V5.00ˆ UBattlemaster BLR-2Cß ú¬Ž ÄD ÄD¨AA@MA 6 7 4 3 11 4 prbT ( : (Unknown)B (Unknown)8 (Unknown)8 (Unknown)8 (Unknown)8 (Unknown)s (Unknown)B888ssÒ Ò  ::: 888 * âÿè€ Though produced in only moderate numbers at three factories, the BattleMaster is a relatively common sight because of its durability and versatility. The design is tough enough to withstand great punishment and valuable enough to make it worthwhile for Techs to go to great lengths to patch together a crippled BattleMaster. In addition to the standard design, Successor State armies deploy small numbers of BattleMasters in three other variations, one of which is a major embarrassment to Our Blessed Order. Recently emerging from the Earthwerks factory on Keystone is the BLR-3M, the official design of the Free Worlds League. It features Cellular Ammunition Storage Equipment to guard against an internal explosion, and double heat sinks, allowing it to dissipate great amounts of heat in a short time. The only change in weaponry is mounting the Fusigon Longtooth Extended-Range Particle Projection Cannon instead of the older Donal model and dropping one of the two machine guns. The Federated Commonwealth version, just beginning production at the Pandora plant of Red Devil Industries, lacks the double heat sinks and drops a half ton of armor. Instead, it uses the Edasich Motors 340 XL engine, carrying four extra heat sinks and a different weapons configuration. It drops the ER PPC and second machine gun in favor of a FarFire LRM-20 Missile System, saving enough weight to upgrade all six medium lasers to the Defiance P5M Pulse model. Because of the Clan invasion and the precarious position of the Trellshire Heavy Industries factory on Twycross, that plant continues to produce older model BattleMasters instead of retooling a line that may be recaptured anyway. The embarrassment to ComStar is the BattleMaster in service with the Draconis Combine Mustered Soldiery. In ComStar's generosity in providing advanced designs to House Kurita, the now-famous Precentor Who Lost His Name sent several unmodified 'Mechs to House Kurita instead of the Com Guards protecting ComStar's HPG stations. As all within Our Order know, this Precentor is now an Acolyte undergoing identity and personality change and re-education on Terra. The BLR-2C BattleMaster, used with great effect by House Kurita in the War of 3039, is a premier command vehicle. Though it lacks the CASE and double heat sinks of the Free Worlds League version, it has a second cockpit for a unit commander to direct stategy while a MechWarrior handles the BattleMaster in battle. A Surefire Defender Anti-Missile System in the left arm protects the CO, and the Beagle Probe wired into the Nirasaki Inciteful Vision targeting system allows him to locate hidden enemy 'Mechs.     >Entered by Dave Welch from TRO 3050 Distribution from RS 3050 [ none ]Earthwerks IncorporatedKeystoneMagnaDurallex Heavy with CASE Earthwerk BLRBarret Party Line-200Wasat Watchdog W100 (Unknown)