Porcupine PRC-3N
- Type
- BattleMech
- Tech
- Inner Sphere
- Mass
- 20t
- Role
- Striker
- Intro
- 3132 Dark Age
- Rules
- Experimental
- Move
- Armor
- 69 pts
Spikes ×5Laser AMS
Availability by era
1 era · 1 faction
| Gun | Pilot | Adj BV |
|---|---|---|
| G0 | 1 | 1,180 |
| G1 | 2 | 1,032 |
| G2 | 3 | 858 |
| G3 | 4 | 675 |
| G4 | 5 | 511 |
| G5 | 6 | 439 |
| G6 | 7 | 393 |
| G7 | 8 | 347 |
| G8 | 8 | 327 |
Piloting rides one point worse than Gunnery, capped at Piloting 8, the conventional pairing. Regular is Gunnery 4 / Piloting 5.
Recognition notes
The Porcupine PRC-3N is a 20-ton striker that closes to grapple and claw rather than trade fire at range, cruising at 97 km/h and topping out near 151. Where the PRC-1N of 3063 carried four medium lasers across both arms and torsos, this 3132 rebuild strips all four out and mounts only a Laser AMS in the left torso in their place. A 180 XXL fusion engine replaces the base model's XL unit, and standard internal structure and impact-resistant armor take over from the endo steel frame and ferro-fibrous plating of the original, with the heat-sink count of 10 shifting from single to double. The Spikes in both arms, both torsos, and the head carry over from the PRC-1N. Innovative Design Concepts builds it on Solaris VII.
Armor & loadout
| Weapon / Equipment | Loc | Qty | Ammo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Phy | HD · RT · LT · RA · LA | 5 | |
| Sup | LT | 1 | |
| mobilitySupercharger | CT | ||
| defensiveNull Signature SystemIS | CT · RT · LT · RA · LA · RL · LL | ||
| mobilityMASCIS | RT |