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Name/Model:         Hunchback HBK-4P5
Designer:           Festy_Dog
Source(s):          Custom Mordel.Net Units
Technology:         Inner Sphere
Technology Rating:  E
Tonnage:            50
Role:               Skirmisher
Configuration:      Biped BattleMech
Era/Year:           Dark Age / 3094
Rules (Current):    Standard
Rules (Era):        Standard
Rules (Year):       Standard
Total Cost:         5,135,000 C-Bills
Battle Value:       1,597

Chassis:              Endo Steel
Power Plant:          250 Fusion
Walking Speed:        54 kph    
Maximum Speed:        86.4 kph  
Jump Jets:            None
    Jump Capacity:    None
Armor:                Standard
Armament:             
    10 Medium Lasers
Manufacturer:         Unknown
    Primary Factory:  Unknown
Communications:       Unknown
Targeting & Tracking: Unknown with Advanced Targeting Computer

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Overview:
    In the years following the creation of their proprietary XL gyro and starting up Hrafnagaldr
    ISI, Promethean Armouries revisited their existing product lines to see how much they could
    improve them and/or make them cheaper through bringing more component manufacture in-house.
    An update to their Hunchback series was one of the first things assessed.
    
    The end product of this process, the -4P5, was approximately 700k more expensive than it's
    predecessor with only a C3 computer to show for the price hike. An XL gyro, while saving
    weight, was ultimately a liability. To this end the -4P5 did not replace the -4P4, both were
    offered for sale side by side with the understanding that only PA's wealthier clients would
    end up fielding C3 enabled formations and those clients without would prefer the more
    affordable and slightly more durable variant.

Capabilities:
    In contrast to the -4P4, the -4P5 had a C3 slave, an XL gyro, and lost it's left hand
    actuator.
    
    Performance data indicated pilots were more interested in firing their lasers at point blank
    range over swinging fists because the pair of lasers on the arm were more destructive and it
    was virtually impossible to overheat the mech. The right hand actuator was retained for
    utility but the left was removed in the hopes of reducing production costs. The new left
    forearm architecture is reminiscent of a Trebuchet's right arm.

Variants:
    Following the -4P5 there would be no more significant changes to PA's HBK platform until
    Ravensbourne Specialist Engineering came to a business agreement with Clan Star Adder that
    granted them and their subsidiaries access to a number of Clan technologies.

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Equipment                                                             Mass                      
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Internal Structure:                         Endo Steel                 2.50                     
Engine:                                     250 Fusion                12.50                     
    Walking MP:                                 5                                               
    Running MP:                                 8                                               
    Jumping MP:                                 0                                               
Heat Sinks (Double):                         16 [32]                   6.00                     
Gyro:                                           XL                     1.50                     
Cockpit:                                     Standard                  3.00                     
Armor Factor:                                  168                    10.50                     
    Type:                                    Standard                                           

                                    Internal         Armor     
                                    Structure        Value     
    Head:                               3              9       
    Center Torso:                      16             26       
    Center Torso (rear):                               5       
    R/L Torso:                         12             20       
    R/L Torso (rear):                                  4       
    R/L Arm:                            8             16       
    R/L Leg:                           12             24       

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Weapons and Ammo                                       Location          Critical     Tonnage   
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C3 Slave                                                  H                 1          1.00             
3 Medium Lasers                                           RT                3          3.00             
Targeting Computer                                        RT                3          3.00             
3 Medium Lasers                                           LT                3          3.00             
2 Medium Lasers                                           RA                2          2.00             
2 Medium Lasers                                           LA                2          2.00             

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Alpha Strike Statistics                                             
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Point Value (PV): 48
TP: BM,  SZ: 2,  TMM: 2,  MV: 10"
Damage: (S) 6 / (M) 6 / (L) 0,  OV: 0
Armor (A): 6,  Structure (S): 4
Specials: C3S, ENE, MHQ1
 
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