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INTRODUCTION

Introduction

Lord Brewer,

As per your request, I have completed a basic survey and comparative analysis on the current state of military research and

development across the Alliance and abroad. I have included with this a gamut of similar reports by non-Deiance sources for you to

review at your leisure, my duke, though the document immediately attached to this message relects the highlights of our own in-

house survey. As ever, of course, this should not be regarded as a full and complete analysis, if only because there can be hundreds

of prototype projects underway across the realm by our own facilities and those of our competitors.

With the above in mind, I submit a total of thirteen unique new military unit designs that are currently being tested by our

own engineers, and those of several close competitors. It is interesting, of course, to see how—even as we all recover from the

horriic damage of the Jihad—the arms race that has raged since the tech renaissance of the 3030s and 3040s continues to play

itself out. The Jihad has only exacerbated this, in fact, since the salvage from various Word of Blake assaults and occupations has

actually served to spread otherwise proprietary technologies across the Inner Sphere and Periphery. (Worth noting, by the way,

even “boondock worlds” and the Periphery have seen tech surges of late, a trend we simply cannot ignore.)

Although the war still rages on our borders, and the political machines of Devlin Stone and the other state leaders are in

overdrive about the post-Blake Protectorate, I know you would agree that Deiance will remain the dominant player in heavy

military technology for the Lyran state. There can be no doubt that further exploring the cutting edge of the new and recovered

weapons and defensive systems of today can only improve our standing with the Archon and his eforts to rebuild the armed forces.

Ever at your service,

—Asst. Director Edgar McKinnley, Deiance Industries, 18 November 3080

INTRODUCTION

HOW TO USE THIS BOOK

The ’Mechs, combat vehicles, and ighters described in Experimental Technical Readout: Steiner provide players with a sampling of the various

custom designs that have arisen in the technical divisions of the military manufacturers of the Lyran Alliance. The designs featured in this book

relect limited-run prototypes and “one-ofs” that have yet to reach full factory production—and most likely never will.

The rules for using ’Mechs, vehicles and ighters in BattleTech game play can be found in Total Warfare , while the rules for their construction

can be found in TechManual . However, the experimental nature of these designs also draws upon the Experimental-level rules presented in Tactical

Operations. Thus, none of the units featured in this volume are considered tournament legal, and their use in introductory games is discouraged.

Furthermore, the extreme rarity of these machines is such that none of them should occur in a BattleTech campaign as a chance encounter, but

the capture or destruction of any one of these prototypes could be potential objective for BattleTech scenarios, tracks and role-playing adventures.

CREDITS

Project Development

Herbert A. Beas II

Development Assistance

Randall N. Bills

BattleTech Line Developer

Herbert A. Beas II

Assistant Line Developer

Ben H. Rome

Primary Writing

Herbert A. Beas II

Production Staf

Illustrations

Factchecking/Playtesting: Joel Bancroft-

Connors, Roland “ColBosch” Boshnack, Joshua

“NCKestrel” Franklin, William “Mad Capellan” Gauthier,

Keith “Xotl” Hann, Johannes “jymset” Heidler, Daniel

“DarkISI” Isberner, Chris “Alexander Knight” Marti, Luke

“Jellico” Robertson, Chris “Chunga” Smith, Peter Smith,

Chris Wheeler, Patrick Wynne.

Special Thanks: Herbert Beas would like

to thank all of the freelancers, fact-checkers, and

playtesters, and the Catalyst Game Labs staf who

help make these are the rest of the BattleTech game

line possible—as well as the fans, without whom, all

of this would be for nothing. And a big thanks, as ever,

to the understanding woman who still lets him to this

job after all these years of chaos and struggle: Beckie

J Beas. (Oscar, Annie, Meggie, Blaze, and Kurita—as

well as the canine, Logan—approve this message.)

Doug Chafee

Brent Evans

Duane Loose

Justin Nelson

Matt Plog

Brian Snoddy

Franz Vohwinkel

Record Sheets

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Joel Bancroft-Connors

“BV Smasha!” Sebastian Brocks

Christopher “Chunga” Smith

“Techno Wizard” Jason Tighe

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CAT35XT007

STAR LEAGUE ERA

CLAN INVASION ERA

JIHAD ERA

Under License From

SUCCESSION WARS ERA

CIVIL WAR ERA

DARK AGE ERA

STO-6X STIleTTO

Field Testing Summation: Prototype STO Reit

Producer/Site: Coventry Metal Works, Coventry

Supervising Technician: Dr. Johann Schmidt

Project Start Date: 3078

Non-Production Equipment Analysis:

Type: Stiletto

Technology Base: Inner Sphere (Experimental)

Tonnage: 35

Battle Value: 1,192

Supercharger

Equipment

Mass

BattleMech Turrets (Shoulder)

Internal Structure:

Endo Steel

Bloodhound Active Probe

Engine:

245

Walking MP:

Overview

Coventry Metal Works’ experimental redesign of the Stiletto

light ’Mech is clearly intended to develop a machine with enhanced

speed, survivability, and adaptability to a luid battleield. Based

directly on the STO-4A’s chassis, the so-called 6X prototype

employs a standard 245-rated fusion engine instead of the VOX

280 Light plant of the base machine. Though this sacriices a little

over 10 kilometers of ground speed per hour at a normal cruise,

Coventry’s engineers added a supercharger that can provide

sprints up to 151 kilometers per hour.

