Overview
Faced with the reposting of most forces in the Draconis March to the Clan front, Duke James Sandoval feared that his forces would be unable to fight against the true mortal enemy of House Davion: House Kurita.
This is why he sponsored with his own funds an upgrade program designed to make the most of the rear-guard units he was left with as the Clan Juggernaut brought down regiment after regiment of the AFFC.
Knowing that Jalastar Aerospace was planning (with the benediction of the Armed Forces of the Federated Commonwealth) to build a ‘Mech factory, he offered them to invest at their side in order to get the new plant working as fast as possible. In exchange, he would be offered the possibility to select the first ‘Mechs produced and get production batches at half the price.
Remembering the fight on Marduk years ago, he selected an icon of the former Armed Forces of the Federated Suns: the Javelin.
Capabilities
Learning from centuries of combat, the engineers at Jalastar Aerospace helped by the experience of Kommandant David Albion have tried to improve the traditional Javelin, creating the JVN-11C.
The first part was to improve the protection thanks to 4 tons of Ferro-Fibrous armour (an increase f 16% of the original protection) coupled with the use of CASE and of a Guardian ECM Suite to make the Javelin live up to the sentence “sneaky as a Javelin.â€
The firepower provided by the twin SRM-6 was deemed sufficient but two tons of Narc compatible warheads were selected to improve their efficiency. As a back-up and inspired by the Fire Javelin, one Medium Laser was put in each arm. Thanks to its generous supplies of Martel Medium Lasers for the Sparrowhawk, Jalastar Aerospace had no need to open a new line for these weapons.
With 10 Double Heat Sinks is running cool enough to alpha strike and even jump up to 120 meters that its 4 Jump Jets allows it. This decrease in mobility was one of the needed sacrifices made to improve both its offensive and defensive capacities. The other sacrifice was the increased vulnerability of a 180 XL Engine, provided by the newest Johnston Industries factory. This was only made possible thanks to the personal intervention of Duke Sandoval.
Battle History
The first blood drawn by the new Javelin was during one of the multiple skirmishes fought by the Raman Draconis March Militia. In a repetition of the battle of Marduk, a Light Lance engaged and destroyed an armour company of the DCMS. Using the mobility, their improved stealthiness and their increased firepower, a mixed Lance of 3 JVN-11-C and 1 JVN-10-Q managed to ambush and quickly destroy a column of tanks in a canyon.
Duke James Sandoval was so pleased that he wanted to give a medal to the members of this Lance. However because of the non aggression state between the Draconis Combine and the Federated Commonwealth, the AFFC has made it clear that this was a no-go and the Duke didn’t dare to begin a struggle with the High Command.
Deployment
Due to the origins of the funding that helped Jalastar Aerospace to develop their ‘Mech production lines, the lion share of the new Javelin has been assigned to the forces in the Draconis March with the 10th Deneb Light Cavalry receiving the first production run for “further tests and development of new tactics†while the 2nd Robinson Rangers, a light-weight unit, had enough faith in the new Javelin to upgrade all of them to the new JVN-10-Q standards creating mixed units.
Variants
Jalastar Aerospace has begun the production of a retrofit pack that brings classical Javelin to a new standard, the JVN-10-Q. Designed to work with the 11-C, it packs the same mobility and protection, with a Guardian ECM, a Narc Launcher with two tons of ammo and two Medium Lasers. This “sneaky†Javelin is intended to work together with units of 11-C or other Narc equipped launchers, improving their efficiency.
Notable ‘MechWarriors
Kommandant David Albion is a specialist in the use of the Javelin since the War of 3039 and as part of his duties, he was awarded the first JVN-11-C by to develop new ways of making it the AFFC more efficient against both the Kuritan forces and the new Clan opponents.
Javelin JVN-11C
Mass: 30 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: 4 202 640 C-Bills
Battle Value: 787
Chassis: Duralyte 246 Standard
Power Plant: GM 180 Fusion XL Engine
Walking Speed: 64,8 km/h
Maximum Speed: 97,2 km/h
Jump Jets: Rawlings 45
Jump Capacity: 120 meters
Armor: StarGuard CIV Ferro-Fibrous Ferro-Fibrous w/ CASE
Armament:
2 Arrowlite SRM-6s
2 Martell Medium Lasers
1 Guardian ECM Suite
Manufacturer: Jalastar Aerospace
Primary Factory: Jalastar
Communications System: Garret T10B
Targeting and Tracking System: Dynatec 128C
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Equipment Type Rating Mass
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Internal Structure: Standard 51 points 3,00
Engine: XL Fusion Engine 180 3,50
Walking MP: 6
Running MP: 9
Jumping MP: 4 Standard
Jump Jet Locations: 2 LL, 2 RL 2,00
Heat Sinks: Double Heat Sink 10(20) 0,00
Heat Sink Locations: 1 LT, 1 RT, 1 RA
Gyro: Standard 2,00
Cockpit: Standard 3,00
Actuators: L: SH+UA+LA+H R: SH+UA+LA+H
Armor: Ferro-Fibrous AV - 71 4,00
Armor Locations: 1 HD, 2 LT, 2 RT, 5 LA, 4 RA
CASE Locations: 1 LT, 1 RT 1,00
Internal Armor
Structure Factor
Head 3 9
Center Torso 10 10
Center Torso (rear) 2
L/R Torso 7 9
L/R Torso (rear) 2
L/R Arm 5 6
L/R Leg 7 8
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Equipment Location Heat Critical Mass
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Guardian ECM Suite CT 0 2 1,50
SRM-6 RT 4 2 3,00
SRM-6 LT 4 2 3,00
Medium Laser RA 3 1 1,00
Medium Laser LA 3 1 1,00
@SRM-6 (Narc) (15) RT - 1 1,00
@SRM-6 (Narc) (15) LT - 1 1,00
Free Critical Slots: 2
BattleForce Statistics
MV S (+0) M (+2) L (+4) E (+6) Wt. Ov Armor: 2 Points: 8
6/3j 3 3 0 0 1 0 Structure: 1
Special Abilities: ECM, CASE, SRCH, ES, SEAL, SOA, SRM 2/2/0