Archer-Rubinsky
Field Manual: Mercenaries
"The command is composed of heavy and medium
BattleMechs. All but one are pre-3050 designs, but
extensive advanded-technology refitting and
approximately twenty tons of Clantech salvage have
raised the small unit's upgrade rating to 40 percent.
Furthermore, the Renegades recently took advantage of
an offer from the mercenary unit Battle Magic to customize
the Renegades' machines. Captain Rubinsky's Rifleman,
which had already been fitted with jump jets, medium
lasers and heat sinks for better close-combat capabilities,
was further modified by the master techs of Battle Magic;
now her Rifleman can stand up to assault-class
BattleMechs at point-blank rnage. Similar efforts resulted in
several other striking modifications to the rest of the
command's BattleMechs, including the substitution of
SRM packs and a hatchet for an Archer's LRM launchers,
the addition of MASC to a Scorpion and the substitution of
twelve machine guns for the Scorpion's PPC."
[Editor's Notes: Fun mod from a standard ARC-2R Archer: trade the ammo for SRM6 ammo, replace each LRM20 with twin SRM6s, add hatchet, CASE to both sides, and two double heat sinks to soak it all. Great mech!]