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Name/Model:         Firestarter FS9-Q2
Designer:           Festy_Dog
Source(s):          Custom Mordel.Net Units
Technology:         Inner Sphere
Technology Rating:  E
Tonnage:            35
Role:               Scout
Configuration:      Biped BattleMech
Era/Year:           Dark Age / 3092
Rules (Current):    Standard
Rules (Era):        Standard
Rules (Year):       Standard
Total Cost:         7,061,400 C-Bills
Battle Value:       988

Chassis:              Promethean Forge Hagane Endo Steel
Power Plant:          magna 245 XL 245 XL
Walking Speed:        75.6 kph  
Maximum Speed:        118.8 kph 
Jump Jets:            Luxor Load Lifters 
    Jump Capacity:    210 meters
Armor:                Durallex Nova
Armament:             
    2 Defiance B3M Medium Lasers
    1 Surefire 444 Anti-Missile System
    4 Hotshot Flamers
Manufacturer:         Promethean Armouries
    Primary Factory:  PA Loxley Campus
Communications:       Cyclops 14 with Guardian ECM Suite
Targeting & Tracking: Cyclops Beagle with Beagle Active Probe

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Overview:
    The story of Promethean Armouries' variants of the Firestarter started much like how they
    started making Hunchbacks. Initially they made kits for field modding the rear-facing flamer
    into a forward configuration. The kits proved popular, and PA took on subcontracts to
    supplement Firestarter parts production and support for affiliated companies (Coventry and
    Defiance) which justified expanding their mass production facilities on Loxley. PA further
    expanded production to make entire machines up to and including their own variants as part
    of the license agreement with Coventry. Thus, the FS9-Q was born.
    
    During the design process, emphasis was placed on the scouting capabilities of the -Q while
    preserving the machine's raison d’être; starting fires. Superior capability came at a
    premium and the -Q was nearly double the price of any of the -S models. PA rolled with that
    as part of their marketing campaign, leaning into the perception of Promethean Armouries as
    an up-market manufacturer and pitching the -Q as having the usefulness of two scout mechs
    with the operating costs of one.

Capabilities:
    The FS9-Q2 is largely identical to the -Q in terms of performance, but most of the advanced
    electronics are built in-house. This includes the only significant changes, the inclusion of
    a C3 slave and an XL gyro.

Variants:
    The -Q2 was conceived of to serve as Promethean Armouries' first mech to include mostly
    their own electronics.
    
    Sister company Hrafnagaldr Intelligent Systems Institute (but presented to the public as
    just, 'Hrafnagaldr') was established for research and production of advanced battlemech
    electronics on Ravensbourne as a joint project born of the positive relations between the
    Irongate Grenadiers and the Lost Caws. The Irongate Grenadiers were the elite mercenary
    company founded by Conrad Clausewitz after he left the Lyran military but before he
    inherited the mantle of Ravensbourne Specialist Engineering CEO. The Lost Caws were a
    mysterious mercenary outfit specialising in reconnaissance and electronic warfare. The two
    companies forged a strong relationship during a campaign on the periphery and founded the
    research institute for their best and brightest to collaborate on research.

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Equipment                                                             Mass                      
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Internal Structure:                         Endo Steel                 2.00                     
Engine:                                       245 XL                   6.00                     
    Walking MP:                                 7                                               
    Running MP:                                 11                                              
    Jumping MP:                                 7                                               
Heat Sinks (Double):                         10 [20]                   0.00                     
Gyro:                                           XL                     1.50                     
Cockpit:                                     Standard                  3.00                     
Armor Factor:                                  119                     7.50                     
    Type:                                    Standard                                           

                                    Internal         Armor     
                                    Structure        Value     
    Head:                               3              9       
    Center Torso:                      11             16       
    Center Torso (rear):                               6       
    R/L Torso:                          8             12       
    R/L Torso (rear):                                  4       
    R/L Arm:                            6             12       
    R/L Leg:                            8             16       

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Weapons and Ammo                                       Location          Critical     Tonnage   
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C3 Slave                                                  H                 1          1.00             
Beagle Active Probe                                       RT                2          1.50             
Flamer                                                    RT                1          1.00             
Guardian ECM Suite                                        RT                2          1.50             
4 Jump Jets                                               RT                4          2.00             
Anti-Missile System                                       LT                1          0.50             
Anti-Missile System (Ammo 12)                             LT                1          1.00             
Flamer                                                    LT                1          1.00             
3 Jump Jets                                               LT                3          1.50             
Flamer                                                    RA                1          1.00             
Medium Laser                                              RA                1          1.00             
Flamer                                                    LA                1          1.00             
Medium Laser                                              LA                1          1.00             

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Alpha Strike Statistics                                             
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Point Value (PV): 36
TP: BM,  SZ: 1,  TMM: 3,  MV: 14"j
Damage: (S) 2 / (M) 1 / (L) 0,  OV: 0
Armor (A): 4,  Structure (S): 2
Specials: AMS, C3S, ECM, HT1/-/-, MHQ1, PRB, RCN
 
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