Blackjack BJ-1
A different design shares this name: the OmniMech
- Type
- BattleMech
- Tech
- Inner Sphere
- Mass
- 45t
- Role
- Sniper
- Intro
- 2757 Star League
- Rules
- Introductory
- Cost
- 3.15M C-bills
- Move
- Armor
- 136 pts
Medium Laser ×4AC/2 ×2
Technical Readout: TR:SW · Record Sheets: RSFP:Wave 2
Compare this unit
Availability by era
11 eras · 34 factions
| Gun | Pilot | Adj BV |
|---|---|---|
| G0 | 1 | 2,192 |
| G1 | 2 | 1,917 |
| G2 | 3 | 1,594 |
| G3 | 4 | 1,253 |
| G4 | 5 | 949 |
| G5 | 6 | 816 |
| G6 | 7 | 731 |
| G7 | 8 | 645 |
| G8 | 8 | 607 |
Piloting rides one point worse than Gunnery, capped at Piloting 8, the conventional pairing. Regular is Gunnery 4 / Piloting 5.
Recognition notes
The Blackjack BJ-1 is a 45-ton sniper, a 2757 rework of the 2756 BJ-1X skirmisher. Where the BJ-1X carries paired flamers alongside its medium lasers in each arm, the BJ-1 replaces those flamers with an AC/2 in the left arm and another AC/2 in the right arm, keeping the medium lasers in each arm and in the left and right torso. A lighter 180 fusion engine cuts cruising speed from 54 to 43 km/h and top speed from 86 to 65 km/h, and the BJ-1 adds jump jets giving it a 120-meter jump the BJ-1X lacks. Heat-sink count falls from 18 to 11 single sinks. General Motors builds the type at Kathil.
Armor & loadout
| Weapon / Equipment | Loc | Qty | Ammo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Enr | RT · LT · RA · LA | 4 | |
| Bal | RA · LA | 2 | 45 rds · 1 t in CT |