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Name/Model:         Banshee BNC-12E
Designer:           Anonymous ONI agent
Source(s):          Custom Mordel.Net Units
Technology:         Inner Sphere (Mixed)
Technology Rating:  F
Tonnage:            95
Role:               Brawler
Configuration:      Biped BattleMech
Era/Year:           Dark Age / 3140
Rules (Current):    Standard
Rules (Era):        Standard
Rules (Year):       Advanced
Total Cost:         40,290,640 C-Bills
Battle Value:       3,090

Chassis:              Star League EXT Plus Endo Steel
Power Plant:          Defiance Clan-Grade 380 XL
Walking Speed:        43.2 kph  
Maximum Speed:        64.8 kph  [108 kph] 
Jump Jets:            None
    Jump Capacity:    None
Armor:                Starshield with CASE II
Armament:             
    1 Defiance Annihilator Improved Heavy Gauss Rifle
    1 Hound's-tooth Snub-Nose PPC
    3 Defiance C9M ER Medium Lasers (C)
    1 Baal Defense Inferno Shield 2000CX Laser Anti-Missile System (C)
Manufacturer:         Defiance Industries
    Primary Factory:  Kwangjong-ni
Communications:       Dalban Comline
Targeting & Tracking: Dalban HiRez-B

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Overview:
    Following off of the success of their mixed-tech Banshee 12S, Defiance Industries'
    next project with the chassis would depart from now well-established S-series, instead
    opting for a 32nd century mixed-tech reimagining of the much-maligned BNC-3E. Built around a
    Clan-grade 380 XL engine and an endo steel frame, unlike its inspiration the BNC-12E is able
    to devote significant tonnage to its armament, which consists of three Defiance C9M
    Clan-spec ER medium lasers, a Hound's-tooth snub-nose PPC, and a Defiance Annihilator
    Improved Heavy Gauss Rifle, affording it respectable offensive capability for its weight
    class at a variety of ranges. A compact gyro affords some degree of increased survivability,
    while more importantly allowing the Improved Heavy Gauss Rifle to be split between the left
    and center torsos while still leaving room for the weapon to be protected by Clan-grade CASE
    II, as well as leaving space for a Baal Defense Inferno Shield 2000CX Clan-spec Laser AMS in
    the center torso specifically. Not content to merely just match the speed of the 3E, in
    addition to the massive engine Defiance engineers equipped the BNC-12E with both a
    MASC system and a supercharger, allowing the 95-ton machine to achieve bursts of
    speed up to a blistering 108 kph, enough to outpace some light reconnaissance 'Mechs.
    Lastly, thirteen Inner Sphere double heat sinks, all of which are directly integrated into
    the massive fusion engine, keep the 'Mech heat neutral under most conditions, while the
    BNC-12E's armor configuration matches that of the 3E exactly.
    
    Overall, in the eyes of many the Banshee 12E successfully improves and modernizes
    many of the core design concepts of the often ill-regarded BNC-3E, not only maintaining but
    enhancing the considerable speed of the design while also greatly enhancing its offensive
    capability. Despite this, however, an eye-watering price tag has kept the 12E from seeing
    widespread commercial success.

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Equipment                                                             Mass                      
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Internal Structure:                         Endo Steel                 5.00                     
Engine:                                     380 XL (C)                20.50                     
    Walking MP:                                 4                                               
    Running MP:                               6 [10]                                            
    Jumping MP:                                 0                                               
Heat Sinks (Double):                         13 [26]                   3.00                     
Gyro:                                        Compact                   6.00                     
Cockpit:                                     Standard                  3.00                     
Armor Factor:                                  240                    15.00                     
    Type:                                    Standard                                           

                                    Internal         Armor     
                                    Structure        Value     
    Head:                               3              9       
    Center Torso:                      30             40       
    Center Torso (rear):                              17       
    R/L Torso:                         20             30       
    R/L Torso (rear):                                 10       
    R/L Arm:                           16             21       
    R/L Leg:                           20             26       

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Weapons and Ammo                                       Location          Critical     Tonnage   
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ER Medium Laser (C)                                       H                 1          1.00             
CASE II (C)                                               CT                1          0.50             
Improved Heavy Gauss Rifle                              CT/RT               11        20.00             
Laser Anti-Missile System (C)                             CT                1          1.00             
CASE II (C)                                               RT                1          0.50             
2 ER Medium Lasers (C)                                    LT                2          2.00             
MASC                                                      LT                5          5.00             
Snub-Nose PPC                                             LT                2          6.00             
Supercharger                                              LT                1          2.50             
Improved Heavy Gauss Rifle (Ammo 8)                       RL                2          2.00             
Improved Heavy Gauss Rifle (Ammo 8)                       LL                2          2.00             

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Alpha Strike Statistics                                             
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Point Value (PV): 53
TP: BM,  SZ: 4,  TMM: 2,  MV: 12"
Damage: (S) 5 / (M) 5 / (L) 3,  OV: 0
Armor (A): 8,  Structure (S): 5
Specials: AMS, CASEII