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Name/Model:         Spetum STM-5Ga
Designer:           Mickey Serendipity
Source(s):          Custom Mordel.Net Units
Technology:         Inner Sphere
Technology Rating:  E
Tonnage:            50
Role:               Missile Boat
Configuration:      Biped BattleMech
Era/Year:           Dark Age / 3150
Rules (Current):    Standard
Rules (Era):        Standard
Rules (Year):       Standard
Total Cost:         9,657,000 C-Bills
Battle Value:       1,177

Chassis:              Luthien Class 41 Endo Steel
Power Plant:          Nissan 300 XL
Walking Speed:        64.8 kph  
Maximum Speed:        97.2 kph  
Jump Jets:            Icarus 81 
    Jump Capacity:    180 meters
Armor:                Starslab-2
Armament:             
    8 Thunderstroke-L LRM 5s
Manufacturer:         Unknown
    Primary Factory:  Unknown
Communications:       Colmax 90
Targeting & Tracking: Radcom T11

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Overview:
    The Spetum was originally introduced between the First and Second Succession Wars as part of
    an effort to reinvigorate the declining technology base and arms market of the Inner Sphere,
    before  the true scope of humanity's decline and the fruitlessness of such endeavors had
    become clear. In an effort to cut corners, Spetum's production model, the STM-2G, ended up a
    hyper-specialized and largely ineffective machine. The armaments and armor distribution
    could be generously described as "eccentric," resulting in a mech that could only do one
    thing,  required extensive support to function, and would fold almost immediately if it came
    under fire in non-optimal circumstances. Ultimately, only a few Spetums were built and like
    most mediocre mechs, most them ended up stripped for parts and forgotten.
    
    Centuries later, Luthien Resurrectionist Inc. (LRI), a subsidiary of Luthien Armor Works
    dedicated to recreating older designs, found the Spetum's schematics in an ancient hard
    drive. LRI applied weight-saving technologies to create a battlemech that, while still just
    as specialized as the original Spetum, now had the ability to carry out its intended
    mission. The Combine government ultimately rejected the Spetum STM-5G, but allowed LRI to
    sell the design to the mercenary market, where it has been somewhat popular with larger
    outfits who can afford to buy such a focused machine.
    
    Despite Luthien Resurreectionist Inc.'s efforts to rebrand the Spetum as the Kitaguchi -
    naming it after an ancient Terran javelin-throwing olympiad - the original name has stuck.
    It isn't uncommon, however, to find the Spetum STM-5G also marketed as the Kitaguchi KTG-1G.
    
    The STM-5Ga is a field refit that replaces two of the LRM-5s with two additional ammunition
    bins, giving the Spethum a little added endurance for extended engagements.

Capabilities:
    Unlike the original Spetum STM-2G, the STM-5G is faster than most of the things it wants to
    shoot at, the development that breathed new life into the defunct design. Although the
    Spetum lacks any special ability to fire accurately on the move, its jump jets allow it to
    find a good vantage point - someplace inaccessible and with cover - from which to rain
    missiles down on its targets. Those jump jets, as well as the mech's overall high speed,
    also help the Spetum STM-5G to escape if the enemy is able to close with it. Some users
    report that the Spetum's mobility makes it particularly well-suited to indirect fire, making
    it ideal for cooperation with units equipped with target acquisition gear or NARC beacon
    launchers.
    
    The Spetum's fans also point to the versatility afforded by its many individual launchers
    and ammunition bins. Although it will still run dry over the course of a standard
    engagement, this configuration gives the Spetum's pilot the ability to manage their
    machine's heat and ammunition use very precisely, only giving each shot as many missiles as
    the situation calls for. Additionally, the Spetum's many bins allow it to make use of many
    alternative ammunition types - it isn't at all uncommon for Spetums to be deployed with two
    bins of conventional missiles (or TAG or NARC capable missiles, if the rest of its force is
    equipped appropriately) and two bins of specialty missiles, such as smoke or thunder
    munitions.
    
    The Spetum STM-5G has the the following Design Quirks: Cowl, Exposed Actuators, and
    Multi-Trac.

Variants:
    The only variant of the Spetum (or Kitaguchi) is the STM-5Ga (or KTG-1Ga), a field refit
    that replaces two of the LRM-5s with two more bins of LRM ammunition. This refit has been
    popular enough that several third-party manufacturers have released modification kits. LRI's
    petitions to their parent company for funds to market their own refit kit have thus far been
    politely ignored.

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Equipment                                                             Mass                      
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Internal Structure:                         Endo Steel                 2.50                     
Engine:                                       300 XL                   9.50                     
    Walking MP:                                 6                                               
    Running MP:                                 9                                               
    Jumping MP:                                 6                                               
Heat Sinks (Double):                         10 [20]                   0.00                     
Gyro:                                           XL                     1.50                     
Cockpit:                                     Standard                  3.00                     
Armor Factor:                                  104                     6.50                     
    Type:                                    Standard                                           

                                    Internal         Armor     
                                    Structure        Value     
    Head:                               3              9       
    Center Torso:                      16             15       
    Center Torso (rear):                               4       
    R/L Torso:                         12             15       
    R/L Torso (rear):                                  3       
    R/L Arm:                            8             10       
    R/L Leg:                           12             10       

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Weapons and Ammo                                       Location          Critical     Tonnage   
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Jump Jet                                                  RT                1          0.50             
4 LRM 5s                                                  RT                4          8.00             
LRM 5 (Ammo 72)                                           RT                3          3.00             
Jump Jet                                                  LT                1          0.50             
4 LRM 5s                                                  LT                4          8.00             
LRM 5 (Ammo 72)                                           LT                3          3.00             
2 Jump Jets                                               RL                2          1.00             
2 Jump Jets                                               LL                2          1.00             

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Alpha Strike Statistics                                             
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Point Value (PV): 29
TP: BM,  SZ: 2,  TMM: 2,  MV: 12"j
Damage: (S) 2 / (M) 3 / (L) 3,  OV: 0
Armor (A): 3,  Structure (S): 2
Specials: IF2, LRM1/2/2
 
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