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Name/Model:         Catapult CAT-5K
Designer:           Mechworks
Source(s):          Custom Mordel.Net Units
Technology:         Inner Sphere
Technology Rating:  E
Tonnage:            65
Role:               Missile Boat
Configuration:      Biped BattleMech
Era/Year:           Civil War / 3065
Rules (Current):    Standard
Rules (Era):        Standard
Rules (Year):       Standard
Total Cost:         6,179,525 C-Bills
Battle Value:       1,582

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:                New Samarkand Royal Ferro-Fibrous
Armament:             
    2 Lord's Light 2 ER PPCs
    2 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    across the entire Inner Sphere, and the original design would be superseded by advanced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.
    
    An upgraded version of the -4K, the -5K model is a fairly tame refit - both particle cannons
    are upgraded to extended range models as the primary alteration, though this significantly
    exceeded the original design's ability to manage the resulting heat. As a result, two of the
    medium lasers were deleted and the armor was swapped to Ferro-Fiberious in order to fit
    three additional heat sinks, taking its heat curve to "barely manageable." The design is
    otherwise unchanged.

Capabilities:
    Note: Possesses the No/Minimal Arms & Combat Computer Design Quirks.

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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):                            18                     8.00                     
Gyro:                                        Standard                  3.00                     
Cockpit:                                     Standard                  3.00                     
Armor Factor:                                  192                    11.00                     
    Type:                                 Ferro-Fibrous                                         

                                    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             
2 Jump Jets                                               LT                2          2.00             
ER PPC                                                    RA                3          7.00             
ER 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: 1
Armor (A): 6,  Structure (S): 5
Specials: ENE