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Manubalista MNB-3R
Mass: 70 tons
Tech Base: Inner Sphere
Chassis Config: Biped
Rules Level: Tournament Legal
Era: Age of War/Star League
Tech Rating/Era Availability: E/E-F-E
Production Year: 2765
Cost: 13.383.533 C-Bills
Battle Value: 1.459
Chassis: Unknown Standard
Power Plant: Unknown 280 Fusion XL Engine
Walking Speed: 43,2 km/h
Maximum Speed: 64,8 km/h
Jump Jets: None
Jump Capacity: 0 meters
Armor: Unknown Standard Armor
Armament:
2 LRM-15s w/ Artemis IV FCS
2 Large Lasers
1 SRM-6 w/ Artemis IV FCS
Manufacturer: Unknown
Primary Factory: Unknown
Communications System: Unknown
Targeting and Tracking System: Unknown
Overview:
Introduced a few years before the Amaris Coup, the Manubalista was produced on
Terra. Rim Worlds Forces quickly adopted the design and made it their own.
Capabilities:
The Manubalista was designed to complement designs such as the Bombardier,
Archer and Catapult. The Artemis enhanced LRM's backed up by a pair of large
lasers and an SRM6 for short range defense made for a versatile and effective
battlemech.
Though moderately well armoured the Manubalista could stand off enemy mechs
while the lasers and SRM were enough to make any attacker think twice about
getting closer.
The Manubalista's bulky frame and sleek gun pods were designed to emphasize its
lethal abilities.
Battle History:
The Manubalista was available in small numbers to Kerensky's SLDF troops,
having been available for only a few years, its adoption by the Rim Worlds army
and the long trail of atrocities that followed its wake gave it an undeserved
reputation as a weapon of mass destruction. Rumor that Manubalista was the
name of a demon or an ancient evil warlord spread around the Inner Sphere.
In actual combat the Manbalista performed very well against most SLDF mechs, so
well in fact that the Draconis Combine took inspiration of this design for
their Archer 2K variant.
The mech's reputation did not deter Clan Smoke Jaguar to use the Manubalista's
weapon configuration as one of the inspirations for their Mad Dog.
Deployment:
Despite being an SLDF mech, the Manubalista is generally viewed as a Rim
World's mech with the attached bad reputation. The mech was relatively rare
among Comstar who were concerned about its reputation and kept it in reserve.
The Word of Blake had no such qualms and used it widely.
Variants:
The Word of Blake modified the Manubalista by removing the Artemis systems,
adding CASE and replacing the Large Lasers with twin Light PPC's with
capacitators and a pair of medium lasers.
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Equipment Type Rating Mass
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Internal Structure: Standard 107 points 7,00
Engine: XL Fusion Engine 280 8,00
Walking MP: 4
Running MP: 6
Jumping MP: 0
Heat Sinks: Double Heat Sink 13(26) 3,00
Heat Sink Locations: 1 LA, 1 RA
Gyro: Standard 3,00
Cockpit: Standard 3,00
Actuators: L: SH+UA+LA R: SH+UA+LA
Armor: Standard Armor AV - 176 11,00
Internal Armor
Structure Factor
Head 3 9
Center Torso 22 26
Center Torso (rear) 7
L/R Torso 15 23
L/R Torso (rear) 6
L/R Arm 11 16
L/R Leg 15 22
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Equipment Location Heat Critical Mass
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Large Laser RA 8 2 5,00
Large Laser LA 8 2 5,00
LRM-15 RT 5 3 7,00
Artemis IV FCS RT - 1 1,00
SRM-6 RT 4 2 3,00
Artemis IV FCS RT - 1 1,00
LRM-15 LT 5 3 7,00
Artemis IV FCS LT - 1 1,00
@LRM-15 (Artemis) (16) RT - 2 2,00
@LRM-15 (Artemis) (16) LT - 2 2,00
@SRM-6 (Artemis) (15) LT - 1 1,00
Free Critical Slots: 17
BattleForce Statistics
MV S (+0) M (+2) L (+4) E (+6) Wt. Ov Armor: 6 Points: 15
4 4 5 3 0 3 0 Structure: 3
Special Abilities: SRCH, ES, SOA, IF 2
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