Technical readout 2866 Rise of the Scavengers

WHM-6W Warhammer
History:
The original Star League Request for Proposal that
resulted in the design of the WHM-6R Warhammer
called for a “mobile BattleMech with enough firepower to
destroy or severely damage any ‘Mech of the same
weight class or lower.”
In 2515, StarCorps Industries unveiled a 70-ton
BattleMech bristling with weaponry. Carrying two
massive Donal particle projection cannons, medium and
small lasers, machine guns, and a shoulder mounted
Holly SRM-6, the sheer firepower carried by the ‘Mech
was well beyond anything ever seen outside of a few
assault class BattleMechs. It also marked the first of a
long string of successes for StarCorps in the
development of heavy and assault class BattleMechs.
StarCorps Industries was born when Lockenburg-Holly
Industries, the creator of the primitive LGB-0C Longbow,
debuted in 2480, merged with several other
manufacturers. The Longbow was a slow 85-ton
BattleMech designed for fire support. It was equipped
with two arm mounted Holly LRM-20s, each with a
massive magazine, and backed up by two medium and
one small laser. The design was updated in 2529 with
the faster and much more lightly armored -OW version
and by 2610 StarCorps Industries had introduced the
popular -7Q variant, capable of launching a full salvo of
50 LRMs.
Flush with the success of the Longbow, StarCorps
Industries went on to acquire Quarry Arms, the maker of
the primitive EMP-1A Emperor, first built in 2442. Much
as they did with the –OW Longbow, StarCorps updated
the design with the latest advances in construction, and
introduced the EMP-5A Emperor by 2502, notable for
being the first jump capable assault ‘Mech ever made. In
2612, StarCorps Industries updated the design once
more with the EMP-6A, a design made exclusively for
the Royal Units of the Star League Defense Force. Built
on Son Hoa, the EMP-6A featured an Extra Light fusion
engine, a light weight, extended range autocannon,
pulse laser technology, and double efficiency heatsinks.
The Son Hoa facility was destroyed by House Marik
forces using nuclear weapons during the Second
Succession War.
The Son Hoa plant was also home to StarCorps greatest
technical achievement, and arguably, the most respected
BattleMech of all time, the legendary 90-ton HGN-732
Highlander, first produced in 2592 and the first ‘Mech to
carry the awesome M-7 Gauss Rifle. They would go on
to produce a Royal variant of this ‘Mech just six years
later, the HGN-732b. The -732b adds the lostech
Artemis IV Fire Control System to both the Holly LRM-20
and Holly SRM-6 missile launchers, utilizes double heat
sinks and adds an additional medium laser.
Just one year after beginning production of the HGN-
732b, in 2599, StarCorps Industries would unveil the
Royal version of their Warhammer, the WHM-6Rb.
Carrying 17 double strength heatsinks, the -6Rb adds an
Artemis IV FCS to it’s Holly SRM-6 and uses an
advanced lamellor ferro-fibrous armor to increase its
protection without the need to increase the weight of the
armor it carries.
Capabilities:
Few BattleMechs are powerful enough to directly
influence the tactical situation on the battlefield, but the
Warhammer is one of them. The -6W replaces the ten
tons of Leviathan Plus armor with twelve tons of Riese-
500 giving it 20% more protection. Two additional heat
sinks are installed for a total of 20, and the shoulder
mount searchlight has been removed it favor of a second
Holly SRM-6. The small lasers and machine guns have
been exchanged as well for a pair of Firestorm flamers.
To accomplish this, the original Vox 280 power plant has
been downgraded to a GM 210, giving the -6W a top
speed of just over 50 kph.
The final result is a ‘Mech that can continuously lay down
a long range fusillade of PPC fire that few, if any, ‘Mechs
can withstand, and certainly none of the same weight
class or less. For those ‘Mechs who do manage to find a
way to close with the -6W, they will find its short range
firepower just as devastating. Twin Martell medium
lasers followed by a salvo of 12 short range missiles plus
dual flamers will reduce anything the PPCs failed to
destroy to scrap in seconds.
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Given its slow speed, an intelligent commander will
deploy faster supporting units with the Warhammer to
help guard its flanks and prevent it from becoming
surrounded.
Variants:
The -6L variant simply replaces the two SperryBrowning
machines guns with two Firestorm flamers.
The -6K also removes the two machine guns, replacing
them with two additional heat sinks, for a total of 20.
The -6D, introduced in 2835, addresses the lack of armor
by removing the SRM-6 and associated ammunition, and
covering it with a total of 14 tons of Valiant Lamellor,
giving it Assault ‘Mech class protection. In a nod to the -
6K released just 5 years earlier, both machine guns are
removed in favor of additional heat sinks. The -6D is
also noted for carrying a complete energy based
weapons load out, entirely eliminating the possibility of
an ammunition explosion.
Current Manufacturers:
StarCorps Industries
Menke – Capellan Confederation
St. Ives – Capellan Confederation
Nimakachi Fusion Products
Lapida II – Draconis Combine
Ronin Incorporated
Wallis – Free Worlds League
Model Cost BV PV
WHM-6R 6,023,383 1299 32
WHM-6L 6,031,883 1311 31
WHM-6K 6,013,183 1305 32
WHM-6D 5,945,183 1471 36
WHM-6W 5,615,100 1351 ??
Alpha Strike Statistics
TP: BM SZ: 3 TMM: +1
MV: 6” Role: Juggernaut
Damage S: 3 M: 3 L: 2
OV: 2
Armor: O O O O O O
Sructure: O O O O O O
Special: SRM 2/2