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Name/Model:         Yasha VTOL "Spectre"
Designer:           Anonymous ONI agent
Source(s):          Custom Mordel.Net Units
Technology:         Inner Sphere
Technology Rating:  E
Tonnage:            30
Role:               Scout
Configuration:      Combat Vehicle
Era/Year:           Dark Age / 3085
Rules (Current):    Standard
Rules (Era):        Standard
Rules (Year):       Advanced
Total Cost:         2,810,000 C-Bills
Battle Value:       677

Movement Type:        VTOL
Power Plant:          Indy 70 XL
Cruising Speed:       75.6 kph  
Maximum Speed:        118.8 kph 
Armor:                Vehicular Stealth
Armament:             
    1 Light Gauss Rifle
Manufacturer:         Wakazashi Enterprises
    Primary Factory:  Dover
Communications:       Sony MSF-23 with Guardian ECM Suite
Targeting & Tracking: Unknown with Advanced Targeting Computer

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Overview:
    All information transcribed from Technical Readout 3085.
    
    Like many things war-oriented in the Draconis Combine, the Yasha started off in the hands of
    Luthien Armor Works. In the mid-3060s, the company tried to develop an Omni VTOLtol, but
    were unable to achieve that goal. After the chaos that engulfed LAW, aerospace manufacturer
    Wakazashi Enterprises bought the rights to this VTOL for a minimal sum. Wakazashi likewise
    failed to produce a successful Omni platform, but its engineers realized that the Yasha was
    a stable platform that could be used for multiple factory variants. Rather than write off
    the entire project, the company told its designers to go forward with three versions that
    could fill various roles. To reflect the framework’s multi-role flexibility, the marketing
    department named it after a class of nature spirits from Buddhist and Hindu mythology.

Capabilities:
    Though slow when compared to most VTOLs and many WiGE, the Yasha is swift enough to stay
    away from most enemy fire and still line up a decent shot. Its strategic speed is even
    faster, enabling it to ignore ground terrain and cover a larger area. In addition to the
    axiom that VTOLtols use speed for armor, Wakazashi has done a good job protecting the Yasha
    in case that primary protection fails. Three and a half tons of heavy ferro-fibrous armor
    protects it better than four tons of standard armor would. Should its ammunition be
    detonated, the crew and vehicle can still be salvaged thanks to CASE protecting the
    ammunition bays (depending, of course, on how high they were flying).
    
    The main feature of the Yasha is its weaponry. A heavy particle cannon mounted in the nose
    gives it plenty of penetration power with no need to worry about ammunition. The cannon’s
    range allows the VTOL to avoid close-range enemy fire, but its C3 slave module gives it high
    accuracy at longer distances. A light machine gun was added as a back-up weapon and to
    provide anti-infantry capability. Some eyebrows were raised when Wakazashi purchased the
    Yasha’s machine gun system from Clan Nova Cat manufacturers, but it has since been proved
    to be a downgraded version in line with Inner Sphere models. Designers wanted to use another
    energy weapon, but the heat load on the Yasha was already using up almost 20 percent of its
    mass.

Deployment:
    With the state of the Combine economy, purchasing VTOLtols, no matter how good, was not a
    high priority. Collecting taxes was, and so Wakazashi received approval to sell the Yasha
    not only to all Inner Sphere powers, but to some Clans as well. Given the design’s
    connection to the Nova Cats, it is expected that the Cats will be heavy buyers of the Yasha.

Variants:
    While plans exist for several variants, only two are currently being manufactured. The first
    is an interdictor platform, outfitted with large amounts of electronic warfare hardware. An
    active probe enhances detection, while the ECM can disrupt enemy systems or defend against
    enemy ECM disruption of friendly networks. A pair of seven-tube multi-missile launchers with
    three tons of ammunition provides considerable flexibility and decent firepower. An Artemis
    IV targeting system increases precision, and this variant retains the hefty armor of the PPC
    Yasha.
    
    The third version is being marketed as the Spectre, and it lives up to that name. While most
    warriors are lukewarm about the light Gauss rifle, all are wary of the range it possesses.
    The addition of stealth armor and the light Gauss allows this variant to become a deadly
    battlefield sniper while remaining almost untouchable. A targeting computer was added to
    increase accuracy. The stealth armor does not provide nearly as much protection as the thick
    heavy ferro-fibrous armor of the standard Yasha, but this version properly used should never
    be in a position to take nearly as many hits as the other variants.

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Equipment                                                             Mass                      
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Internal Structure:                          Standard                  3.00                     
Engine:                                       70 XL                    1.50                     
    Cruising MP:                                7                                               
    Flanking MP:                                11                                              
Heat Sinks (Single):                            10                     0.00                     
Control Equipment:                                                     1.50                     
Lift Equipment:                                                        3.00                     
Power Amplifier:                                                       0.00                     
Turret:                                                                0.00                     
Armor Factor:                                   56                     3.50                     
    Type:                               Vehicular Stealth                                       

                                              Armor                                             
                                              Value                                             
    Front:                                      15                                              
    R/L Side:                                   15                                              
    Rear:                                       9                                               
    Rotor:                                      2                                               

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Weapons and Ammo                                            Location              Tonnage       
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Light Gauss Rifle                                             Front                12.00        
Guardian ECM Suite                                            Body                 1.50         
Light Gauss Rifle (Ammo 16)                                   Body                 1.00         
Targeting Computer                                            Body                 3.00         

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Alpha Strike Statistics                                                    
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Point Value (PV): 21
TP: CV,  SZ: 1,  TMM: 3,  MV: 14"v
Damage: (S) 1 / (M) 1 / (L) 1
Armor (A): 2,  Structure (S): 2
Specials: ATMO, ECM, SRCH, STL
 
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