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Name/Model:         Atlas AS9-D
Designer:           StarRaven
Source(s):          Custom Mordel.Net Units
Technology:         Inner Sphere
Technology Rating:  E
Tonnage:            100
Configuration:      Biped BattleMech
Era/Year:           Civil War / 3067
Rules (Current):    Standard
Rules (Era):        Standard
Rules (Year):       Standard
Total Cost:         10,690,000 C-Bills
Battle Value:       2,421

Chassis:              Standard
Power Plant:          300 Fusion
Walking Speed:        32.4 kph  
Maximum Speed:        54 kph    
Jump Jets:            None
    Jump Capacity:    None
Armor:                Standard with CASE
Armament:             
    1 Rotary AC/5
    1 LRM 20 w/ Artemis IV FCS
    1 Streak SRM 6
    8 Medium Lasers
Manufacturer:         Unknown
    Primary Factory:  Unknown
Communications:       Unknown with Guardian ECM Suite
Targeting & Tracking: Unknown

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Overview:
    The AS9-D Atlas is a modification of the new AS8-D Atlas, both of which should soon be
    entering production. The AS9-D was a version much desired by quite a few high ranking
    officers in the AFFS. The primary reason for the modification is to get a 'Mech which has a
    performance profile similar to the old AS7-D; meaning that it loses long range weapons for
    short range ones. Also, a few more reactionary officers were displeased that the AS8-D is so
    similar to the Combine's Atlas variants, a rather pointless complaint which nonetheless
    carries weight in the newly reformed AFFS.

Capabilities:
    Instead of the AS8-D's pair of ER large lasers, the AS9-D carries six standard medium
    lasers. Standard lasers were used instead of ER lasers to reduce heat problems and to keep
    costs down. The AS7-D's normal SRM 6 rack returns to the AS9-D, but has been now been
    upgraded to a Streak system, to ensure that every missile hits. The rear mounted medium has
    been supplemented with a second laser, and moved to the right torso to make room for a
    Guardian ECM Suite. The Artemis-backed LRM 20 remains to cover the 'Mech at long range, as
    does the primary weapon, the Rotary AC/5. The AS9-D sacrifices a small bit of the 8-D's
    armor in order to make room for the Guardian, but is otherwise just as well armored as every
    other Atlas. Although the AS9-D mounts fewer heat sinks than the 8-D, the cooler running
    medium lasers give it no serious heat problems, and the large number of lasers lets the
    pilot choose not fire some of them to bring his heat under control.
    
    
    
    One of the features most important to the rebuilding AFFS is the AS9-D's cost. For the price
    of a Templar, the AFFS can get two Atlases and still have enough C-Bills left over to buy a
    light 'Mech.

Deployment:
    The AS9-D Atlas has not yet entered production. The first models are intended for the Davion
    Heavy and Assault Guards. A pair is also slated to go to the First Battalion of the First
    Robinson Rangers, probably thanks to Duke Sandoval's influence.

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Equipment                                                             Mass                      
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Internal Structure:                          Standard                 10.00                     
Engine:                                     300 Fusion                19.00                     
    Walking MP:                                 3                                               
    Running MP:                                 5                                               
    Jumping MP:                                 0                                               
Heat Sinks (Double):                         14 [28]                   4.00                     
Gyro:                                        Standard                  3.00                     
Cockpit:                                     Standard                  3.00                     
Armor Factor:                                  304                    19.00                     
    Type:                                    Standard                                           

                                    Internal         Armor     
                                    Structure        Value     
    Head:                               3              9       
    Center Torso:                      31             47       
    Center Torso (rear):                              14       
    R/L Torso:                         21             32       
    R/L Torso (rear):                                 10       
    R/L Arm:                           17             34       
    R/L Leg:                           21             41       

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Weapons and Ammo                                       Location          Critical     Tonnage   
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Medium Laser                                              H                 1          1.00             
Guardian ECM Suite                                        CT                2          1.50             
CASE                                                      RT                1          0.50             
2 Medium Lasers                                         RT (R)              2          2.00             
Rotary AC/5                                               RT                6         10.00             
Rotary AC/5 (Ammo 60)                                     RT                3          3.00             
CASE                                                      LT                1          0.50             
LRM 20 w/ Artemis IV FCS                                  LT                5         10.00             
LRM 20 (Ammo 12)                                          LT                2          2.00             
Streak SRM 6                                              LT                2          4.50             
Streak SRM 6 (Ammo 15)                                    LT                1          1.00             
3 Medium Lasers                                           RA                3          3.00             
2 Medium Lasers                                           LA                2          2.00             

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Alpha Strike Statistics                                             
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Point Value (PV): 61
TP: BM,  SZ: 4,  TMM: 1,  MV: 6"
Damage: (S) 7 / (M) 7 / (L) 2,  OV: 1
Armor (A): 10,  Structure (S): 8
Specials: CASE, ECM, IF1, REAR1/1/-
 
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