Editing Pillager

{{InfoBoxBattleMech
|image=Pillager.jpg|150px
|name=Pillager
|manufacturer=[[HildCo Interplanetary]] <ref name=TRO3058Up228>''Technical Readout 3058 Upgrade'' p.228</ref><br />[[StarCorps]] <ref name=TRO3058Up228/>
|model=PLG-3Z
|class=Assault
|production year=2594
|year reference=<ref>''[http://www.masterunitlist.info/Unit/Details/2525/ MUL online date for the ''{{PAGENAME}}'']''</ref><ref name=his24>''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 24</ref><ref name=his171>''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 171, RUD "Royal SLDF"</ref>
|cost= 22,290,000 C-bills
|mass=100
|chassis=HildCo Heavy Type VIIQT
|armor=StarSlab/9.5 Mk II
|engine=[[Vlar 300 XL]]
|comsys=[[CeresCom Recon Model 12k]]
|speed=54.0
|jumpjets=[[HildCo Model 13]]
|armament=
*2x [[Gauss Rifle]]s
*4x [[Medium Laser]]s
*1x [[Large Laser]]
|BV (1.0)=2,551<ref name=CO>''Combat Operations'', p. 123</ref><ref>''Record Sheets: 3058 Upgrades'', p. 353</ref>
|BV (2.0)=2,697<ref>''Record Sheets: 3058 Unabridged (Clan & Star League)'', p. 270</ref>
}}

==Description==
The largest [[BattleMech]] ever built by [[HildCo Interplanetary]], the '''''Pillager''''' is built as a larger version of the ''[[Victor]]'', and is intended for assaulting urban centers and hardened fortifications. These design parameters were paramount as the [[SLDF]] mobilized to wage the [[Reunification War]].  Later ''Pillagers'' were upgraded with more cutting-edge Star League technology. Production of the ''Pillager'' halted not because its facility was destroyed, but the advanced [[Gauss Rifle]] and [[XL Engine]] production lines had been obliterated by the [[Extinction Era::Second Succession War|end of the Second Succession War]].  Curiously, Hildco did not restart production of the original PLG-1N, rather the ''Pillager'' lines only began production again in [[Reintroduction Year::3058]] when advanced components were once again available for the PLG-3Z.<ref>''Technical Readout: 3058'', p. 150</ref><ref>''Technical Readout: 3058 Upgrade'', p. 228</ref><ref name= his24/><ref name=his171/>

==Weapons and Equipment==
The PLG-3Z ''Pillager'' is built using a lightweight Vlar 300 [[XL Engine]], which weighs half as much as a standard [[fusion engine]] and gives the ''Pillager'' a top speed of 54 km/h.  The small mass of the engine allows the 'Mech to mount an obscene array of weapons. The 'Mech's mobility is enhanced with three HildCo Model 13 [[jump jet]]s that allow it to jump up to ninety meters. The ''Pillager'' has excellent armor protection at nineteen and a half tons and has fourteen [[double heat sink]]s that provide more than enough heat dissipation capability for the ''Pillager'''s needs.

The primary weapons on the ''Pillager'' are a pair of Poland Main Model A [[Gauss Rifle]]s, which allow the ''Pillager'' to engage an enemy at up to six hundred and sixty meters. The Gauss Rifles are supported at intermediate ranges by a Defiance B3L [[Large Laser]]. For close range combat, the ''Pillager'' has four Ceres Arms [[Medium Laser]]s that provide a devastating close range barrage.

==Variants==
*;PLG-1N : The original ''Pillager'', designed in [[Introduction Year::2575]] and fielded for the first two decades of the [[Reunification War]]<ref name=his171/>, uses a standard Fusion Engine instead of the Extralight model that went into production. Other limitations include a 60 meter jump range and 17 tons of armor. The weapons suite was also different, relying on twin torso mounted [[Autocannon/20]]s, a single [[SRM-4]], and three [[Medium Laser]]s; one mounted in each arm and a head-mounted laser firing to the rear. Sixteen single heat sinks kept the heat under control. BV (2.0) = 1,812<ref>''Record Sheets: 3058 Unabridged (Clan & Star League)'', p. 271</ref><ref>''[[Stardate]]'' Vol. 3, Issue 5</ref>

