Archer ARC-2DM

Mass: 70 tons
Tech Base: Inner Sphere
Chassis Config: Biped
Rules Level: Introductory
Era: Age of War/Star League
Tech Rating/Era Availability: D/C-E-D-D
Production Year: 2796
Dry Cost: 5,674,373 C-Bills
Total Cost: 5,795,373 C-Bills
Battle Value: 1,330

Chassis: Earthwerks Archer Standard
Power Plant: VOX 280 Fusion Engine
Walking Speed: 43.2 km/h
Maximum Speed: 64.8 km/h
Jump Jets: None
Jump Capacity: 0 meters
Armor: Maximillian 100 Standard Armor
Armament:
4 Diverse Optics Type 18 Medium Lasers
6 Doombud LRM-5s
2 Sperry Browning Machine Guns
Manufacturer: Del Monte
Primary Factory: Terra, New Samarkand
Communications System: Neil 9000
Targeting and Tracking System: RCA Instatrac Mark XII

Overview:

Del Monte’s Archer number 1, the Archer ARC-2DM, began its life as a field refit for unit commanders in the Del Monte Security Forces until Del Monte acquired the rights to produce the ‘mech, under license, from Earthwerks. Prioritizing “security” over firepower, a lot of strange changes are made on the base design, at least as far as a normal military commander would look at it. A lot of the ARC-2DM are meant to carry “speciality ammo” for their LRM racks to serve in a multitude of roles in anti-terrorist, anti-pirate and counterinsurgency operations.

Capabilities:

The main firepower of the Archer ARC-2DM comes from 6 Doombud 5-rack LRMs mounted in the shoulders, allowing for more precision fire and controlled fire than the larger Doombud 20-racks. To complement this are the 4 standard medium lasers, generally with the 2 center torso mounted ones pointing backwads. Each arm also mounts a Sperry Browning 7.62mm machine gun to take care of infantry
threats. The ARC-2DM also mounts additional heat sinks compared to the standard Archer, allowing it to better control it’s temperature.

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Equipment Type Rating Mass

Internal Structure: Standard 107 points 7.00
Engine: Fusion Engine 280 16.00
Walking MP: 4
Running MP: 6
Jumping MP: 0
Heat Sinks: Single Heat Sink 16 6.00
Heat Sink Locations: 3 LT, 2 RT
Gyro: Standard 3.00
Cockpit: Standard 3.00
Actuators: L: SH+UA+LA+H R: SH+UA+LA+H
Armor: Standard Armor AV – 208 13.00

                                                  Internal       Armor      
                                                  Structure      Factor     
                                            Head     3            9         
                                    Center Torso     22           33        
                             Center Torso (rear)                  10        
                                       L/R Torso     15           24        
                                L/R Torso (rear)                  6         
                                         L/R Arm     11           22        
                                         L/R Leg     15           26        

====================================================================Equipment Location Heat Critical Mass

2 (R) Medium Lasers CT 6 2 2.00
3 LRM-5s RT 6 3 6.00
3 LRM-5s LT 6 3 6.00
Medium Laser RA 3 1 1.00
Machine Gun RA 0 1 0.50
Medium Laser LA 3 1 1.00
Machine Gun LA 0 1 0.50
@MG (200) HD – 1 1.00
@LRM-5 (48) RT – 2 2.00
@LRM-5 (48) LT – 2 2.00
Free Critical Slots: 25

BattleForce Statistics
MV S (+0) M (+2) L (+4) E (+6) Wt. Ov Armor: 7 Points: 13
4 3 3 2 0 3 0 Structure: 6
Special Abilities: SRCH, ES, SEAL, SOA, LRM 1/2/2, IF 2

Archer ARC-2DMd

Mass: 70 tons
Tech Base: Inner Sphere
Chassis Config: Biped
Rules Level: Experimental Tech
Era: Clan Invasion
Tech Rating/Era Availability: E/X-X-E-E
Production Year: 3070
Dry Cost: 6,575,373 C-Bills
Total Cost: 6,750,373 C-Bills
Battle Value: 1,485

