Hermit Crab HMC-15

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Type: BattleMech
Tech: Inner Sphere
Mass: 25t
Role: Striker
Intro: 3108 Late Republic
Rules: Standard
Cost: 2.16M C-bills
Move
Armor: 80 pts

Light PPC ×2

Battle Value

742by skill

Point Value

Hermit Crab HMC-15 line art — Art © The Topps Company · Catalyst Game Labs

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HMC-15

Hermit Crab

PV22

TP: BMSZ: 1TMM: 0MV: 14"

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

SkillPV383430262220181614

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	1,714
G1	2	1,499
G2	3	1,247
G3	4	979
G4	5	742
G5	6	638
G6	7	571
G7	8	505
G8	8	475

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	1,796	1,714	1,640	1,558	1,432	1,299	1,247	1,180	1,113
1	1,640	1,566	1,499	1,425	1,306	1,187	1,143	1,083	1,024
2	1,432	1,373	1,306	1,247	1,143	1,039	1,002	950	898
3	1,232	1,172	1,120	1,068	979	890	861	816	772
4	1,024	979	935	890	816	742	705	668	631
5	972	883	838	801	735	668	638	601	571
6	920	831	794	757	697	631	601	571	534
7	868	787	749	712	653	594	564	534	505
8	816	735	705	668	616	557	527	505	475

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Recognition notes

The HMC-15 is a 25-ton striker that fights at stand-off range, cruising at 76 km/h and topping out near 119 km/h. It reworks the Hermit Crab from the HMC-13's scouting role, swapping the twin ER Medium Lasers for a Light PPC in each arm and fitting ferro-fibrous armor in place of the standard plating. The HMC-13's 210-meter jump capability is absent here, leaving the design to close on its speed and reach alone. It keeps the chassis's reputation as an easily-serviced design, and StarCorps Industries builds it at Son Hoa.

Armor & loadout

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HERMIT CRAB HMC-15

Energy

Weapon / Equipment	Loc	Qty	Ammo
Enr	RA · LA	2

Systems & manufacturers

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

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

Quirks

Hermit Crab variants (3)

HMC-13ScoutInner SphereStandardENE310473122 HMC-14StrikerInner SphereStandardENE, JMPW1310884427

HMC-15StrikerInner SphereStandardENE310874222

All 3 Hermit Crab variants