BattleMech Technical Readout

Name/Model:         Galaxy GX-4B
Designer:           Rudel Gurken
Source(s):          Custom Mordel.Net Units
Technology:         Inner Sphere
Technology Rating:  E
Tonnage:            75
Configuration:      Biped BattleMech
Era/Year:           Clan Invasion / 3059
Rules (Current):    Standard
Rules (Era):        Standard
Rules (Year):       Standard
Total Cost:         15,883,000 C-Bills
Battle Value:       1,816

Chassis:              DI GX4 
Power Plant:          Vlar 300 XL
Walking Speed:        43.2 kph  
Maximum Speed:        64.8 kph  
Jump Jets:            None
    Jump Capacity:    None
Armor:                Durallex Heavy
Armament:             
    2 Defiance 1001 ER PPCs
    11 Defiance B3M Medium Lasers
    2 MainFire Point Defense Anti-Missile Systems
    4 Defiance B3S Small Lasers
Manufacturer:         Defiance Industries
    Primary Factory:  Hesperus II
Communications:       TharHes Caliope HM-10
Targeting & Tracking: TharHes Ares -6

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Overview:
    The Galaxy was a long time project of Defiance Industries. First plans emerged in 3038. The
    goal was to design a battlemech, that could face any other mech in existence at that time at
    all ranges by making use of all the former lostech, that spreaded through the Inner Sphere
    after the discovery of the Helm Memory Core.
    Lengthy disputes erupted in this design process over almost every detail and it took years
    until even the tonnage of the new to build 'mech was decided upon. The clan invasion put
    another hold on the design and so the prototyp was finally built in 3059.

Capabilities:
    Even though some lyran designers wanted an 100 ton assault mech the team finally settled for
    75 tons to give it considerable manouverability and to preclude it from beeing a lumbering
    monstrosity like the Matar (also called Amaris' Folly).
    Two ER PPCs form its long range firepower and up close a plethora of medium and small lasers
    could tear targets to shreds.
    As a defensive afterthought two AMS were added with a considerable amount of ammo even
    though pilots critizised the placement of that ammo in the legs.

Deployment:
    As the Galaxy was ready the 'mech marched into an environment that totally differed from
    that of the time when it was first conceived.
    Still a respectable battle machine it was by no means as predominant as it was designed to
    be.
    Instead competing against machines from the 4th Succession War era it now stood against
    modern battlemechs with the former "lostech" beeing the new normal.
    After a small series Defiance Industries swapped to other designs and Galaxys were found in
    several lyran units mostly at the clan fronts.
    Two machines ended up in the Draconis Combine on mysterious paths.

Variants:
    No variants of the Galaxy were built.

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Equipment                                                             Mass                      
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Internal Structure:                          Standard                  7.50                     
Engine:                                       300 XL                   9.50                     
    Walking MP:                                 4                                               
    Running MP:                                 6                                               
    Jumping MP:                                 0                                               
Heat Sinks (Double):                         16 [32]                   6.00                     
Gyro:                                        Standard                  3.00                     
Cockpit:                                     Standard                  3.00                     
Armor Factor:                                  224                    14.00                     
    Type:                                    Standard                                           

                                    Internal         Armor     
                                    Structure        Value     
    Head:                               3              9       
    Center Torso:                      23             33       
    Center Torso (rear):                              10       
    R/L Torso:                         16             22       
    R/L Torso (rear):                                 10       
    R/L Arm:                           12             24       
    R/L Leg:                           16             30       

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Weapons and Ammo                                       Location          Critical     Tonnage   
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Medium Laser                                            H (R)               1          1.00             
2 Medium Lasers                                           CT                2          2.00             
Anti-Missile System                                       RT                1          0.50             
2 Medium Lasers                                           RT                2          2.00             
Anti-Missile System                                       LT                1          0.50             
2 Medium Lasers                                           LT                2          2.00             
ER PPC                                                    RA                3          7.00             
2 Medium Lasers                                           RA                2          2.00             
2 Small Lasers                                            RA                2          1.00             
ER PPC                                                    LA                3          7.00             
2 Medium Lasers                                           LA                2          2.00             
2 Small Lasers                                            LA                2          1.00             
Anti-Missile System (Ammo 24)                             RL                2          2.00             
Anti-Missile System (Ammo 24)                             LL                2          2.00             

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Alpha Strike Statistics                                             
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Point Value (PV): 39
TP: BM,  SZ: 3,  TMM: 1,  MV: 8"
Damage: (S) 5 / (M) 4 / (L) 2,  OV: 3
Armor (A): 7,  Structure (S): 3
Specials: AMS, REAR1/1/-