BattleMech Technical Readout

Type/Model:    Highlander HGN-740
Tech:          Inner Sphere / 2750
Config:        Biped BattleMech
Rules:         Level 2, Standard design

Mass:          90 tons
Chassis:       Star League XT Standard
Power Plant:   270 GM Fusion
Walking Speed: 32.4 km/h
Maximum Speed: 54.0 km/h
Jump Jets:     3 HildCo Model 10 Standard Jump Jets
Jump Capacity: 90 meters
Armor Type:    Grumman-3 Ferro-Fibrous 
Armament:      
  1 Gauss Rifle
  2 SRM 4s
  2 Medium Lasers
  1 Guardian ECM
  4 LRM 5s
  2 Machine Guns
Manufacturer:  StarCorps Industries
  Location:    (Unknown)
Communications System:  Hector VII
Targeting & Tracking System:  Starlight LX-1

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==Capabilities:==
When the Highlander was first introduced, it was regarded as being near the
pinnacle of mech design. Few mechs of its day could even begin to match it in
raw destructive potential, and fewer still had its comparative staying power.


So how, then, was the machine to ever be improved upon?

Like so.

The decision was made to swap the 12 standard heat sinks for 10 doubles. On
top of that, it was also decided to break up the single LRM 20 into multiple
LRM 5s. so as to allow for redundancy. 

The combined effort resulted in considerable savings in weight, it also
allowed for increased interior space. This was put to use by trading out the
mech's SRM 6 rack for twin SRM 4s, increasing the mech's firepower; twin
machine guns were added to the legs as a nod to the fact that infantry and
battle armor are now a greater menace to mechs than when the first
Highlanders
came out. Supporting this is an ECM suite, helping to give the mech an
advantage against its foes. Time will tell if this modification will work.

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Type/Model:    Highlander HGN-740
Mass:          90 tons

Equipment:                                 Crits    Mass
Int. Struct.:  138 pts Standard              0      9.00
Engine:        270 Fusion                    6     14.50
   Walking MP:   3
   Running MP:   5
   Jumping MP:   3
Heat Sinks:     10 Double [20]               0       .00
Gyro:                                        4      3.00
Cockpit, Life Supt., Sensors:                5      3.00
Actuators: L: Sh+UA+LA+H    R: Sh+UA+LA     15       .00
Armor Factor:  278 pts Ferro-Fibrous        14     15.50
 (Armor Crit Loc: 1 HD, 4 LA, 2 RA, 1 LT, 3 RT, 1 CT, 1 LL, 1 RL)

                          Internal    Armor
                          Structure   Value
   Head:                      3          9      
   Center Torso:             29         40      
   Center Torso (Rear):                 17      
   L/R Side Torso:           19      28/28      
   L/R Side Torso (Rear):            10/10      
   L/R Arm:                  15      30/30      
   L/R Leg:                  19      38/38      

Weapons and Equipment    Loc  Heat  Ammo   Crits    Mass
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1 Gauss Rifle            RA      1   16      9     17.00
  (Ammo Locations: 2 RT)
2 SRM 4s                 LA      6   50      4      6.00
  (Ammo Locations: 2 LT)
2 Medium Lasers          RT      6           2      2.00
1 Guardian ECM           RT      0           2      1.50
4 LRM 5s                 LT      8   48      6     10.00
  (Ammo Locations: 2 LT)
1 Machine Gun            LL      0  100      2      1.00
  (Ammo Locations: 1 RT)
1 Machine Gun            RL      0           1       .50
CASE Equipment:          LT     RT           2      1.00
3 Standard Jump Jets:                        3      6.00
 (Jump Jet Loc: 1 LT, 1 RT, 1 CT)
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TOTALS:                         21          75     90.00
Crits & Tons Left:                           3       .00

Calculated Factors:
Total Cost:        9,271,430 C-Bills
Battle Value:      2,049
Cost per BV:       4,524.86
Weapon Value:      2,408 / 2,408 (Ratio = 1.18 / 1.18)
Damage Factors:    SRDmg = 30;  MRDmg = 22;  LRDmg = 12
BattleForce2:      MP: 3J,  Armor/Structure: 7/7
                   Damage PB/M/L: 6/5/3,  Overheat: 0
                   Class: MA;  Point Value: 21
                   Specials: ecm