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          BattleTech Vehicle Technical Readout
                      VALIDATED

Type/Model:    Tercel 
Tech:          Inner Sphere / 3060
Config:        V.T.O.L.
Rules:         Level 2, Standard design

Mass:          30 tons
Power Plant:   190 DAV Fusion
Cruise Speed:  118.8 km/h
Maximum Speed: 183.6 km/h
Armor Type:    Protech Medium Standard
Armament:      
  3 Medium Lasers
  1 Small Laser 
  7 Rocket Launcher 10 (OS)s
Manufacturer:  Blackwell Corporation
  Location:    Outreach
Communications System:  Dalban StarLink II
Targeting & Tracking System:  Garret E2b

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==Overview:==
Only the most charitable, naive, or ignorant would consider the Peregrine
anything near a success as a unit. Although fairly fast, it had paper-thin
armor and its weapons were incapable of killing targets fast enough. That its
internal flywheel and cramped fusion engine compartment were poorly designed
didn't help matters any. 

Rather than write off the entire design, however, a few rogue designers chose
to give it another shot. Rather than design an entirely new machine from
scratch, they chose to simply modify the airframe. 

The biggest alteration was the decision to replace the internal flywheel with
a proper tail assembly, complete with exhaust port instead of a fragile tail
rotor. Not only did this free up enough internal space to redesign the engine
compartment, it also allowed for the placement of a rear-firing small laser to
sting pursuers. 

Gone are the SRMs and machine guns, and in their place we have a trio of
lasers and an assortment of rocket pods. The lasers were an obvious choice, as
it would allow the machine to make the most out of its fusion engine. One
laser and one rocket pod have been mounted underneath the cockpit, replacing
the machine guns. Each side-mounted SRM 4 has likewise been replaced by a
laser and three rocket pods. However, due to a careful redesign, the only way
to tell that this isn't an SRM 4 is to look carefully for the laser's extended
barrel; rather than redesign the wings entirely, they simply found a way to
"plug the holes" with the new weapons. While the rockets are single-shot, it
does allow the crew to lay down a barrage of fire capable of chasing away most
targets from  a potential landing zone. 

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Type/Model:    Tercel 
Mass:          30 tons

Equipment:                                 Items    Mass
Int. Struct.:  15 pts Standard               0      3.00
Engine:        190 Fusion                    0      7.50
Shielding & Transmission Equipment:          0      4.00
    Cruise MP:  11
     Flank MP:  17
Heat Sinks:     10 Single                    0       .00
Cockpit & Controls:                          0      1.50
Crew: 2 Members                              0       .00
Rotor Equipment:  Main/Tail Rotors           0      3.00
Armor Factor:   64 pts Standard              0      4.00

                          Internal    Armor
                          Structure   Value
   Front:                     3         22 
   Left / Right Sides:        3      15/15 
   Rear:                      3         10 
   Rotor:                     3          2 

Weapons and Equipment    Loc  Heat  Ammo   Items    Mass
--------------------------------------------------------
3 Medium Lasers          Front    9          3      3.00
1 Small Laser            Rear     1          1       .50
1 Rocket Launcher 10 (OS)Front    0          1       .50
1 Rocket Launcher 10 (OS)Front    0          1       .50
1 Rocket Launcher 10 (OS)Front    0          1       .50
1 Rocket Launcher 10 (OS)Front    0          1       .50
1 Rocket Launcher 10 (OS)Front    0          1       .50
1 Rocket Launcher 10 (OS)Front    0          1       .50
1 Rocket Launcher 10 (OS)Front    0          1       .50
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TOTALS:                          10         11     30.00
Items & Tons Left:                           0       .00

Calculated Factors:
Total Cost:        1,642,500 C-Bills
Battle Value:      1,418
Cost per BV:       1,158.32
Weapon Value:      395 / 395 (Ratio = .28 / .28)
Damage Factors:    SRDmg = 66;  MRDmg = 33;  LRDmg = 11
BattleForce2:      MP: 11V,  Armor/Structure: 0 / 3
                   Damage PB/M/L: 2/2/-,  Overheat: 0
                   Class: VA;  Point Value: 14

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