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Name/Model:         Spitfire IIC SPTF-X-02C
Designer:           Strider Arashi
Source(s):          Custom Mordel.Net Units
Technology:         Inner Sphere (Mixed)
Technology Rating:  F
Tonnage:            50
Configuration:      Land-Air (Standard) BattleMech
Era/Year:           Dark Age / 3150
Rules (Current):    Advanced (Extinct)
Rules (Era):        Advanced
Rules (Year):       Advanced (Extinct)
Total Cost:         13,299,125 C-Bills
Battle Value:       2,201

Chassis:              Dort/Blackburn L1 Composite
Power Plant:          Blackburn 250 
Walking Speed:        54 kph    
Maximum Speed:        86.4 kph  [97.2 kph]
Jump Jets:            Clan Coyote Leapers 
    Jump Capacity:    150 meters
Cruising Speed:       162 kph   
Flanking Speed:       248.4 kph 
Safe Thrust Speed:    54 kph    
Max Thrust Speed:     86.4 kph  
Armor:                Starslab 003LAM (Clan Tech) with CASE II
Armament:             
    1 Diverse Optics Type 20X Sunbeam (ERML) ER Medium Laser (C)
    2 Ceres Stalking Cougar Harpoon Streak LRM 5s (C)
    2 Thunderstroke II (Clan Tech) Streak SRM 4s (C)
Manufacturer:         Allied Aerospace, Blackburn Aerospace, Clan Ghost Bear, Clan Wolf Site #1, Clan Wolf Site #2, Coyote Industrial, Jade Falcon/MW. Works, Luthien Armor Works/Clan Nova Cat
    Primary Factory:  Pollux (AA), New Earth (BA), Arcadia (CGB), rin's haven plant c (CGB), Arc-Royal (WCS#1) (CWS#1), Strana Mechty (WCS#2) (CWS#2), Babylon (CI), Falcon Host/ New Theben II (JFMWW), Luthien (LAWCNC)
Communications:       BAE-HT1 (Clan Tech) with Watchdog CEWS
Targeting & Tracking: BAE-TTS1 (Clan Tech)

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Overview:
    General Information:
    
    The Spitfire was a big surprise for analysts.
    
    The fifth (and last) known LAM mech built in large numbers, the Spitfire has been largely
    unknown for centuries.
    
    And for a good reason, as the Spitfire took part only in classified missions. Finally,
    information gathered from Clan Ghost Bear, and surviving files from Blackburn uncovered the
    Spitfire project.

Capabilities:
    Design Features:
    
    Tailor-made for the Blackhearts and other special forces of the SLDF, the LAM was stealthy
    and effective. Blackburn Aerospace, a civilian contractor linked with the Blackhearts but
    without prior experience in military designs, was commissioned to produce it. Allied
    Aerospace helped them, but it took a lot of time to achieve a working prototype.
    
    The SLDF received an unusual LAM, that looked like a Stalker. The first versions lacked
    heavy weapons, and at first sight, the project was a dismal failure. But the Spitfire had
    something unique: its advanced armor and electronics.
    
    Blackburn Aerospace was an expert in communications technology, sensors, and electronic
    warfare. They achieved stealth characteristics akin to the Spector and the Exterminator on a
    LAM.

Deployment:
    Thanks to the efforts of the Blackhearts and the chaos created by the Exodus, the Spitfire
    remained a secret for centuries. There were no files and no pictures of it.
    
    Finally, analysts looking in ancient files from the Ghost Bears discovered the truth.
    
    Used for the first time in 2760 the Spitfire was very successful thanks to its stealth
    characteristics and flexibility. It seems that it was very good in ambushes.
    
    The Spitfire was the last thing hundreds of Amaris officers saw before dying. The SLDF
    knew how dangerous this LAM was, and the factory was destroyed before the Exodus.
    
    Blackburn Aerospace was absorbed by NETC and the Spitfire vanished into thin air.

Variants:
    Variants:
    
    We only have data from the original version, but it is fairly clear that the final variant
    had advanced stealth features and different weapons.

Notable MechWarriors:
    Notable Pilots:
    
    Lieutenant Jacques Graham. A pilot from the Blackhearts, he was awarded several times for
    success in secret missions. After the war it was revealed that he personally executed three
    Colonels in their own headquarters.
    
    A legend amongst the Blackhearts, he joined the Exodus and died in the Pentagon Civil War.

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Equipment                                                             Mass                      
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Internal Structure:                         Composite                  2.50                     
LAM Conversion Eqpt:                                                   5.00                     
Engine:                                   250 Fusion (C)              12.50                     
    Walking MP:                                 5                                               
    Running MP:                               8 [9]                                             
    Jumping MP:                                 5                                               
    AirMech Cruise MP:                          15                                              
    AirMech Flank MP:                           23                                              
    Safe Thrust:                                5                                               
    Max Thrust:                                 8                                               
Heat Sinks (Double):                       10 [20] (C)                 0.00                     
Gyro:                                        Standard                  3.00                     
Cockpit:                                    Small (C)                  2.00                     
Fuel:                                          160                     1.00                     
Armor Factor:                                   80                     5.00                     
    Type:                                    Standard                                           

                                    Internal         Armor     
                                    Structure        Value     
    Head:                               3              9       
    Center Torso:                      16             11       
    Center Torso (rear):                               2       
    R/L Torso:                         12              9       
    R/L Torso (rear):                                  2       
    R/L Arm:                            8              9       
    R/L Leg:                           12              9       

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Weapons and Ammo                                       Location          Critical     Tonnage   
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ER Medium Laser (C)                                       H                 1          1.00             
Jump Jet                                                  CT                1          0.50             
CASE II (C)                                               RT                1          0.50             
Jump Jet                                                  RT                1          0.50             
LAM Fuel Tank                                             RT                1          1.00             
Streak SRM 4 (C)                                          RT                1          2.00             
Streak SRM 4 (Ammo 25) (C)                                RT                1          1.00             
Watchdog CEWS (C)                                         RT                2          1.50             
CASE II (C)                                               LT                1          0.50             
Jump Jet                                                  LT                1          0.50             
Streak SRM 4 (C)                                          LT                1          2.00             
Streak SRM 4 (Ammo 25) (C)                                LT                1          1.00             
CASE II (C)                                               RA                1          0.50             
Streak LRM 5 (C)                                          RA                1          2.00             
Streak LRM 5 (Ammo 24) (C)                                RA                1          1.00             
CASE II (C)                                               LA                1          0.50             
Streak LRM 5 (C)                                          LA                1          2.00             
Streak LRM 5 (Ammo 24) (C)                                LA                1          1.00             
Jump Jet                                                  RL                1          0.50             
Jump Jet                                                  LL                1          0.50             
Triple-Strength Myomer                                    --                6          0.00             

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Alpha Strike Statistics                                             
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Point Value (PV): 39
TP: BM,  SZ: 2,  TMM: 2,  MV: 10"j
Damage: (S) 4 / (M) 4 / (L) 1,  OV: 0
Armor (A): 3,  Structure (S): 2
Specials: CASEII, ECM, FUEL8, LAM(30"g/5a), LPRB, RCN, TSM, WAT