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Name/Model:         Barbette (BBT-O) [BASE]
Designer:           Thunder
Source(s):          Custom Mordel.Net Units
Technology:         Inner Sphere
Technology Rating:  E
Tonnage:            75
Configuration:      Biped OmniMech
Era/Year:           Dark Age / 3150
Rules (Current):    Standard
Rules (Era):        Standard
Rules (Year):       Standard
Total Cost:         6,220,156 C-Bills
Battle Value:       829

Chassis:              Standard
Power Plant:          225 Fusion
Walking Speed:        32.4 kph  
Maximum Speed:        54 kph    
Jump Jets:            None
    Jump Capacity:    None
Armor:                Standard
Armament:             
    40 tons of pod space available
Manufacturer:         Unknown
    Primary Factory:  Unknown
Communications:       Unknown
Targeting & Tracking: Unknown

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Overview:
    Even after doctrine is established, the free market does its best to worm its way into the
    defense departments treasury.   The Barbette is a compromise design between three separate
    mechs.  Though the Drudge is the current holder of the defensive line mech, it has not
    always had this position.  Before the Drudge was the Brace.  Meanwhile the Clan Enclaves
    tend to have their own lines of mechs with a large degree of cross pollination between
    everybody else and them.  In this case the Pygme Mamoth, served as inspiration for a mech
    that is attempting to supplant the Drudge's position.

Capabilities:
    The Pygme Mamoth's doctrine was simple.  Assault mech firepower on a Heavy chassis.  It
    achieved its goal but at the cost in maneuverability and frailty.  Despite its weaknesses,
    it has proven quite adept as a fire support platform.  So much so that it seemed a good Idea
    to adapt it to the cheaper tech base that IPD tends to favor.
    
    The Barbette is the result of this attempt.  Capable of a larger and more vaired armament
    then the Brace and considerably cheaper then the Drudge, its a tempting compromise.  Though
    it doesn't quite have the capacity to match the Drudge's weapons load out, it can basically
    match the core function of anything the Drudge can do.  What might be, and probably is the
    deal killer however is the lack of armor.  Like the Pygme Mamoth the Barbette is under
    armored for its mass.  While 10.5 tons of armor is reasonable and will shrug off most
    attacks at least once, it falls well short of the Drudge's 18.5 tons of armor.  It even
    falls short of the Brace's 13.5 tons of armor.  This is a problem if the mech is ever asked
    to support the kind of environment Asymptotes are designed to fight in.

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Equipment                                                             Mass                      
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Internal Structure:                          Standard                  7.50                     
Engine:                                     225 Fusion                10.00                     
    Walking MP:                                 3                                               
    Running MP:                                 5                                               
    Jumping MP:                                 0                                               
Heat Sinks (Double):                         11 [22]                   1.00                     
Gyro:                                        Standard                  3.00                     
Cockpit:                                     Standard                  3.00                     
Armor Factor:                                  168                    10.50                     
    Type:                                    Standard                                           

                                    Internal         Armor     
                                    Structure        Value     
    Head:                               3              8       
    Center Torso:                      23             25       
    Center Torso (rear):                               5       
    R/L Torso:                         16             21       
    R/L Torso (rear):                                  5       
    R/L Arm:                           12             21       
    R/L Leg:                           16             18       

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Location                                     Fixed                            Spaces Remaining  
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Head                                          None                                   1          
Center Torso                                  None                                   2          
Right Torso                            3 Double Heat Sink                            9          
Left Torso                             3 Double Heat Sink                            9          
Right Arm                                     None                                   10         
Left Arm                                      None                                   10         
Right Leg                                     None                                   2          
Left Leg                                      None                                   2          

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Fixed Equipment                                        Location          Critical     Tonnage   
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Alpha Strike Statistics                                             
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Point Value (PV): 22
TP: BM,  SZ: 3,  TMM: 1,  MV: 6"
Damage: (S) 0 / (M) 0 / (L) 0,  OV: 0
Armor (A): 6,  Structure (S): 6
Specials: ENE, OMNI
 
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