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Name/Model:         Spatha Medium Hovertank
Designer:           Ruger
Source(s):          Custom Mordel.Net Units
Technology:         Inner Sphere
Technology Rating:  E
Tonnage:            45
Role:               Skirmisher
Configuration:      Combat Vehicle
Era/Year:           Dark Age / 3150
Rules (Current):    Standard
Rules (Era):        Standard
Rules (Year):       Standard
Total Cost:         1,856,775 C-Bills
Battle Value:       933

Movement Type:        Hover
Power Plant:          125 Fusion
Cruising Speed:       86.4 kph  
Maximum Speed:        129.6 kph 
Armor:                PanzerSlab Type 5 Heavy Ferro-Fibrous
Armament:             
    1 Parti-Kill Heavy Cannon PPC
    1 Magna Medium Laser
    2 Holly SRM Derringer SRM 2s
    1 Zippo Heavy Flamer
Manufacturer:         Marian Arms, Inc.
    Primary Factory:  Alphard
Communications:       Garret T10B
Targeting & Tracking: O/P 911

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Overview:
    Built up from the framework of the Gladius medium hovertank, the Spatha gained five tons
    over its predecessor, using that extra tonnage for a more diverse weapons array. This makes
    the vehicle an even deadlier threat on the modern battlefield.

Capabilities:
    Marian engineers replaced the older machine’s internal combustion engine with a fusion
    core, and used the inherent power available from the fusion core to make the primary weapon
    of the hovertank a Parti-Kill particle projection cannon. Duplicating the hitting power of
    the original’s heavy autocannon, the PPC can reach out to even greater ranges. Although
    this weapon is still locked into a forward-only firing arc, the engineers addressed this
    concern by adding a small turret to the design, modified from that found on the J.Edgar
    hovertank.
    
    Like that other tank, this turret mounts a central medium laser flanked by a pair of twin
    racks of short-range missile launchers fee by a ton of reloads. Where the turret differed
    from that other tank is that it also mounts a heavy flame projector in a co-axial position
    to the laser. This flamer is fed by a two ton bay of fluid, providing the option of
    alternate fluid loads if needed.
    
    Protecting the tank is 6.5 tons of heavy ferro-fibrous armor plate, securing it against hits
    from even the heaviest autocannons from all directions, and both the turret and the front
    glacis can absorb two Gauss rifle or heavy particle cannon hits without going internal.

Deployment:
    The Spatha is currently seeing deployment in many units, most often as a lead hovertank in
    units otherwise comprised of Gladius medium hovertanks.

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Equipment                                                             Mass                      
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Internal Structure:                          Standard                  4.50                     
Engine:                                     125 Fusion                 9.00                     
    Cruising MP:                                8                                               
    Flanking MP:                                12                                              
Heat Sinks (Single):                            13                     3.00                     
Control Equipment:                                                     2.50                     
Lift Equipment:                                                        4.50                     
Power Amplifier:                                                       0.00                     
Turret:                                                                0.50                     
Armor Factor:                                  128                     6.50                     
    Type:                              Heavy Ferro-Fibrous                                      

                                              Armor                                             
                                              Value                                             
    Front:                                      30                                              
    R/L Side:                                   24                                              
    Rear:                                       20                                              
    Turret:                                     30                                              

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Weapons and Ammo                                            Location              Tonnage       
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PPC                                                           Front                7.00         
Heavy Flamer                                                 Turret                1.50         
Medium Laser                                                 Turret                1.00         
2 SRM 2s                                                     Turret                2.00         
Heavy Flamer (Ammo 20)                                        Body                 2.00         
SRM 2 (Ammo 50)                                               Body                 1.00         

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Alpha Strike Statistics                                                    
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Point Value (PV): 35
TP: CV,  SZ: 2,  TMM: 3,  MV: 16"h
Damage: (S) 3 / (M) 3 / (L) 1
Armor (A): 4,  Structure (S): 3
Specials: SRCH, TUR(2/2/-)
 
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