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Name/Model:         Bushwacker II BSW-60X-0
Designer:           Vagabond
Source(s):          Custom Mordel.Net Units
Technology:         Inner Sphere (Mixed)
Technology Rating:  E
Tonnage:            60
Role:               Skirmisher
Configuration:      Biped OmniMech
Era/Year:           Dark Age / 3136
Rules (Current):    Standard
Rules (Era):        Standard
Rules (Year):       Standard
Total Cost:         15,186,000 C-Bills
Battle Value:       1,520

Chassis:              Earthwerks BSW60 Endo Steel
Power Plant:          CL-GM 300 XL
Walking Speed:        54 kph    
Maximum Speed:        86.4 kph  
Jump Jets:            None
    Jump Capacity:    None
Armor:                Durallex Heavy with CASE II
Armament:             
    1 ER Large Laser
    1 LB 10-X AC
    2 Thunderbolt 5s
    2 Small Pulse Lasers
Manufacturer:         TharHes Industries
    Primary Factory:  Tharkad
Communications:       TharHes Euterpe HM-14c
Targeting & Tracking: TharHes Ares -8c

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Overview:
    While the Gauntlet proved a successful unit for Coventry Metal Works, TharHes engineers were
    not as pleased with the results of the design.  Desiring to create a true successor to the
    Buskwacker, TharHes returned to the prototype X1 Bushwacker and redesigned it nearly 80
    years of experience with advanced technology.  The team initially  faced difficulties with
    meaningfully altering the core of the chassis until one of the team recalled the events that
    lead to the successful development of the prototype in 3053.  As it was the captured of Clan
    Vultures in the early 3050s that aided the engineers then, the team tested the viability of
    increasing the mass of the chassis to support 60 tons.  The extra mass, space, and historic
    success proved a solution to the team's issues as well as allowed the successor to stand out
    from its 3053 sibling.

Capabilities:
    Now massing at 60 tons, the BSW-60 Bushwacker II omnimech was built around a reinforced
    Earthwerks BSW chassis constructed out of Endo-Steel to save mass.  Next, a Clan
    specification CL-GM 300 XL fusion engine was selected to provide the power to match the 86.4
    kph of the original; despite it's extra-cost, the CL-GM XL was chosen over a traditional GM
    XL due to its reduced vulnerability while maintaining the weight savings needed for other
    equipment.  The coolant system is built around the CL-GM XL's Clan specification double heat
    sinks providing nearly as heat exhausting as the original; unfortunately, the team chose to
    not add additional cooling capacity to the engine's system instead electing to allow payload
    configurations to add more cooling capacity.  Covering the chassis is 10.5 tons of Durallex
    Heavy standard plating that provides equivalent protection to the 9 tons of Kallon Unity
    Weave Ferro-Fibrous plate of the original; however, the C.A.S.E. was upgraded to C.A.S.E. II
    for added protection in the event of an ammo explosion.  Lastly, the TharHes Euterpe HM-14
    comm system and TharHes Ares-8a fire control were retained but provided updates to 3138
    standards.  All of these choices left the final design capable of carrying 29 tons of
    weapons and equipment.  TharHes has great hopes for the BSW-60X Bushwacker II.

Variants:
    The Primary configuration of the Bushwacker II emulates the original BSW-X1 with a BlazeFire
    Sweetshot ER Large Laser in the center torso, a pair of Blazefire Spreadshot Small Pulse
    Lasers were added to each side torso for anti-armor/anti-infantry capability, a Mydron Excel
    LB 10-X autocannon as the primary gun in the right arm, and a pair of Defiance Masterbolt-A
    Thunderbolt/5 missile launchers in the left torso and left arm.  Finally, 2 tons of
    autocannon ammo, 2 tons missile ammo, and 1 extra heat sink round out the payload.

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Equipment                                                             Mass                      
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Internal Structure:                         Endo Steel                 3.00                     
Engine:                                     300 XL (C)                 9.50                     
    Walking MP:                                 5                                               
    Running MP:                                 8                                               
    Jumping MP:                                 0                                               
Heat Sinks (Double):                       11 [22] (C)                 1.00                     
Gyro:                                        Standard                  3.00                     
Cockpit:                                     Standard                  3.00                     
Armor Factor:                                  168                    10.50                     
    Type:                                    Standard                                           

                                    Internal         Armor     
                                    Structure        Value     
    Head:                               3              9       
    Center Torso:                      20             22       
    Center Torso (rear):                               5       
    R/L Torso:                         14             21       
    R/L Torso (rear):                                  5       
    R/L Arm:                           10             20       
    R/L Leg:                           14             20       

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Weapons and Ammo                                       Location          Critical     Tonnage   
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ER Large Laser                                            CT                2          5.00             
CASE II                                                   RT                1          1.00             
Small Pulse Laser                                         RT                1          1.00             
CASE II                                                   LT                1          1.00             
Small Pulse Laser                                         LT                1          1.00             
Thunderbolt 5                                             LT                1          3.00             
Thunderbolt 5 (Ammo 12)                                   LT                1          1.00             
LB 10-X AC                                                RA                6         11.00             
LB 10-X AC (Ammo 10)                                      RA                1          1.00             
LB 10-X AC (Ammo 10) [Cluster]                            RA                1          1.00             
Thunderbolt 5                                             LA                1          3.00             
Thunderbolt 5 (Ammo 12)                                   LA                1          1.00             

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Alpha Strike Statistics                                             
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Point Value (PV): 37
TP: BM,  SZ: 3,  TMM: 2,  MV: 10"
Damage: (S) 3 / (M) 3 / (L) 3,  OV: 0
Armor (A): 6,  Structure (S): 3
Specials: CASEII, FLK1/1/1, IF1, OMNI
 
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