BattleTech Vehicle Technical Readout
                      VALIDATED

Type/Model:    Hellblazer IFV
Tech:          Clan / 3058
Config:        Wheeled Vehicle
Rules:         Level 2, Standard design

Mass:          10 tons
Power Plant:   30 Fusion
Cruise Speed:  54.0 km/h
Maximum Speed: 86.4 km/h
Armor Type:    Ferro-Fibrous
Armament:      
  1 Heavy Medium Laser 
Manufacturer:  (Unknown)
  Location:    (Unknown)
Communications System:  (Unknown)
Targeting & Tracking System:  (Unknown)

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==Overview:==

     Following the developments of Heavy Laser Technology, Khan Cassius
N'Buta, eager for ways to apply it had the [b]Hellblazer[/b] designed as a way to
quickly reinforce the Star Adders' Garrison Clusters. Mounting a single Heavy
Medium Laser in an armoured Turret and slaving it to a Targeting Computer, the
ten ton Hellblazer doubled as an IFV with it's ton and half Infantry Bay. Three
tons of Ferro-Fibrous Armor and a 30-Rated Fusion Engine gave affored the
vehicle adequate protection and mobility for it's role.

     In the years following the Snake Alliance, Clan Star Adder would provide
the Hellblazer IFV to Clan Cloud Cobra as a way of bolstering their alliance.
Meanwhile an export agreement with Clan Diamond Shark in 3078 would result in
the slow proliferation of the design throughout the toumans of the other Clans
as well as in the private armies of those Spheroids wealthy enough to afford
their exhorbitant mark-up. All of this would net Clan Star Adder a tidy proift
of course, while the arrangement with Clan Diamond Shark would ensure that the
Hellblaze IFV would eventually become a common sight through Clan space.

     By the 3100s, the Hellblazer IFV would become an uncommon, but very
present force throughout the Inner Sphere, with models cropping up throughout
the armies of the Great Houses. Most examples of these vehicles within the
Inner Sphere would be found in elite Special Forces units, with the compact
and relatively accurate firepower provided by it proving quite popular with
commado units as well as units assigned to guard high-profile personalities
within the upper-echelons of the  Inner Sphere.

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Type/Model:    Hellblazer IFV
Mass:          10 tons

Equipment:                                 Items    Mass
Int. Struct.:  5 pts Standard                0      1.00
Engine:        30 Fusion                     0      1.00
Shielding & Transmission Equipment:          0       .50
    Cruise MP:   5
     Flank MP:   8
Heat Sinks:     10 Single                    0       .00
Cockpit & Controls:                          0       .50
Crew: 1 Members                              0       .00
Turret Equipment:                            0       .50
Armor Factor:   58 pts Ferro-Fibrous         1      3.00

                          Internal    Armor
                          Structure   Value
   Front:                     1         12 
   Left / Right Sides:        1      12/12 
   Rear:                      1         10 
   Turret:                    1         12 

Weapons and Equipment    Loc  Heat  Ammo   Items    Mass
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1 Heavy Medium Laser     Turret   7          1      1.00
1 Targeting Computer                         1      1.00
Infantry Bay             Body                1      1.50
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TOTALS:                           7          4     10.00
Items & Tons Left:                           3       .00

Calculated Factors:
Total Cost:        217,875 C-Bills
Battle Value 2:    296 (old BV = 180)
Cost per BV:       736.06
Weapon Value:      70 / 70 (Ratio = .24 / .24)
Damage Factors:    SRDmg = 8;  MRDmg = 1;  LRDmg = 0
BattleForce2:      MP: 5W,  Armor/Structure: 0 / 2
                   Damage PB/M/L: 1/1/-,  Overheat: 0
                   Class: GL;  Point Value: 3
                   Specials: tran1