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Name/Model:         Stiletto STL-7D
Designer:           Dr. B, Banzai
Source(s):          Custom Mordel.Net Units
Technology:         Inner Sphere
Technology Rating:  D
Tonnage:            15
Role:               Ambusher
Configuration:      Biped BattleMech
Era/Year:           Star League / 2473
Rules (Current):    Standard
Rules (Era):        Advanced
Rules (Year):       Unavailable
Total Cost:         943,862 C-Bills
Battle Value:       299

Chassis:              Alshain 22-Lifter 
Power Plant:          DAV 90 90 
Walking Speed:        64.8 kph  
Maximum Speed:        97.2 kph  
Jump Jets:            None
    Jump Capacity:    None
Armor:                Maximillian 20
Armament:             
    1 Telos-4 SRM 4
    1 Magna Mk I Small Laser
Manufacturer:         Unknown
    Primary Factory:  Unknown
Communications:       Obanishi OB1 "Knobby"
Targeting & Tracking: Obanishi ICU-250

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Overview:
    The STL-7D Stiletto was one of very few ultralight BattleMechs designed for a specific
    combat role: to fight short-range delaying actions and to engage the Lyran Commonwealth's
    new COM-2D Commando reconnaissance 'Mech. During the 2460s and 2470s, quantities of
    Commandos began appearing in regiments along the Steiner/Kurita border, a situation that
    concerned Lord Kurita greatly. Deciding to assume the offensive, he ordered a new BattleMech
    design constructed, cheaper than its intended adversary and available in quantity. The
    result, the Stiletto, entered full-scale production in 2473.
    As BattleMech design technology improved through the First Succession War, all Houses placed
    greater emphasis on constructing larger models. Even so, the STL has been in almost
    continuous small-scale production since its creation. Designed by Alshain Weapons, the
    Stiletto was one of that firm's first major financial successes. Encouraged by this
    accomplishment, the expanding company would go on to design and build chassis for such
    well-known Draconis 'Mechs as the Panther and Dragon. Though previously manufactured at
    several factories within the Draconis Combine, the only Stiletto facilities now in operation
    are at Alshain and Al Na'ir, where several dozen are currently produced annually by each.
    For motivation, senior lords and ranking generals in House Kurita occasionally award a
    brand-new Stiletto to tankers or infantrymen who have been extraordinarily heroic or
    virtuous in combat.

Capabilities:
    Designed in theory to counter the heavier Lyran Commando, the Stiletto's weapons, armor, and
    power plant were all chosen expressly for this purpose. However, the STL rarely met its
    rival in battle, more often seeing use as a very light open-field recon 'Mech, a task to
    which it was (and still is) reasonably well suited. The reliable DA V 90 fusion power plant,
    though producing slightly slower speeds than the Commando is capable of, gives the Stiletto
    a top speed of more than 90 kph, acceptable to almost all Recon Lance leaders.
    In general, the Stiletto has been a low-maintenance 'Mech requiring only a minimum of
    attention, despite having a cramped internal structure which makes many hydraulic and
    electrical repairs inconvenient. Weapons, communications, and targeting systems have all
    provided consistently good service, and replacement parts for the weapons in particular are
    easy to come by.

Deployment:
    One of the Stiletto's most infamous (and embarrassing) encounters took place recently
    between a raiding force from Bandit King Helmar Valasek and the planetary garrison unit on
    the planet Thule. Valasek's force had two objectives: capture all spare parts found and
    kidnap Technicians. This was a rare instance where equipment was a higher priority than
    water for the leader from Santander V.
    The long-range radar (what equipment they had) in the Thule system was temporarily on the
    blink, and a small, unidentified DropShip made a soft landing in the Kuegerlin Mountains
    near the city of Neu Dubrovnic. The defenders, an untalented company of mercenaries known as
    the Amazons of Arkab, had been unaccustomed to seeing much action and were taken completely
    by surprise.
    When the Bandit lance arrived at Neu Dubrovnic's suburbs, they found a cache of tank and
    hovercraft parts but nothing specifically for BattleMechs. Not hearing any alarms or
    noticing any unusual activity, they moved into the inner city and discovered everything
    seemed calm. When the Amazons finally made a showing, the Bandits were ready; nine Stilettos
    and a Panther were destroyed at a loss of one Bandit Commando and a damaged Wasp.
    After a through search, the Bandits left with their booty, estimated at 540,000 C-Bills'
    worth of hardware. More importantly, the Bandits took six Technicians prisoner; it is
    believed they are still being held captive and forced to service Valasek's 'Mechs. The
    Amazons were disbanded as a unit, and its few survivors shot.

