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==Armament== | ==Armament== | ||
| − | *Clan-spec [[Gauss Rifle]] | + | *Clan-spec [[Gauss Rifle]] This gives it some pretty decent long range firepower for a light mech. |
| − | *Two [[Crossbow SRM|Crossbow]] SRM-4 launchers | + | *Two [[Crossbow SRM|Crossbow]] SRM-4 launchers. These serve as a servicable back-up weapon at close range. |
| + | *All weapons in the game begin with standard damage values and thus do not track ammunition. Upgrades are available through play in each mission and allow weapons to be upgraded up to a maximum of two times beyond that of the bases level, but each upgrade has an increasingly limited amount of shots or rounds before it reverts to the next level lower. Ex: a mech is equipped with the Gauss Rifle level 1 and obtains a ballistic weapon upgrade to level 2, the player now has 10 rounds available with increased damage. If the player is able to upgrade again to level 3, they will only have 5 rounds available at an even higher damage value. As each levels' ammunition is used, the level 3 upgrade will revert to level 2, and level 2 will revert to level 1 (base damage). | ||
==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
Revision as of 05:43, 24 September 2020
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| Hackman | |
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| Production information | |
| Manufacturer | |
| Class | Light |
| Cost | Unknown |
| Technical specifications | |
| 'Mech type | Mixed-tech |
| Mass | 35 tons |
| Chassis | Unknown |
| Armor | Unknown w/ Null Signature System |
| Engine | 105 rated (Unknown Type)[1] |
| Speed | 86 [2] km/h |
| Armament |
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Canonicity
This BattleMech was featured in an official BattleTech product, namely the MechAssault series of computer games.
By virtue of being exclusive to an official albeit not positively canonical product, the game and the 'Mechs presented therein including this one must be considered apocryphal.
Overview
The Hackman is supposedly a variant of the Owens Light OmniMech designed for infiltration and reconnaissance missions.
The Hackman is armed with a single Gauss Rifle and two Crossbow SRM-4 launchers. It also has Null Signature technology for avoiding enemy radar and sneaking behind enemy lines, and likely carries either Ferro-Fibrous Armor, or an ECM Suite and Stealth Armor. The mech also weighs 35 tons, and travels at 86 km/h,[2] making it rather slow for a Light 'Mech (in all likelihood, powered by a 105-rated Fusion Engine). It is possible that the engine was downgraded to enable it to carry the Gauss Rifle, seeing as even the Clan model weighs 12 tons, nearly a third of the mech's total weight.
Description
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Armament
- Clan-spec Gauss Rifle This gives it some pretty decent long range firepower for a light mech.
- Two Crossbow SRM-4 launchers. These serve as a servicable back-up weapon at close range.
- All weapons in the game begin with standard damage values and thus do not track ammunition. Upgrades are available through play in each mission and allow weapons to be upgraded up to a maximum of two times beyond that of the bases level, but each upgrade has an increasingly limited amount of shots or rounds before it reverts to the next level lower. Ex: a mech is equipped with the Gauss Rifle level 1 and obtains a ballistic weapon upgrade to level 2, the player now has 10 rounds available with increased damage. If the player is able to upgrade again to level 3, they will only have 5 rounds available at an even higher damage value. As each levels' ammunition is used, the level 3 upgrade will revert to level 2, and level 2 will revert to level 1 (base damage).
Notes
- In an unusual move that goes against the usual BattleTech universe standards 'Mech speeds are expressed in mp/h rather than km/h, as such the speed figure has been converted to km/h for this article.
- Given that the Owens is equipped with hard-mounted electronic warfare equipment, combined with the fact that Null Signature technology is Lostech, it is possible that what the Hackman is actually protected by is a form of Stealth Armor, being powered by an ECM Suite.
- The Hackman runs only around half as quickly as the Owens. Given that it carries a Gauss Rifle, and that in MechAssault the SRMs and Gauss Rifle have [nearly] limitless ammunition, it is likely that a lot of the weight was devoted towards carrying that quantity of ammunition.
References
- ↑ Deduced from speed and mass, under BattleTech construction rules
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 MechAssault 2 player's manual, page 10