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Blackjack BJ-2C

Mass: 45 tons
Tech Base: Inner Sphere
Chassis Config: Biped
Rules Level: Tournament Legal
Era: Clan Invasion
Tech Rating/Era Availability: E/X-X-E-A
Production Year: 3052
Cost: 3,879,475 C-Bills
Battle Value: 1,322

Chassis: Ceresplex IVB Endo-Steel
Power Plant: GM 180 Fusion Engine
Walking Speed: 43.2 km/h
Maximum Speed: 64.8 km/h
Jump Jets: Anderson Propulsion 30
    Jump Capacity: 120 meters
Armor: StarShield Standard Armor
Armament:
    2 Ceres Arms Warrior ER PPCs
    2 CeresArms Medium Lasers
Manufacturer: Ceres Metals Industries
    Primary Factory: Capella
Communications System: CeresCom Model 21-Rs
Targeting and Tracking System: C-Apple Churchill

Overview:
Facing the Capellan March, the Capellan military had the second largest stock
of Blackjacks in the Inner Sphere, but centuries of battles and a shortage of
parts meant that many were little more than stripped chassis in boneyards where
they had been stripped of parts to get other 'Mechs working.


Returning from Outreach with technical knowledge from the exchange between
participants - something Chancellor Liao had enjoyed the benefits of, while
refusing to commit Capellan soldiers to battle against the Clans - the Capellan
leaders were now able to combine this with intelligence data gathered from
Capellan spies within General Motors and the St Ives Compact, bringing many of
these chassis back into action.


Capabilities:
Ceres Metals Industries, who already manufacture the similarly sized
Vindicator, took point on reassembling the Blackjacks and as a result many of
the parts used are shared with the Capellan's workhorse medium 'Mech. This
eases logistics for CCAF units equipped with the Blackjack.


The primary armament of the new Blackjacks are a pair of ER PPCs buried in the
torso where the original chassis mounted mere medium lasers. This design
decision was based on the desire to avoid a situation where the loss of an arm
could drastically cut the armament of the 'Mech. CMI based this on a BJ-1DB
variant sometimes found in the Aurigan reach, the corner of the periphery
flanked by the Confederation, Concordat and Magistracy.


A lightweight endosteel structure frees up tonnage for additional heatsinks,
which with modern cooling technology makes it possible to use the ER PPCs
fairly steadily - at least as much as Warhammers and Marauders from the
Succession Wars could use their own main guns.


As secondary weapons, the Blackjacks retain a medium laser in each arm, with
full flexibility to rotate the weapons for rear-coverage. This leaves the 'Mech
quite capable in urban environments since even outflanked it can bring the
lasers to bear.


Deployment:
The new Blackjacks are being assigned alongside new Vindicators with mixed
lances being sent out to the units most loyal to the new Chancellor. As a
result, they are currently mostly found in the Red Lancers, the Warrior Houses
and McCarron's Armored Cavalry.


Variants:
Some Capellan Mechwarriors have requested that the arm lasers be replaced with
flamers for anti-infantry work. A few test units have been shipped out but this
is mainly seen as something to be used by Home Guard units for crowd control,
not for the frontline units that should receive the Confederation's newest
technology.


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Equipment           Type                         Rating                   Mass 
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Internal Structure: Endo-Steel                    75 points                2.50
    Internal Locations: 1 HD, 2 CT, 3 RT, 4 LA, 4 RA
Engine:             Fusion Engine                180                       7.00
    Walking MP: 4
    Running MP: 6
    Jumping MP: 4 Standard
    Jump Jet Locations: 2 LL, 2 RL                                         2.00
Heat Sinks:         Double Heat Sink             14(28)                    4.00
    Heat Sink Locations: 3 LT, 2 RT, 1 LA, 1 RA
Gyro:               Standard                                               2.00
Cockpit:            Standard                                               3.00
    Actuators:      L: SH+UA    R: SH+UA
Armor:              Standard Armor               AV - 136                  8.50

                                                      Internal       Armor     
                                                      Structure      Factor     
                                                Head     3            9         
                                        Center Torso     14           18       
                                 Center Torso (rear)                  9         
                                           L/R Torso     11           15       
                                    L/R Torso (rear)                  6         
                                             L/R Arm     7            12       
                                             L/R Leg     11           17       

================================================================================
Equipment                                 Location    Heat    Critical    Mass 
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ER PPC                                       RT        15        3         7.00
ER PPC                                       LT        15        3         7.00
Medium Laser                                 RA        3         1         1.00
Medium Laser                                 LA        3         1         1.00
                                            Free Critical Slots: 4

BattleForce Statistics
MV      S (+0)  M (+2)  L (+4)  E (+6)   Wt.   Ov   Armor:      5    Points: 13
4j         3       3       2       0      2     0   Structure:  4
Special Abilities: ENE, SRCH, ES, SEAL, SOA

Final day for the Blackjack!

Hatchetman designs are done except for the fluff which I will take care of this weekend.

Essentially I choose the winner, yes. How do you mean in network??

Cool, Bradshaw is my MegaMek man and he hasn't taken that angle yet. That would be pretty cool. I am still evaluating the Whitworth by the way.

I'd love to hear which Mech designs did better on MegaMek. It would factor into my decisions. Nearly done with the Whitworth if you guys want to put the Blackjacks through their paces then go right ahead.

Oh I remember!