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Name/Model:         Wolverine WVR-17
Designer:           mud
Source(s):          Custom Mordel.Net Units
Technology:         Inner Sphere
Technology Rating:  E
Tonnage:            55
Configuration:      Biped BattleMech
Era/Year:           Star League / 2750
Rules (Current):    Standard
Rules (Era):        Standard
Rules (Year):       Standard
Total Cost:         5,113,657 C-Bills
Battle Value:       1,278

Chassis:              Standard
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 Ultra AC/5
    1 Medium Laser
    2 Streak SRM 2s
Manufacturer:         Unknown
    Primary Factory:  Unknown
Communications:       Unknown
Targeting & Tracking: Unknown

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Overview:
    Some sections of the Grey Death memory core found on Helm have taken decades to decode.  In
    some places the data has become corrupted; in others, encryption or password protection has
    been an obstacle.  Still, researchers around the Inner Sphere have been making slow but
    steady progress in unearthing new information.  This battlemech design is one such piece of
    recently recovered information.
    
    
    
    During the 27th century the Terran Hegemony made ground-breaking advances in many areas of
    battlemech technology.  These advances led to a debate at the highest levels of the SLDF.
    One group of generals held that the new technology required a new generation of battlemechs,
    so that the SLDF might maintain it's overwhelming superiority over the house armies.
    Another group of generals held that the designs currently fielded by the SLDF would be
    sufficient platforms for deploying the newly developed systems.  Unfortunately for the
    second group, the powerful military industry of the Hegemony was entranced by the
    astronomical amounts of profit a complete refit of the SLDF would mean for them, and threw
    their considerable lobbying power behind the generals who wanted to rebuild the SLDF from
    the ground up.
    
    
    
    The WVR-17 model became the locus of one of the most noteworthy episodes of this struggle.
    When the SLDF ordered  the Grumman Battletechnology Division on Terra to refit the Wolverine
    with upgraded systems John Slokam, a member of Grumman's board of directors, smelled an
    opportunity to discredit the refit camp.  Unable to convince the CEO of Grumman to turn down
    the contract, Slokam bribed a team of engineers tasked with evaluating the design to produce
    a report condemning the WVR-17.  The design team was forced to spend two years chasing bugs
    which didn't exist.  Slokam and his friends on the SLDF high command made certain that the
    difficulties with the design were widely publicized, a public relations manuever which did
    much to discredit the refit camp.

Capabilities:
    Ironically, the WVR-17 is a capable design.  The old armor was completely replaced with
    Grumman Type XII ferro-fibrous armor.  Both the autocannon and SRM systems were modernized,
    and CASE was installed in order to protect the vulnerable ammunition loads.  Double heat
    sinks were considered, but the cost entailed in rebuilding thousands of fusion reactors
    ultimately doomed the heat sink upgrade.  The increase in the efficiency of the SRM
    launchers also helps to ensure that the WVR-17 runs cool in battle.

Deployment:
    The bad press the design received precluded it's deployment in front-line SLDF divisions,
    but it saw considerable use among garrison troops, with whom it became popular after
    experience in the field proved it a sound design.  Although it was officially forbidden to
    sell the design outside of the Hegemony because of it's advanced technology, several
    examples fell into the possession of the successor lords.  The last of these was destroyed
    in battle in 2986.

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Equipment                                                             Mass                      
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Internal Structure:                          Standard                  5.50                     
Engine:                                     275 Fusion                15.50                     
    Walking MP:                                 5                                               
    Running MP:                                 8                                               
    Jumping MP:                                 5                                               
Heat Sinks (Single):                            10                     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             23       
    Center Torso (rear):                               5       
    R/L Torso:                         13             21       
    R/L Torso (rear):                                  5       
    R/L Arm:                            9             18       
    R/L Leg:                           13            22/23     

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Weapons and Ammo                                       Location          Critical     Tonnage   
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Medium Laser                                              H                 1          1.00             
Jump Jet                                                  CT                1          0.50             
CASE                                                      RT                1          0.50             
2 Jump Jets                                               RT                2          1.00             
Ultra AC/5 (Ammo 20)                                      RT                1          1.00             
CASE                                                      LT                1          0.50             
2 Jump Jets                                               LT                2          1.00             
2 Streak SRM 2s                                           LT                2          3.00             
Streak SRM 2 (Ammo 50)                                    LT                1          1.00             
Ultra AC/5                                                RA                5          9.00             

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Alpha Strike Statistics                                             
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Point Value (PV): 35
TP: BM,  SZ: 2,  TMM: 2,  MV: 10"j
Damage: (S) 2 / (M) 3 / (L) 1,  OV: 0
Armor (A): 6,  Structure (S): 5
Specials: CASE
 
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