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- From: Jesse.Taylor@launchpad.unc.edu (Jesse Taylor)
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- Subject: BCK-5R Backstabber
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- Date: 24 Dec 92 02:26:56 GMT
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- Just a little something I came up with while thinking about light, fast
- 'mechs that run around behind big slow ones and blow through their back
- armor....
-
- BCK-5R Backstabber
-
- Chassis: 30 Tons w/ Endo Steel II
- Engine: 330XL
- MPs: 11/17/6
- Armor: 3 tons Ferro-Fibrous
- Weapons: 2 Medium Pulse Lasers (CT)
- Standard Armor Configuration:
- Head: 5
- CT-R: 10 - 5
- R/LT-R: 5 - 2
- R/LA: 4
- R/LL: 6
- Variants:
- #1: Replace one pulse laser w/ an Anti-Missile Laser and a
- half-ton of armor.
- #2: Replace one MPL w/ Guardian ECM and a half-ton armor
- #3: Replace one MPL w/ TAG and a ton of armor
- #4: Replace the Jump Jets w/ armor
-
- All variants of the Backstabber are designed w/ energy weapons in mind.
- However, this lead to a heat problem when the Backstabber ran behind a
- 'mech and toasted it in the back with it's lasers. The pilot had to hope
- for a kill on the first or second shot so that he could spend a round
- cooling down.
-
- The Backstabber proved most effective against medium 'mechs, as those were
- least likely to have excessive armor in the back or rear-mounted weapons,
- which mean the Backstabber could get penetration on the first shot. It's
- thin armor made it vulnerable to designs which mounted one or two medium
- lasers in the back, and designs that could rotate their arm-mounted
- weapons to face back were a bane to Backstabber pilots. However, the sheer
- speed of the design has allowed it to often escape from fights it couldn't
- win. The variant designs were implemented because of the comments of
- Mechwarriors.
-
- The 'mech performed well in testing, but in it's first battle, one of the
- two prototypes was too close behind an Archer when it scored an ammo hit,
- and was destroyed in the resulting explosiong. (Yes, the Archer had CASE,
- y'know, the system that funnels the explosion out the BACK...)
-
- The backstabber is a favorite with experienced MechWarriors, who prefer a
- quick kill to a sustained slugging match.
-
- The cost of the 'mech is 5,685,160 C-Bills, quite expensive for a 'mech
- it's size, but if used with skill, it is as effective as any other design
- at the same price.
-
- JT
-
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