BattleMech Technical Readout
Name/Model: Varlet VRL-3T
Designer: Kirbanzo
Source(s): Custom Mordel.Net Units
Technology: Inner Sphere
Technology Rating: E
Tonnage: 35
Role: Skirmisher
Configuration: Biped BattleMech
Era/Year: Succession Wars / 3041
Rules (Current): Standard
Rules (Era): Standard
Rules (Year): Standard
Total Cost: 5,382,585 C-Bills
Battle Value: 747
Chassis: SHA 35b Endo Steel
Power Plant: Ceres Motors 210 XL
Walking Speed: 64.8 kph
Maximum Speed: 97.2 kph
Jump Jets: Pitban 3000
Jump Capacity: 180 meters
Armor: Kepler Ablative Ceramosteel
Armament:
1 Kepler 100mm Autocannon/5
2 Ceres Arms Model W Medium Pulse Lasers
1 SHA Emerald Flash PS Small Pulse Laser
2 Small Lasers
Manufacturer: Ceres Metals Industries, Kepler Defense Group, Sarna Heavy Arms Corporation
Primary Factory: Capella (CMI), Calpaca (KDG), Sarna (SHAC)
Communications: CeresCom Model 5e
Targeting & Tracking: Kepler AimScope 3.7
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Overview:
Created by Sarna Heavy Arms as a generalist design utilizing Helm Memory Core technology
recovered just a half decade prior, the Varlet was intended to be a core 'Mech of a
modernized Capellan Confederdation military. While it would fall short of those expectations
due to its price tag, it still found use by the armed forces as a versatile skirmisher for
their veteran MechWarriors.
Capabilities:
The Varlet is a nimble 35-ton Light 'Mech, being designed from the ground up to have a
serviceable mix of armor, speed, and weaponry. It is built on an Endo-Steel chassis to
support those three pillars, while it is powered by a 210-rated XL fusion engine. The latter
would end up dooming Sarna Heavy Arms' efforts to have it become ubiquitous due to its cost,
but it would still allow it to be highly mobile both on the ground and with 6 attached Jump
Jets. 4.5 tons of standard armor is deemed sufficient with its speed profile.
The VLT-3T as its primary weapon mounts in its right torso an Autocannon/5 with a single ton
of ammunition in the left. For closer ranges, two Medium Pulse Lasers and two Small Lasers
in the arms can be used, while a Small Pulse Laser was also installed in the head primarily
to deal with infantry. This loadout allows it to deliver increasing amounts of firepower as
range closes, and it is mostly supply line independent. 10 double heat sinks are more than
enough to cool it as well.
The design was also made to be narrow and able to fit into tight spaces, but this required
shaving off part of the Medium Pulse Lasers' cooling jackets as well as compacting the
cockpit.
DESIGN QUIRKS: Narrow/Low Profile, Nimble Jumper, Cramped Cockpit, Poor Cooling Jacket
(Medium Pulse Lasers)
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Equipment Mass
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Internal Structure: Endo Steel 2.00
Engine: 210 XL 4.50
Walking MP: 6
Running MP: 9
Jumping MP: 6
Heat Sinks (Double): 10 [20] 0.00
Gyro: Standard 3.00
Cockpit: Standard 3.00
Armor Factor: 72 4.50
Type: Standard
Internal Armor
Structure Value
Head: 3 9
Center Torso: 11 9
Center Torso (rear): 2
R/L Torso: 8 8
R/L Torso (rear): 2
R/L Arm: 6 8
R/L Leg: 8 8
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Weapons and Ammo Location Critical Tonnage
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Small Pulse Laser H 1 1.00
Autocannon/5 RT 4 8.00
2 Jump Jets RT 2 1.00
Autocannon/5 (Ammo 20) LT 1 1.00
2 Jump Jets LT 2 1.00
Medium Pulse Laser RA 1 2.00
Small Laser RA 1 0.50
Medium Pulse Laser LA 1 2.00
Small Laser LA 1 0.50
Jump Jet RL 1 0.50
Jump Jet LL 1 0.50
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Alpha Strike Statistics
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Point Value (PV): 20
TP: BM, SZ: 1, TMM: 2, MV: 12"j
Damage: (S) 3 / (M) 2 / (L) 1, OV: 0
Armor (A): 2, Structure (S): 2
Specials:
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