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BattleMech Technical Readout
Type/Model: Champion CHP-5LAM (Human Sphere)
Tech: Mixed Tech / 3080
Config: Biped BattleMech
Rules: Level 3, Standard design
Mass: 60 tons
Chassis: Krupp LAM Endo Steel (C)
Power Plant: 300 Vlar XL Fusion (C)
Walking Speed: 54.0 km/h
Maximum Speed: 86.4 km/h
Jump Jets: 5 Rawlings Standard Jump Jets
Jump Capacity: 150 meters
Armor Type: Krupp Draco-200 Ferro-Fibrous
Armament:
1 Imperator Code Red LB 10-X AC(C)
2 Blakenburg ER Medium Lasers(C)
2 Holly Streak SRM 2s(C)
1 Blakenburg ER Small Laser(C)
1 Blake's Vision Improved C³ CPU (IS)
Manufacturer: Krupp Armament Works
Location: Terra
Communications System: Garret T15AJ
Targeting & Tracking System: Blow 300 SNA Net
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==Overview:==
Introduced in 2602, the CHP-1N Champion was a fast and maneuverable heavy
BattleMech with a flexible array of weapons. Weighing in at sixty tons and
with a top running speed of 86.4 kph, the Champion was built as a heavy
reconnaissance and strike BattleMech. For that role, it proved impressive and
actually became one of the most common Star League BattleMechs. Ironically, it
never should have been built.
Bergan Industries' original plans called for a revoluntionary recon unit
capable of navigating through or over any terrain for use against the
Periphery realms. It was to be a new kind of BattleMech that the rebellious
regions would have no counter to. One thing they called for was unmatched jump
capability, but the special engine, wings, and jet combination proved too
difficult to master in a timely fashion. After years and a large fortune spent
in research and development, Bergan gave up and produced the "mere" CHP-1N
model. To their surprise it sold well, and they began putting the profits back
into the R&D for the "real" Champion.
It would be another ten years before they mastered the unique combination
of systems that would allow the Champion to fly, and ten more before the
transformation process that made it capable of AeroSpace travel could be
completed. Bergan showed the design to the Terran Hegemony ten years before
Allied AeroSpace finished their Phoenix Hawk LAM, and the Champion never
looked back.
The Champion LAM became the most common LAM in service to the Terran
Hegemony, and by extension the Star League Royal units. The fall of the Star
League dealt the large LAM a death blow though. Many left with the Clans,
where the expense of keeping them in operation doomed them in the
resource-poor Clan Homeworlds. The few that found their way into the Successor
States died when the technology that kept their delicate systems online
disappeared. The only operational Champion LAMs to see action in the 31st
century survived in ComStar service. Most of them slept in depots, though the
Explorer Corps made use of their unique capabilities as well.
The Jihad destroyed almost every surviving Champion LAM, and it became
common to see Blakist and ComStar pilots dueling to the death in the skies
over their embattled brethren. After that titanic war ended, ComStar found its
Guard a shadow of its former self. They had to rebuild, and they did so with
the best technology they had available to them. They provided Krupp Armament
Works with the plans and technology to build a new Champion LAM, and in 3080
it entered full scale production.
==Capabilities:==
The Champion LAM's primary weapon is its speed and ability to maneuver in
any environment from space to land. Its weapons include one Imperator Code Red
LB 10-X autocannon, twin Holly short-range missile launchers, a pair of
Blakenburg extended-range medium lasers, and a third small laser from the same
company. Two tuns of ammunition for the main cannon allows the pilot to choose
between armor penetrating salvos or shotgun blasts, each of which can be
deadly to a range of targets. The lasers give it the ability to strafe enemy
targets as well. A Blake's Vision improved C3 system allows a full level II to
share targeting data, making them a deadly threat to any enemy, while over ten
tons of Krupp Draco-200 ferro-fibrous armor makes it very hard to bring down.
==Deployment==
The Champion LAM is used only by ComStar and they do not share the design
with anybody else. The Com Guard uses them primarily for reconnaissance and
quick strike missions, rarely sending them into heated combat. The Explorer
Corps makes a practice of keeping a level II of Champion LAMs on each Magellan
JumpShip, using them to protect the ship as well as the expedition shuttle on
its trips to explore new worlds. The Shining Blade also make heavy use of the
design, protecting the White Mantle recharge stations from any raider stupid
enough to give ComStar a try.
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Type/Model: Champion CHP-5LAM (Human Sphere)
Mass: 60 tons
Equipment: Crits Mass
Int. Struct.: 99 pts Endo Steel (C) 7 3.00
(Endo Steel Loc: 3 LA, 4 RA)
Engine: 300 XL Fusion 10 9.50
Walking MP: 5
Running MP: 8
Jumping MP: 5
Heat Sinks: 10 Double (C) [20] 0 .00
Gyro: 4 3.00
Cockpit, Life Supt., Sensors: 5 3.00
Actuators: L: Sh+UA R: Sh+UA 12 .00
Armor Factor: 201 (C) 7 10.50
(Armor Crit Loc: 2 LA, 1 RA, 2 LL, 2 RL)
Internal Armor
Structure Value
Head: 3 9
Center Torso: 20 32
Center Torso (Rear): 8
L/R Side Torso: 14 22/22
L/R Side Torso (Rear): 6/6
L/R Arm: 10 20/20
L/R Leg: 14 28/28
Weapons and Equipment Loc Heat Ammo Crits Mass
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1 LB 10-X AC (C) RT 2 20 7 12.00
(Ammo Locations: 2 RT)
2 ER Medium Lasers (C) LT 10 2 2.00
2 Streak SRM 2s (C) LT 4 50 3 3.00
(Ammo Locations: 1 LT)
1 ER Small Laser (C) CT 2 1 .50
1 Improved C³ CPU (IS) LT 0 2 2.50
5 Standard Jump Jets: 5 5.00
(Jump Jet Loc: 2 LT, 2 RT, 1 CT)
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TOTALS: 18 65 54.00
Crits & Tons Left: 13 6.00
Calculated Factors:
Total Cost: 13,502,800 C-Bills
Battle Value: 1,854 (+166 for C³)
Cost per BV: 7,283.06
Weapon Value: 1,959 / 1,869 (Ratio = 1.06 / 1.01)
Damage Factors: SRDmg = 31; MRDmg = 17; LRDmg = 3
BattleForce: MP: 5J, Armor/Structure: 5/4
Damage PB/M/L: 5/4/1, Overheat: 0
Class: MH; Point Value: 19
Specials: c3i
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