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Hawk819
Federated Suns
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 Posted: 08-May-2025 13:30 Post subject: Hunchback II HBK2-D9 |
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| TRO: Hunchback II HBK2-D9 | BattleMech Technical Readout
Name/Model: Hunchback II HBK2-D9
Designer: Hawk819
Source(s): Custom Mordel.Net Units
Technology: Inner Sphere
Technology Rating: F
Tonnage: 55
Configuration: Biped BattleMech
Era/Year: Dark Age / 3150
Rules (Current): Standard
Rules (Era): Standard
Rules (Year): Standard
Total Cost: 12,496,565 C-Bills
Battle Value: 1,843
Chassis: Endo-Composite
Power Plant: 220 Light Fusion
Walking Speed: 43.2 kph
Maximum Speed: 64.8 kph [86.4 kph]
Jump Jets: None
Jump Capacity: None
Armor: Light Ferro-Fibrous
Armament:
12 ER Medium Lasers
2 ER Small Lasers
Manufacturer: Unknown
Primary Factory: Unknown
Communications: Unknown with Angel ECM Suite
Targeting & Tracking: Unknown with Advanced Targeting Computer
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Equipment Mass
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Internal Structure: Endo-Composite 4.50
Engine: 220 Light Fusion 7.50
Walking MP: 4
Running MP: 6 [8]
Jumping MP: 0
Heat Sinks (Double): 10 [20] 0.00
Gyro: Compact 4.50
Cockpit: Small 2.00
Armor Factor: 185 11.00
Type: Light Ferro-Fibrous
Internal Armor
Structure Value
Head: 3 9
Center Torso: 18 29
Center Torso (rear): 7
R/L Torso: 13 21
R/L Torso (rear): 5
R/L Arm: 9 18
R/L Leg: 13 26
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Weapons and Ammo Location Critical Tonnage
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Angel ECM Suite H 2 2.00
MASC CT 3 3.00
5 ER Medium Lasers RT 5 5.00
Targeting Computer RT 4 4.00
Bloodhound Active Probe LT 3 2.00
5 ER Medium Lasers LT 5 5.00
ER Medium Laser RA 1 1.00
ER Small Laser RA 1 0.50
ER Medium Laser LA 1 1.00
ER Small Laser LA 1 0.50
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Alpha Strike Statistics
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Point Value (PV): 42
TP: BM, SZ: 2, TMM: 2, MV: 10"
Damage: (S) 3 / (M) 3 / (L) 0, OV: 4
Armor (A): 6, Structure (S): 3
Specials: AECM, BH, ENE, RCN
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Ruger
Lyran Alliance
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Joined: 04-Feb-2002 00:00
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| Posted: 09-May-2025 07:59 Post subject: Hunchback II HBK2-D9 |
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I don’t understand the choices here. You have 12 ER medium lasers (let’s leave out the other lasers for now) and only 10 double heat sinks. There is no triple strength myomer, and all the medium lasers are concentrated in the front arcs of the side torsos only, except for one in each arm, along with an ER small laser.
With so few heat sinks, you can’t make effective use of all this firepower except to fire everything once and shut down. Even if your targets are all concentrated on one side, you can’t only fire a portion of the lasers on that side without going immediately into overheat. And keeping it up for very long shuts you down, or you do some funky firing patterns.
I suppose there’s some usefulness in redundancy, but that’s pushing an agenda I don’t see working in most cases.
Why not do something more like replace a third or even half the er meds with standard mediums, and create a bracket fire machine? Also, consider making the ER smalls into small pulse lasers for anti-infantry ability.
Would really like to understand the thought process behind this one.
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Captain_Frosty
ComStar
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Joined: 22-Nov-2024 02:18
Posts: 70
Location: Greece
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| Posted: 09-May-2025 08:51 Post subject: Re: Hunchback II HBK2-D9 |
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| Ruger wrote: | I don’t understand the choices here. You have 12 ER medium lasers (let’s leave out the other lasers for now) and only 10 double heat sinks. There is no triple strength myomer, and all the medium lasers are concentrated in the front arcs of the side torsos only, except for one in each arm, along with an ER small laser.
With so few heat sinks, you can’t make effective use of all this firepower except to fire everything once and shut down. Even if your targets are all concentrated on one side, you can’t only fire a portion of the lasers on that side without going immediately into overheat. And keeping it up for very long shuts you down, or you do some funky firing patterns.
I suppose there’s some usefulness in redundancy, but that’s pushing an agenda I don’t see working in most cases.
Why not do something more like replace a third or even half the er meds with standard mediums, and create a bracket fire machine? Also, consider making the ER smalls into small pulse lasers for anti-infantry ability.
Would really like to understand the thought process behind this one. |
I like the detail that the engine is a light fusion, thus bulkier, while the cockpit is small. It's a mech shaped brass bull 
That said, I can see one instance in which this design can work; have a couple support vehicles with 10 ton liquid storage constantly hosing it down with liquid nitrogen. Effectively external assisted heat management from a position of cover while this bad boy turns anything and everything it so much as glares at, into a puddle of lava and regret.
I'm not even being sarcastic here; This could actually work. Hell, have the liquid nitrogen transports be other 'mechs with an LRM10 or something and it could actually be a pretty funky formation to fight with!
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Kirbanzo
ComStar
Corporal
Joined: 17-Apr-2025 16:17
Posts: 95
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| Posted: 09-May-2025 09:30 Post subject: Hunchback II HBK2-D9 |
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| Is this supposed to be a Nova/Black Hawk ripoff with some fancy electronics? That's the only way I would see this justified in-universe.
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