WHM-9T Warhammer
Tonnage: 60
Chassis: StarCorp 100
Power Plant: Warner 240
Cruising Speed: 43
Maximum Speed: 64.5
Jump Jets: none
   Jump Capacity: none
Armor: Durallex Super Medium Ferro-Fibrous with CASE
Armament:
   2 Magna Firestar ER PPCs
   2 Diverse Optics ER Medium Lasers
   2 SperryBrowning Machine Guns
   3 Hovertec Streak SRM-2s
Manufacturer: Taurus Territorial Industries
   Primary Factory: Taurus
Communications System: O/P 3000 COMSET
Targeting and Tracking System: O/P 1500 ARB
Cost: 5,807,200 C-Bills
BV: 1,233

Overview:
With the recent technological aid from the Capellan Confederation and Word of Blake, as well as the large influx of funds from the sales of older mech designs to mercenary forces within the Inner Sphere, Taurus Territorial has begun a program of uprating several of their mech production lines. While most of the technologies have proven simple to integrate, the use of Endo Steel in chassis construction has proven most difficult as parts manufactured from it end up significantly larger. Keeper Garret, a designer at TTI came up with an unusual proposal. By manufacturing a lighter mech at the same size as it's conventional counterpart, it should be possible to make an improved mech on the existing lines, while the use of a lighter engine could in fact reduce the overall cost. Intrigued, TTI's board of directors gave Garret approval to convert one Warhammer production line to prove his theory.

Capabilities:
While a full ten tons lighter than the original, the use of double heat sinks, endo steel, extended range weapons and additional armor has resulted in a mech far surpassing it's predecessor. Fourteen double heat sinks allows it's pilots to fire both PPC's for three continuous cycles before heat becomes a concern, while close in the unit can cycle off a single PPC to allow the use of all of it's other weapons. The trio of Hovertec Streak 2-racks imported from the Capellan Confederation give increased ammunition conservation over the classic six launcher. The use of the three individual two-racks instead of a single six rack has raised some eyebrows, however with the only source of Streak technology available to the Concordat being House Liao's Hovertec site the decision was purely one of convenience than preference. All ammunition bays on the design have been moved into the right torso to be protected by the CASE system, which combined with it's two additional tons of armor give the unit remarkable survivability.

Deployment:
The first three production models are retained by TTI for use in evaluation and testing, while so far all other units produced are being delivered to mercenaries all over the Inner Sphere and Periphery. Production is being stepped up due to a large number of pre-orders from mercenary units, for whom the familiarity of control combined with the low cost access to new technology make a perfect match.

Known Variants:
The documentation for the Hovertec racks say that if you turn all of the mounting brackets upside-down they have mounting holes that exactly fit the six rack made by Guided technologies, and the control cable has both style connectors, making the change simple for most technicians. Targeting drivers are included in the O/P computer's optical backup in the /be/other/hardware/gtech directory, and may be installed simply by moving them to the /be/device/targeting directory and restarting the targeting services from the devices panel. The feeder mechanism for the ammo bin has likewise been designed to allow several of it’s parts to be moved making the conversion an easy one. Many mercenaries have made use of this option for the lower heat built by the six rack, while others retain the smaller racks for the more consistent firing pattern.
Another version has been fielded by Joan's Grenadiers replaces the ER Medium Lasers with a pair of Anti-personnel pods and an additional pair of Machine Guns, making the unit a formidable urban fighter.

WHM-9T Warhammer
Technology Base: - Inner Sphere - Level 2
Equipment                                                Mass
Internal Structure: - Endo Steel                           3
Engine:                240                              11.5
    Walking MP:         4
    Running MP:         6 
    Jumping MP:         0 
Heat Sinks:            14(28) - Double                     4
Gyro:                                                      3
Cockpit:                                                   3
Armor Factor:          192                                12
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                     Internal          Armor
                    Structure          Value
Head                    3                9
Center Torso           20               30
Center Torso(rear)                       9
R/L Torso              14               22
R/L Torso(rear)                          6
R/L Arm                10               20
R/L Leg                14               24
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Weapons and Ammo                     Location   Critical  Tonnage
ER PPC                                  LA          3        7
ER Medium Laser                         LT          1        1
ER Medium Laser                         RT          1        1
Machine Gun Ammo (1/2 ton)              RT          1      0.5
Streak SRM 2                            RT          1      1.5
Streak SRM 2                            RT          1      1.5
Streak SRM 2                            RT          1      1.5
Streak SRM 2 Ammo                       RT          1        1
CASE                                    RT          1      0.5
ER PPC                                  RA          3        7
Machine Gun                             CT          1      0.5
Machine Gun                             CT          1      0.5