More noteworthy, however, are the radical structural changes

that make the 6X instantly recognizable in combat. Dropping the

centerline LRM launcher, and trading in the Streak SRM launchers

for ammo-free extended-range lasers mounted in twin barreled

shoulder turrets, this Stiletto gains the beneits of unlimited

weapon endurance, improved medium-range punch, and a ield

of ire that enemy targets will ind almost impossible to evade.

In addition, this coniguration allowed for the adaptation of fully

actuated arms and hands, which enables this ’Mech to engage in

close quarters combat or even to help haul cargo.

As a inal feature, the 6X Stiletto trades in its Guardian ECM

suite for a state of the art Bloodhound Active Probe. Although this

removes the defensive beneits of electronic countermeasures, it

provides this new Stiletto prototype with the ability to penetrate

these same countermeasures and spot hidden enemy units

before they can spring an ambush. While this makes the Stiletto

a more powerful scout, some test pilots and tactical advisors

have suggested that the trade-of robs the machine of its ability

to “break” hostile C 3 networks—a trait found particularly useful

during the ires of the Jihad.

Even allowing for the sophisticated electronics of the

Bloodhound probe, virtually all of the systems employed on the

Stiletto 6X have proven ready for widespread production, and it

appears as though Coventry Metal Works is considering a full-scale

run of the new 6Xs for general sale. At this time, however, the two

lances already completed have been restricted to Coventry’s test

ranges.

Running MP:

11 [14]

Jumping MP:

Heat Sinks:

10 [20]

Gyro:

Cockpit:

Armor Factor (Ferro):

116

6.5

Internal

Armor

Structure

Value

Head

Center Torso

Center Torso (rear)

R/L Torso

R/L Torso (rear)

R/L Arm

R/L Leg

Weapons and Ammo

Location

Critical

Tonnage

2 ER Medium Laser*

BattleMech Turret

(Shoulder)

Bloodhound Active Probe

Supercharger

1.5

2 ER Medium Laser*

BattleMech Turret

(Shoulder)

Notes: *Mounted in BattleMech Turrets (Shoulder)

STH-5X STealTH

Field Testing Summation: Custom STH Hybrid Reit

Producer/Site: Blue Shot Weapons, Loxley

Supervising Technician: Dr. Heinrich Schultz

Project Start Date: 3076

Non-Production Equipment Analysis:

Composite Structure

Chameleon Light Polarization System

Clan Streak SRM-6s

Clan ER Medium Lasers

Clan Active Probe

Clan ECM Suite

Overview

The experimental reit of the Stealth BattleMech produced by Blue

Shot Weapons of Loxley is clearly not a native-born design. The two chasses

spotted to date appear instead to be battleield salvage that has been

extensively reit in order to serve as a test bed for hybrid technologies,

including a new composite-structure frame, Clan-spec weaponry, and a

functional copy of one of the most impressive stealth equipment of the

irst Star League: the Chameleon Light Polarization Shield.

The prevailing theory holds that the Lyrans captured enough

components of the light-bending Chameleon system from the wreckage

of Blakist ’Mechs left behind on key worlds like Tharkad and Hesperus II,

enabling their engineers to piece together working samples adapted for

new machines. But while this technology proved devastatingly efective in

the Star League era, the Null-Signature system that added electronic stealth

to the unit was not duplicated here. Instead, a Clan-spec ECM suite was

installed. The result amounts to providing the Stealth -5X with a large-scale

version of the Word of Blake’s mimetic battle armor system, backed up by

a straightforward countermeasures suite to defeat advanced electronics.

While not quite as efective as the lostech Null-Signature system or the

Void-Signature system the CCAF has been experimenting with, this

prototype nevertheless has a distinct ability to avoid enemy detection

when properly deployed.

The remainder of the Stealth -5X’s capabilities are made possible

through the miracle of Clan technology (either procured from salvage or

perhaps even reverse-engineered by Alliance engineers). Including a Clan

Active Probe for spotting hidden units, and Clan-tech medium lasers and

a Streak-6 for hard-hitting and ammunition-eicient irepower, the new

extended-range lamers intended for anti-infantry work are almost an

afterthought.

Still, given the non-proprietary make of this machine, coupled with

the scarcity of Clan-spec equipment and the extreme sophistication of the

Chameleon system, it remains wholly unlikely that a production-grade

version of the Stealth -5X is in Blue Shot Weapons’ future. In all probability,

the two machines observed to date are merely test beds for these hard-to-

acquire technologies, to gauge future marketability, and whether it is worth

the company’s eforts to replicate on their own designs.

Type: Stealth

Technology Base: Inner Sphere – Mixed (Experimental)

Tonnage: 45

Battle Value: 2,222

Weapons and Ammo

Location

Critical

Tonnage

Chameleon LPS

ER Flamer

Streak SRM-6 (C)

Equipment

Mass

Ammo (Streak) 15

Internal Structure:

Composite

2.5

Active Probe (C)

Engine:

315 XL

ECM Suite (C)

Walking MP:

3 ER Medium Laser (C)

Running MP:

11 [14]

MASC

Jumping MP:

Jump Jets

1.5

Heat Sinks:

10 [20]

Jump Jets

1.5

Gyro:

Jump Jet

Cockpit:

Armor Factor (Ferro):

143

Notes: *Chameleon Light Polarization System occupies 1

critical slot each in the LA, RA, LL, RL, LT, and CT locations.

Internal

Armor

Structure

Value

Head

Center Torso

Center Torso (rear)

R/L Torso

R/L Torso (rear)

R/L Arm

R/L Leg

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