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- Subject: MEK: The Goblin GOB-5M
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- From: taia_a@kosmos.wcc.govt.nz (Second Genyosha)
- Date: 22 Dec 1992 00:52:59 GMT
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- Just when you thought old tek (3025) was dead, here's a little munchkin mek:)
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- The Goblin GOB-5M
- 20 Tons Locations Criticals Tons
- IS - - 2.0
- Leenex 140 - - 7.0
- Walk 7
- Run 11
- Jump 7 3RT/1CT/3LT 7 3.5
- Gyro & Cockpit - - 5.0
- Heat Sinks 10 2RL/1CT/2LL 5 0.0
- Armour 56 - - 3.5
- H 3 8
- CT 6 8/2
- RT/LT 5 7/2
- RA/LA 3 5
- RL/LL 4 5
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- Medium Laser RA 1 1.0
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- Overview:
- The Goblin is a standard training mek of the Draconis Combine. Used to
- educate future mekwarriors into learning the uses and advantages of
- jumping. The whole mek works on the zero-heat principle and is known for
- it's simplicity and speed. No longer made in the Combine, the design is
- found extensively in Magistracy of Canopus as they have copied its design.
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- Capabilities:
- The Goblin is one of the few jump capable meks that doesn't overheat. This
- feature makes it ideal for training as many novice pilots find it difficult
- to watch their mek's heat levels. Though this does produce some reckless
- habits into new mekwarriors when they step up to Phoenix Hawks and learn that
- not all meks are equal. The mek runs so cold that at times, mekwarriors are
- known to be fully clothed when piloting the Goblin.
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- Battle History:
- The Goblin is noted in numerous Canopus-Taurian clashes due to the import
- and construction of this mek by the Magistracy. Since 3019 Canopus has started
- it's own construction of this simple, but very effective mek.
- In 3026, the Taurians raided the small city of Vertex to try and capture
- one of several Goblin there for training. The students using this agile mek,
- soon had four kills to their credit and the Taurians were forced to retreat.
- Proving the success of the design, though a Taurian Warhammer did disable a
- Goblin with a PPC shot to a leg.
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- Variants:
- There are no variants worthy of note as it would interfere with the original
- specifications.
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- ****
- Hope you enjoyed it, even though it looks like a very thin Ostscout to me.
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- This has been....
- Tony Taia (Chu-sa of the Second Genyosha)
- TAIA_A@kosmos.wcc.govt.nz **Join the DCMS see the Inner Sphere and kill it**
- 3055-3067: So little time, so many Clan meks to kill! :)
- **Noone knows what I know, so you know that what I know is only mine to know**
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