Tonnage:            75
Role:               Brawler
Configuration:      Biped BattleMech
Era/Year:           Civil War / 3067
Rules (Current):    Standard
Rules (Era):        Standard
Rules (Year):       Standard
Total Cost:         7,454,125 C-Bills
Battle Value:       1,760

Chassis:              Hollis Mark II 
Power Plant:          Magna 300 
Walking Speed:        43.2 kph  
Maximum Speed:        64.8 kph  
Jump Jets:            None
    Jump Capacity:    None
Armor:                Paulina Ferro-Fibrous
Armament:             
    2 Ceres Arms Smasher PPCs
    2 Defiance B3M Medium Lasers
    1 MainFire Point Defense Anti-Missile System
    2 Defiance B1A Small Lasers
Manufacturer:         Unknown
    Primary Factory:  Unknown
Communications:       Dalban Comline with Guardian ECM Suite
Targeting & Tracking: Dalban AQ with Advanced Targeting Computer

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Overview:
    Designed by Corsara Weaponries to fill a gap in their 'Crab' line of Battlemechs, the 75-ton
    Rock Crab joins the Hermit Crab, Crab, and King Crab 'mechs also produced by the company.

Capabilities:
    Mounting two PPCs, two medium lasers, two small lasers, and an AMS system together with a
    Guardian ECM suite, the Rock Crab is well suited to giving supporting fire to the Hermit and
    Crab mechs as they range ahead, but providing ECM and AMS cover to the larger King Crab.

Deployment:
    Initially purchased by the Lyran Commonwealth in small numbers for testing, the RCB-15 was
    warmly received and a larger order was made for some 50 examples to be distributed to Lyran
    units that fielded the King Crab, as support assets. Following this sales success, Corsara
    also managed to make sales to the Marik Militia and, in small, single-digit batches, to
    Periphery states.

Variants:
    The RCB-15J loses the AMS and ECM, as well as some of its armour, in favour of mounting jump
    jets, increasing its mobility and enabling it to fire its twin PPCs from elevated positions.

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Equipment                                                             Mass                      
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Internal Structure:                          Standard                  7.50                     
Engine:                                     300 Fusion                19.00                     
    Walking MP:                                 4                                               
    Running MP:                                 6                                               
    Jumping MP:                                 0                                               
Heat Sinks (Double):                         15 [30]                   5.00                     
Gyro:                                        Standard                  3.00                     
Cockpit:                                     Standard                  3.00                     
Armor Factor:                                  224                    12.50                     
    Type:                                 Ferro-Fibrous                                         

                                    Internal         Armor     
                                    Structure        Value     
    Head:                               3              9       
    Center Torso:                      23             35       
    Center Torso (rear):                              10       
    R/L Torso:                         16             25       
    R/L Torso (rear):                                  7       
    R/L Arm:                           12             22       
    R/L Leg:                           16             31       

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Weapons and Ammo                                       Location          Critical     Tonnage   
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Guardian ECM Suite                                        CT                2          1.50             
PPC                                                       RT                3          7.00             
Targeting Computer                                        RT                5          5.00             
Anti-Missile System                                       LT                1          0.50             
Anti-Missile System (Ammo 12)                             LT                1          1.00             
PPC                                                       LT                3          7.00             
Medium Laser                                              RA                1          1.00             
Small Laser                                               RA                1          0.50             
Medium Laser                                              LA                1          1.00             
Small Laser                                               LA                1          0.50             

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Alpha Strike Statistics                                             
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Point Value (PV): 43
TP: BM,  SZ: 3,  TMM: 1,  MV: 8"
Damage: (S) 4 / (M) 4 / (L) 3,  OV: 0
Armor (A): 7,  Structure (S): 6
Specials: AMS, ECM