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Revision as of 19:05, 25 June 2010

Conjurer (Hellhound)
Conjurer
Production information
Manufacturer Irece Alpha, others
Model Hellhound
Class Medium
Cost 5,320,500 C-bills
Technical specifications
Mass 50 tons
Chassis Puma Type Medium Endo Steel
Armor Alpha Plate Special Ferro-Fibrous
Engine 300 Standard
Speed 96 km/h
Jump Jets BMP Mk. XXI
Armament
BV (1.0) 1,714
BV (2.0) 1,813[1]


Description

The Conjurer (Hellhound to the Inner Sphere) is a fast, inexpensive medium BattleMech that excels at medium to short range. As befitting its status as a second-line 'Mech, the Conjurer uses a standard engine, though it is constructed on an Endo Steel chassis and uses eight and a half tons of Ferro-Fibrous armor. Its jump jets enable it to leap up to 180 meters at a time.

It is noteworthy that the Conjurer is, for all intents and purposes, the Wolverine-IIC (and was even reported as such); it was designed off the original Wolverine, taking the concept and rebuilding it with advanced technology. However the Clans would not retain the name of the Not-Named Clan for the redesigned 'Mech.

This has been confirmed by the canon authors on the CBT forum.[1]

Armament

The Conjurer uses a Large Pulse Laser that is quite accurate and effective at a respectable range. To back that up, it mounts paired ER Medium Lasers and Streak SRM-2s. Ten double heat sinks are able to keep heat under control, though a Conjurer can summon up a heat problem if pressed too hard.

Variants

  • Conjurer 2 - Following the Ghost Bear-Combine War, Clan Nova Cat needed to rebuild. The problem is that they lacked the infrastructure to rebuild their OmniMechs after being Abjured from Clanspace. So, Khan Santin West initiated a deal with Clan Diamond Shark to enlist their aid in building factories on Irece and Avon. One of the things the Sharks did was to help the Cats upgrade existing Conjurers and construct the capacity to build new ones. The resulting 'Mech was almost completely rebuilt from the ground up. The Conjurer 2 uses a Consolidated Fusion 350 XL to achieve speeds up to 119 km/h, along with increased jumping capacity that enable it to move up to 210 meters a jump. The weapons are removed to make way for an ATM 9 that has three tons of ammunition to allow maximum flexibility. A pair of Medium Pulse Lasers that are tied to a Targeting Computer round out the weapons. An added half ton of armor brings the armor protection up to the maximum the 50 ton chassis can carry. BV (1.0) = 2,051, BV (2.0) = 2,107[2]
  • Conjurer 5 - This variant mounts two ATM 6s, each of which is allocated a single ton of ammunition. A pair of ER Medium Lasers back up this model. BV (1.0) = 1,632, BV (2.0) = 1,722[5]

Gallery

References

  1. Record Sheets: 3055 Upgrades Unabridged, p. 187
  2. Record Sheets: 3055 Upgrades Unabridged, p. 188
  3. Record Sheets: 3055 Upgrades Unabridged, p. 189
  4. Record Sheets: 3055 Upgrades Unabridged, p. 190
  5. Record Sheets: 3055 Upgrades Unabridged, p. 191
  • Record Sheets: Operation Klondike, p. 42

Bibliography