*;PLG-4Z : The 4Z variant of the ''Pillager'' is built to provide an almost perfect long range sniper 'Mech. It walked off [[Hellespont Industrials]]' production line in the mid-3060s, as HildCo did not have the ability to produce the [[Capellan Confederation]]'s new [[Stealth Armor]], which the [[Capellan Confederation Armed Forces#Strategios|Strategios]] insisted be incorporated. The armor makes it harder to hit, as does the required [[Guardian ECM Suite]]. In order to do this, the 'Mech has had two Medium Lasers and the Large Laser removed. The remaining Medium Lasers have been upgraded to [[ER Medium Laser]]s. The ''Pillager'' has also replaced the [[XL engine]] with a standard engine and added [[CASE]] for more reliability, so the 'Mech can survive a side torso destruction. BV (1.0) = 2,542<ref name=CO/><ref>''Record Sheets: 3058 Upgrades'', p. 354</ref>, BV (2.0) = 2,868<ref>''Record Sheets: 3058 Unabridged (Clan & Star League)'', p. 272</ref>

*;PLG-5L : The 5L is an upgrade to the original 3Z. It removes one of the Gauss Rifles to make room for an [[Arrow IV Artillery]] piece and three tons of ammunition for it. The remaining rifle has four tons of ammunition. Three lasers remain, all of them [[ER Medium Laser]]s, though the large is upgraded to an [[ER PPC]]. Only ten [[double heat sink]]s remain, potentially causing serious heat problems for a [[MechWarrior (pilot)|MechWarrior]] who wishes to fire indiscriminately. Finally, a Guardian ECM Suite aids the 'Mech defensively. BV (1.0) = 1,911<ref>''Record Sheets: 3058 Upgrades'', p. 355</ref>, BV (2.0) = 2,656<ref>''Record Sheets: 3058 Unabridged (Clan & Star League)'', p. 273</ref>

*;PLG-5Z : This upgraded version of the 4Z removes the jump jets and a ton of Gauss ammo to mount an ER PPC. It takes advantage of the heat buildup from the Stealth Armor and PPC to mount [[Triple Strength Myomer]] so that it can move on the ground more quickly. BV (1.0) = 2,240<ref>''Record Sheets: 3058 Upgrades'', p. 356</ref>, BV (2.0) = 3,008<ref>''Record Sheets: 3058 Unabridged (Clan & Star League)'', p. 274</ref>

*;PLG-4X ''Pillager'' "Anvil" : Created as a defensive artillery unit, the ''Pillager Anvil'' replaces all the standard weaponry, equipment, and torso with two [[Long Tom Artillery Cannon]]s. A head mounted [[Laser AMS]] required the use of a [[Small Cockpit]]. A [[Light Engine]] allows the ''Pillager Anvil'' to retain the movement curve of the original, but the jump jets and two tons of armor were replaced by experimental [[Coolant Pod]]s to keep the ''Pillager Anvil'''s heat under control.<ref>''Experimental Technical Readout: Liao'', p. 6</ref> BV (2.0) = 1,927<ref>''Experimental Technical Readout: Liao'', p. 19</ref>

==Gallery==
<gallery>
Image:CCG Arsenal Pillager.jpg|PLG-3Z ''Pillager'' in Combat
Image:Camomercshansenroughriders.png|A ''Pillager'' with [[Hansen's Roughriders]] markings
Image:Pillager Anvil.jpg|Experimental ''Pillager'' "Anvil"
</gallery>

==Notable pilots== 
* [[Kingston Crawford]] commander of mercenary group [[Kingston's Killers]] piloted a Pillager during the civil war in [[Epsilon Eridani]] in 3062 between the Duvic Palatine (for whom Crawford was working as a mercenary), dying at his command at the hands of the <I>Vigilantes</I>, a Shu County Battlemech reinforced lance commanded by [[Commander Tybalt Kelly]].<ref>''MechWarrior: Initiation to War," Robert N. Charrette, 2001</ref>

* [[Michael Searcy]], Solaris VII gladiator, buyed a 3Z model of the Pillager, piloting it during his last fights, during the Solaris Riots, the first spark of [[FedCom Civil War]], untill his apparent death.{{cn}}

==References==
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==Bibliography==
*''[[Combat Operations]]''
*''[[Experimental Technical Readout: Liao]]''
*''[[Master Unit List]]''
*''[[Record Sheets: 3055/3058]]''
*''[[Record Sheets: 3058 Unabridged (Clan & Star League)]]''
*''[[Record Sheets: 3058 Upgrades]]''
*''[[Record Sheets: Upgrades]]''
*''[[Technical Readout: 3058]]''
*''[[Technical Readout: 3058 Upgrade]]''

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