Variants:
    No Known

Notable MechWarriors:
    MechWarrior Akiro Hagitshita
    Hagitshita pilots a Stiletto, named the Silver Thrust, for a small Kurita mercenary unit
    known as the Ozawa Informals. This formation, currently assigned as a mobile reserve along
    the Periphery, has had a brief run of bad luck lately. Despondent, Hagitshita has considered
    deserting the unit for any Bandit King who will pay better. He is keeping his plans secret
    for the time being, though; either the Informals' fate will improve and he will stay, or he
    will pick just the right moment to leave. In either event, the Silver Thrust remains ready,
    with only a minor laser alignment problem affecting battle performance.
    
    MechWarrior Ian O'Connell
    A former member of a Kurita Sword of Light regiment, O'Connell was convicted of hoarding
    regimental supplies, the severity of his offense punishable by death. Before his sentence
    could be carried out, the crafty MechWarrior escaped and somehow fled (with his 'Mech, no
    less!) to the Federated Suns. Once there, he signed on with Galt's Grenadiers, a mercenary
    unit under contract to House Davion. Unchanged in his ways, O'Connell again stole from the
    unit's supply coffers, and was again caught. Only this time, his Stiletto was confiscated by
    Major Galt and O'Connell unwillingly joined the Dispossessed. O'Connell, now desperate as
    well as cunning, is believed to be at large within the Federated Suns.
    
    MechWarrior Lukas Ione
    A red-haired giant of a man, it is said Ione barely fit into the cramped cockpit of his
    Stiletto, the Audiogoth. When he did manage to get inside, though, he proved to be one of
    the best pilots in the entire An Ting Legion, a formation serving House Kurita during the
    First Succession War. While fighting on the planet Kessel near the Kurita/Steiner border,
    Ione came face to face one day with a Lyran Commando that had run low on missiles. Dodging
    in the rough terrain, the two combatants fought an arduous running battle for nearly forty
    minutes before the Commando finally suffered a critical engine hit. The Audiogoth was
    virtually demolished in the melee; miraculously uninjured, Ione was extricated safely from
    the mangled cockpit by a salvage team using laser torches.

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Equipment                                                             Mass                      
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Internal Structure:                          Standard                  1.50                     
Engine:                                     90 Fusion                  3.00                     
    Walking MP:                                 6                                               
    Running MP:                                 9                                               
    Jumping MP:                                 0                                               
Heat Sinks (Single):                            10                     0.00                     
Gyro:                                        Standard                  1.00                     
Cockpit:                                     Standard                  3.00                     
Armor Factor:                                   48                     3.00                     
    Type:                                    Standard                                           

                                    Internal         Armor     
                                    Structure        Value     
    Head:                               3              6       
    Center Torso:                       5              7       
    Center Torso (rear):                               3       
    R/L Torso:                          4              5       
    R/L Torso (rear):                                  3       
    R/L Arm:                            2              3       
    R/L Leg:                            3              5       

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Weapons and Ammo                                       Location          Critical     Tonnage   
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Small Laser                                               H                 1          0.50             
SRM 4                                                     CT                1          2.00             
SRM 4 (Ammo 25)                                           CT                1          1.00             

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Alpha Strike Statistics                                             
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Point Value (PV): 12
TP: BM,  SZ: 1,  TMM: 2,  MV: 12"
Damage: (S) 1 / (M) 1 / (L) 0,  OV: 0
Armor (A): 2,  Structure (S): 1
Specials:
 
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