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Name/Model:         Shrieker SRKR-80A
Designer:           Captain_Frosty
Source(s):          Custom Mordel.Net Units
Technology:         Inner Sphere
Technology Rating:  E
Tonnage:            30
Role:               Striker
Configuration:      Biped BattleMech
Era/Year:           Jihad / 3080
Rules (Current):    Standard
Rules (Era):        Standard
Rules (Year):       Standard
Total Cost:         2,519,140 C-Bills
Battle Value:       991

Chassis:              BSM 'Type 3' Biped model Endo Steel
Power Plant:          Fuse-Tec '80 180 
Walking Speed:        64.8 kph  
Maximum Speed:        97.2 kph  
Jump Jets:            None
    Jump Capacity:    None
Armor:                BSM Combat plating
Armament:             
    2 Saria Inc. Model 3c 'X-Flash' ER Large Lasers
Manufacturer:         Blackshield State Manufacturing
    Primary Factory:  Tertiaron
Communications:       SamCo 'Callmaster' 3050
Targeting & Tracking: Saria Inc. 'Snipershot' v3

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Overview:
    The latest and thus far last attempt of the Blackshield Company's R&D department to design a
    'mech whose large scale production is viable, the SRKR-80A 'Shrieker' is the opposite of one
    would call a culmination of knowledge. Utilizing none of the advanced systems that the
    Cerberon and Battlelord have been gifted with, the humble Shrieker's only unique feature is
    the use of Endo-steel armor to save on weight.
    
    This deliberate exclusion of advanced systems has led to a surprisingly cheap and incredibly
    light mech that combines good speed and armor with a pair of ER Large lasers that allow
    engagement at all ranges and a surprisingly powerful punch. Envisioned as a more realistic
    version of what the Battlelord's initial concept promised, these qualities allow the
    Shrieker to act as a genuinely mass produced 'mech that can be reliably and consistently
    used in frontline scenarios, either with other 'mechs, vehicles or just more Shriekers.
    
    This has resulted in there already being more of the SRKR-80A than there are CRBN-55A and
    BTLD-65A 'mechs combined despite how incredibly new the design is; a fact that the R&D
    department has taken to mean a complete success in both their initial intent and the
    resultant final product.

Capabilities:
    The SRKR-80A 'Shrieker' is a fairly fast light 'mech with good armor for its weight class.
    The two ER Large lasers allow it to fulfil a fire support role at a fairly good range,
    allowing it to quickly and effectively supplement a lance's firepower where needed at a
    reasonably cheap C-bill or BV cost.

Deployment:
    Due to its nature, the SRKR-80A 'Shrieker' is best only relied upon as an extra pair of
    guns. In strategic level combat between armies, groups of Shriekers can act as an effective
    "filler" unit while maintaining the advantages of a 'mech that combat vehicles lack. On a
    more tactical level, the Shrieker excels as a sidekick to bigger and far more expensive
    'mechs that may be afforded thanks to its own minimal C-bill and/or BV cost.
    
    In either case, when engaging the enemy, it is important to remember that the SRKR-80A
    'Shrieker' has a far greater range that its role might imply. Given correct positioning and
    good pilot gunnery, it can fulfil the role of a sniper dangerously well and may even be used
    to flank and eliminate enemy rear-line units that lack the armor and durability of proper
    frontliners.

Variants:
    Due to its unique nature, the SRKR-80A 'Shrieker' has no variants; such a thing could not be
    afforded by its creators, the blackshield company, while inner sphere powers have no need to
    rely on the relatively primitive technologies of an insignificant Junta in the deep
    periphery.

Notable MechWarriors:
    Anyone in control and command of a SRKR-80A 'Shrieker' can be regarded as a notable man
    within its 'nation' of origin. This, sadly, does not mean that anyone other than said nation
    has ever heard of them.

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Equipment                                                             Mass                      
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Internal Structure:                         Endo Steel                 1.50                     
Engine:                                     180 Fusion                 7.00                     
    Walking MP:                                 6                                               
    Running MP:                                 9                                               
    Jumping MP:                                 0                                               
Heat Sinks (Double):                         10 [20]                   0.00                     
Gyro:                                        Standard                  2.00                     
Cockpit:                                     Standard                  3.00                     
Armor Factor:                                  104                     6.50                     
    Type:                                    Standard                                           

                                    Internal         Armor     
                                    Structure        Value     
    Head:                               3              8       
    Center Torso:                      10             16       
    Center Torso (rear):                               4       
    R/L Torso:                          7             12       
    R/L Torso (rear):                                  2       
    R/L Arm:                            5             10       
    R/L Leg:                            7             14       

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Weapons and Ammo                                       Location          Critical     Tonnage   
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ER Large Laser                                            RT                2          5.00             
ER Large Laser                                            LT                2          5.00             

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Alpha Strike Statistics                                             
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Point Value (PV): 23
TP: BM,  SZ: 1,  TMM: 2,  MV: 12"
Damage: (S) 2 / (M) 2 / (L) 2,  OV: 0
Armor (A): 3,  Structure (S): 3
Specials: ENE
 
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