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Name/Model:         Toro TR-B-9
Designer:           Ghostcat53
Source(s):          Custom Mordel.Net Units
Technology:         Inner Sphere
Technology Rating:  E
Tonnage:            35
Role:               Brawler
Configuration:      Biped BattleMech
Era/Year:           Dark Age / 3108
Rules (Current):    Standard
Rules (Era):        Standard
Rules (Year):       Standard
Total Cost:         2,895,930 C-Bills
Battle Value:       915

Chassis:              Humanoid Mk. IX TR 
Power Plant:          Magna 175 
Walking Speed:        54 kph    
Maximum Speed:        86.4 kph  
Jump Jets:            None
    Jump Capacity:    None
Armor:                Durallex Ferro-Fibrous with CASE Ferro-Fibrous with CASE
Armament:             
    1 Johnston Lite Light PPC
    1 Martel Medium Laser
    2 Doombud 5-tube MML 5s
Manufacturer:         Protectorate Arms Conglomerate
    Primary Factory:  Diik
Communications:       Garret T10B with Guardian ECM Suite with Guardian ECM Suite
Targeting & Tracking: O/P 911

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Overview:
    The Toro has been a symbol of Taurian pride for centuries, and
    when production of the Succession Wars-era TR-A-6 resumed in the
    decades after the end of the Jihad, there was eager discussion in
    both halves of the sundered Taurian nation about producing an
    upgraded variant. While the Concordat?s still-recovering
    manufacturers were in no position to take on another new project,
    the Calderon Protectorate (having already gone from jury-rigging
    armed IndustrialMechs to full BattleMech production in barely two
    decades) was able and willing to leverage its newfound recognition
    among Inner Sphere and Clan powers.
    To upgrade its existing Toro production line, Protectorate Arms
    Conglomerate sourced construction aid from the Federated Suns
    and purchased components from allied Periphery realms. Under the
    Republic?s arms restrictions, PAC was unable to acquire affordable
    XL engines, but consultants did assist PAC?s engineers in designing
    a brand-new standard chassis. The updated frame was functionally
    identical to the Toro?s, but incorporated modern connections,
    cavities, and fixtures that eased assembly and allowed for future
    structural upgrades. Though production of the new variant remained
    low throughout the first decades of the thirty-second century, PAC?s
    project was a point of pride

Capabilities:
    By Inner Sphere standards, the TR-B-9 Toro (known semiformally
    as the Toro Bravo) is little more than an extensive factory
    refit, but for the tiny Calderon Protectorate, it marks a major
    achievement in design and production. Although the Toro?s
    infamously cramped pilot compartment remains, it is now
    constructed with improved materials that free up space and weight
    for an enhanced electronics suite. The revised armament costs the
    Toro Bravo a bit of long-range firepower compared to its
    predecessor, but more than makes up for it in versatility, heat
    management, and close-range punch. Defensively, ferro-fibrous
    armor and CASE (purchased from the Federated Suns under close
    Republic scrutiny) help keep the ?Mech battleworthy, despite its
    relatively slow speed.

Deployment:
    BATTLE HISTORY
    The Calderon Protectorate Military has, unsurprisingly,
    been the main purchaser of the Toro Bravo. Several other Periphery
    nations have expressed interest, but PAC has been unable to supply
    more than a handful of export units due to the slow rate of
    production.
    Shortly after the Second Taurian Pride received its small
    allotment of Toro Bravos in 3111, relations between the Concordat
    and Protectorate hit a new low point. As border skirmishes erupted,
    two lances from the First MacLeod?s Regiment were dispatched to
    Mirfak to raid the desert mines. However, when the raiders touched
    down and sortied, one of the Taurian Pride?s scrambled response
    teams intercepted them. Facing only a reinforced lance (including
    three Toro Bravos), the First MacLeod?s ?Mechs charged in,
    expecting their brawlers to carve up the Toros inside their minimum
    range. They quickly realized their error when they encountered
    unexpected ECM and massed SRM salvos. When the Concordat
    commander saw one of the new Toros suffer an ammunition
    explosion only to rise again and continue firing PPC and laser shots
    at her rapidly dwindling forces, she elected to cut her losses and
    withdraw.
    Following other Concordat encounters with the new Toro, then-
    Protector Urratia missed few opportunities to derisively mention it
    any time the Protectorate came up in conversation, relentlessly using
    the ?Traitors? Toro? as a propaganda wedge for the next decade.

Variants:
    During the 3144 negotiations between Protectors Kaff Doru and
    Sam Calderon, delegations from the estranged nations met to
    explore renewed economic opportunities, with the Toro Bravo being
    a notable topic of enthusiastic discussion. The TR-B-12, jointly
    proposed by PAC and Vandenberg Mechanized Industries in 3146,
    completes the TR-B-9?s chassis redesign by replacing key portions
    with endo steel from Protectorate Military Industries? new Belle Isle
    facility. Touted as a symbol of reunification, the expensive refit is
    specifically designed to use high-end components from the
    Concordat, and the new XL engine is supplied by both VMI?s Valkyrie
    refit line and PMI.

Notable MechWarriors:
    Sister Dolores Anahera, B.R.: Achieving full knighthood in the
    Brotherhood of Randis at the age of fifty-five, Sister Dolores had left
    the bustle of Davion space (and a commission in the Armed Forces
    of the Federated Suns) to follow a new calling in faith and ministry.
    During the long 3129 campaign against the Tortuga Dominions, she
    and her squire-techs found their newly assigned Toro Bravo, Tentpin,
    to be sturdy, useful in various roles, and easy to resupply. When she
    returned to Randis IV, she continued to pilot Tentpin on her travels
    around the Fiefdom of Randis. Standing atop the ?Mech to preach to
    crowds of colonists, ?Sister Dolly? was a welcome and anticipated
    annual guest across the region until her reported death in 3148.

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Equipment                                                             Mass                      
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Internal Structure:                          Standard                  3.50                     
Engine:                                     175 Fusion                 7.00                     
    Walking MP:                                 5                                               
    Running MP:                                 8                                               
    Jumping MP:                                 0                                               
Heat Sinks (Single):                            10                     0.00                     
Gyro:                                        Standard                  2.00                     
Cockpit:                                      Small                    2.00                     
Armor Factor:                                  116                     6.50                     
    Type:                                 Ferro-Fibrous                                         

                                    Internal         Armor     
                                    Structure        Value     
    Head:                               3              9       
    Center Torso:                      11             16       
    Center Torso (rear):                               5       
    R/L Torso:                          8             13       
    R/L Torso (rear):                                  3       
    R/L Arm:                            6             12       
    R/L Leg:                            8             15       

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Weapons and Ammo                                       Location          Critical     Tonnage   
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Guardian ECM Suite                                        H                 2          1.50             
CASE                                                      RT                1          0.50             
MML 5                                                     RT                3          3.00             
MML 5 (Ammo 20) [SRM]                                     RT                1          1.00             
MML 5 (Ammo 24) [LRM]                                     RT                1          1.00             
MML 5                                                     LT                3          3.00             
Light PPC                                                 LA                2          3.00             
Medium Laser                                              LA                1          1.00             

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Alpha Strike Statistics                                             
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Point Value (PV): 28
TP: BM,  SZ: 1,  TMM: 2,  MV: 10"
Damage: (S) 2 / (M) 2 / (L) 2,  OV: 0
Armor (A): 4,  Structure (S): 3
Specials: CASE, ECM, IF1
 
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