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Name/Model:         Dullahan ((Ebon Jaguar II / Cauldron-Born II)) Prime
Designer:           Ruger
Source(s):          Custom Mordel.Net Units
Technology:         Clan
Technology Rating:  F
Tonnage:            65
Role:               Skirmisher
Configuration:      Biped OmniMech
Era/Year:           Dark Age / 3150
Rules (Current):    Standard
Rules (Era):        Standard
Rules (Year):       Standard
Total Cost:         20,210,609 C-Bills
Battle Value:       2,527

Chassis:              CSJ Type 65.43-IS Endo Steel
Power Plant:          Consolidated 325 XL
Walking Speed:        54 kph    
Maximum Speed:        86.4 kph  
Jump Jets:            None
    Jump Capacity:    None
Armor:                Composite A-4 Ferro-Fibrous with CASE II
Armament:             
    1 Baal Defense Hellstrike 600CX ER PPC
    1 NR3 Pattern 20 Hyper-Assault Gauss 20
    1 Baal Defense Hellstorm 25CX LRM 10 w/ Artemis IV FCS
    2 Model Vi Improved Heavy Medium Lasers
    1 Baal Defense Blood Diamond 220CX ER Small Laser
Manufacturer:         Svarstaad Industriplex Epsilon
    Primary Factory:  Svarstaad
Communications:       Model J-D 067 with ECM Suite
Targeting & Tracking: Hawkeye 58 with Active Probe

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Overview:
    Although the Hellbringer has long been a proven and relatively well thought of design in the
    touman of Clan Hell’s Horses, and the Balius was a speedy design, and they had models
    common to most clans, Clan Hell’s Horses leadership found that they desired a heavy
    cavalry OmniMech design they could call their own. However, they did not want to waste the
    resources designing one from scratch. Therefore, they looked to extant designs that could be
    tweaked to match what they wanted.
    
    Not wanting a machine quite as heavy and resource intensive as the Timber Wolf, clan
    scientist and technicians soon found themselves reviewing the design schematics for Clan
    Smoke Jaguar’s Ebon Jaguar. Discussions with the Clan’s warrior caste determined that
    this war machine had long found favor with the clan except for its light leg armor and
    tendency for several of the standard configurations to be oversinked and sometimes lacking
    in firepower.
    
    Knowing they could relatively easily address these issues, soon a new heavy OmniMech, the
    fearsome Dullahan, began deployment amongst the ranks of Clan Hell’s Horses. Named for the
    headless horseman/coachman in ancient Irish myth, who rides or leads a team of black horses,
    the name seems oddly appropriate both due to the appearance of the machine and as a tribute
    to the original progenitor’s name. In fact, the design has such a direct lineage to the
    original predecessor that other forces initially named the design the Ebon Jaguar II or the
    Cauldron-Born II.

Capabilities:
    Keeping the Ebon Jaguar’s original speed and overall look, the Clan scientists first
    stripped off the extra heat sinks from this parent design and used one-third of that saved
    tonnage to increase the armor on the frame. This extra ton of armor was mostly allocated to
    the limbs of the machine, maximizing coverage on the arms and increasing armor thickness on
    the legs by more than 25%, providing the machine the ability to a absorb a hit from the
    heaviest autocannon on any limb without going internal.
    
    The remaining freed mass was added to the pod tonnage, giving the design the capability to
    carry almost half its mass, a full 32 tons, in weapons and other equipment. Although most of
    the current configurations mount extra double heat sinks from this tonnage, all of these
    configurations actually require the extra heat sinks’ capacity.
    
    Knowing that clan Ristars and other unit leaders would likely desire one of these OkniMechs,
    careful thought was put into its targeting and especially is communications systems,
    ensuring they were some of the best available to the clan. In addition, they looked to
    improve the ruggedness of the overall design to go along with its low profile in an attempt
    to minimize time spent in a hanger bay undergoing maintenance. (Quirks: Improved
    Communications, Narrow/Low Profile, Rugged (1)).

Deployment:
    Deployment of the Dullahan has begun, with priority being given to Cavalry and Strike
    Clusters. Knowing they would want many of this new design, a new construction facility was
    built on Svarstaad.

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Equipment                                                             Mass                      
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Internal Structure:                         Endo Steel                 3.50                     
Engine:                                       325 XL                  12.00                     
    Walking MP:                                 5                                               
    Running MP:                                 8                                               
    Jumping MP:                                 0                                               
Heat Sinks (Double):                         12 [24]                   2.00                     
Gyro:                                        Standard                  4.00                     
Cockpit:                                     Standard                  3.00                     
Armor Factor:                                  201                    10.50                     
    Type:                                 Ferro-Fibrous                                         

                                    Internal         Armor     
                                    Structure        Value     
    Head:                               3              9       
    Center Torso:                      21             32       
    Center Torso (rear):                              10       
    R/L Torso:                         15             22       
    R/L Torso (rear):                                  8       
    R/L Arm:                           10             20       
    R/L Leg:                           15             25       

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Weapons and Ammo                                       Location          Critical     Tonnage   
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ECM Suite                                                 CT                1          1.00             
Active Probe                                              RT                1          1.00             
CASE II                                                   RT                1          0.50             
2 Improved Heavy Medium Lasers                            RT                4          2.00             
CASE II                                                   LT                1          0.50             
ER Small Laser                                            LT                1          0.50             
Hyper-Assault Gauss 20 (Ammo 6)                           LT                1          1.00             
LRM 10 w/ Artemis IV FCS                                  LT                1          2.50             
LRM 10 (Ammo 24) [Artemis IV]                             LT                2          2.00             
ER PPC                                                    RA                2          6.00             
Hyper-Assault Gauss 20                                    LA                6         10.00             
Hyper-Assault Gauss 20 (Ammo 12)                          LA                2          2.00             

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Alpha Strike Statistics                                             
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Point Value (PV): 52
TP: BM,  SZ: 3,  TMM: 2,  MV: 10"
Damage: (S) 4 / (M) 4 / (L) 4,  OV: 2
Armor (A): 7,  Structure (S): 4
Specials: CASEII, ECM, FLK1/1/1, IF1, OMNI, PRB, RCN
 
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