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Name/Model:         Catapult CAT-7K
Designer:           Mechworks
Source(s):          Custom Mordel.Net Units
Technology:         Inner Sphere
Technology Rating:  E
Tonnage:            65
Role:               Brawler
Configuration:      Biped BattleMech
Era/Year:           Jihad / 3070
Rules (Current):    Standard
Rules (Era):        Experimental
Rules (Year):       Experimental
Total Cost:         13,614,425 C-Bills
Battle Value:       1,716

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 Light Ferro-Fibrous with CASE
Armament:             
    2 Lords Light 2b Snub-Nose PPCs
    2 Victory Drumroll Medium X-Pulse Lasers
    2 Telos Four-Shot SRM 4s
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    across the entire Inner Sphere, and the original design would be superseded by advanced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 -7K is a close range urban brawler built for the fierce fighting of the Jihad. Twin
    Snub-Nosed particle cannons fitted with capacitors to increase damage output gives the
    design a powerful punch, backed up with a pair of medium X-Pulse lasers and two SRM 4
    launchers as secondary weapons. Twelve double heat sinks combined with the signature coolant
    routing computer provide excellent heat management in most circumstances, and Light
    Ferro-Fiberious Armor significantly improves the armor protection without adding weight, and
    CASE protects both SRM bins. A C3 slave unit and Guardian ECM system are also fitted, to
    allow the machine to operate as part of a C3 company or lance. In order to fit the various
    weapons, the -7K uses an Extra Light engine to save weight.

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 XL                   7.00                     
    Walking MP:                                 4                                               
    Running MP:                                 6                                               
    Jumping MP:                                 4                                               
Heat Sinks (Double):                         12 [24]                   2.00                     
Gyro:                                        Standard                  3.00                     
Cockpit:                                     Standard                  3.00                     
Armor Factor:                                  203                    12.00                     
    Type:                              Light Ferro-Fibrous                                      

                                    Internal         Armor     
                                    Structure        Value     
    Head:                               3              9       
    Center Torso:                      21             30       
    Center Torso (rear):                              12       
    R/L Torso:                         15             21       
    R/L Torso (rear):                                  9       
    R/L Arm:                           10             20       
    R/L Leg:                           15             26       

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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             
Medium X-Pulse Laser                                      RT                1          2.00             
SRM 4 (Ammo 25) [Inferno]                                 RT                1          1.00             
CASE                                                      LT                1          0.50             
2 Jump Jets                                               LT                2          2.00             
Medium X-Pulse Laser                                      LT                1          2.00             
SRM 4 (Ammo 25)                                           LT                1          1.00             
SRM 4                                                     RA                1          2.00             
Snub-Nose PPC w/ Capacitor                                RA                3          7.00             
SRM 4                                                     LA                1          2.00             
Snub-Nose PPC w/ Capacitor                                LA                3          7.00             

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Alpha Strike Statistics                                             
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Point Value (PV): 36
TP: BM,  SZ: 3,  TMM: 1,  MV: 8"j
Damage: (S) 3 / (M) 3 / (L) 0,  OV: 1
Armor (A): 7,  Structure (S): 3
Specials: C3S, CASE, ECM, MHQ1
 
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