BattleMech Technical Readout
Name/Model: Salamander PPR-7Sc
Designer: StarRaven
Source(s): Custom Mordel.Net Units
Technology: Inner Sphere
Technology Rating: E
Tonnage: 80
Configuration: Biped BattleMech
Era/Year: Civil War / 3062
Rules (Current): Standard
Rules (Era): Standard
Rules (Year): Standard
Total Cost: 7,760,520 C-Bills
Battle Value: 1,918
Chassis: Endo Steel
Power Plant: 240 Fusion
Walking Speed: 32.4 kph
Maximum Speed: 54 kph
Jump Jets: None
Jump Capacity: None
Armor: Standard with CASE
Armament:
1 ER PPC
6 Streak SRM 6s
Manufacturer: Unknown
Primary Factory: Unknown
Communications: Unknown
Targeting & Tracking: Unknown
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Overview:
The PPR-7S Salamander is one of many unique BattleMechs to come out of the FedCom Civil War,
created by a need to salvage a 'Mech without the parts it was designed for. This particular
Salamander was originally piloted by Leutnant Luther Fisk, of the Fifteenth Arcturan Guards.
During the final battle between the Thorin Militia (also known as Archer's Avengers) and the
Fifteenth, Leutnant Fisk's Salamander was simultaneously engaged by nearly a company's worth
of Militia 'Mechs and tanks. Leutnant Fisk survived his 'Mech's destruction, less an arm and
an eye. The Salamander was essentially destroyed, but the Avengers' need for 'Mechs to
continue their operations on other worlds was sufficient justification for the salvage
attempt. The Salamander had lost its fusion engine and all of its weapons, but the Avenger
techs managed to cobble together a working machine with parts captured from the Guards.
Capabilities:
The PPR-7S completely changes the Salamander's combat profile. The destruction of its XL
fusion engine led to its replacement with a lower rated standard engine of the same tonnage.
Its destroyed LRM launchers were replaced with six Streak SRM 6 launchers, while the paired
medium lasers were replaced with a single ER PPC. Where the original Salamander was designed
as a fire support 'Mech, the 7S is intended for close assaults, especially in urban
environments, where it can bring its impressive missile load to bear. The single ER PPC
gives the 7S a weapon which is not dependent on ammunition, as well as a weapon which can
strike at long range. The primary weakness of the 7S is its low speed; while the standard
engine increases survivability, the 7S has much more difficulty bringing its weapons to bear
than a standard Salamander.
Deployment:
The PPR-7S served the Avengers well throughout the Civil War. It and its pilots were
responsible for twenty-one BattleMech kills, four of them Clan. Over the course of its
existence, it was disabled and re-salvaged no less than four times; three of those times the
MechWarrior did not survive, while the fourth MechWarrior was rendered permanently incapable
of piloting a BattleMech. The PPR-7S (along with its fifth MechWarrior) was finally
destroyed by the Jade Falcons on Blackjack, during Operation Audacity.
Defiance Industries recently came across the conversion plans of the PPR-7S, and is
considering whether or not to put it into production. No decision has yet been reached.
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Equipment Mass
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Internal Structure: Endo Steel 4.00
Engine: 240 Fusion 11.50
Walking MP: 3
Running MP: 5
Jumping MP: 0
Heat Sinks (Double): 12 [24] 2.00
Gyro: Standard 3.00
Cockpit: Standard 3.00
Armor Factor: 247 15.50
Type: Standard
Internal Armor
Structure Value
Head: 3 9
Center Torso: 25 38
Center Torso (rear): 12
R/L Torso: 17 26
R/L Torso (rear): 8
R/L Arm: 13 26
R/L Leg: 17 34
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Weapons and Ammo Location Critical Tonnage
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CASE RT 1 0.50
2 Streak SRM 6s RT 4 9.00
Streak SRM 6 (Ammo 45) RT 3 3.00
CASE LT 1 0.50
2 Streak SRM 6s LT 4 9.00
Streak SRM 6 (Ammo 45) LT 3 3.00
ER PPC RA 3 7.00
2 Streak SRM 6s LA 4 9.00
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Alpha Strike Statistics
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Point Value (PV): 48
TP: BM, SZ: 4, TMM: 1, MV: 6"
Damage: (S) 6 / (M) 6 / (L) 1, OV: 3
Armor (A): 8, Structure (S): 6
Specials: CASE
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