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Name/Model:         Ajax A1-A4S
Designer:           Archilochus
Source(s):          Custom Mordel.Net Units
Technology:         Inner Sphere
Technology Rating:  E
Tonnage:            95
Configuration:      Biped BattleMech
Era/Year:           Clan Invasion / 3058
Rules (Current):    Standard
Rules (Era):        Standard
Rules (Year):       Standard
Total Cost:         9,662,640 C-Bills
Battle Value:       2,279

Chassis:              Standard
Power Plant:          285 Fusion
Walking Speed:        32.4 kph  
Maximum Speed:        54 kph    
Jump Jets:            None
    Jump Capacity:    None
Armor:                Ferro-Fibrous with CASE
Armament:             
    1 Gauss Rifle
    1 ER PPC
    1 Autocannon/20
    2 Medium Lasers
Manufacturer:         Unknown
    Primary Factory:  Unknown
Communications:       Unknown
Targeting & Tracking: Unknown

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Overview:
    Our blessed order was shocked when ROM agents obtainied blueprints and clandestine pictures
    of Marik's new assault mech, the Ajax.  Our astoniment was not merely to the design and
    production of the mech, but what it revealed about its sister design from Irian Battlemechs
    Unlimited, the Albatross.
    
    Project Omega produced the Albatross to fight the Clans.  When Marik Forces invaded Coventry
    in 3058, they discovered that the Albatross was unable to hold its own against older Steiner
    assault mechs like the Atlas and the Banshee.  Following  extensive field reports, a senior
    FWLM general was heard to mutter that the Albatross "was a little too aptly named."
    Unwilling or unable to retire such a publicly lauded design, the LCCC quietly commisioned
    Earthwerks Industries to produce a very different assault mech, code named Ajax.

Capabilities:
    Earthwerks engineers found that the number one problem of the Albatross in combat was its
    vulnerability.  Weak armor coupled with heavy ammunition loads and an extra-light engine
    made for a weak assault class mech. Earthwerks team decided to sacrifice speed by making use
    of a standard model Pitban 285.  They further shielded the battlemech in sixteen tons of
    Kallon Ferro-Fibrous armor.  The Ajax, like its namesake, will be able to withstand assaults
    beneath it's massive shield of armor
    
    As a break from other Mark designs, including their own Grand Titan, Earthwerks designers
    choose to mount two massive weapons rather than a hodge-podge of lighter weaponry.  It is
    odd to contemplate a Free Worlds Design that does not incorparate nary a missile system or
    pulse laser.  The Ajax eschews both in favor of two large ballistic weapons: an autocannon
    and a gauss rifle.  While our limited information doesn't provide us with the exact model of
    each, our ROM precentors have provided us with their best estimates.  Given Earthwerks close
    ties to Corean Enterprises and Kali Yama weaponry, the Zeus Slingshot and Kali Yama Big Bore
    Autocannon would be likely candidates.    It would appear that the ammo bins for each weapon
    are equipped with CASE and its ammo bins have space to carry 50% more ammunition than
    comparative designs .
    
    Recently intercepted manifests of Buccaneer dropships making regular stops from Campbelton
    revealed massive shipments of Fusigon Model XI ER PPCs to the Ajax's production location.
    The inclusion of the Fusigon PPC would be a deadly companion to the gauss rifle.  Twin
    chestmounted Magna Mk II medium lasers  would provide further close range support to the
    Kali Yama autocannon.   Additionally, the engineers were careful to provide hand actuators,
    allowing the Ajax to fight with its massive fists when closing on a target.
    
    The Ajax has one further advantage over the Albatross.  At a price of 9,800,000 c-bills,
    roughly three Ajaxes can be purchased for one of its sister design.

Deployment:
    Still finishing up its testing, we believe that many of the initial production run will find
    their way to FWLM forces by the end of next year.  Given Thomas Marik's ties to our wayward
    brethren, it is likely that a few would end up with Word of Blake forces as well.

Variants:
    At this time further variants are unknown.  Perhaps when the Ajax enters full production,
    our ROM operatives will be able to uncover more.

Notable MechWarriors:
    Lieutenant Rigel Thompson
    
    Lt. Thompson is a veteran soldier of the 1st Free Worlds Guards and one of the FWLM's top
    test pilots. According to a ROM report filed by Precentor Wu, he was recently resassigned
    from his post on Berenson to Calloway VI.  As his reassignment matches the deployment of the
    prototype, it is likely that he will be the first mechwarrior to pilot a completed Ajax.

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Equipment                                                             Mass                      
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Internal Structure:                          Standard                  9.50                     
Engine:                                     285 Fusion                16.50                     
    Walking MP:                                 3                                               
    Running MP:                                 5                                               
    Jumping MP:                                 0                                               
Heat Sinks (Double):                         12 [24]                   2.00                     
Gyro:                                        Standard                  3.00                     
Cockpit:                                     Standard                  3.00                     
Armor Factor:                                  287                    16.00                     
    Type:                                 Ferro-Fibrous                                         

                                    Internal         Armor     
                                    Structure        Value     
    Head:                               3              9       
    Center Torso:                      30             44       
    Center Torso (rear):                              10       
    R/L Torso:                         20             32       
    R/L Torso (rear):                                  8       
    R/L Arm:                           16             32       
    R/L Leg:                           20             40       

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Weapons and Ammo                                       Location          Critical     Tonnage   
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2 Medium Lasers                                           CT                2          2.00             
CASE                                                      RT                1          0.50             
Gauss Rifle (Ammo 24)                                     RT                3          3.00             
Autocannon/20 (Ammo 15)                                   LT                3          3.00             
CASE                                                      LT                1          0.50             
ER PPC                                                    LT                3          7.00             
Gauss Rifle                                               RA                7         15.00             
Autocannon/20                                           LA/LT               10        14.00             

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Alpha Strike Statistics                                             
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Point Value (PV): 53
TP: BM,  SZ: 4,  TMM: 1,  MV: 6"
Damage: (S) 5 / (M) 5 / (L) 3,  OV: 1
Armor (A): 10,  Structure (S): 8
Specials: AC2/2/-, CASE
 
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