Editing Inner Sphere Standard (Battle Armor)

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{{InfoBoxBattleArmor
| image = IS Standard Battle Armor (Laser) Shrapnel015.jpg
| Name = Inner Sphere Standard
| Manufacturer = [[Ceres Metals Industries]]<ref name=TRO3058U-27>''Technical Readout: 3058 Upgrade'', p. 27</ref><br/>[[Corean Enterprises MacAdams-Suharno|Corean Enterprises]]<ref name=TRO3058U-27/><br/>[[Cosby BattleMech and Myomer Research Firm|Cosby Myomer Research Firm]]<ref name=TRO3058U-27/><br/>[[Defiance Industries]]<ref name=TRO3058U-27/><br/>[[Gibson Federated BattleMechs - %28Free Worlds Defense Industries%29|Free Worlds Defense Industries]]<ref name=TRO3058U-27/><br/>[[Hellespont Industrials]]<ref name=TRO3058U-27/><br/>[[Irian Technologies]]<ref name=TRO3058U-27/><br/>[[Luthien Armor Works]]<ref name=TRO3058U-27/><br/>[[Kali Yama Weapons Industries Incorporated|Kali-Yama Weapons Industries]]<ref name=TRO3058U-27/><br/>[[Tanadi Computers]]<ref name=TRO3058U-27/>
| Use = Line Unit
| Weight Class = Medium
| Tech Base = [[Inner Sphere]]
| Cost = 400,000
| Introduced = [[3052]]
| Mass = 1,000 
| Top Speed = 10.8
| Armament = 
[[Modular Weapon Mount]]:
*[[Flamer]]
*[[Machine Gun (Battle Armor)|Machine Gun]]
*[[Small Laser]]
*[[One-Shot]] [[SRM-2 (Battle Armor)|SRM-2]]
*[[Light Recoilless Rifle (Battle Armor)|Light Recoilless Rifle]]
| Armor Type = Standard
| BV (1.0) =33 (Flamer)<br>31 (Machine Gun)<br>37 (Small Laser)<br>26 (SRM-2)
| BV (2.0) =38 (Flamer)<ref>''Record Sheets: 3058 Unabridged (Clan & Star League)'', p. 38</ref><br>38 (Machine Gun)<ref>''Record Sheets: 3058 Unabridged (Clan & Star League)'', p. 41</ref><br>44 (Small Laser)<ref>''Record Sheets: 3058 Unabridged (Clan & Star League)'', p. 39</ref><br>34 (SRM-2)<ref>''Record Sheets: 3058 Unabridged (Clan & Star League)'', p. 42</ref><br>49 (LRR)<ref>''Record Sheets: 3058 Unabridged (Clan & Star League)'', p. 40</ref> <br>40 (magnetic) <ref>''Recognition Guide: ilClan, vol. 32'', p. 16 </ref>
}}

==Description==
The '''Inner Sphere Standard ''' was developed following the initial thrust of the [[Clan invasion]], as [[Inner Sphere]] powers rushed to duplicate the [[battle armor]] technology the [[Clans]] fielded. Lacking any battlefield salvage on which to base their development though, engineers were forced to work off of ancient rumors of early power armor suits like the [[Nighthawk]], more akin to armored [[Exoskeleton]]s than the "[[Elemental_(Battle_Armor)|Toads]]" currently rampaging through known space, and these prototypes fared poorly during testing.  It took salvage from the first victories over the Clans to truly kick-start the development of battle armor.  The [[New Avalon Institute of Science]] was the first to reproduce in part the Clans' Elemental armor as the Inner Sphere Standard in [[3050]].  These early Standard suits, dubbed gorilla suits,<ref name=ClanTroops-38>''ClanTroops'', p. 38</ref> were immediately distributed to [[Federated Commonwealth]] troops fighting against the Clans and select [[mercenary]] units such as the [[Gray Death Legion]].<ref name=TRO3058U-27/><ref name=LOS>''LosTech: The MechWarrior Equipment Guide'', p. 70</ref> 

At the same time the [[Capellan Confederation]], [[Draconis Combine]], and [[Free Worlds League]] also began developing battle armor suits based on captured Clan armor.  That these suits were functionally identical to the FedCom Standard has been chalked up to corporate espionage, illegal technology sharing, or both.  Regardless, all of these early Standard suits were markedly inferior to the Elemental suit they were based on, including weaker offensive firepower, less armoring, and an inability to use [[jump jets]].<ref name=ClanTroops-38/><ref name=TRO3058U-27/><ref name=LOS/>  Continuous refinement of the suit eventually rectified this last problem by the time of the [[Battle of Tukayyid (3052)|Battle of Tukayyid]] in [[3052]], leading to the final production model of the Inner Sphere Standard.  However, the limitations of Inner Sphere technology means the suit still pales in comparison to the Elemental.<ref name=TRO3058U-27/><ref name=LOS/>

Despite its relative inferiority the Standard has remained quite popular throughout the Inner Sphere, proving to be a flexible and efficient suit in service to the Great Houses; it also served as the basis for many other battle armor designs, most notably the [[Cavalier]] and [[Raiden]].  Falling prices and a willingness of manufacturers to find new markets rather than cease production also meant these suits soon found their way into the hands of mercenaries, personal security and police forces.  Although the Federated Suns eventually shifted production completely to their Cavalier suits, the standard suit remained in production in all of the other realms to a greater or lesser extent for several years, seeing service in many conflicts such as the [[Jihad]].<ref name=TRO3058U-27/><ref name=LOS/>

