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Using the [[Beagle Active Probe]] as a baseline, ComStar technicians created a probe that had a range of 240 meters<ref name="TOp404">''Tactical Operations'', p. 404, "Heavy Weapons And Equipment Combat Data"</ref> and could penetrate advanced stealth systems. Testing proved conclusively that a Bloodhound-equipped '[[Mech]] could spot units equipped with [[Null Signature System]]s, [[Void Signature System]]s, [[Stealth Armor]], and [[ECM Suite]]s.<ref name="TOp278"/> The Bloodhound can also detect [[battle armor]] equipped with [[Battle Armor ECM Suite|ECM systems]], [[Mimetic Armor]], or any kind of Stealth Armor.<ref name="TOp278"/>
 
Using the [[Beagle Active Probe]] as a baseline, ComStar technicians created a probe that had a range of 240 meters<ref name="TOp404">''Tactical Operations'', p. 404, "Heavy Weapons And Equipment Combat Data"</ref> and could penetrate advanced stealth systems. Testing proved conclusively that a Bloodhound-equipped '[[Mech]] could spot units equipped with [[Null Signature System]]s, [[Void Signature System]]s, [[Stealth Armor]], and [[ECM Suite]]s.<ref name="TOp278"/> The Bloodhound can also detect [[battle armor]] equipped with [[Battle Armor ECM Suite|ECM systems]], [[Mimetic Armor]], or any kind of Stealth Armor.<ref name="TOp278"/>
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== Rules ==
 
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=== Game Rules ===
 
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Bloodhound Active Probes function as a Beagle Active Probe, but can penetrate the stealth effects of Stealth Armor, Void Signature Systems, Null Signature Systems, and ECM Suites.<ref name="TOp278"/> It has a maximum range of 8 hexes,<ref name="TOp404"/> weighs 2 tons and occupies 3 critical slots.<ref name="TOp405">''Tactical Operations'', p. 405, "Heavy Weapons And Equipment Construction Data"</ref> It costs 500,000 C-Bills and has a defensive [[Battle Value]] of 25.<ref name="TOp383">''Tactical Operations'', p. 383, "Inner Sphere Weapons And Equipment BV Table"</ref>
 
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If a 'Mech equipped with the Bloodhound Active Probe passes within 5 hexes of a hidden [[Combat Vehicle|vehicle]] or 'Mech, or within 2 hexes of hidden [[infantry]], the hidden unit is seen and placed on the mapsheet immediately. Units hidden underwater are not seen by the Bloodhound unless the Bloodhound-equipped unit is in a hex immediately adjacent to the underwater hidden unit. Bloodhounds are not affected by the [[Guardian ECM Suite]], but are blocked by the [[Angel ECM Suite]]. The Bloodhound Probe weighs five tons and occupies two critical slots.<ref name="THp64">''Tactical Handbook'', p. 64, "Bloodhound Active Probe"</ref>
 
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== Availability ==
 
== Availability ==
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== Models ==
 
 
== Models ==
 
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The Blood Hound Active Probe is manufactured on the following planets:
 
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Latest revision as of 20:24, 24 January 2024

This article is about the experimental successor to the Beagle Active Probe. For the Free Worlds League 'Mech, see Bloodhound.


Description[edit]

The Bloodhound Active Probe was first introduced by ComStar in 3058. After the Clan Invasion they saw a need to improve their already formidable electronic warfare capabilities. Events in the latter half of the thirty-first century overtook them however, and the Bloodhound Active Probe didn't enter large scale production.[1]

Using the Beagle Active Probe as a baseline, ComStar technicians created a probe that had a range of 240 meters[2] and could penetrate advanced stealth systems. Testing proved conclusively that a Bloodhound-equipped 'Mech could spot units equipped with Null Signature Systems, Void Signature Systems, Stealth Armor, and ECM Suites.[1] The Bloodhound can also detect battle armor equipped with ECM systems, Mimetic Armor, or any kind of Stealth Armor.[1]

Availability[edit]

Models[edit]

The Blood Hound Active Probe is manufactured on the following planets:

Brand Planet Company Used by References
??? Sian Hellespont Industrials ??? [3]
??? Terra ComStar manufacturing bases ??? [3]
??? Quentin Independence Weaponry ??? [3]
??? New Avalon Achernar BattleMechs ??? [3]
??? Westover
Marik 		Andurien AeroTech
Imstar Aerospace 		??? [3]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Tactical Operations, p. 278, "Bloodhound Active Probe"
  2. ↑ Tactical Operations, p. 404, "Heavy Weapons And Equipment Combat Data"
  3. ↑ 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 3.11 Tactical Handbook, p. 64, "Bloodhound Active Probe"

Bibliography[edit]

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