BattleMech Technical Readout
Name/Model: Banshee BNC-3S-C
Designer: Ruger
Source(s): Custom Mordel.Net Units
Technology: Clan
Technology Rating: F
Tonnage: 95
Role: Juggernaut
Configuration: Biped BattleMech
Era/Year: Dark Age / 3150
Rules (Current): Advanced
Rules (Era): Advanced
Rules (Year): Advanced
Total Cost: 27,875,770 C-Bills
Battle Value: 3,150
Chassis: Endo Steel
Power Plant: 380 XL
Walking Speed: 43.2 kph
Maximum Speed: 64.8 kph
Jump Jets: None
Jump Capacity: None
Armor: Ferro-Fibrous with CASE II
Armament:
2 ER PPCs
1 Gauss Rifle
1 Streak SRM 6
4 ER Medium Lasers
2 Small Pulse Lasers
Manufacturer: Defiance Industries
Primary Factory: Hesperus II
Communications: Dalban Comline
Targeting & Tracking: Unknown
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Overview:
The Banshee has long been maligned for its anemic firepower, but House Steiner?s 3S model
began to change that opinion several decades ago. It was for this reason that the Hanseatic
League procured the design schematics for this version of the BattleMech, and began building
their own on Falsterbo. When Clan Goliath Scorpion conquered their realm, they began to
review what could be done to improved the peoples they now ruled, and found much potential
in this 95 ton Behemoth. Determined to improve on the design, the BNC-3S-C was born.
Capabilities:
Knowing they wanted to make a truly formidable BattleMech, but yet one that would be
somewhat familiar to any new conscripts possibly brought into their touman, Scorpion
scientists made a conscious decision to keep the firepower similar to what was already
present. Therefore, the PPC?s and medium lasers were simply replaced with extended range
versions, and the small lasers were upgraded to pulse models. The type 10 autocannon and
it?s ammunition were replaced with a Gauss rifle fed by 3 tons of ammunition, and the
short-range missile rack was upgraded with streak technology. Even with 17 double heat sinks
though, pilots must be careful to moderate their use of this firepower.
At 95 tons, this new Banshee would not be able to break any speed records, but even so, the
Scorpion engineers knew they could improve on the BNC-3S?s top speed of 54 kph. Fitting a
massive, but relatively light XL engine to the frame improved the design?s ground mobility
by one-third. And defensively, the design was also improved with the use of more armor plate
and a switch to clan-spec ferro-fibrous plate, maximizing the amount of armor the frame
could hold. Additionally, armoring the cockpit and each hip actuator provides additional
protection should any damage get through this armored shell.
Deployment:
Having only recently begun production on this new model, very few Banshee-3S-C?s have been
seen on any battlefield. Despite this, the Scorpion Empire is quite sure any future enemies
it may have will come to fear the appearance of these formidable BattleMechs on the field of
combat opposite their own forces.
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Equipment Mass
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Internal Structure: Endo Steel 5.00
Engine: 380 XL 20.50
Walking MP: 4
Running MP: 6
Jumping MP: 0
Heat Sinks (Double): 17 [34] 7.00
Gyro: Standard 4.00
Cockpit (Armored): Standard 3.00
Armor Factor: 293 15.50
Type: Ferro-Fibrous
Internal Armor
Structure Value
Head: 3 9
Center Torso: 30 42
Center Torso (rear): 18
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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Small Pulse Laser H 1 1.00
Small Pulse Laser CT 1 1.00
CASE II RT 1 0.50
4 ER Medium Lasers RT 4 4.00
ER PPC RT 2 6.00
Streak SRM 6 RT 2 3.00
Streak SRM 6 (Ammo 15) RT 1 1.00
CASE II LT 1 0.50
Gauss Rifle LT 6 12.00
Gauss Rifle (Ammo 24) LT 3 3.00
ER PPC LA 2 6.00
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Alpha Strike Statistics
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Point Value (PV): 57
TP: BM, SZ: 4, TMM: 1, MV: 8"
Damage: (S) 6 / (M) 6 / (L) 5, OV: 4
Armor (A): 10, Structure (S): 5
Specials: ARM, CASEII
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