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Name/Model:         Guillotine GLT-7M
Designer:           09-Tyba
Source(s):          Custom Mordel.Net Units
Technology:         Inner Sphere
Technology Rating:  E
Tonnage:            70
Role:               Sniper
Configuration:      Biped BattleMech
Era/Year:           Civil War / 3062
Rules (Current):    Standard
Rules (Era):        Standard
Rules (Year):       Standard
Total Cost:         7,456,483 C-Bills
Battle Value:       1,791

Chassis:              Crucis IV Delux Endo Steel
Power Plant:          VOX 280 
Walking Speed:        43.2 kph  
Maximum Speed:        64.8 kph  
Jump Jets:            Anderson Propulsion 398 
    Jump Capacity:    120 meters
Armor:                Durallex Heavy Special Ferro-Fibrous with CASE
Armament:             
    1 Martell ER Large Laser
    1 Corean Light Gauss Rifle
    4 Diverse Optics ER Medium Lasers
    1 Harpoon-4S Streak SRM 4
Manufacturer:         Irian BattleMechs Unlimited
    Primary Factory:  Irian
Communications:       Irian HMR 35s
Targeting & Tracking: Omicron TrackerKeeper

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Overview:
    Imported from fan-made TRO:3063, organized and directed by Steve Satak. Which of the writing
    team created this mech is unknown.
    
    The design team working on House Marik?s Project Retread selected the Guillotine as their
    first assignment. The GLT-4L dates to the earliest Succession Wars while the GLT-5M was
    first manufactured in the late 3040s. Neither was suitable for front-line assignment in
    3060, and both existed in fair numbers (about 250 units total, the bulk of these being 5M
    variants). The design team finally settled on the GLT-5M, as replacing the 4L?s standard
    chassis with endo steel was beyond the project?s scope.

Capabilities:
    Upgrading the GLT-5M to the proposed 7M standard involved replacing all four medium lasers
    with Diverse Optics extended range models. In addition, the twenty-five single heat sinks
    were dropped in favor of twelve double- strength ?freezers?, freeing up several tons and
    quite a bit of internal space.
    
    This was put to good use with the installation of a Corean light Gauss rifle supplied with
    sixteen ferro-nickel slugs. Finally, the original six-tube standard SRM launcher was
    replaced by a Harpoon Streak SRM-4 with twenty-five reloads, intended to give the GLT-7M
    greater independence from supply lines.
    
    Armor remains a respectable twelve tons of ferro- fibrous plate, and the ?Mech still boasts
    the same four jump jets. The Martell extended range heavy laser also remains in place.
    Coupled with the light Gauss rifle, it gives the Guillotine decent long-range punch with
    manageable amounts of heat, though at closer ranges the MechWarrior will need to watch that
    heat more carefully. The ER medium lasers and missile rack provide enough firepower to keep
    smaller opponents at bay, as well as present a serious threat to infantry of all kinds.

Deployment:
    A number of test models accompanied the Second Oriente Hussars on their deployment as Star
    League Peacekeepers. ?The Crazy Second? used these ?Mechs extensively during their time on
    Indicass, most notably in the joint Hussar and Capellan assault on Ceres Metals.
    
    While the main Hussar force assaulted the St. Ives Cheveau Legers outside the factory gates,
    a smaller secondary force infiltrated the complex. Their goal was to quietly seize the
    facility from its entrenched defenders. BattleROMs show Guillotines lofting up over the
    buildings of the industrial park, hammering away at Compact forces with their laser
    batteries. The Guillotine lance, working with a lance of the new Vulcan, cleared nearly all
    of the St. Ives infantry from the vicinity. This concerted, highly mobile attack forced the
    defenders to withdraw in confusion, winning the factory for the peacekeepers.
    
    The design did not fare as well at Xin Singapore, the capital. There, Lieutenant Boyle and
    her lance of Guillotine GLT-7Ms stayed back and hammered the Second St. Ives Lancers with
    long range fire until a freak shot from a Lancer PPC struck her cockpit and nearly killed
    her. Boyle?s lancemates reported hearing a scream of fury as the enraged Boyle broke ranks
    and charged the offender, a St. Ives Cestus.
    
    The ensuing melee proved disastrous for the wounded Mechwarrior; the Guillotine?s superior
    mobility and range might have carried a standoff fight, but at close range Boyle could not
    compensate for her opponent?s cool-headed aim. Only the timely arrival of her lancemates
    saved her from certain destruction. Regular refits began late the following year, 3062, and
    the design has proven popular with elite units of the FWLM.

Notable MechWarriors:
    Lieutenant Petra ?Rolling? Boyle
    
    A member of the Second Oriente Hussars, Boyle is a MechWarrior noted for occasional bursts
    of anger on the battlefield. This temper nearly proved her undoing during the fighting for
    Indicass. While Boyle has been decorated for bravery, her lancemates say that, far from
    being a hero, Boyle should count herself lucky to be alive.

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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):                         12 [24]                   2.00                     
Gyro:                                        Standard                  3.00                     
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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Streak SRM 4                                              CT                1          3.00             
ER Medium Laser                                           RT                1          1.00             
Jump Jet                                                  RT                1          1.00             
CASE                                                      LT                1          0.50             
ER Medium Laser                                           LT                1          1.00             
Jump Jet                                                  LT                1          1.00             
Streak SRM 4 (Ammo 25)                                    LT                1          1.00             
2 ER Medium Lasers                                        RA                2          2.00             
ER Large Laser                                            LA                2          5.00             
Light Gauss Rifle                                         LA                5         12.00             
Light Gauss Rifle (Ammo 16)                               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): 38
TP: BM,  SZ: 3,  TMM: 1,  MV: 8"j
Damage: (S) 3 / (M) 3 / (L) 2,  OV: 2
Armor (A): 7,  Structure (S): 6
Specials: CASE
 
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