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Name/Model:         Sentinel STN-12D
Designer:           Mechworks
Source(s):          Custom Mordel.Net Units
Technology:         Inner Sphere (Mixed)
Technology Rating:  F
Tonnage:            40
Role:               Skirmisher
Configuration:      Biped BattleMech
Era/Year:           Dark Age / 3089
Rules (Current):    Advanced
Rules (Era):        Advanced
Rules (Year):       Experimental
Total Cost:         27,344,380 C-Bills
Battle Value:       1,434

Chassis:              Hollis Mark II Reinforced
Power Plant:          General Motors 240 XXL
Walking Speed:        64.8 kph  
Maximum Speed:        97.2 kph  [151.2 kph]
Jump Jets:            None
    Jump Capacity:    None
Armor:                StarGuard Ferro-Fibrous
Armament:             
    1 ExoStar Pinnacle (Clantech) ER Large Laser (C)
    6 Magna Mark I Small Lasers
Manufacturer:         General Motors
    Primary Factory:  El Dorado
Communications:       Dalban Micronics with Angel ECM Suite
Targeting & Tracking: Dalban HiRez V with Light Active Probe

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Overview:
    Similar to the lightest member of MUSE WHITE, the STN-12D Sentinel was primarily
    chosen due to recovery of large amounts of tooling which had been “lost” during the
    chaos of the Federated Commonwealth Civil War. Unlike the Hussar however, this was
    originally owned by Lyran based Defiance Industries, and the resulting production line
    technically unauthorized. Similar to the single MUSE WHITE light mech, the STN-12D was
    provided with then bleeding edge technology; unlike the Hussar however, chronic
    supply issues with the advanced ExoStar Pinnacle laser serving as the design's main weapon
    and litigation by Defiance Industries would see the STN-12D rendered extinct even more
    quickly, with the line shut down only six years after entering operation and stripped of
    tooling to repair the Marauder lines at Kathil. By 3098, no STN-12D configuration
    Sentinels are known to have been in existence, with the advanced nature of its
    systems simply proving too difficult to keep in service given its short and troubled
    production history.

Capabilities:
    Weapons & Equipment
    The STN-12D used as its main weapon an ExoStar Pinnacle extended range large laser mounted
    in the left arm, which proved a major hurdle to producing the design in
    numbers—unbeknownst to GM at the time, ExoStar had not yet managed full scale production
    of the weapon and was hand assembling each unit in laboratory conditions, greatly limiting
    how quickly they could be produced. The prototype design also came with non-trivial
    issues—it generated significantly more heat than the standard model (or indeed its
    supposed design statistics), proved difficult and temperamental for techs to work with, and
    required a number of bespoke parts that were very difficult to acquire replacements for.
    This was backed up with a cluster of three Martell Mark I small lasers, thankfully a well
    proven design, in order to fine tune the machine's heat as it employed triple strength
    myomers. The same supercharged extra extra light engine used in the HSR-9000 gave the design
    a comparable sprint speed, allowing it to keep up, while eight tons of StarGuard
    ferro-fibrous armor on the design's Hollis Mark II reinforced frame made the 40-tonner
    surprisingly resilient.
    The STN-12D featured the same cutting edge cockpit assembly as the HSR-9000, featuring a two
    man crew and integrated C³ link system, as well as an advanced electronics package
    consisting of an Angel ECM system mounted in the center torso and a set of Target
    Acquisition Gear and Light Active Probe in the left torso, though the latter was notoriously
    finicky. Ten double heat sinks provided adequate cooling, even with the heat issues of its
    primary armament.
    
    The STN-12D possesses the Easy to Pilot, No Cooling Jacket (ER Large Laser), Non-Standard
    Parts (ER Large Laser), Difficult to Maintain (ER Large Laser & Light Active Probe) and
    Extinct (3098) Design Quirks.

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Equipment                                                             Mass                      
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Internal Structure:                         Reinforced                 8.00                     
Engine:                                      240 XXL                   4.00                     
    Walking MP:                                 6                                               
    Running MP:                               9 [14]                                            
    Jumping MP:                                 0                                               
Heat Sinks (Double):                         10 [20]                   0.00                     
Gyro:                                        Standard                  3.00                     
Cockpit:                                      Small                    2.00                     
Armor Factor:                                  137                     8.00                     
    Type:                                 Ferro-Fibrous                                         

                                    Internal         Armor     
                                    Structure        Value     
    Head:                               3              9       
    Center Torso:                      12             20       
    Center Torso (rear):                               4       
    R/L Torso:                         10             16       
    R/L Torso (rear):                                  4       
    R/L Arm:                            6             12       
    R/L Leg:                           10             20       

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Weapons and Ammo                                       Location          Critical     Tonnage   
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C3 Slave                                                  H                 1          1.00             
Command Console                                           H                 1          3.00             
Angel ECM Suite                                           CT                2          2.00             
3 Small Lasers                                            RT                3          1.50             
Supercharger                                              RT                1          0.50             
Light Active Probe (C)                                    LT                1          0.50             
3 Small Lasers                                            LT                3          1.50             
TAG                                                       LT                1          1.00             
ER Large Laser (C)                                        LA                1          4.00             
Triple-Strength Myomer                                    --                6          0.00             

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Alpha Strike Statistics                                             
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Point Value (PV): 43
TP: BM,  SZ: 2,  TMM: 3,  MV: 16"
Damage: (S) 3 / (M) 1 / (L) 1,  OV: 0
Armor (A): 5,  Structure (S): 2
Specials: AECM, C3S, ENE, LPRB, MHQ2, RCN, TAG, TSM
 
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