Archer ARC-J6

Mass: 70 tons
Tech Base: Inner Sphere
Chassis Config: Biped
Rules Level: Tournament Legal
Era: Age of War/Star League
Tech Rating/Era Availability: E/D-F-D-A
Production Year: 2769
Cost: 6,503,973 C-Bills
Battle Value: 1,748

Chassis: Earthwerks Archer Standard
Power Plant: VOX 280 Fusion Engine
Walking Speed: 43.2 km/h
Maximum Speed: 64.8 km/h
Jump Jets: None
    Jump Capacity: 0 meters
Armor: Maximillian 100 Ferro-Fibrous w/ CASE
Armament:
    1 M-7 Gauss Rifle
    1 Magna Mark III Large Laser
    3 Diverse Optics Type 18 Medium Lasers
    1 Holly SRM-4
Manufacturer: Earthwerks Incorporated, Vandenberg Mechanized Industries, Gorton, Kingsley & Thorpe Enterprises (GKT)
    Primary Factory: Calloway VI (Earthwerks), New Vandenberg (VMI), Satalice (GKT)
Communications System: Neil 9000
Targeting and Tracking System: RCA Instatrac Mark XII

Overview:
Doctor Thirlby, here is my presentation for the "SLDF Equipment of the Hegemony
Civil War", with a detailed description of it's armament and usage,
additionally, as the SLDF records from New Dallas detailed a number of variants
like this Archer, Cadet Helmen and Cadet Masahiro have covered a Mech of their
own.


Capabilities:
The Archer ARC-J6, Serial Number ARC-2679-EI4781, is a true hodgepodge. While
there have been a vast number of Archer variants before, during and since the
Star League, none deviant as wildly from the established pattern as the -J6.
This is because of the supply problems that the SLDF Sixth Army was suffering
during it's fighting against Amaris in the middle of the the Hegemony Civil
War. At one point, LVII Corps' 'Mech divisions were short on LRM-20 pods, and
ARC-4781 (Formerly a -2Rb model), having been nearly obliterated in the fierce
combat on Bex, was rebuilt with whatever scraps the SLDF technicians could
find. In this case, a Gauss Rifle salvaged off of a downed RWR Highlander, a
Large Laser from a crippled Stalker-3F, a spare medium laser from repair
stocks, and an SRM-4, apparently taken off of a Victor.


Battle History:
The ARC-J6 served with distinction at the hands of Lieutenant Jeffrey Ryden in
LVII Corps until it was destroyed inside of Unity City, obliterated by a pair
of Amaris Dragoons, according to the SLDF AAR detailing the skirmish. The
report notes that Lieutenant Ryden's lancemates "pounded both Amaris mechs into
unrecognizable scrap, such that BattleROM footage was needed to determine the
model."


Deployment:
While supply issues for SLDF did at points become grave, the -J6 never became
an accepted model, though SLDF records indicate that ARC-2746-EI7823 was also
modified to -J6 status, though post war records of it's service in the Lyran
Commonwealth state that ARC-7823 was a -2R model until the unit's destruction
in 2874.


Notable 'Mechs & MechWarriors:
SLDF Lieutenant Jeffrey Ryden: While Lieutenant Ryden's full service record is
beyond the scope of this paper, by all accounts he took to the modifications of
his BattleMech quite well, racking up a total of 19 confirmed decapitation
kills with the M-7 Gauss Rifle.


Additional:
Cadet Sabrehoff - Meet me after your final class on 04/25/3116. I want to
discuss what "presentation" means with you. It is *not* a reenactment of an
Archer downing a Marauder by firing a Gauss slug into it's cockpit. -Thirlby


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Equipment           Type                         Rating                   Mass
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Internal Structure: Standard                     107 points                7.00
Engine:             Fusion Engine                280                      16.00
    Walking MP: 4
    Running MP: 6
    Jumping MP: 0
Heat Sinks:         Double Heat Sink             10(20)                    0.00
Gyro:               Standard                                               3.00
Cockpit:            Standard                                               3.00
    Actuators:      L: SH+UA+LA+H    R: SH+UA+LA+H
Armor:              Ferro-Fibrous                AV - 215                 12.00
    Armor Locations: 1 HD, 2 LT, 1 RT, 3 LA, 3 RA, 2 LL, 2 RL
    CASE Locations: 1 LT, 1 RT                                             1.00

                                                      Internal       Armor
                                                      Structure      Factor
                                                Head     3            9
                                        Center Torso     22           35
                                 Center Torso (rear)                  9
                                           L/R Torso     15           22
                                    L/R Torso (rear)                  8
                                             L/R Arm     11           22
                                             L/R Leg     15           29

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Equipment                                 Location    Heat    Critical    Mass
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Medium Laser                                 RA        3         1         1.00
Large Laser                                  LA        8         2         5.00
Gauss Rifle                                  RT        1         7        15.00
SRM-4                                        LT        3         1         2.00
2 Medium Lasers                              CT        6         2         2.00
@Gauss Rifle (16)                            RT        -         2         2.00
@SRM-4 (25)                                  LT        -         1         1.00
                                            Free Critical Slots: 15

BattleForce Statistics
MV      S (+0)  M (+2)  L (+4)  E (+6)   Wt.   Ov   Armor:      7    Points: 17
4          5       5       2       0      3     0   Structure:  6
Special Abilities: CASE, SRCH, ES, SEAL, SOA