Editing Gallant (BattleMech)

{{otheruses|the 70-ton BattleMech|the urban assault vehicle|Gallant (Combat Vehicle)}}
{{InfoBoxBattleMech
|image=Gallant.jpg
|name=''Gallant''
|manufacturer= [[Skobel MechWorks]]<ref name="TRO:3085p94+">''Technical Readout: 3085'', pp. 94–95: "GLT-7-0 Gallant"</ref>
|production year=3078
|year reference=<ref name="MUL1">''[http://www.masterunitlist.info/Unit/Details/1173/ MUL online data for the ''{{PAGENAME}}'']''</ref>
|model=GLT-7-0
|cost=11,962,220 [[C-bill]]s<ref name="MUL1"/>
|Tech Base=Inner Sphere
|mech type=BattleMech
|mass=70
|chassis=[[Skobel 250-RB]]<ref name="TRO:3085p94+"/>
|armor=[[Pribak 9000]]<ref name="TRO:3085p94+"/>
|engine=[[GTEM 210 XL]]<ref name="TRO:3085p94+"/>
|comsys=[[Skobel Wave VI Comm]]<ref name="TRO:3085p94+"/>
|T&T=[[Falcon 15 Watcher]]<ref name="TRO:3085p94+"/>
|heat sinks=14 [[Double Heat Sinks]]<ref name="TRO:3085p94+"/>
|speed=54<ref name="TRO:3085p94+"/>
|jumpjets=[[Waterly Heavy Lifters]] [[Improved Jump Jet]]s<ref name="TRO:3085p94+"/>
|armament= <span></span>
* 2x [[Large Pulse Laser]]
* 1x [[MRM-20]]
* 1x [[Streak SRM 2]]
* 1x [[Flamer]]<ref name="TRO:3085p94+"/>
|BV (1.0)=
|BV (2.0)=1,436<ref name="TRO:3085p94+"/><ref name="MUL1"/><ref>''Record Sheets: 3085 Print Edition'', p. 85</ref>
}}

== Description ==
First appearing as an ad hoc and incomplete design during the last days of the [[Word of Blake]]'s defense of [[Terra]], the '''''Gallant''''' was a broken-terrain cavalry [[BattleMech]] utilizing [[Improved Jump Jet]]s in common use among the [[Republic of the Sphere#Military|Republic Armed Forces]], [[Lyran Commonwealth Armed Forces]] and [[Armed Forces of the Federated Suns]].<ref name="TRO:3085p94+"/>

One of the many haphazard prototype 'Mech designs the increasingly desperate Blakists threw into battle against [[Stone's Coalition]], the Coalition's capture of the design specs and Skobel's partial production line at Moscow for the ''Gallant'' allowed them to refine and fully develop the design to help fill the desperate need for BattleMechs after the [[Jihad]]. After the formation of the [[Republic of the Sphere]], the ''Gallant''&#39;s design specification were also exported to the [[Lyran Commonwealth]] and [[Federated Suns]] as a token of thanks for worlds that were given to help form the Republic.<ref name="TRO:3085p94+"/>

Built using an [[XL fusion engine]] to devote weight to weapons rather than speed, for the ''Gallant''&#39;s envisioned cavalry role it was equipped with five Waterly Heavy Lifter [[Improved Jump Jets]] to more easily handle mountainous and urban terrain. Mounting thirteen tons of standard Pribak 9000 plating and equipped with fourteen [[Double Heat Sink]]s, the ''Gallant'' boasted respectable field endurance.<ref name="TRO:3085p94+"/>

== Weapons and Equipment ==
Originally conceived with a different weapons array, the prototype ''Gallant''&#39;s weapon package was reworked at the eleventh hour to enhance its effectiveness against combined-arms formations and was retained when it entered full production. Principally armed with two [[Tronel XIII]] [[Large Pulse Laser]]s mounted in place of its right arm [[actuator]], the ''Gallant'' also carried a large [[Skobel Drotnik]] [[MRM-20]] launcher in its left torso supported by an ammo efficient [[Hovertec (SSRM2)|Hovertec]] [[Streak SRM-2]] rack in its right, each launcher allotted a single ton of ammunition placed in their respective side torso location. A head-mounted [[Zippo]] [[Flamer]] rounded out its weaponry.<ref name="TRO:3085p94+"/>

==Variants==
*;Prototype : Prior to being reworked to combat [[Devlin Stone]]'s forces, the ''Gallant'' was originally armed with a fairly standard array of energy and missile weapons.<ref name="TRO:3085p94+"/>

*;GLT-8-0 : An [[Experimental Technology|experimental]] reworking of the ''Gallant''&#39;s original weapons array developed by Federated Suns, this variant featured a pair of [[Thunderbolt 10|Thunderbolt 10 Launchers]] in place of the Large Pulse Lasers. The 'Mech's secondary weapon systems were exchanged for four [[Medium X-Pulse Laser]]s. [[CASE]] was added to protect the ammunition for the [[Thunderbolt Launcher]]s.<ref name="TRO:3085p94+"/> BV (2.0) = 1,666<ref>''Record Sheets: 3085 Unabridged - The Cutting Edge'', p. 140</ref>

*;GLT-10-0 : This [[Dark Age]] variant of the ''Gallant'' developed in [[Introduction Year::3130]]<ref name="MUL2"/> removes the standard weaponry and replaces it with a pair of [[Large Re-Engineered Laser]]s in the right arm. These are supported by a single [[Artemis IV]]-enhanced [[MML-7]]. The Flamer remains in the head, but to gather information about the battlefield, this ''Gallant'' carries a [[Remote Sensor Dispenser]] on the rear of the right torso. It has eleven double heat sinks, but all other performance parameters match the original ''Gallant''. BV (2.0) = 1,495<ref>''Record Sheets: 3145 New Tech, New Upgrades'', p. 152</ref><ref name="MUL2">''[http://www.masterunitlist.info/Unit/Details/6872/gallant-glt-10-0/ MUL online data for the Gallant GLT-10-0 variant]''</ref>

==Design Quirks==
The ''Gallant'' has the following [[Design Quirk]]:<ref>[[BattleMech Manual]], p. 91: Design Quirk Table - Gallant Entry</ref>
* [[Stabilized Weapon|Stabilized Weapon (RA Large Pulse Lasers)]]

==References==
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==Bibliography==
* ''[[Record Sheets: 3085 Print Edition]]''
* ''[[Record Sheets: 3085 Unabridged - The Cutting Edge]]''
* ''[[Record Sheets: 3145 New Tech, New Upgrades]]''
* ''[[Technical Readout: 3085]]''

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