BattleMech Technical Readout
Type/Model: TigerHawk TRH-1X
Tech: Inner Sphere / 3025
Config: Biped BattleMech
Rules: Level 1, Standard design
Mass: 55 tons
Chassis: Earthwerk SHD/TRH Standard
Power Plant: 275 Core Tek Fusion
Walking Speed: 54.0 km/h
Maximum Speed: 86.4 km/h
Jump Jets: 5 Rawlings 45 Standard Jump Jets
Jump Capacity: 150 meters
Armor Type: Durallex Heavy Standard
Armament:
4 Martell Model 5 Medium Lasers
4 Holly LRM 5s
Manufacturer: Earthwerks Incorporated
Location: (None)
Communications System: Dalban Interact
Targeting & Tracking System: Dalban AQ
==Overview:==
The TRH-1X TigerHawk was proposed to the SLDF as a replacement for the aging
but popular Shadow Hawk. While its performance was clearly superior to that
the older 'Mech, the SLDF declined to purchase the 'Mech on the grounds that it
would require a significant reworking of their logistical network.
==Capabilities:==
The TigerHawk easily matches the Shadow Hawk's groundspeed, and has a great
jump capacity (150m compared to 90m on the SHD-2H) This puts it well within
range of maneuverability favored by today's militaries for 55-ton 'Mechs. Its
armaments, while perhaps unimpressive by today's standards, are at least
reliable and moderately effective. Between the Holly LRM racks mounted in the
torsos and the Martell Medium Lasers in the wrists, they were easily a match
for the Shadow Hawk at any range.
[ed: The Shadow Hawk is typically prized for its versatility: the ability t
deliver fire at any range without overheating.]
==Battle History:==
One complaint levied by the SLDF's design review board was that this machine,
unlike the Shadow Hawk, had the ability to "overheat when placed in the hands
of less competant pilots."
To prove that this concern was unfounded, the prototype TigerHawks were
fielded, with two medium lasers and one LRM rack disabled, against two Shadow
Hawks in a mock combat. The battle continued for several minutes, but
eventually the Tiger Hawk's superior weaponry won the day, proving once and for
all that its capacity for overheat provided only advantages against the Shadow
Hawk.
==Variants:==
A variant offered to the SLDF, but never produced, would have replaced two
the TigerHawk's Martell Medium Lasers with two Cryotech Mark X Heat
Exchangers. This would have eliminated concerns regarding "overheat problem
which lingered in the face of all evidence to the contrary.
==Deployment==
Only two prototypes were produced, and their whereabouts are unknown.
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Type/Model: TigerHawk TRH-1X
Mass: 55 tons
Equipment: Crits Mass
Int. Struct.: 91 pts Standard 0 5.50
Engine: 275 6 15.50
Walking MP: 5
Running MP: 8
Jumping MP: 5
Heat Sinks: 12 Single 1 2.00
(Heat Sink Loc: 1 CT)
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: 152 pts Standard 0 9.50
Internal Armor
Structure Value
Head: 3 9
Center Torso: 18 22
Center Torso (Rear): 7
L/R Side Torso: 13 16/16
L/R Side Torso (Rear): 5/5
L/R Arm: 9 15/15
L/R Leg: 13 21/21
Weapons and Equipment Loc Heat Ammo Crits Mass
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2 Medium Lasers RA 6 2 2.00
2 Medium Lasers LA 6 2 2.00
2 LRM 5s RT 4 48 4 6.00
(Ammo Locations: 1 LT, 1 RT)
2 LRM 5s LT 4 2 4.00
5 Standard Jump Jets: 5 2.50
(Jump Jet Loc: 2 LT, 2 RT, 1 CT)
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TOTALS: 20 47 55.00
Crits & Tons Left: 31 .00
Calculated Factors:
Total Cost: 4,926,106 C-Bills
Battle Value: 1,070
Cost per BV: 4,603.84
Weapon Value: 711 / 711 (Ratio = .66 / .66)
Damage Factors: SRDmg = 15; MRDmg = 10; LRDmg = 5
BattleForce2: MP: 5J, Armor/Structure: 4/5
Damage PB/M/L: 2/2/1, Overheat: 2
Class: MM; Point Value: 11
Specials: if
-Bob (The Magnificent) Richter
Assertions made in this post are the humble opinion of Bob.
They are not necessarily statements of fact or decrees from God Himself, unless explicitly and seriously stated to be so.
:)
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