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BattleMech Technical Readout
Type/Model: Plunderer
Tech: Clan / 3060
Config: Biped BattleMech
Rules: Level 2, Standard design
Mass: 70 tons
Chassis: Endo Steel
Power Plant: 280 Fusion
Walking Speed: 43,2 km/h
Maximum Speed: 64,8 km/h
Jump Jets: 4 Standard Jump Jets
Jump Capacity: 120 meters
Armor Type: Ferro-Fibrous
Armament:
1 ER Large Laser
1 Large Pulse Laser
1 LB 10-X AC
1 LRM 15
Manufacturer: (Unknown)
Location: (Unknown)
Communications System: (Unknown)
Targeting & Tracking System: (Unknown)
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==Overview:==
The Plunderer is commonly used by the Clan bandit caste. It is a potent
raider, highly suitable for hit and run attacks.
==Capabilities:==
The Plunderer is a rugged machine using older components often salvaged from
Caches and surplus parts. Though it is not an omnimech, it does share many
components making repairs and changing parts extremely easy and fast.
The Plunderer is well armed and armoured except for a slight lack of speed
compared to Clan mechs in the same class, but it is generally more than a
match for most second-line mechs.
The Plunderer's long range weaponry includes an ER large laser and an LRM 15
rack. For close range, accurate fire, it mounts a large pulse laser and an
LBX-10 autocannon. Since most of its opponents are likely to be medium
second-line mechs this armament is considered more than sufficient to deal
with anything short of a heavy Omnimech.
Jump jets allow the Plunderer to move swiftly over broken terrain and maneuver
itself into a superior position when in combat.
==Battle History:==
No Clan has openly admitted producing the Plunderer, yet newly made models
appear on a regular basis. Most Clans do have blueprints of this design and
it is believed several Clans do supply the bandit caste with Plunderers to
hinder enemy operations or even the odd black op. The mere sight of a
Plunderer in a raiding is a clear signal that the target has the attention of
a rival clan.
Many Clan mechwarriors despise the Plunderer, often charging them at sight,
believing they are naturally superior. But many pay this mistake with their
lives. But Plunderer pilots tend to live short, brutal lives as they are
mercilessly hunted down.
==Variants:==
Plunderers are easily modified with captured parts. Versions mounting PPC's
and Gauss Rifles have been reported.
==Notable 'Mechs & MechWarriors:==
The Grey Ghost
Usually discounted as a mere sibko scare story, the Grey Ghost has haunted the
fringes of Clan space for more than a century, though few if any reports have
ever been fully confirmed by hard data. The story goes that the Ghost's dark
grey Plunderer appears out of nowhere in remote areas and strikes hard and
fast before vanishing before the enemy can react. It has survived attacks
which would have crippled it several times over, reappearing undamaged moments
after such attacks.
Officially the Ghost is nothng but a creation of the Bandit caste, based on
misinformation, planted hearsay and clever tactics.
Star Captain Kat
One of the few Clan warriors who ever piloted a Plunderer. Kat was a highly
skilled cadet, but had tested poorly on occassion and found herself assigned
to a Nova Cat Bandit Hunting expedition.
Her Stormcrow was destroyed by an engine hit during a scouting mission and she
was forced to eject. Reported missing in action, she spent several weeks in
enemy territory and discovered the location of the Bandit hideout in a narrow
canyon, hidden from view. She sneaked into the camp and stole a Plunderer,
destroying several bandit mechs and set fire to an ammo dump before narrowly
escaping from the inferno.
Upon spotting her, a Summoner, Kit Fox and a Nova attacked on sight. She
tried to contact the mechwarriors, but believing a ruse, ignored her calls.
Kat engaged them, besting them in combat, but her damaged mech was caught by a
salvo from a Warhawk destroying her engine. She managed to eject, but was
grievously injured.
Dying from her wounds, her commander pronounced that this battle was her trial
of position and she posthumously received the rank of Star Captain.
==Deployment==
The Plunderer is in service with Clan bandit caste. No self respecting Clan
warrior would ever dare pilot such a machine, except maybe under the most
extreme circumstances.
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Type/Model: Plunderer
Mass: 70 tons
Equipment: Crits Mass
Int. Struct.: 107 pts Endo Steel 7 3,50
(Endo Steel Loc: 2 LA, 2 RA, 1 LT, 1 RT, 1 CT)
Engine: 280 Fusion 6 16,00
Walking MP: 4
Running MP: 6
Jumping MP: 4
Heat Sinks: 13 Double [26] 4 3,00
(Heat Sink Loc: 2 LT)
Gyro: 4 3,00
Cockpit, Life Supt., Sensors: 5 3,00
Actuators: L: Sh+UA+LA+H R: Sh+UA+LA+H 16 ,00
Armor Factor: 192 pts Ferro-Fibrous 7 10,00
(Armor Crit Loc: 1 HD, 2 LA, 1 RA, 1 LT, 1 RT, 1 CT)
Internal Armor
Structure Value
Head: 3 9
Center Torso: 22 28
Center Torso (Rear): 9
L/R Side Torso: 15 20/20
L/R Side Torso (Rear): 7/7
L/R Arm: 11 19/19
L/R Leg: 15 27/27
Weapons and Equipment Loc Heat Ammo Crits Mass
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1 ER Large Laser RA 12 1 4,00
1 Large Pulse Laser LA 10 2 6,00
1 LB 10-X AC RT 2 20 7 12,00
(Ammo Locations: 2 RT)
1 LRM 15 LT 5 16 4 5,50
(Ammo Locations: 2 LT)
4 Standard Jump Jets: 4 4,00
(Jump Jet Loc: 2 LL, 2 RL)
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TOTALS: 29 67 70,00
Crits & Tons Left: 11 ,00
Calculated Factors:
Total Cost: 7.761.974 C-Bills
Battle Value: 2.016
Cost per BV: 3.850,19
Weapon Value: 2.559 / 2.559 (Ratio = 1,27 / 1,27)
Damage Factors: SRDmg = 33; MRDmg = 27; LRDmg = 16
BattleForce2: MP: 4J, Armor/Structure: 5/5
Damage PB/M/L: 5/4/4, Overheat: 0
Class: MH; Point Value: 20
Edited by Rotwang (01/06/07 08:54 PM)
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