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SPT-N1 Spartan

Mass: 80 tons

Chassis: Geometric 500 Hard Core

Power Plant: Dantrus 400 XL

Cruising Speed: 54.0 km/h

Maximum Speed: 86.4 km/h

Jump Jets: None

Jump Capacity: 0 meters

Armor: Strasbourg Armaments 206 Diamond Weave

Armament:

3 Blankenburg Medium Pulse Lasers

1 Kinslaughter H-Class ER PPC

2 Holly Streak SRM-2s

1 McArthur Anti-Missile System

* Target Acquisition Gear

Manufacturer(s):

Martinson Armaments (Terra)

Communications System: Blow 300 SNA Net

Targeting & Tracking System: Scope 40 RNDST

 

Rhonda's Irregulars

[NOTE: The following fluff text is from the Technical Readout version, not from Rhonda's Irregulars, but the two texts are very similar and no major details differ, except those mentioned in the Editor's Notes further down.]

Overview:
        Just before the start of the Amaris Civil War, the Star League begun full production of the Spartan class BattleMech at Martinson Armaments on Terra. Martinson delivered 600 Spartans to the SLDF before Amaris's troops took Terra and destroyed the production facility. According to ComStar records, General Kerensky took fifty of the two hundred Spartans that had survived the Amaris Civil War with him during the Exodus. The last known operational Spartan, aside from those among the Com Guard, was believed destroyed during the Third Succession War.

Capabilities:
        Built as a general-service BattleMech, the Spartan is fast, mobile, and able to deliver deadly firepower at all ranges. It has a top speed of more than 86 kph, making it faster than other ' Mechs in its weight class. The core of the Spartan's firepower is a Kinslaughter extended-range PPC, backed by three medium pulse lasers and two SRM-2 Streak missile racks. Because of the Kinslaughter's superior workmanship and special insulating cones installed in the H-Class ER PPC, this model produces less heat than other ER PPCs. Currently, only ComStar and the Word of Blake are building the Kinslaughter H-Class ER PPC. To help the Spartan dissipate the tremendous heat built up by its weapons; the N2 model is equipped with thirteen double heat sinks. [Editor: See below!]
        The Spartan is also equipped with a McArthur anti-missile system and two tons of ammunition. During the Com Guard's battles on Tukayyid, Spartan pilots found that the placement of the anti-missile system low in the 'Mech's waist made it prone to jamming when the 'Mech ran or twisted its torso. Fortunately, technicians easily solved the problem by moving the system higher up in the right torso.
        The Spartan's armor protection is above average, with fourteen tons of armor covering its frame. The Spartan also mounts a TAG system in its left torso to help direct friendly artillery fire.

Deployment:
        Nineteen of the known operational Spartans are deployed in ComStar's Com Guard, and a few others belong to three mercenary units. Rhonda's Irregulars has four Spartarns; two mercenary units operating in the Periphery, the Black Heart Roses and the Blackstone Highlanders, have two Spartans each. All are priceless, as no new Spartans have been built in more than two hundred years.

[Editor's Notes: Side armor illegal; maximum 34 total. The SPT-N1 differs from the -N2, described in the fluff text above, only in having single instead of double heat sinks, and having slightly differing armor placement.]

Type: SPT-N1 Spartan

Technology Base: Inner Sphere Level 2 3058

Tonnage: 80

BV : 1078 Cost : 20423042

ACTUATORS: RA LA RH LH
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