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Name/Model:         Catapult CAT-4K
Designer:           Mechworks
Source(s):          Custom Mordel.Net Units
Technology:         Inner Sphere
Technology Rating:  D
Tonnage:            65
Role:               Skirmisher
Configuration:      Biped BattleMech
Era/Year:           Succession Wars / 2984
Rules (Current):    Introductory
Rules (Era):        Introductory
Rules (Year):       Introductory
Total Cost:         5,806,625 C-Bills
Battle Value:       1,500

Chassis:              Samarkand Model Kai 
Power Plant:          Nissan 260 
Walking Speed:        43.2 kph  
Maximum Speed:        64.8 kph  
Jump Jets:            Anderson Propulsion 21 
    Jump Capacity:    120 meters
Armor:                Durallex Heavy
Armament:             
    2 Lord's Light PPCs
    4 Diverse Optics Medium Lasers
Manufacturer:         Luthien Armor Works, Luthien Armor Works (Refit)
    Primary Factory:  New Samarkand (LAW), New Samarkand (Before 2984) (LAWR)
Communications:       O/P Com-211
Targeting & Tracking: O/P 1078

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Overview:
    Originally designed for the Star League Defense Force as Hollis Incorporated's first foray
    into the BattleMech field, the Catapult would prove a highly successful design over the next
    several centuries, even after the original manufacturing plant on Corey was destroyed during
    the First Succession War. At the turn of the millennium, however, Hollis was able to return
    the design to production on a limited basis after approximately three decades of only being
    able to manufacture limited spare parts, reversing the design's extinction fully, though by
    that point several variants of the basic design were in at least limited bespoke production
    across the entire Inner Sphere, and the original design would be superseded by advanced
    variants produced with recovered "LosTech" only a few decades later.
    
    The -4K variant is the design favored by the Draconis Combine, removing the Catapult's
    standard missile assemblies in favor of a pair of particle cannons as well as adding two
    additional heat sinks and a dedicated coolant routing computer which increases the system's
    efficiency. While originally produced as a refit as early as 2789, Luthian Armor Works would
    begin producing entirely unlicensed copies at their historic plant on New Samarkand in 2984,
    eventually making the mech a common sight in DCMS units.

Capabilities:
    Note: Possesses the No/Minimal Arms & Combat Computer Design Quirks. Also possesses the
    Extinct (2800-3004) Design Quirk.

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Equipment                                                             Mass                      
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Internal Structure:                          Standard                  6.50                     
Engine:                                     260 Fusion                13.50                     
    Walking MP:                                 4                                               
    Running MP:                                 6                                               
    Jumping MP:                                 4                                               
Heat Sinks (Single):                            15                     5.00                     
Gyro:                                        Standard                  3.00                     
Cockpit:                                     Standard                  3.00                     
Armor Factor:                                  192                    12.00                     
    Type:                                    Standard                                           

                                    Internal         Armor     
                                    Structure        Value     
    Head:                               3              9       
    Center Torso:                      21             24       
    Center Torso (rear):                              11       
    R/L Torso:                         15             21       
    R/L Torso (rear):                                  9       
    R/L Arm:                           10             20       
    R/L Leg:                           15             24       

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Weapons and Ammo                                       Location          Critical     Tonnage   
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2 Medium Lasers                                           CT                2          2.00             
2 Jump Jets                                               RT                2          2.00             
Medium Laser                                              RT                1          1.00             
2 Jump Jets                                               LT                2          2.00             
Medium Laser                                              LT                1          1.00             
PPC                                                       RA                3          7.00             
PPC                                                       LA                3          7.00             

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Alpha Strike Statistics                                             
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Point Value (PV): 31
TP: BM,  SZ: 3,  TMM: 1,  MV: 8"j
Damage: (S) 2 / (M) 2 / (L) 2,  OV: 2
Armor (A): 6,  Structure (S): 5
Specials: ENE
 
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