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Name/Model:         Catapult CAT-5M
Designer:           Mechworks
Source(s):          Custom Mordel.Net Units
Technology:         Inner Sphere
Technology Rating:  E
Tonnage:            65
Role:               Striker
Configuration:      Biped BattleMech
Era/Year:           Clan Invasion / 3053
Rules (Current):    Standard
Rules (Era):        Standard
Rules (Year):       Standard
Total Cost:         5,575,625 C-Bills
Battle Value:       1,513

Chassis:              Hollis Mark II 
Power Plant:          Magna 260 
Walking Speed:        43.2 kph  
Maximum Speed:        64.8 kph  
Jump Jets:            Anderson Propulsion 21 
    Jump Capacity:    120 meters
Armor:                Durallex Heavy with CASE
Armament:             
    3 Martell Medium Lasers
    10 Holly Streak SRM 2s
Manufacturer:         Hollis Incorporated
    Primary Factory:  Corey
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    across the entire Inner Sphere, and the original design would be superseded by advanced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.
    
    While technically produced by the Capellen Confederation, the -5M, sometimes called the
    "Streakbee", was primarily exported to the Free Worlds League and to a lesser extent the
    Draconis Combine as part of the Kaptyn accords . As the name suggests, it was based on the
    slightly infamous "Butterbee", replacing the long range missile armament with large
    batteries of SRM tubes, with the critical difference of being recovered Star League "Streak"
    launchers. Like the -5L, one medium laser was removed to free the necessary weight to add
    cellular ammunition storage to both ammunition bins, and Double Heat Sinks were fitted
    rather than singles, though no other changes were made.

Capabilities:
    Note: Possesses the No/Minimal Arms 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 (Double):                         10 [20]                   0.00                     
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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Medium Laser                                              CT                1          1.00             
CASE                                                      RT                1          0.50             
2 Jump Jets                                               RT                2          2.00             
Medium Laser                                              RT                1          1.00             
Streak SRM 2 (Ammo 100)                                   RT                2          2.00             
CASE                                                      LT                1          0.50             
2 Jump Jets                                               LT                2          2.00             
Medium Laser                                              LT                1          1.00             
Streak SRM 2 (Ammo 100)                                   LT                2          2.00             
5 Streak SRM 2s                                           RA                5          7.50             
5 Streak SRM 2s                                           LA                5          7.50             

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Alpha Strike Statistics                                             
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Point Value (PV): 35
TP: BM,  SZ: 3,  TMM: 1,  MV: 8"j
Damage: (S) 4 / (M) 4 / (L) 0,  OV: 2
Armor (A): 6,  Structure (S): 5
Specials: CASE