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Name/Model:         Diablo DBL-2A
Designer:           master arminas
Source(s):          Custom Mordel.Net Units
Technology:         Inner Sphere
Technology Rating:  E
Tonnage:            55
Configuration:      Biped BattleMech
Era/Year:           Jihad / 3075
Rules (Current):    Standard
Rules (Era):        Standard
Rules (Year):       Standard
Total Cost:         5,731,874 C-Bills
Battle Value:       1,491

Chassis:              Endo Steel
Power Plant:          275 Fusion
Walking Speed:        54 kph    
Maximum Speed:        86.4 kph  
Jump Jets:            Standard
    Jump Capacity:    150 meters
Armor:                Ferro-Fibrous with CASE
Armament:             
    1 LB 20-X AC
Manufacturer:         Unknown
    Primary Factory:  Unknown
Communications:       Unknown
Targeting & Tracking: Unknown

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Overview:
    In 3072, the World of Blake acted in concert with the Taurian Concordat to upgrade their
    DBL-1A Diablo BattleMech.  Using new and recovered technologies, WoB techs and engineers
    gave Taurus Territorial Industries the capability to make the Diablo what it should have
    been.

Capabilities:
    The -2A Diablo featured Endo-Steel as a weight saving feature.  A massive LB-20X auotcannon
    was installed in place of the older AC-20, increasing range by one-third.  With the weight
    savings provided by the endo-steel, designers were able to add CASE and a fourth ton of ammo
    (two each of slug and cluster).  The final ton was added to the armor, which was completely
    replaced with Ferro-Fibrous, giving the DBL-2A more protection than the Griffin, Shadow
    Hawk, and Wolverine which were its original inspiration.
    As with the original model, the -2A featured no secondary weapons, and while a C3i system
    was considered, it was ultimately rejected because of both the weight and space required.  A
    standard engine was retained to save cost and enhance survivability.

Deployment:
    Only thirty-five DBL-2As were produced before the Jihad began in earnst.  Following the
    asteroid impacts on Taurus, TTI lost both its main factory and schematics to replicate the
    design on other worlds as well (though the loss of the schematics may well have been because
    of a WoB agent who purged the plants computer systems minutes before the impact).
    All thirty-five were assigned to the Pleaides Hussars and Pleaides Lancers as they invaded
    the Federated Suns.  Over the course of four years of fighting, just seven of the new model
    Diablos were left intact.

Variants:
    A proposed variant would have downgraded the autocannon to a LB-10X model, reduced the ammo
    to 2 tons, and added C3i, an ER medium laser, an ER small laser, and a flamer.  None were
    ever constructed.

Notable MechWarriors:
    Elias Xiang, a MechWarrior in the Pleaides Lancers, distinguished himself during the
    fighting for Electra in urban combat.  Using his 55-ton Diablos ('Fallen One') superior
    maneuverability, he would jump behind AFFS 'Mechs and deliver a devastating blow to their
    rear armor with his boom-stick of an autocannon.  During that campaign, Xiang destroyed or
    disabled fourteen enemy 'Mechs using these tactics.  He died just before the completion of
    the campaign, however.  After withdrawing to rearm at the Lancers forward ammo dump, Xiang
    and his 'Mech were consumed in the explosion of nearly a thousand tons of ammunition when a
    squadron of Stukas dropped sixty inferno bombs in their midst.

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Equipment                                                             Mass                      
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Internal Structure:                         Endo Steel                 3.00                     
Engine:                                     275 Fusion                15.50                     
    Walking MP:                                 5                                               
    Running MP:                                 8                                               
    Jumping MP:                                 5                                               
Heat Sinks (Double):                         10 [20]                   0.00                     
Gyro:                                        Standard                  3.00                     
Cockpit:                                     Standard                  3.00                     
Armor Factor:                                  170                     9.50                     
    Type:                                 Ferro-Fibrous                                         

                                    Internal         Armor     
                                    Structure        Value     
    Head:                               3              9       
    Center Torso:                      18             22       
    Center Torso (rear):                               7       
    R/L Torso:                         13             20       
    R/L Torso (rear):                                  6       
    R/L Arm:                            9             18       
    R/L Leg:                           13             22       

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Weapons and Ammo                                       Location          Critical     Tonnage   
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Jump Jet                                                  CT                1          0.50             
CASE                                                      RT                1          0.50             
2 Jump Jets                                               RT                2          1.00             
LB 20-X AC (Ammo 20)                                      RT                4          4.00             
2 Jump Jets                                               LT                2          1.00             
LB 20-X AC                                              RA/RT               11        14.00             

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Alpha Strike Statistics                                             
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Point Value (PV): 31
TP: BM,  SZ: 2,  TMM: 2,  MV: 10"j
Damage: (S) 2 / (M) 2 / (L) 0,  OV: 0
Armor (A): 6,  Structure (S): 5
Specials: CASE, FLK1/1/-
 
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