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Name/Model:         Ant-Eater ANT-8R
Designer:           Nightmare
Source(s):          Custom Mordel.Net Units
Technology:         Inner Sphere
Technology Rating:  D
Tonnage:            40
Configuration:      Quad BattleMech
Era/Year:           Star League / 2750
Rules (Current):    Introductory
Rules (Era):        Introductory
Rules (Year):       Introductory
Total Cost:         3,180,800 C-Bills
Battle Value:       908

Chassis:              Standard
Power Plant:          240 Fusion
Walking Speed:        64.8 kph  
Maximum Speed:        97.2 kph  
Jump Jets:            None
    Jump Capacity:    None
Armor:                Standard
Armament:             
    2 Medium Lasers
    1 Autocannon/2
Manufacturer:         Unknown
    Primary Factory:  Unknown
Communications:       Unknown
Targeting & Tracking: Unknown

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Overview:
    A fast fire-support mech, quad-type. It is not known who commissioned it, or even how many
    were built. They were sold by Newhart Interstellar, but this was apparently not the real
    manufacturer. The Ant-eater is mentioned in three separate battle reports from the times of
    the Amaris Coup and the 1st Succession War. After that it went the way of the dodo.

Capabilities:
    The Ant-eater carried an AC/2 for long-range harassment of enemy units. The only thing
    really unique with this weapon is the way it was mounted: in the mech's head! This made
    aiming  the weapon easy and fast, but the noise levels in the cockpit can't have been
    comfortable. Two medium lasers made up the secondary weapons, and the mech also carried
    enough armor to slug it out with contemporary light or medium mechs.

Deployment:
    There's mention of an Ant-eater in the Battle for Terra. A Star League Assault company
    enroute to Paris blundered into a withdrawing Amaris mech company , suffering some light
    damage. The SL company commander's Atlas lost it's satellite dish to the ANT-8R's accurate
    AC fire. This left the unit without air support long enough for the enemy to withdraw.
    
    
    
    An Ant-eater managed to reach the news in the fighting on Lopez, October 2786. A Marik force
    seized an airfield defended by Capellan militia mechs, including an ANT-8R. The FWL troops
    watched without interfering as the ANT-8R dueled their Blackjack for close to an hour after
    all the other defenders were defeated. Neither mech could inflict enough damage on the other
    to end the battle quickly, but the Marik pilot refused to ask for help. The battle ended
    with the overheating Blackjack doing a desperate Death-From-Above attack. Both mechs were
    destroyed in the crash, but the pilots managed to eject.
    
    
    
    The Battle for Saffell in 2787 is the last known appearance of an Ant-eater in combat. A
    battered lance of salvaged mechs, including an ANT-8R, was sent to watch the left flank of
    the Davion counter-attack. A Kurita lance of Stingers and Wasps ambushed them, downing a
    damaged Archer. The lance might have broken and ran if the Ant-eater hadn't gotten lucky
    right then. An AC shot hit the Kurita force leader's Wasp in the head, knocking the pilot
    unconscious. The other Davion pilots rallied and blew a Stinger to pieces, routing the rest
    of the Kurita lance.
    
    
    
    
    
    NOTABLE 'MECHS AND MECHWARRIORS
    
    
    
    Mechwarrior John Cassius is notable mostly for continuing his career. He was the pilot of
    the Ant-eater destroyed on Lopez in 2786. The FWL commander who captured Cassius also
    enlisted him to replace the now-forgotten pilot who dueled him.
    
    
    
    Mechwarrior Rita Holdsworth was promoted for her actions on Saffell in 2787. She was among
    the defenders of the main spaceport when Kurita assaulted it, and is noted to have fought
    bravely against overwhelming odds. A group of fleeing infantry picked her up after her
    crippled Warhammer detonated. The veteran warrior was promptly assigned an ANT-8R captured
    from the militia when Davion seized the planet. The Ant-eater was destroyed in the final
    battle driving the Draconis invaders off-planet, but not before she managed to claim a
    damaged Victor as a kill. The Victor was repaired and presented to her together with a post
    as lance commander.

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Equipment                                                             Mass                      
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Internal Structure:                          Standard                  4.00                     
Engine:                                     240 Fusion                11.50                     
    Walking MP:                                 6                                               
    Running MP:                                 9                                               
    Jumping MP:                                 0                                               
Heat Sinks (Single):                            10                     0.00                     
Gyro:                                        Standard                  3.00                     
Cockpit:                                     Standard                  3.00                     
Armor Factor:                                  152                     9.50                     
    Type:                                    Standard                                           

                                    Internal         Armor     
                                    Structure        Value     
    Head:                               3              9       
    Center Torso:                      12             17       
    Center Torso (rear):                               6       
    R/L Torso:                         10             15       
    R/L Torso (rear):                                  5       
    R/L Front Leg:                     10             20       
    R/L Rear Leg:                      10             20       

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Weapons and Ammo                                       Location          Critical     Tonnage   
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Autocannon/2                                              H                 1          6.00             
Autocannon/2 (Ammo 45)                                    CT                1          1.00             
Medium Laser                                              RT                1          1.00             
Medium Laser                                              LT                1          1.00             

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Alpha Strike Statistics                                             
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Point Value (PV): 27
TP: BM,  SZ: 2,  TMM: 2,  MV: 12"
Damage: (S) 2 / (M) 2 / (L) 0*,  OV: 0
Armor (A): 5,  Structure (S): 3
Specials:
 
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