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Name/Model:         Bull Shark (IS Version Corrected) BSK-M3
Designer:           Lios
Source(s):          Custom Mordel.Net Units
Technology:         Inner Sphere
Technology Rating:  E
Tonnage:            95
Role:               Brawler
Configuration:      Biped BattleMech
Era/Year:           Succession Wars / 3049
Rules (Current):    Standard
Rules (Era):        Standard
Rules (Year):       Standard
Total Cost:         19,167,525 C-Bills
Battle Value:       1,603

Chassis:              Standard
Power Plant:          285 XL
Walking Speed:        32.4 kph  
Maximum Speed:        54 kph    
Jump Jets:            None
    Jump Capacity:    None
Armor:                Standard
Armament:             
    2 Autocannon/10s
    4 Medium Lasers
    2 LRM 5s
    2 Autocannon/2s
Manufacturer:         Unknown
    Primary Factory:  Unknown
Communications:       Unknown
Targeting & Tracking: Unknown

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Overview:
    This is my attempt to build the BSK-M3 of HBS BattleTech.
    
    In designing the mech, I found out the loadout noted in Sarna dot Net doesn't work. The
    internal spaces was at -8 before placement and the ACs won't fit in the arms. Thus, the
    below is an attempt to fix the build.
    
    Note that I'm making this the "expensive" build as it's the near-pseudo-canonical version
    that Sarna says kept the XL and Endo Steel. We know that's crazy from a production
    standpoint because either is already rare in the Inner Sphere, how much more the Periphery.
    
    I'll design a "mass production" variant after I fix this one

Capabilities:
    Given the problems encountered with the build if we followed the details on Sarna - namely,
    lack of critical spaces for the Sarna build, and then extra tonnage with nowhere to go with
    the initial fix - what we could come up are the following:
    
    - Twin AC/2s instead of AC/5s, with a ton of ammo each
    - No Endo Steel
    
    It's still a pretty potent BattleMech. Just 0.5 tons shy of max armor. And now it can reach
    out to Extreme range with those two AC/2s. At least a ton of ammo for each expendable-using
    weapon. 13 Single Heat Sinks.

Variants:
    Given the realities of where the M3 was most likely first made, that being the Frontier,
    it's really unrealistic for it to have advanced SL tech. This version is the... "elite"
    variant, for those who manage to find, say, that XL engine. Like "Darius Oliveira's
    Mercenary Company."
    
    The "Lore Compliant" version I'll make will remove the XL engine in favor of a standard one.
    Let's see what space is left for weapons and armor then. It has a lot of leeway in shedding
    anyway.

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Equipment                                                             Mass                      
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Internal Structure:                          Standard                  9.50                     
Engine:                                       285 XL                   8.50                     
    Walking MP:                                 3                                               
    Running MP:                                 5                                               
    Jumping MP:                                 0                                               
Heat Sinks (Single):                            13                     3.00                     
Gyro:                                        Standard                  3.00                     
Cockpit:                                     Standard                  3.00                     
Armor Factor:                                  288                    18.00                     
    Type:                                    Standard                                           

                                    Internal         Armor     
                                    Structure        Value     
    Head:                               3              9       
    Center Torso:                      30             45       
    Center Torso (rear):                              10       
    R/L Torso:                         20             30       
    R/L Torso (rear):                                 10       
    R/L Arm:                           16             32       
    R/L Leg:                           20             40       

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Weapons and Ammo                                       Location          Critical     Tonnage   
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Autocannon/10 (Ammo 10)                                   RT                1          1.00             
Autocannon/2 (Ammo 45)                                    RT                1          1.00             
LRM 5                                                     RT                1          2.00             
LRM 5 (Ammo 24)                                           RT                1          1.00             
2 Medium Lasers                                           RT                2          2.00             
Autocannon/10 (Ammo 10)                                   LT                1          1.00             
Autocannon/2 (Ammo 45)                                    LT                1          1.00             
LRM 5                                                     LT                1          2.00             
LRM 5 (Ammo 24)                                           LT                1          1.00             
2 Medium Lasers                                           LT                2          2.00             
Autocannon/10                                             RA                7         12.00             
Autocannon/2                                              RA                1          6.00             
Autocannon/10                                             LA                7         12.00             
Autocannon/2                                              LA                1          6.00             

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Alpha Strike Statistics                                             
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Point Value (PV): 42
TP: BM,  SZ: 4,  TMM: 1,  MV: 6"
Damage: (S) 3 / (M) 3 / (L) 1,  OV: 2
Armor (A): 10,  Structure (S): 4
Specials: AC1/2/-, IF1
 
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