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SHD-5E Shadow-Hawk and 5V
Weight: 55 ton Chassis: Earthwerk SHD II - Endo Steel Power Plant: Core Tek 275 Cruising Speed: 43 Maximum Speed: 64.5 Jump Jets: Chilton 360 Jump Capacity: 150 meters Armor: Maximillian 43 Armament: 1 Autocannon/5, 20 cased shots 1 AMS, 12 cased shots 1 LRM5, 24 cased shots 1 SRM2, 50 shots 1 Medium Laser Manufacturer: Earthwerks Incorporated Primary Factory: Calloway VI Communications System: Neil 9000 Targeting and Tracking System: RCA Instatrac Mark XII
Overview:
The Eartwerks mech factory on Calloway VI was the major producer
of endo steel frames of the Free Worlds League. It produced the
Stinger, Shadow Hawk, and Archer, all using this rediscovered
material. The Stinger production ironed out any production
difficulties, so the building of the Shadow-Hawk went quickly - to
quickly as a matter of fact. It became clear that the new XL engine
as well as the Imperator autocannon could not be delivered in enough
quantities, and also the Doombud shipments were delayed. As the
factory had put itself into debt to finance these new designs it
needed a sellable design. Now. So, with permission of the central
authorities, an 'export' version was created. As the
Leagues army showed little interest - they were waiting for the 5M -
almost the whole production run was bought by various mercenary
units.
Capabilities:
The 5E was hardly a stunning new design, but that fact also meant
that a pilot could switch from the original Shadow-Hawk to the 5E
with only an hour or two training. It kept the original armament
of the 2H, extended by Case in both torsos and an anti-missile
system next to the long range missile launcher. Few pilots even
noticed the new freezer heatsinks, as the original 2H seldom taxed
its basic set, but there were some complaints by the financial
department about unneccessary costs. Requests about replacing them
were quickly cancelled when the sales department put its foot down:
they had used the 'freezers' as a prime advertisement statement and
were afraid of loosing contracts, or worse, breach of contract
lawsuits.
Deployment:
Variants:
Notable Pilots:
Technology Base: - Inner Sphere - Level 2
Equipment Mass
Internal Structure: Endo Steel 3.0
Engine: SFE 275 15.5
Walking MP: 5
Running MP: 8
Jumping MP: 5
Heat Sinks: DHS 10 0.0
Gyro: Standard 3.0
Cockpit: Standard 3.0
Armor Factor: Standard 168 10.5
IS Armor
Head 3 9
Center Torso 18 23
Center Torso(rear) 8
R/L Torso 13 19
R/L Torso(rear) 7
R/L Arm 9 18
R/L Leg 13 20
Weapons and Ammo Location Size Mass
Jump Jet 2 LT 2 1.0
Autocannon/5 LT 4 8.0
Autocannon/5 Ammo LT 1 1.0
Case LT 1 0.5
Jump Jet 1 CT 1 0.5
SRM-2 Ammo CT 1 1.0
Jump Jet 2 RT 2 0.5
LRM-5 RT 1 2.0
LRM-5 Ammo RT 1 1.0
AMS RT 1 0.5
AMS Ammo RT 1 1.0
Case RT 1 0.5
Medium Laser RA 1 1.0
SRM-2 H 1 1.0
SHD-5V Shadow-Hawk
Known Variants:
The 5V is a inplace rebuild of the SHD-5E. Although it looses some long range
critical power, it is a much more capable urban and AA fighter. The right arm
medium laser was replaced by a flamer as new infantry tactics and armor made
reliance on energy weapons a loosing battle.
Weapons and Ammo Location Size Mass Jump Jet 2 LT 2 1.0 ErPPC LT 3 7.0 Medium Laser 2 LT 2 2.0 AMS LT 1 0.5 Jump Jet 1 CT 1 0.5 Medium Laser CT 1 1.0 Jump Jet 2 RT 2 0.5 Medium Pulse Laser RT 1 2.0 Medium Laser RT 1 1.0 AMS RT 1 0.5 AMS Ammo RT 1 1.0 Case RT 1 0.5 Flamer RA 1 1.0 Medium Laser H 1 1.0
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