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Title: "Bucephalus" (Boggart HH)
Post by: Kojak on 08 January 2015, 10:44:37
(http://www.sarna.net/wiki/images/2/29/Boggart.jpg)

BOGGART HH
Intro Date: 3115
Faction: Clan Hell's Horses

Mass: 13 tons
Chassis: BGR13
Power Plant: 45 Fusion
Cruising Speed: 54 kph
Maximum Speed: 108 kph
Jump Jets: MegaTan Lifters
     Jump Capacity: 150 meters
Armor: Proto-Standard B
Armament:
     1 Improved Heavy Medium Laser
Manufacturer: Csesztreg Industriplex Epsilon
     Primary Factory: Csesztreg
Communications System: Proto-Type A
Targeting and Tracking System: SAT-PM 1

Like many of the Clans that fought the armed forces of the Society during the Wars of Reaving, Clan Hell's Horses had salvaged numerous examples of their unique ultra-heavy ProtoMechs. Captured Hobgoblins had gone on to provide the basis for the deadly Svartalfa, and similarly, a shipment of Boggart quad ProtoMechs taken from a Society cell on Kirchbach had allowed Horse scientists to reverse-engineer the concepts that would eventually produce the Procyon (Quad). While the Society Protos had been banned back in the Homeworlds, the Hell's Horses had no such compunctions and eventually began building their own version of the Boggart, which became known as the Bucephalus to avoid the stigma of the original (although apparently this desire to avoid said stigma did not extend to changing its disturbing appearance). Highly advanced, it rapidly became a favorite of Horse ProtoMechwarriors due to its heavy firepower, thick armor and excellent maneuverability. In the three decades since its introduction, it has spread throughout the Horse touman: almost every Cluster that has ProtoMechs has at least one Point of the design. Bucephalus Points often make up the first wave of a Horse attack, painting targets for artillery with their light TAG and throwing up a wall of electronic countermeasures to shield their fellow warriors' advance. The Falcons, Bears and Wolves may have little regard for ProtoMechs, but they have certainly learned to respect the Bucephalus.

Clan Advanced
13 tons
BV: 586

Movement: 5/10/5

Internal: 31
Armor: 63

Head: 3/8
Torso: 13/24
Legs: 13/25
Main Gun: 2/6

Improved Heavy Medium Laser [MG] 7 Heat
Light TAG [MG] 0 Heat

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Title: Re: "Bucephalus" (Boggart HH)
Post by: Prince of Darkness on 07 February 2015, 22:54:17
Ooh, that is nice. Weapons and equipment have a really nice synergy to them- I only wish it could be just a hair faster, but that would require too much.
Title: Re: "Bucephalus" (Boggart HH)
Post by: Dragon Cat on 19 April 2015, 17:43:11
That looks pretty nasty x5 oh dear
Title: Re: "Bucephalus" (Boggart HH)
Post by: AJC46 on 27 April 2015, 16:38:23
dang a point of 5 10 points hits that would suck to that to appear from ambush in your rear arc.
Title: Re: "Bucephalus" (Boggart HH)
Post by: truetanker on 29 February 2016, 21:01:27
Kojak?

I so want to run these with some Hardur! Maybe a Binaries worth.

TT
Title: Re: "Bucephalus" (Boggart HH)
Post by: Kojak on 29 February 2016, 21:12:33
I used a Star of them in the most recent Tau Galaxy scenario, where they were supported by (among many other things) a great deal of both homing Arrow-IV and semi-guided LRM fire, and arguably they were what allowed me to pull off a win at all.