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Name/Model:         Catapult CAT-6K
Designer:           Mechworks
Source(s):          Custom Mordel.Net Units
Technology:         Inner Sphere
Technology Rating:  E
Tonnage:            65
Role:               Skirmisher
Configuration:      Biped BattleMech
Era/Year:           Civil War / 3065
Rules (Current):    Standard
Rules (Era):        Standard
Rules (Year):       Standard
Total Cost:         12,186,350 C-Bills
Battle Value:       1,311

Chassis:              Samarkand Model Kai 
Power Plant:          Nissan 260 XL
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 with CASE
Armament:             
    6 Shigunga MRM 10s
    2 Diverse Optics Medium Lasers
    2 Diverse Optics Small Lasers
Manufacturer:         Luthien Armor Works
    Primary Factory:  New Samarkand
Communications:       O/P Com-211 with Guardian ECM Suite
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    across the entire Inner Sphere, and the original design would be superseded by advanced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 -6K is an advanced model used by the Draconis Combine which boasts a massive sixty tubes
    of medium range missiles split between each arm as its primary armament. A C3 slave unit is
    added to the head, which allows it to utilize its missile battery more effectively, and a
    Guardian ECM system is fitted to the center torso at the expense of two of the standard
    medium lasers. To regain some of its secondary firepower, a pair of Small Lasers are fitted,
    one in each side torso; an Extra Light engine and Ferro-Fiberious armor provide the
    necessary mass savings to accommodate the design's weapon load. 12 single heat sinks managed
    by a dedicated coolant routing computer are still not especially effective at managing the
    unit's heat generation, as the original plan called for ten Double Heat Sinks and standard
    armor, but the Combine was unable to produce sufficient freezers to keep up with production
    demands, resulting in the less effective configuration.

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 XL                   7.00                     
    Walking MP:                                 4                                               
    Running MP:                                 6                                               
    Jumping MP:                                 4                                               
Heat Sinks (Single):                            12                     2.00                     
Gyro:                                        Standard                  3.00                     
Cockpit:                                     Standard                  3.00                     
Armor Factor:                                  197                    11.00                     
    Type:                                 Ferro-Fibrous                                         

                                    Internal         Armor     
                                    Structure        Value     
    Head:                               3              9       
    Center Torso:                      21             26       
    Center Torso (rear):                              12       
    R/L Torso:                         15             21       
    R/L Torso (rear):                                  9       
    R/L Arm:                           10             20       
    R/L Leg:                           15             25       

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Weapons and Ammo                                       Location          Critical     Tonnage   
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C3 Slave                                                  H                 1          1.00             
Guardian ECM Suite                                        CT                2          1.50             
CASE                                                      RT                1          0.50             
2 Jump Jets                                               RT                2          2.00             
MRM 10 (Ammo 48)                                          RT                2          2.00             
Medium Laser                                              RT                1          1.00             
Small Laser                                               RT                1          0.50             
CASE                                                      LT                1          0.50             
2 Jump Jets                                               LT                2          2.00             
MRM 10 (Ammo 48)                                          LT                2          2.00             
Medium Laser                                              LT                1          1.00             
Small Laser                                               LT                1          0.50             
3 MRM 10s                                                 RA                6          9.00             
3 MRM 10s                                                 LA                6          9.00             

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Alpha Strike Statistics                                             
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Point Value (PV): 34
TP: BM,  SZ: 3,  TMM: 1,  MV: 8"j
Damage: (S) 2 / (M) 2 / (L) 0,  OV: 3
Armor (A): 7,  Structure (S): 3
Specials: C3S, CASE, ECM, MHQ1
 
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