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Name/Model:         Polaris PL-14R
Designer:           Kirbanzo
Source(s):          Custom Mordel.Net Units
Technology:         Inner Sphere
Technology Rating:  D
Tonnage:            90
Role:               Juggernaut
Configuration:      Biped BattleMech
Era/Year:           Jihad / 3073
Rules (Current):    Introductory
Rules (Era):        Introductory
Rules (Year):       Introductory
Total Cost:         7,689,775 C-Bills
Battle Value:       1,429

Chassis:              CT Class 9 
Power Plant:          CT Stella Turboshaft 270 
Walking Speed:        32.4 kph  
Maximum Speed:        54 kph    
Jump Jets:            None
    Jump Capacity:    None
Armor:                StarSlab/3
Armament:             
    1 Centaur Breacher Autocannon/20
    2 GM Whirlwind Autocannon/5s
    2 ExoStar Medium Lasers
    1 Defiance B3S Small Laser
Manufacturer:         Defiance Industries, GM/Centaur Industries
    Primary Factory:  Furillo (DI), El Dorado (GMCI)
Communications:       CT Relay-3
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.

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Equipment                                                             Mass                      
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Internal Structure:                          Standard                  9.00                     
Engine:                                     270 Fusion                14.50                     
    Walking MP:                                 3                                               
    Running MP:                                 5                                               
    Jumping MP:                                 0                                               
Heat Sinks (Single):                            20                    10.00                     
Gyro:                                        Standard                  3.00                     
Cockpit:                                     Standard                  3.00                     
Armor Factor:                                  208                    13.00                     
    Type:                                    Standard                                           

                                    Internal         Armor     
                                    Structure        Value     
    Head:                               3              9       
    Center Torso:                      29             27       
    Center Torso (rear):                               6       
    R/L Torso:                         19             26       
    R/L Torso (rear):                                  6       
    R/L Arm:                           15             25       
    R/L Leg:                           19             26       

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Weapons and Ammo                                       Location          Critical     Tonnage   
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Small Laser                                               H                 1          0.50             
Autocannon/20 (Ammo 15)                                   RT                3          3.00             
Autocannon/5 (Ammo 40)                                    RT                2          2.00             
Autocannon/20                                             LT                10        14.00             
Autocannon/5                                              RA                4          8.00             
Medium Laser                                              RA                1          1.00             
Autocannon/5                                              LA                4          8.00             
Medium Laser                                              LA                1          1.00             

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Alpha Strike Statistics                                             
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Point Value (PV): 40
TP: BM,  SZ: 4,  TMM: 1,  MV: 6"
Damage: (S) 5 / (M) 4 / (L) 1,  OV: 0
Armor (A): 7,  Structure (S): 7
Specials: AC3/3/1
 
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