Hermit Crab HMC-14

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Type: BattleMech
Tech: Inner Sphere
Mass: 25t
Role: Striker
Intro: 3108 Late Republic
Rules: Standard
Cost: 2.31M C-bills
Move
Armor: 80 pts

ER Medium Laser ×3

Battle Value

844by skill

Point Value

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HMC-14

Hermit Crab

PV27

TP: BMSZ: 1TMM: 0MV: 14"/12"j

ROLE: StrikerSKILL:

Damage

S (+0)

M (+2)

L (+4)

OV: 0Heat scale123S

Special ,

Critical hits

ENGINE+1 Heat/Firing Weapons

FIRE CONTROL+2 To-Hit Each

MP½ MV Each

WEAPONS-1 Damage Each

Alpha Strike Stats

SkillPV474237322724211815

Availability by era

3 eras · 13 factions

Calderon Protectorate Draconis Combine Filtvelt Coalition Free Worlds League (Duchy of Tamarind-Abbey)Free Worlds League (Rim Commonality)Fronc Reaches Lyran Commonwealth Magistracy of Canopus Marian Hegemony Mercenary Pirates Taurian Concordat

Gun	Pilot	Adj BV
G0	1	1,950
G1	2	1,705
G2	3	1,418
G3	4	1,114
G4	5	844
G5	6	726
G6	7	650
G7	8	574
G8	8	540

Piloting rides one point worse than Gunnery, capped at Piloting 8, the conventional pairing. Regular is Gunnery 4 / Piloting 5.

G\P	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
0	2,042	1,950	1,865	1,772	1,629	1,477	1,418	1,342	1,266
1	1,865	1,781	1,705	1,620	1,485	1,350	1,300	1,232	1,165
2	1,629	1,561	1,485	1,418	1,300	1,182	1,139	1,080	1,021
3	1,401	1,334	1,274	1,215	1,114	1,013	979	928	878
4	1,165	1,114	1,063	1,013	928	844	802	760	717
5	1,106	1,004	954	912	836	760	726	684	650
6	1,047	945	903	861	793	717	684	650	608
7	987	895	852	810	743	675	641	608	574
8	928	836	802	760	701	633	599	574	540

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Recognition notes

The Hermit Crab HMC-14 is a 25-ton striker that fights close in, cruising at 76 km/h and topping out near 119, with a jump range of 180 metres. Where the HMC-13 fielded a pair of ER medium lasers in the arms and served as a scout, this 3108 version adds a third ER medium laser in the center torso for a heavier close-range punch. Ferro-fibrous armor replaces the standard plating of the HMC-13, though its jump range falls short of the earlier model's 210 metres. The design remains an easily-serviced machine, built by StarCorps Industries at Son Hoa.

Armor & loadout

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HERMIT CRAB HMC-14

Energy

Weapon / Equipment	Loc	Qty	Ammo
Enr	CT · RA · LA	3

Systems & manufacturers

Chassis: Hollis Mark III
Engine: Omni 175
Armor: Durallex Super Medium Ferro-Fibrous
Comms: Telestar Model XB-82
Targeting: Starlight LX-3a
Jump Jets: Chilton 360
Built by: StarCorps Industries @ Son Hoa

175 Fusion · IS Standard · Ferro-Fibrous armor · 10 IS Double heat sinks · 119 km/h · 180 m jump

Quirks

Hermit Crab variants (3)

HMC-13ScoutInner SphereStandardENE310473122

HMC-14StrikerInner SphereStandardENE, JMPW1310884427

HMC-15StrikerInner SphereStandardENE310874222

All 3 Hermit Crab variants