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Name/Model:         Grasshopper (Plague Bearer) GHR-6M C
Designer:           Khayman
Source(s):          Custom Mordel.Net Units
Technology:         Inner Sphere (Mixed)
Technology Rating:  F
Tonnage:            70
Configuration:      Biped BattleMech
Era/Year:           Dark Age / 3150
Rules (Current):    Advanced
Rules (Era):        Advanced
Rules (Year):       Advanced
Total Cost:         8,632,373 C-Bills
Battle Value:       2,051

Chassis:              Endo Steel
Power Plant:          280 Fusion
Walking Speed:        43.2 kph  
Maximum Speed:        64.8 kph  
Jump Jets:            Standard
    Jump Capacity:    120 meters
Armor:                Ferro-Fibrous with CASE II
Armament:             
    2 Large Pulse Lasers (C)
    1 Medium Pulse Laser (C)
    1 LRM 10 (C)
Manufacturer:         Unknown
    Primary Factory:  Unknown
Communications:       Unknown
Targeting & Tracking: Unknown

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Overview:
    This custom mod of the venerable Grasshopper is the standard battle mech of a specific
    faction of the Malthus Confederation, known colloquially as, "the Plague".

Capabilities:
    The command variant mounts a full Clantech arsenal. Twin large pulse lasers provide
    comparable power to the VSPs, albeit at a longer range and in a smaller package. A less
    accurate but longer-ranged LRM 10 is mounted in the head and to help bolster its lost
    short-range power, is the added inclusion of a reliable medium pulse laser.
    
    Even with the use of Clantech, room had to be made by utilizing a compact gyro. This coupled
    with the upgrade of the CASE to a CASE II has increased the survivability of the leaders
    known as, Plague Bearers.

Deployment:
    Considering both the facts that these custom refits are handmade and that the number of
    Plague soldiers is unknown, the best that estimates can place their numbers is over a
    company to perhaps a battalion.
    
    It is rumored that there exist 10 command variants in reference to, the 10 plagues of Egypt,
    from ancient Terra, but only 2 sightings has ever been confirmed.

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Equipment                                                             Mass                      
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Internal Structure:                         Endo Steel                 3.50                     
Engine:                                     280 Fusion                16.00                     
    Walking MP:                                 4                                               
    Running MP:                                 6                                               
    Jumping MP:                                 4                                               
Heat Sinks (Double):                       13 [26] (C)                 3.00                     
Gyro:                                        Compact                   4.50                     
Cockpit:                                     Standard                  3.00                     
Armor Factor:                                  215                    12.00                     
    Type:                                 Ferro-Fibrous                                         

                                    Internal         Armor     
                                    Structure        Value     
    Head:                               3              9       
    Center Torso:                      22             34       
    Center Torso (rear):                               8       
    R/L Torso:                         15             24       
    R/L Torso (rear):                                  6       
    R/L Arm:                           11             22       
    R/L Leg:                           15             30       

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Weapons and Ammo                                       Location          Critical     Tonnage   
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LRM 10 (C)                                                H                 1          2.50             
CASE II (C)                                               RT                1          0.50             
2 Jump Jets                                               RT                2          2.00             
LRM 10 (Ammo 24) (C)                                      RT                2          2.00             
Large Pulse Laser (C)                                     RT                2          6.00             
2 Jump Jets                                               LT                2          2.00             
Large Pulse Laser (C)                                     LT                2          6.00             
Medium Pulse Laser (C)                                    LA                1          2.00             
Talons (C)                                              LL/RL               4          5.00             

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Alpha Strike Statistics                                             
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Point Value (PV): 42
TP: BM,  SZ: 3,  TMM: 1,  MV: 8"j
Damage: (S) 4 / (M) 4 / (L) 3,  OV: 0
Armor (A): 7,  Structure (S): 6
Specials: CASEII, IF1, MEL