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                 BattleMech Technical Readout

Name/Model:         Hunchback HBK-17
Designer:           mud
Source(s):          Custom Mordel.Net Units
Technology:         Inner Sphere
Technology Rating:  E
Tonnage:            50
Configuration:      Biped BattleMech
Era/Year:           Star League / 2750
Rules (Current):    Standard
Rules (Era):        Standard
Rules (Year):       Standard
Total Cost:         3,667,000 C-Bills
Battle Value:       1,411

Chassis:              Standard
Power Plant:          200 Fusion
Walking Speed:        43.2 kph  
Maximum Speed:        64.8 kph  
Jump Jets:            None
    Jump Capacity:    None
Armor:                Ferro-Fibrous with CASE
Armament:             
    1 Gauss Rifle
    3 Medium Lasers
Manufacturer:         Unknown
    Primary Factory:  Unknown
Communications:       Unknown
Targeting & Tracking: Unknown

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Overview:
    The HBK-17 Hunchback was a controversial design.  The majority of Star League upgrades were
    designed so as to give the design superior capabilities within it's established mission
    profile.  The decision to replace the Hunchback's autocannon with a Gauss rifle gave it a
    long range strike it had hitherto lacked, but at the cost of some of it's punch and close
    range accuracy.

Capabilities:
    As the Gauss rifle produced significantly lower heat output than the old autocannon,
    designers were able to remove some of the old Hunchback's heat sinks in order to add
    additional ammo storage capability for the Gauss rifle, making the HBK-17 one of the most
    well supplied Gauss rifle platforms ever deployed.  Designers saved additional weight by
    upgrading the Hunchback's armor to ferro-fibrous, allowing them to upgrade the small laser
    in the 'mech's head and install CASE.

Deployment:
    The large amount of Gauss ammunition the HBK-17 carried made it a supurb fire-support 'mech,
    a role the old Hunchback could have never fulfilled.  Hunchbacks attached to garrison
    regiments were generally left unmodified, or traded their small laser for CASE, while
    Hunchbacks in the line divisions of the SLDF were widely upgraded to the new standard.

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Equipment                                                             Mass                      
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Internal Structure:                          Standard                  5.00                     
Engine:                                     200 Fusion                 8.50                     
    Walking MP:                                 4                                               
    Running MP:                                 6                                               
    Jumping MP:                                 0                                               
Heat Sinks (Single):                            10                     0.00                     
Gyro:                                        Standard                  2.00                     
Cockpit:                                     Standard                  3.00                     
Armor Factor:                                  161                     9.00                     
    Type:                                 Ferro-Fibrous                                         

                                    Internal         Armor     
                                    Structure        Value     
    Head:                               3              9       
    Center Torso:                      16             27       
    Center Torso (rear):                               5       
    R/L Torso:                         12             20       
    R/L Torso (rear):                                  4       
    R/L Arm:                            8             16       
    R/L Leg:                           12             20       

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Weapons and Ammo                                       Location          Critical     Tonnage   
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Medium Laser                                              H                 1          1.00             
CASE                                                      RT                1          0.50             
Gauss Rifle                                               RT                7         15.00             
Gauss Rifle (Ammo 32)                                     RT                4          4.00             
Medium Laser                                              RA                1          1.00             
Medium Laser                                              LA                1          1.00             

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Alpha Strike Statistics                                             
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Point Value (PV): 29
TP: BM,  SZ: 2,  TMM: 1,  MV: 8"
Damage: (S) 3 / (M) 3 / (L) 2,  OV: 0
Armor (A): 5,  Structure (S): 4
Specials: CASE