BattleMech Technical Readout

Name/Model:         Heron HRN-1
Designer:           dbfassbinder
Source(s):          Custom Mordel.Net Units
Technology:         Inner Sphere
Technology Rating:  E
Tonnage:            25
Role:               Skirmisher
Configuration:      Biped BattleMech
Era/Year:           Clan Invasion / 3061
Rules (Current):    Standard
Rules (Era):        Standard
Rules (Year):       Standard
Total Cost:         2,396,667 C-Bills
Battle Value:       949

Chassis:              Endo Steel
Power Plant:          200 Fusion
Walking Speed:        86.4 kph  
Maximum Speed:        129.6 kph [172.8 kph]
Jump Jets:            None
    Jump Capacity:    None
Armor:                Ferro-Fibrous
Armament:             
    2 ER Medium Lasers
    4 ER Small Lasers
Manufacturer:         Unknown
    Primary Factory:  Unknown
Communications:       Unknown
Targeting & Tracking: Unknown

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Overview:
    Originally intended to be an Omnimech in the early days of Inner Sphere development of the
    tech, the Heron was sidelined when Federated Commonwealth planners decided that it lacked
    the tonnage and space to make the technology worthwhile. The design eventually saw life as a
    standard Battlemech with an emphasis on combining speed and a heavy punch for its size. The
    name came from an early emphasis on countering Clan Elementals, since to quote the designer,
    "Herons eat toads."

Capabilities:
    The Heron is designed to get in, hit hard, and escape. With a perfect heat profile, the two
    ER medium lasers and four ER small lasers can keep up a withering barrage without stopping.
    
    The Heron is as durable as possible given its size, with a standard engine and maximized
    Ferro Fibrous armor. However, its real defense is impressive speed, with a maximum speed of
    130 kph being enhanced in short bursts by a MASC.

Deployment:
    This relatively inexpensive mech is a common site in mercenary companies of some means in
    Lyran space, as well as with various planetary militias.

Variants:
    A Blake Jihad era variant, the HRN-5, swapped out the existing loadout for a Light PPC in
    the right arm and an ER Medium Laser in the left. This variant was designed to be paired
    with the base model to provide long range covering fire, though at the expense of the mech's
    Battle Armor hunting capability.

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Equipment                                                             Mass                      
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Internal Structure:                         Endo Steel                 1.50                     
Engine:                                     200 Fusion                 8.50                     
    Walking MP:                                 8                                               
    Running MP:                              12 [16]                                            
    Jumping MP:                                 0                                               
Heat Sinks (Double):                         10 [20]                   0.00                     
Gyro:                                        Standard                  2.00                     
Cockpit:                                     Standard                  3.00                     
Armor Factor:                                   89                     5.00                     
    Type:                                 Ferro-Fibrous                                         

                                    Internal         Armor     
                                    Structure        Value     
    Head:                               3              9       
    Center Torso:                       8             13       
    Center Torso (rear):                               3       
    R/L Torso:                          6             10       
    R/L Torso (rear):                                  2       
    R/L Arm:                            4              8       
    R/L Leg:                            6             12       

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Weapons and Ammo                                       Location          Critical     Tonnage   
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MASC                                                      H                 1          1.00             
2 ER Small Lasers                                         RT                2          1.00             
2 ER Small Lasers                                         LT                2          1.00             
ER Medium Laser                                           RA                1          1.00             
ER Medium Laser                                           LA                1          1.00             

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Alpha Strike Statistics                                             
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Point Value (PV): 37
TP: BM,  SZ: 1,  TMM: 4,  MV: 20"
Damage: (S) 3 / (M) 3 / (L) 0,  OV: 0
Armor (A): 3,  Structure (S): 2
Specials: ENE