==Weapons and Equipment==
The Inner Sphere Standard uses a unique [[Modular Weapon Mount]] taking up its right arm.  Typically the mount can take one standard battle armor weapon, such as a [[Machine Gun (Battle Armor)|Machine Gun]] or [[Flamer (Battle Armor)|Flamer]] useful against conventional [[infantry]], or a [[Small Laser (Battle Armor)|Small Laser]] or [[One-Shot]] [[SRM-2 (Battle Armor)|SRM-2]] launcher for attacking hardened targets. Starting in [[3061]]<ref>''[http://www.masterunitlist.info/Unit/Details/1630/is-standard-battle-armor-lrr MUL online date for the ''IS Standard (LRR)'']''</ref> during the [[Capellan-St. Ives War]] several units equipped with Inner Sphere Standard battle armor armed their units with [[Light Recoilless Rifle (Battle Armor)|Light Recoilless Rifles]].<ref name=TRO3058U-27/><ref>''Record Sheets: 3058 Unabridged (Clan & Star League)'', p. 40</ref>  Instead of taking one standard weapon however the mount can carry two "secondary" weapons, such as [[Submachine Gun]]s or [[Gyrojet Rifle]]s, similar to an [[Anti-Personnel Weapon Mount]].<ref name=LOS/><ref name=CBR>''Classic BattleTech RPG'', pp. 142–143</ref>

Like the Elemental the final form of the Inner Sphere Standard can leap 90 meters at a time, although engineers were never able to figure out how to combine this ability with the additional SRM-2 pack.  It also carries less protection than the Elemental: its 450kg of armor can withstand a full burst from an Inner Sphere [[Large Pulse Laser]] and keep the pilot alive.  The Standard's left arm ends in a [[Battle Claw]], allowing the suit to make anti-'Mech attacks or utilize an [[OmniMech]]'s handholds to ride into battle.<ref name=TRO3058U-27/><ref name=LOS/>  The integrated [[Medipack]] in the suit helps keep the trooper alive when injured, although not to the same degree as the [[Clan Life Support Sustaining Unit|Clan LSSU]] standard in the Elemental.<ref name=CBR/>

==Variants==
*;Gorilla suits: Early production models of the Standard designed by the NAIS and rushed into production by [[Blackwell Industries]]. These gorilla suits, as they came to be known, had only 50% as much armor as Clan Elementals, lacked the Clan LSSU, and could support only a single, though modular, weapon system. Their first test by [[Team Banzai]] against [[Clan Jade Falcon]] on [[Planting]] in October 3051 was successful.<ref name=ClanTroops-38/>

*;Baka : A [[Dark Age]] variant used by the [[Draconis Combine]] this model removes the jump jets and replaces them with a pair of SRM-2s. The variant was named from the HUD displaying the word "Baka" when a trooper tries to jump.<ref name=tro3150>''Technical Readout: 3150'', p. 222</ref>

*;Fa Sure : This Dark Age variant is used by the [[Duchy of Andurien]]. It carries a [[Mine Dispenser]] instead of the Modular Weapon Mount of the original.<ref name=tro3150/>

*; Magnetic : This modernization uses the weight savings created by the use of advanced armor to mount magnetic clamps and a jump booster while retaining the battle claw and a machine gun.<ref>''Recognition Guide: ilClan, vol. 32'', p. 16 </ref>

==Custom Variants==
*;"The Hive" : Used by the members of the "Four Myths and a Funeral" team on [[Galatea]], the battle suits known as "The Hive" trade the standard armor for 280kg of [[Advanced Armor|advanced battlesuit armor]]. The modular weapon mount on the right arm has been removed and replaced with an [[Armored Glove]]. The Hive armor suits keep the Battle Claw on the left arm, and adds a [[David Light Gauss Rifle (Battle Armor)|"David" Light Gauss Rifle]] in an underslung mount beneath it. The most dramatic upgrade, however, is the [[Experimental Technology|experimental]] [[Battle Armor C3 System]] carried by the Hive. This system allows the members of the Hive to send targeting information to their teammates in [[Manticore#Custom Variants|The Ballista]], a heavily modified ''[[Manticore]]''. BV (2.0) = 35 (without active C3 network)<ref>''Experimental Technical Readout: Gladiators'', p. 14</ref>

==Gallery==
<gallery>
Inner_Sphere_Standard_BA_LTMEG.png|Inner Sphere Standard from ''[[LosTech: The MechWarrior Equipment Guide]]''
IS Standard Battle Armor (MG) RGilClan v32.jpg|Inner Sphere Standard (MG) from ''[[Recognition Guide: ilClan, vol. 32|RG:iClan vol. 32]]''
IS Standard Battle Armor (Laser) Shrapnel015.jpg|Inner Sphere Standard (Laser) from [[Shrapnel_(magazine)/Issue_15|''Shrapnel'' #15]] 
Clantroops_p039.png|Original Inner Sphere Standard ("gorilla suit") in action from ''[[ClanTroops]]''
ISBA_gorilla_suit_JFSBp004.png|Inner Sphere Standard in combat from ''[[Jade Falcon Sourcebook]]''
ClanTroops_gorilla_suits_counters.png|Tokens of Inner Sphere Standard  from ''ClanTroops''
IS Standard CA.png|Inner Sphere Standard from ''[[MechWarrior: Counterassault|MWDA CA]]'' dossiers
</gallery>

==References==
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==Bibliography==
* ''[[ClanTroops]]''
* ''[[Experimental Technical Readout: Gladiators]]''
* ''[[MechWarrior, Third Edition]]/[[Classic BattleTech RPG]]''
* ''[[Record Sheets: 3058 Unabridged (Clan & Star League)]]''
* ''[[Record Sheets: 3058 Upgrade]]''
* ''[[Technical Readout: 3058 Upgrade]]''
* ''[[Technical Readout: 3150]]''

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