Chassis: Earthwerks Archer Endo-Steel
Power Plant: VOX 280 Fusion Engine
Walking Speed: 43.2 km/h
Maximum Speed: 64.8 km/h
Jump Jets: None
Jump Capacity: 0 meters
Armor: Maximillian 100 Standard Armor w/ CASE
Armament:
2 Diverse Optics Type 25PX Medium X-Pulse Lasers
6 Doombud LRM-5s
2 Holly SRM-2s
2 Sperry Browning Machine Guns
1 Imstar Oracle Beagle Active Probe
Manufacturer: Del Monte
Primary Factory: Terra, New Samarkand
Communications System: Neil 9000
Targeting and Tracking System: RCA Instatrac Mark XII

Overview:

The evolution of Del Monte’s proprietary heavy mech, Del Monte’s Archer Number 2, the ARC-2DMd, takes for a basis the “Royal Archer”, allowing them to save weight on both heat sinks using double heat sinks and an endo-steel skeleton. Early models of this mech used medium pulse lasers, but it also became a testbed machine for the new X-Pulse laser technology, with Diverse Optics paying Del Monte to actually use their proprietary technology in their mech to test it.

A vast improvement over the original ARC-2DM, Del Monte concentrated on building almost exclusively this model once it became available.

Capabilities:

The 2DMd drops the rear facing medium lasers to add an Active Probe linked to the sensors of the Archer to allow it to find hidden units and cut through basic ECM which had become more common amongst terrorist forces at the time of their introduction.

Otherwise, the machine adds a pair of 2-tubes SRM with 2 tons of ammo, generally a variety of speciality rounds, to serve better at shorter ranges. The 6 times 5-rack LRM are still mounted in the shoulders with 4 tons of various speciality rounds. The Archer ARC-2DMd forearms are equipped with an
anti-infantry 7.62mm Sperry Browning machine gun and a medium x-pulse laser.

Variants:

DMdECM: Replaces the Beagle Active Probe with a Guardian ECM unit. Only about 10% of the produced DMd are equipped this way, but the modification kit is available to any commander in Del Monte Security allowing the machines to be “hot-swapped” with minimal tech work.

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Equipment Type Rating Mass

Internal Structure: Endo-Steel 107 points 3.50
Internal Locations: 5 LA, 5 RA, 2 LL, 2 RL
Engine: Fusion Engine 280 16.00
Walking MP: 4
Running MP: 6
Jumping MP: 0
Heat Sinks: Double Heat Sink 13(26) 3.00
Heat Sink Locations: 1 LT, 1 RT
Gyro: Standard 3.00
Cockpit: Standard 3.00
Actuators: L: SH+UA+LA+H R: SH+UA+LA+H
Armor: Standard Armor AV – 208 13.00
CASE Locations: 1 LT, 1 RT 1.00

                                                  Internal       Armor      
                                                  Structure      Factor     
                                            Head     3            9         
                                    Center Torso     22           33        
                             Center Torso (rear)                  10        
                                       L/R Torso     15           24        
                                L/R Torso (rear)                  6         
                                         L/R Arm     11           22        
                                         L/R Leg     15           26        

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Equipment Location Heat Critical Mass

Beagle Active Probe CT 0 2 1.50
3 LRM-5s RT 6 3 6.00
SRM-2 RT 2 1 1.00
3 LRM-5s LT 6 3 6.00
SRM-2 LT 2 1 1.00
Machine Gun RA 0 1 0.50
Medium X-Pulse Laser RA 6 1 2.00
Machine Gun LA 0 1 0.50
Medium X-Pulse Laser LA 6 1 2.00
@MG (200) HD – 1 1.00
@LRM-5 (48) RT – 2 2.00
@SRM-2 (50) RT – 1 1.00
@LRM-5 (48) LT – 2 2.00
@SRM-2 (50) LT – 1 1.00
Free Critical Slots: 4

BattleForce Statistics
MV S (+0) M (+2) L (+4) E (+6) Wt. Ov Armor: 7 Points: 15
4 4 4 2 0 3 0 Structure: 6
Special Abilities: PRB, RCN, CASE, SRCH, ES, SEAL, SOA, LRM 1/2/2, IF 2