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Name/Model:         Guillotine GLT-4P3
Designer:           Festy_Dog
Source(s):          Custom Mordel.Net Units
Technology:         Inner Sphere
Technology Rating:  E
Tonnage:            70
Role:               Skirmisher
Configuration:      Biped BattleMech
Era/Year:           Succession Wars / 3030
Rules (Current):    Standard
Rules (Era):        Standard
Rules (Year):       Standard (Extinct)
Total Cost:         6,660,883 C-Bills
Battle Value:       1,692

Chassis:              Endo Steel
Power Plant:          280 Fusion
Walking Speed:        43.2 kph  
Maximum Speed:        64.8 kph  
Jump Jets:            Standard
    Jump Capacity:    120 meters
Armor:                Standard
Armament:             
    1 PPC
    2 Large Lasers
    1 SRM 6
    2 Medium Lasers
Manufacturer:         Ravensbourne Specialist Engineering
    Primary Factory:  RSE Loxley Ironworks
Communications:       Unknown
Targeting & Tracking: Unknown

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Overview:
    The Guillotine -4P3 was Promethean Armouries trying to address a perceived weakness of the
    GLT- platform once Ravensbourne Specialist Engineering had spun up high-volume double heat
    sink manufacturing.
    
    Significant changes to the internal structure to allow the new, more efficient heat sinks
    presented opportunities to tweak the overall loadout and improve performance at range.

Capabilities:
    Once again, the new generation of GLT- boasted better cooling and more armour than its
    predecessor. That improved cooling would be put to the test, though. With changes to the
    mech's internal layout due to upgrading to double heat sinks it became viable to upgrade the
    torso lasers to large models.
    
    Adding large lasers allowed the -4P3 to hit harder at longer ranges, but also presented a
    problem for heat management. A pilot would have to exercise some moderation and be selective
    about which weapons were used at particular distances lest heat buildup get carried away.
    This was not something new, though. Despite RSE's/PA's design doctrines around heat
    management, most of their GLT- series machines would demand more awareness from their pilots
    in regards to heat.

Variants:
    The -4P3 is part of a respectable number of Guillotine variants produced by RSE and PA over
    the decades. Like with their other mass production lines, Promethean Armouries did their
    best to keep costs reasonable in the hopes of picking up large military contracts rather
    than the usual niche markets they often catered to.
    
    When Yannig Leifsson, a member of PA's marketing team, noticed a trend among PA's niche
    customers (wealthy mercenaries and militias, well-appointed military officers) purchasing
    small but consistent numbers of mass produced mechs he seized upon an opportunity and drew
    up designs for different "trims" of these models. Functionally, the trims had no impact on
    combat function and simply "added value" for the collectors who wanted something that set
    their machine apart, made it more special. These limited editions would have cockpit accents
    and controls made from rare, expensive materials among other expensive and entirely
    superfluous features.
    
    Initially management and the board pushed back on such a shallow venture but when Yannig
    explained his pricing strategy and projected being able to charge up to double for a mass
    production model after adding some frills and lace then the majority of the suits were
    brought in line. The first Promethean Armouries mech that was released to market with
    exclusive, limited trims was the GLT-4P3.
    
    Many Lyran mech aficionados considered this a very disappointing move from the company, "a
    naked cash-grab taxing the naive," but given how wealthy those purchasing new mechs on a
    whim tend to be there was very little sympathy for the "victims". The irony became that the
    "collector" trims sold as part of Leifsson's initiative were only ever valued slightly more
    than standard trim.

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Equipment                                                             Mass                      
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Internal Structure:                         Endo Steel                 3.50                     
Engine:                                     280 Fusion                16.00                     
    Walking MP:                                 4                                               
    Running MP:                                 6                                               
    Jumping MP:                                 4                                               
Heat Sinks (Double):                         14 [28]                   4.00                     
Gyro:                                        Standard                  3.00                     
Cockpit:                                     Standard                  3.00                     
Armor Factor:                                  216                    13.50                     
    Type:                                    Standard                                           

                                    Internal         Armor     
                                    Structure        Value     
    Head:                               3              9       
    Center Torso:                      22             35       
    Center Torso (rear):                               8       
    R/L Torso:                         15             24       
    R/L Torso (rear):                                  6       
    R/L Arm:                           11             22       
    R/L Leg:                           15             30       

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Weapons and Ammo                                       Location          Critical     Tonnage   
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SRM 6                                                     CT                2          3.00             
Jump Jet                                                  RT                1          1.00             
Large Laser                                               RT                2          5.00             
SRM 6 (Ammo 15)                                           RT                1          1.00             
Jump Jet                                                  LT                1          1.00             
Large Laser                                               LT                2          5.00             
2 Medium Lasers                                           RA                2          2.00             
PPC                                                       LA                3          7.00             
Jump Jet                                                  RL                1          1.00             
Jump Jet                                                  LL                1          1.00             

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Alpha Strike Statistics                                             
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Point Value (PV): 39
TP: BM,  SZ: 3,  TMM: 1,  MV: 8"j
Damage: (S) 4 / (M) 4 / (L) 1,  OV: 1
Armor (A): 7,  Structure (S): 6
Specials:
 
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