coldwave
01/07/07 02:24 AM
66.230.87.142
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Wow, two posts from me in one night! Anyway, because of how mediocre the Forge was, I decided a rebuild was in order. The chassis stays the same, as does the engine, armor tonnage, and number of heatsinks. If you read the fluff, you'll see why. Anyway, I look forward to hearing all of your suggestions, comments, or even blatant hatred. Enjoy!
- coldwave
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BattleMech Technical Readout
Type/Model: Hobbit HBT-1N Tech: Inner Sphere / 3025 Config: Biped BattleMech Rules: Level 1, Standard design
Mass: 45 tons Chassis: Agamar MKII Standard Power Plant: 180 Pitban Fusion Walking Speed: 43.2 km/h Maximum Speed: 64.8 km/h Jump Jets: None Jump Capacity: 0 meters Armor Type: Durallex Super Medium Standard Armament: 2 Martell Large Lasers 2 Starflash Medium Lasers 2 Holly SRM 2s Manufacturer: Kater and Kater Mech Foundries Location: Dalcour Communications System: K9 Communications System Targeting & Tracking System: Angst Accuracy
------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ==Overview:== 3053 was not a good year for Kater and Kater Mech Foundries. Their second commercial venture in mech production, the Forge, was a complete commercial failure. At best, critics hailed the mech as mediocre; at worst, a complete waste of technology, time, and money. Investors were beginning to pull funding, the company's value was plummeting, and the twins themselves were viewed as complete idiots. The Kater twins we desperate for a success, and fast. Unfortunately, all of their resources had been poured into the development of the Forge, and without the money needed to develop a new mech, it looked like the company would be forced to fold. One night, heavily intoxicated, an idea struck the brothers. Why not take an existing Forge's chassis, strip the machine, give it a makeover, and change the name? It was a long shot, but the twins decided it was their only chance. Four months later, the Hobbit debuted.
==Capabilities:== The Hobbit, unlike its predecessor, is a mech with purpose. Designed purely as a medium to short range brawler, the mech was more than adequate for the task. Primary weaponry could be found in a brace of Large Lasers mounted upon two, fully articulated arms. These are supported at closer range by a brace of Medium lasers mounted into the torsos of the mech, alongside a pair of two-tube SRMs. Although the overall firepower of the mech is reduced compared to the Forge, the cheap, balanced, easy to maintain weaponry make it a very effective machine. Although not the fastest mech in its weight class, the 9.5 tons of Durallex armor more than make up for its sluggishness.
Although the stature of the Hobbit is almost identical to the Forge, the two machines look nothing like each other. Where the original was a fairly plain and unassuming mech, the Hobbit has a much more aggressive appearance. Lines that were soft are replaced by ones that are sharp and bold. In fact, the entire chassis was beefed up to give it a more impressive appearance and further differentiate it from the original.
==Battle History:== None to date.
==Variants:== None
==Deployment== As of a year and a half after its debut, a total of six of these machines have been built and sold. For reasons unknown, the buyers have yet to be disclosed. Regardless, the mech is viewed as a commercial success, especially compared to the complete failure that was the Forge.
-------------------------------------------------------- Type/Model: Hobbit HBT-1N Mass: 45 tons
Equipment: Crits Mass Int. Struct.: 75 pts Standard 0 4.50 Engine: 180 Fusion 6 7.00 Walking MP: 4 Running MP: 6 Jumping MP: 0 Heat Sinks: 14 Single 7 4.00 (Heat Sink Loc: 1 HD, 1 LT, 1 RT, 2 LL, 2 RL) Gyro: 4 2.00 Cockpit, Life Supt., Sensors: 5 3.00 Actuators: L: Sh+UA+LA+H R: Sh+UA+LA+H 16 .00 Armor Factor: 152 pts Standard 0 9.50
Internal Armor Structure Value Head: 3 9 Center Torso: 14 22 Center Torso (Rear): 5 L/R Side Torso: 11 18/18 L/R Side Torso (Rear): 4/4 L/R Arm: 7 14/14 L/R Leg: 11 22/22
Weapons and Equipment Loc Heat Ammo Crits Mass -------------------------------------------------------- 1 Large Laser RA 8 2 5.00 1 Large Laser LA 8 2 5.00 1 Medium Laser RT 3 1 1.00 1 SRM 2 RT 2 50 2 2.00 (Ammo Locations: 1 CT) 1 Medium Laser LT 3 1 1.00 1 SRM 2 LT 2 1 1.00 -------------------------------------------------------- TOTALS: 26 47 45.00 Crits & Tons Left: 31 .00
Calculated Factors: Total Cost: 3,001,790 C-Bills Battle Value: 769 Cost per BV: 3,903.5 Weapon Value: 713 / 713 (Ratio = .93 / .93) Damage Factors: SRDmg = 16; MRDmg = 8; LRDmg = 1 BattleForce2: MP: 4, Armor/Structure: 4/4 Damage PB/M/L: 2/2/-, Overheat: 2 Class: MM; Point Value: 8
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JackGarrity
01/08/07 08:08 AM
71.207.203.207
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Sexy! and my god Hobbit! I'd pilot one just for the humor factor, and tonnage/fluff aside, twin LLas and twin MDlas are nothing to laugh at, specially when the mech can handle the heat flux well emough.
Greetings Mechwarrior.
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