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Name/Model:         Highwayman ("Project Tunic") PRIME
Designer:           Krulla_Chief
Source(s):          Custom Mordel.Net Units
Technology:         Inner Sphere (Mixed)
Technology Rating:  F
Tonnage:            70
Role:               Brawler
Configuration:      Biped OmniMech
Era/Year:           Dark Age / 3150
Rules (Current):    Advanced
Rules (Era):        Advanced
Rules (Year):       Advanced
Total Cost:         12,739,942 C-Bills
Battle Value:       1,889

Chassis:              Endo Steel
Power Plant:          280 Fusion
Walking Speed:        43.2 kph  
Maximum Speed:        64.8 kph  
Jump Jets:            Standard
    Jump Capacity:    120 meters [150 meters]
Armor:                Stealth
Armament:             
    1 Snub-Nose PPC
    1 Improved Heavy Medium Laser (C)
    2 ATM 3s (C)
    2 ER Small Lasers (C)
    1 Small X-Pulse Laser
Manufacturer:         Unknown
    Primary Factory:  Unknown
Communications:       Unknown with ECM Suite
Targeting & Tracking: Unknown

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Overview:
    Thanks to a deal with the Raven Alliance, D&K Creation Studios was feeling absolutely
    inspired in making this 'mech. Weighing at 70 tons standard and with a mixed tech approached
    between Inner Sphere and Clan technology, the Highwayman is mostly a new attempt at an
    omnichassis from a company that until recently was lacking in the creative juices to really
    create more than just refits of classic 'mechs used across the inhabited galaxy. With a
    running speed of 64 kph on a 280 rated standard engine, 11 engine mounted clan spec heat
    sinks, and twelve and a half tons of stealth armor on a clan spec endo-steel chassis, it
    should be noted that the chassis originally came to be thanks to tales of four notable
    mercenary companies and their storied histories. That is what leads to its armored cockpit,
    its compact gyroscope, its partial wings, and its stealth armor with head mounted ecm suite.
    The Highwayman is meant to be a successful omnichassis, yes, but it's also meant to be part
    of the living history of the Deadfire Tyrants, the Strange Bedfellows, the Borrowed Wings,
    and the Sly Headsmen.

Capabilities:
    The Highwayman Prime was created mostly with the intention to be a generalist brawler that
    can be kitted up in the usual omnimech time frame to fill in whatever gaps are spotted in a
    lance's lineup ahead of time, or as a way to get buyers invested ahead of time thanks to its
    ability to punch holes and harass regardless of ranges.
    
    Its primary armament is a combination of a right arm mounted Hatchet for melee distances and
    its left torso mounted Snub Nose PPC for longer ranged striking power in conjunction with
    being a closer ranged brawling weapon. Backing these weapon systems up are two ATM 3 systems
    fed with one ton of standard ATM ammunition as well as a ton of HE ammunition, all mounted
    in the left arm alongside a Small X-Pulse Laser to deter infintry. For supplementary
    firepower should the 'mech get into a good position, an Improved Heavy Medium Laser and an
    Extended Range Small Laser are mounted in the right torso, with a final ER Small Laser
    rounding out the loadout being mounted in the center torso.
    
    To try and take advantage of the hard mounted Partial Wing system, four jump jets have been
    installed onto the chassis, one apiece in the side torsos and two in the center torso. To
    try and keep the 'mech's heat curve somewhat manageable with its monstrous heatload in
    conjunction with its stealth armor, another heat sink was added to the chassis.

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Equipment                                                             Mass                      
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Internal Structure:                       Endo Steel (C)               3.50                     
Engine:                                     280 Fusion                16.00                     
    Walking MP:                                 4                                               
    Running MP:                                 6                                               
    Jumping MP:                               4 [5]                                             
Heat Sinks (Double):                       12 [27] (C)                 2.00                     
Gyro:                                        Compact                   4.50                     
Cockpit (Armored):                           Standard                  3.00                     
Armor Factor:                                  200                    12.50                     
    Type:                                    Stealth                                            

                                    Internal         Armor     
                                    Structure        Value     
    Head:                               3              9       
    Center Torso:                      22             27       
    Center Torso (rear):                               6       
    R/L Torso:                         15             24       
    R/L Torso (rear):                                  6       
    R/L Arm:                           11             22       
    R/L Leg:                           15             27       

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Weapons and Ammo                                       Location          Critical     Tonnage   
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ECM Suite (C)                                             H                 1          1.00             
ER Small Laser (C)                                        CT                1          0.50             
2 Jump Jets                                               CT                2          2.00             
ER Small Laser (C)                                        RT                1          0.50             
Improved Heavy Medium Laser (C)                           RT                2          1.00             
Jump Jet                                                  RT                1          1.00             
Jump Jet                                                  LT                1          1.00             
Partial Wing (C)                                        LT/RT               6          3.50             
Snub-Nose PPC                                             LT                2          6.00             
Hatchet                                                   RA                5          5.00             
2 ATM 3s (C)                                              LA                4          3.00             
ATM 3 (Ammo 20) (C)                                       LA                1          1.00             
ATM 3 (Ammo 20) [HE] (C)                                  LA                1          1.00             
Small X-Pulse Laser                                       LA                1          1.00             

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Alpha Strike Statistics                                             
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Point Value (PV): 52
TP: BM,  SZ: 3,  TMM: 1,  MV: 8"/10"j
Damage: (S) 4 / (M) 3 / (L) 0*,  OV: 1
Armor (A): 7,  Structure (S): 6
Specials: ARM, CASE, ECM, JMPS1, MEL, OMNI, STL
 
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