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MechWarrior Hall / Re: Word Association 36: SAY WHAT AGAIN!!!
« Last post by rebs on Today at 12:42:13 »speckled
Saker (Prototype)
Mass: 85 tons
Chassis: Endo Steel Biped
Power Plant: 340 XL
Cruising Speed: 43.2 kph
Maximum Speed: 64.8 kph
Jump Jets: Improved (Prototype)
Jump Capacity: 210 meters
Armor: Standard
Armament:
1 Flamer
1 ER Large Laser
1 AC/10
Manufacturer: Unknown
Primary Factory: Unknown
Communication System: Unknown
Targeting & Tracking System: Unknown
Introduction Year: 3150
Tech Rating/Availability: F/X-X-X-X
Cost: 28,045,198 C-bills
Type: Saker
Technology Base: Mixed (Experimental)
Tonnage: 85
Battle Value: 2,215
Equipment Mass
Internal Structure Endo Steel 4.5
Engine 340 XL 13.5
Walking MP: 4
Running MP: 6
Jumping MP: 7
Double Heat Sink 12 [24] 2
Compact Gyro (Armored) 6
Cockpit 3
Armor Factor 256 16
Internal Armor
Structure Value
Head 3 9
Center Torso 27 40
Center Torso (rear) 13
R/L Torso 18 26
R/L Torso (rear) 10
R/L Arm 14 25
R/L Leg 18 36
Right Arm Actuators: Shoulder, Upper Arm, Lower Arm, Hand
Left Arm Actuators: Shoulder, Upper Arm, Lower Arm, Hand
Weapons
and Ammo Location Critical Heat Tonnage
Talons (Armored) RL/LL 2/2 - 6.0
Armor-Piercing AC/10 Ammo (5) CT 1 - 1.0
CASE II CT 1 - 0.5
Precision AC/10 Ammo (5) CT 1 - 1.0
Flamer CT 1 3 0.5
CASE II RT 1 - 0.5
6 Prototype Improved Jump Jet RT 6 - 6.0
3 Triple Strength Myomer RA/LA 3/3 - 0.0
AC/10 LT 7 3 12.0
Partial Wing RT/LT 3/3 - 4.5
ER Large Laser HD 1 12 4.0
C3 Computer RA 1 - 1.0
3 Triple Strength Myomer RA/LA 3/3 - 0.0
In fact, it has. WCSB, page 125, asserts that the giftake is considered to be the warrior's best DNA sample and the one most likely to produce improved warriors. So yes, it appears to me to be a mixture of the Clans' quasi-mystical view of genetics and epigenetics.
I think it fits within the Clans' pseudo-religious/cultish love of genetics and Warrior honor. Perhaps gifttake cadets are pushed harder by their trainers or push themselves further due to the implication that they have the blood of a 'successful' Warrior flowing through their veins, and thus can manage it. Motivation can be a powerful thing and a gifttake cadet could be seen as living the true 'legacy' of their ancestor.
Although now I think I might put that into my fiction now since my Diana Pryde was created from a gifttake by Peri.