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Name/Model:         Catapult CAT-5S
Designer:           Mechworks
Source(s):          Custom Mordel.Net Units
Technology:         Inner Sphere
Technology Rating:  E
Tonnage:            65
Role:               Brawler
Configuration:      Biped BattleMech
Era/Year:           Civil War / 3062
Rules (Current):    Advanced (Extinct)
Rules (Era):        Experimental
Rules (Year):       Unavailable
Total Cost:         6,648,125 C-Bills
Battle Value:       1,206

Chassis:              Skobel 182-HR 
Power Plant:          GM 260 
Walking Speed:        43.2 kph  
Maximum Speed:        64.8 kph  
Jump Jets:            None
    Jump Capacity:    None
Armor:                Durallex Heavy
Armament:             
    4 Martell Medium Lasers
    8 FireStar-3 MML 3s
Manufacturer:         Skobel MechWorks
    Primary Factory:  Terra
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    across the entire Inner Sphere, and the original design would be superseded by advanced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.
    
    This version of the Catapult was produced for the ComGuard, initially in secret but later
    openly. While the design did not "officially" enter production until 3062, historical
    analysis and later examination of BattleRom footage and wreakage suggest that the design may
    have existed as early as the 3020s, casting some doubt on the origin of certain
    technologies. Regardless, the design is relatively straightforward, with twelve tubes of
    variable launchers in each arm replacing the original LRM launchers, two of the medium
    lasers moved from the center to side torsos in order to fit an Improved C3 Computer, and one
    additional heat sink, along with a set of wide-spectrum recon cameras fitted to the head. In
    order to free the necessary weight, the Jump Jets are removed, making this version of the
    Catapult the only known variant to lack the capacity.
    
    It is believed that this design may have been mistaken for or deliberately disguised as the
    -4B "Butterbee" variant prior to its "official" introduction date, explaining a number of
    "phantom" LRM launchers in engagements now known to have been perpetrated by ComStar.

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:                                 0                                               
Heat Sinks (Single):                            14                     4.00                     
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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Recon Camera                                              H                 1          0.50             
Improved C3 Computer                                      CT                2          2.50             
MML 3 (Ammo 33) [SRM]                                     RT                1          1.00             
MML 3 (Ammo 40) [LRM]                                     RT                1          1.00             
2 Medium Lasers                                           RT                2          2.00             
MML 3 (Ammo 33) [SRM]                                     LT                1          1.00             
MML 3 (Ammo 40) [LRM]                                     LT                1          1.00             
2 Medium Lasers                                           LT                2          2.00             
4 MML 3s                                                  RA                8          6.00             
4 MML 3s                                                  LA                8          6.00             

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Alpha Strike Statistics                                             
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Point Value (PV): 42
TP: BM,  SZ: 3,  TMM: 1,  MV: 8"
Damage: (S) 3 / (M) 3 / (L) 2,  OV: 2
Armor (A): 6,  Structure (S): 5
Specials: C3I, IF2, MHQ2, RCN
 
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