Viewing BattleMech Unit
    Overview |  Distribution |  Battle Value |  Cost |  Availability |  Alpha Strike  | Reviews   
 Units  »  Search  »  BattleMechs  »  Durendal DND-5D
Design Overview
Generate in     format       
                 BattleMech Technical Readout

Name/Model:         Durendal DND-5D
Designer:           09-Tyba
Source(s):          Custom Mordel.Net Units
Technology:         Inner Sphere
Technology Rating:  E
Tonnage:            95
Role:               Brawler
Configuration:      Biped BattleMech
Era/Year:           Civil War / 3067
Rules (Current):    Standard
Rules (Era):        Standard
Rules (Year):       Standard
Total Cost:         9,971,228 C-Bills
Battle Value:       2,385

Chassis:              Foundation Type 220 Endo Steel
Power Plant:          285 Fusion
Walking Speed:        32.4 kph  
Maximum Speed:        54 kph    
Jump Jets:            None
    Jump Capacity:    None
Armor:                StarSlab/9.5 Mk II with CASE
Armament:             
    2 Poland Main Model A Gauss Rifles
    4 Harpoon-4S Streak SRM 4s
    1 BlazeFire Longshot ER Small Laser
Manufacturer:         StarCorps Industries
    Primary Factory:  Crofton
Communications:       Dalban Micronics with Guardian ECM Suite
Targeting & Tracking: DLK Type Phased Array Sensor System

================================================================================================
Overview:
    Imported from fan-made TRO:3063, organized and directed by Steve Satak. Which of the writing
    team created this mech is unknown.
    
    The past thirty years of warfare have not been kind to the former Federated Suns. Losing
    factories to the Combine and investments in Lyran facilities all in the space of a
    generation, the AFFC has been left with but a handful of complexes devoted to the production
    of assault class BattleMechs. At one of these sites, StarCorps Industries has stepped in and
    developed the Durendal, a BattleMech designed to compete with machines such as the
    Devastator, the Gunslinger and the Cerberus.

Capabilities:
    The DND-5D is equipped with a standard engine; the speed gained and mass saved by an extra
    light model were deemed too modest to justify the difficulty of locating a suitable supply.
    This has turned out to be a wise decision, as the ?Mech suffers from a shortage of spare
    parts as it is.
    
    Though it would be an unusual use for an assault ?Mech, analysts within Our Blessed Order
    believe that the Durendal is meant to be a ?rookie-proof? design for MechWarriors fresh from
    an academy. The machine is quite popular with its pilots, who do tend to be green and
    unfamiliar with managing hotter, more complex designs.
    
    The Durendal uses a simple combination of weapons: two Poland Main Model A Gauss rifles act
    as ?can openers? while four Harpoon 4-S Streak missile launchers stand by to exploit the
    resulting breaches in the opponent?s armor. Eighteen and a half tons of standard armor
    protect this huge machine; coupled with a Guardian ECM suite, they give the Durendal time to
    choose its shots carefully. Its ammo bins are shallow and require constant resupply ? the
    LongShot small laser is small comfort to a MechWarrior who strays from his supply point.
    
    As with many other ?Mechs in the assault class, the Durendal?s slow speed limits its
    assignments, which include fire support and second-wave ?clean-up? duties. The Durendal is
    best fielded in lance formation but this is not often possible due to its large mass, which
    is difficult to ship on most conventional land transports. It is often paired with the
    Gunslinger, which carries a similar warload but lacks the newer design?s toughness and
    close-quarters punch.

Deployment:
    The Durendal was deployed to the Davion Brigade of Guards in mid-3062. The new design first
    faced combat with the Assault Guards on Addicks, proving to be an effective weapon in the
    hands of these elite MechWarriors.
    
    The ?Mech is turning up in mercenary outfits as well; the export models have proven
    surprisingly popular and enjoy a good reputation. A lance of Durendals was even reported to
    have taken part in the Founder?s Day celebration held on the capital of the Taurian
    Concordat. House Davion?s embargo against the Concordat makes it likely that these belong to
    a well-funded mercenary unit, probably hired by the Concordat to provide much-needed assault
    capability.

