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Name/Model:         Starlight MBT "Starlit Conclave" Void Defense
Designer:           iostaa
Source(s):          Custom Mordel.Net Units
Technology:         Clan
Technology Rating:  F
Tonnage:            45
Role:               Sniper
Configuration:      Combat Vehicle
Era/Year:           Dark Age / 3115
Rules (Current):    Advanced
Rules (Era):        Advanced
Rules (Year):       Advanced
Total Cost:         5,502,750 C-Bills
Battle Value:       1,129

Movement Type:        Tracked
Power Plant:          IronStar 135 XL
Cruising Speed:       32.4 kph  
Maximum Speed:        54 kph    
Jump Jets:            Pulsar-3
    Jump Capacity:    90 meters
Armor:                VoidPlate Ferro-Lamellor
Armament:             
    1 Shooting Star G20H Hyper-Assault Gauss 20
Manufacturer:         Helena Collective Manufactory A1, Manufacturing Plant SFF-AL1, Starlit Conclave Arms
    Primary Factory:  Ingvolsand III (HCMA1), Alnabog (MPSFFAL), Apsalar II (SCA)
Communications:       Nebula Weave EC56 with ECM Suite
Targeting & Tracking: Northstar S61

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Overview:
    Design Quirks: Easy to Maintain, Poor Targeting (Short)
    
    Clan Diamond Shark's first forays into the Chaine Cluster created a problem for the Clan,
    namely the uncooperative government of the Empire of the Stars. Instead of tying down
    expensive battlemech assets defending agianst the raids that the Empire conducted, they
    designed a tank that outmatched anything locally available. The Defense-MBT-LF1, later known
    as the Starlight MBT, was overengineered for its design role and saw very limited use. As it
    was pet project of Junior Technician Lyssa Kalasa, who wished to design a vehicle that could
    be used in any role, she faced severe ridicule over the failure and was relegated to
    maintaining the few surviving remains of her failure for the next decade.
    
    In the early 32nd century, the recently renamed Clan Sea Fox started expanding its interests
    in the Chainelane Isles. A new coalition of planets in the Isles, called the Starlit
    Conclave of Apsalara, proved both amenable and wealthy enough to attract the Sea Foxes
    patronage. With the rich germanium deposits of Syrstart providing funds, several enclaves of
    clan refugees from the Wars of Reaving providing expertise, and the Sea Foxes providing the
    resources, the Conclave was able to upgrade the Helenist factories to clan specifications.
    In order to serve the ground combat needs of the rapidly growing Conclave Guard Forces, the
    decision was made to maximize economies of scale and focus on a single multi-role vehicle
    with minimal variants. The Starlight MBT was selected for this role, vindicating the now
    Senior Technician Kalasa, who emigrated to Ingvolstand III to oversee production.

Capabilities:
    Designed in 3115 to defend the Syrstart Germanium asteroids, the Void Defense variant is
    significantly less capable than the frontline model outside its specific niche. Its
    downgraded 135 XL engine hampers its speed, while vehicular jump jets increase its
    silhouette. The only weapon it retains is the HAG20, and the only electronics the ECM suite.
    The saved weight allows it to carry an environmentally sealed chassis with partial harjel
    coverage.

Deployment:
    In 3119, a few years after the first of the Starlight Void Defense Tanks were secretly
    installed in Syrstart, a major Raven Alliance raid consisting of a trinary of aerospace
    fighters was ambushed by the tanks. Sacrificing a mining dropship to lure the raiders into a
    trap they could not escape, no word made it back to the Ravens. The mystery surrounding the
    results of the raid left the Raven Alliance confused, allowing a second raid in 3120 to be
    similarly ambushed, although several survivors managed to carry reports home. Throughout the
    next decade, attacks by the Empire of the Stars proved uniformly unsuccessful, the most
    impactful managing to destroy only a single mining dropship.
    
    This run of success came to an end in 3132 when the Raven Alliance committed a single
    Fredasa-class corvette to clearing the fields. The Warship overmatched everything available,
    and managed to interdict all shipping in the Syrstart system for over a year, only leaving
    after engaging in a 3-day running skirmish with a pair of Nagasawa-class dropships sent by
    the Sea Foxes to relieve Syrstart. It took several years for Germanium production to
    recover.

Variants:
    Four production variants exist. The first is the most common, the standard frontline model.
    The second is a cheaply-made engineering and logistics vehicle, which partly exists to be
    refitted into a frontline model with spares and salvage to replace combat losses. The third
    carries company-level support equipment like a field kitchen and MASH theater. The last and
    least common is an environmentally sealed design meant to defend the Syrstart germanium
    asteroids that are critical to the Conclave economy.
    
    Additionaly, several non-standard field refits have been seen. Most commonly the HAG is
    removed for whatever is available, and standard armor replaces damaged sections of the
    advanced Ferro-Lamellor.

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Equipment                                                             Mass                      
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Internal Structure:                          Standard                  4.50                     
Engine:                                       135 XL                   4.00                     
    Cruising MP:                                3                                               
    Flanking MP:                                5                                               
    Jumping MP:                                 3                                               
Heat Sinks (Single):                            10                     0.00                     
Control Equipment:                                                     2.50                     
Lift Equipment:                                                        0.00                     
Power Amplifier:                                                       0.00                     
Turret:                                                                1.50                     
Armor Factor:                                  147                    10.50                     
    Type:                                 Ferro-Lamellor                                        

                                              Armor                                             
                                              Value                                             
    Front:                                      41                                              
    R/L Side:                                   32                                              
    Rear:                                       18                                              
    Turret:                                     24                                              

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Weapons and Ammo                                            Location              Tonnage       
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HarJel                                                        Front                1.00         
HarJel                                                       Turret                1.00         
Hyper-Assault Gauss 20                                       Turret                10.00        
Trailer Hitch                                                 Rear                 0.00         
Environmental (Vacuum) Sealing                                 --                  4.50         
ECM Suite                                                     Body                 1.00         
Hyper-Assault Gauss 20 (Ammo 18)                              Body                 3.00         
Vehicular Jump Jet                                            Body                 1.50         

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Alpha Strike Statistics                                                    
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Point Value (PV): 27
TP: CV,  SZ: 2,  TMM: 1,  MV: 6"t/6"j
Damage: (S) 2 / (M) 2 / (L) 2
Armor (A): 6,  Structure (S): 3
Specials: CASE, CR, ECM, FLK1/1/1, HTC, SEAL, SOA, SRCH, TUR(2/2/2, FLK1/1/1)
 
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