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Name/Model:         Rising Star RSTR-1A
Designer:           Rudel Gurken
Source(s):          Custom Mordel.Net Units
Technology:         Inner Sphere
Technology Rating:  E
Tonnage:            80
Configuration:      Biped BattleMech
Era/Year:           Star League / 2750
Rules (Current):    Standard
Rules (Era):        Standard
Rules (Year):       Standard
Total Cost:         7,116,120 C-Bills
Battle Value:       1,713

Chassis:              Skobel Template 8 Endo Steel
Power Plant:          Pitban 240 
Walking Speed:        32.4 kph  
Maximum Speed:        54 kph    
Jump Jets:            CurtissJet 80 
    Jump Capacity:    90 meters
Armor:                Aldis Plate with CASE
Armament:             
    2 SarLon MaxiCannon Type 10 Autocannon/10s
    3 Diverse Optics Type 20 Medium Lasers
    1 Holly SRM 4
Manufacturer:         Skobel MechWorks
    Primary Factory:  Terra
Communications:       Skobel Wave VI Comm
Targeting & Tracking: Falcon 12b Watcher

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Overview:
    The Rising Star was produced in low numbers during the first Star League and discontinued
    because it did not fare well.
    Later its targeting system had been proven faulty but the Succession Wars ended all
    intentions to put the Mech back into production.

Capabilities:
    As most old Star League mechs it didnĀ“t incorporate much advanced technology.
    A good mix of weapons guaranteed a high damage curve and the heavy armor combined with a
    standard engine and CASE made it hard to take down. With its good heat dissipation
    capability (despite carrying standard heat sinks) and its jump jets the Rising Star would
    have been a dangerous and tough fighter but its faulty targeting system doomed it.

Deployment:
    The Rising Star was build only in small numbers for the SLDF and none of them survived the
    First Succession War.

Variants:
    Some 300 years later Skobel found the original design in its data-archives as it looked for
    new ideas for an assaultmech for the Word of Blake forces.
    So the Rising Star was reborne as LGC-01 Legacy.

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Equipment                                                             Mass                      
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Internal Structure:                         Endo Steel                 4.00                     
Engine:                                     240 Fusion                11.50                     
    Walking MP:                                 3                                               
    Running MP:                                 5                                               
    Jumping MP:                                 3                                               
Heat Sinks (Single):                            15                     5.00                     
Gyro:                                        Standard                  3.00                     
Cockpit:                                     Standard                  3.00                     
Armor Factor:                                  247                    15.50                     
    Type:                                    Standard                                           

                                    Internal         Armor     
                                    Structure        Value     
    Head:                               3              9       
    Center Torso:                      25             40       
    Center Torso (rear):                              10       
    R/L Torso:                         17             27       
    R/L Torso (rear):                                  7       
    R/L Arm:                           13             26       
    R/L Leg:                           17             34       

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Weapons and Ammo                                       Location          Critical     Tonnage   
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Jump Jet                                                  CT                1          1.00             
Autocannon/10                                             RT                7         12.00             
Autocannon/10 (Ammo 20)                                   RT                2          2.00             
CASE                                                      RT                1          0.50             
SRM 4                                                     RT                1          2.00             
SRM 4 (Ammo 25)                                           RT                1          1.00             
Autocannon/10                                             LT                7         12.00             
Autocannon/10 (Ammo 20)                                   LT                2          2.00             
CASE                                                      LT                1          0.50             
2 Medium Lasers                                           RA                2          2.00             
Medium Laser                                              LA                1          1.00             
Jump Jet                                                  RL                1          1.00             
Jump Jet                                                  LL                1          1.00             

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Alpha Strike Statistics                                             
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Point Value (PV): 40
TP: BM,  SZ: 4,  TMM: 1,  MV: 6"j
Damage: (S) 4 / (M) 4 / (L) 0,  OV: 1
Armor (A): 8,  Structure (S): 6
Specials: AC2/2/-, CASE