Variants:
    The DND-5DE export model features technology that is easier to repair and maintain.
    StarCorps replaces the left arm?s Gauss rifle with a Class 20 autocannon and the streak
    systems, small laser and ECM suite are exchanged for a battery of six standard model
    short-range missile launchers. As expected, sales have been brisk; the 5DE is comparable in
    cost and performance to the Free Rasalhague Republic?s Viking VKG-2G and House Kurita?s
    proposed Akuma AKU-1XJ, though it lacks the medium-range effectiveness of those designs.
    
    Meanwhile another variant, the DND-6DE, has been discontinued after only thirty examples.
    With a limited supply of 285-rated light fusion engines on hand and a price tag of seventeen
    million C-bills, it offered only minor improvements and was not a popular model.

Notable MechWarriors:
    Lieutenant Colonel Shiloh Lassiter and the ?Lumberjack III?
    
    Lassiter is the executive officer of a mercenary regiment known as ?The Constabulary?.
    Coming as she does from a family known for its skill in a?Mech?s cockpit (her grandfather
    served in the Fourth Succession War), Shiloh spent much of her pre-Constabulary career
    working a ForestryMech.
    
    This unit recently signed a four-year contract with the Taurian Concordat. Wishing to
    augment their close combat capabilities, the mercenaries used their hefty signing fee to
    purchase a DND-5DE Durendal for Lassiter, further modifying it to carry a salvaged hatchet
    in the left arm and a large pulse laser in the left torso. Dubbed the ?Lumberjack III?,
    Lassiter?s menacing ?Mech takes the lead in parade reviews.

================================================================================================
Equipment                                                             Mass                      
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Internal Structure:                         Endo Steel                 5.00                     
Engine:                                     285 Fusion                16.50                     
    Walking MP:                                 3                                               
    Running MP:                                 5                                               
    Jumping MP:                                 0                                               
Heat Sinks (Double):                         10 [20]                   0.00                     
Gyro:                                        Standard                  3.00                     
Cockpit:                                     Standard                  3.00                     
Armor Factor:                                  293                    18.50                     
    Type:                                    Standard                                           

                                    Internal         Armor     
                                    Structure        Value     
    Head:                               3              9       
    Center Torso:                      30             45       
    Center Torso (rear):                              15       
    R/L Torso:                         20             30       
    R/L Torso (rear):                                 10       
    R/L Arm:                           16             32       
    R/L Leg:                           20             40       

================================================================================================
Weapons and Ammo                                       Location          Critical     Tonnage   
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ER Small Laser                                            H                 1          0.50             
Gauss Rifle (Ammo 8)                                      CT                1          1.00             
CASE                                                      RT                1          0.50             
2 Streak SRM 4s                                           RT                2          6.00             
Streak SRM 4 (Ammo 25)                                    RT                1          1.00             
CASE                                                      LT                1          0.50             
Guardian ECM Suite                                        LT                2          1.50             
2 Streak SRM 4s                                           LT                2          6.00             
Gauss Rifle                                               RA                7         15.00             
Gauss Rifle (Ammo 8)                                      RA                1          1.00             
Gauss Rifle                                               LA                7         15.00             
Gauss Rifle (Ammo 8)                                      LA                1          1.00             

================================================================================================
Alpha Strike Statistics                                             
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Point Value (PV): 57
TP: BM,  SZ: 4,  TMM: 1,  MV: 6"
Damage: (S) 6 / (M) 6 / (L) 3,  OV: 0
Armor (A): 10,  Structure (S): 8
Specials: CASE, ECM
 
"The fear of death is more to be dreaded than death itself." - Publilius Syrus
Copyright © 1995-2025 Scott Bukoski. All rights reserved.
BattleTech, 'Mech, BattleMech, MechWarrior, CityTech, BattleForce, and AeroTech
are registered trademarks of The Topps Company, Inc. © 2025 The Topps Company, Inc., All rights reserved.
Code Release 2.24.13.1 (2024-09-02T12:52:21-04:00)