Editing Night Chanter

{{InfoBoxBattleMech
|image = Crab RGilClan v05.png
|name = ''Night Chanter''
|manufacturer = Various<ref name=TPFp19>''Turning Points: Foster'', p. 19: BattleMechs</ref>
|production year = 2865
|year reference = <ref>''[http://www.masterunitlist.info/Unit/Details/9232/night-chanter-prime MUL online entry for ''{{PAGENAME}}'']''</ref>
|model = Prime
|cost = N/A
|Tech Base = Clan
|mech type = OmniMech
|feet = biped
|mass = 45
|chassis = [[HM-1A Modified]]
|armor = [[CI Standard]]
|engine = [[Type 225 Standard Fusion]]
|comsys = [[CI-Com_2]]
|T&T = [[CI-X 2]]
|heat sinks = 14 [[Double Heat Sink|double]]
|speed = 86.4
|armament = 
Primary Configuration
* 1x [[large pulse laser]]
* 1x [[ER large laser]]
* 1x [[medium pulse laser]]
* 2x [[ER small laser]]
|BV (1.0) = N/A
|BV (2.0) = 1,645<ref name=TPFp21>''Turning Points: Foster'', p. 21: ''Night Chanter'' Prime Record Sheet</ref>
}}

==Description==
The '''''Night Chanter''''' is one of the products of [[Clan Coyote]]'s [[Pueblo Initiative]] of the mid [[twenty-ninth century]]. Although the Coyotes fought to control their [[OmniMech]] technology for a decade, they could not retain exclusive control of it forever. After [[Clan Jade Falcon]] finally won a [[Trial of Possession]] for OmniMech technology, it rapidly spread to other [[Clans]]. In response, the Coyotes began the Pueblo Initiative to rapidly increase the number of OmniMechs in [[Clan Coyote Touman|their ''touman'']].<ref name=TPFp19/>

It took the Coyote [[Scientist Caste]] two years to modify existing [[Star League Defense Force|Star League]] 'Mechs to accept [[OmniPod]]s. One of these designs was the venerable ''[[Crab]]'', which was modified into the ''Night Chanter''.<ref name=TPFp19/>

The ''Night Chanter'' debuted with the Coyotes defending against [[Kindraa Smythe-Jewel (Clan Fire Mandrill)|Kindraa Smythe-Jewel's]] Trial of Possession for OmniMech technology. The Smythe-Jewells captured several ''Night Chanters'' and quickly put the design into production. When the joint Coyote-[[Clan Hell's Horses|Hell's Horses]] force attacked the Smythe-Jewel enclave on [[Foster]] in 2872, ''Night Chanters'' fought on both sides. The ''Night Chanter'' was often outmatched by faster medium OmniMechs such as the ''[[Coyotl]]'' and the ''[[Nova (Black Hawk)|Nova]]''.<ref name=TPFp19/>

==Weapons and Equipment==
Five tons lighter than the ''Crab'', the ''Night Chanter'' could equip OmniPods, but only in its center torso and between the pincers on its arms. This restricted the ''Night Chanter'' from being equipped with most [[Autocannon]]s or with [[Gauss rifle]]s. The final ''Night Chanter'' design is compromise between versatility and rapid production.<ref name=TPFp19/>

In its Primary configuration the ''Night Chanter'' sports an all-laser armament consisting of a [[Large pulse laser]], an [[ER large laser]], a [[medium pulse laser]], and two [[ER small laser]]s.<ref name=TPFp21/>

==Alternate Configurations==
*; Alternate Configuration A : A long range sniper configuration, the ''Night Chanter'' A has an [[ER PPC]] and a [[LRM-10]] launcher for long range combat and a single [[ER medium laser]] for medium range. For protection at close range, the ''Night Chanter'' A mounted a pair of [[Machine gun]]s and mounted two [[Anti-Personnel Pod|A-Pod]]s. The ''Night Chanter'' A had one each ton of LRM and machine gun ammunition, protected by [[CASE]]. BV (2.0) = 1,604<ref>''Turning Points: Foster'', p. 22: ''Night Chanter'' A Record Sheet</ref>

==Related BattleMechs==
* ''[[Crab]]'' - The ''Night Chanter'' is an OmniMech developed from the chassis of the venerable Star League ''[[Crab]]''.<ref name=TPFp19/><ref name=TPFp21/>

==References==
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==Bibliography==
* ''[[Turning Points: Foster]]''

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