Rattlesnake JR7-31R (Gideon)

The JR7-31R Gideon is a 35-ton striker, a 3084 refit of the 3042 JR7-31 built on a Clan XL fusion engine and Inner Sphere endo steel structure. Where the original packed seven medium lasers across its arms, torsos, and center torso, the Gideon trims that battery to a medium laser in each arm and the center torso, adds ER medium lasers in the left and right torsos, and mounts an ER small laser in the head. A Clan targeting computer fills the left torso, and the right torso carries an Angel ECM suite and Clan MASC in place of the base model's Guardian ECM suite, letting the Gideon sprint to 151 km/h with MASC engaged atop its 76 km/h cruising and 119 km/h top speeds, with the same 210-meter jump range as the JR7-31. Clan ferro-fibrous armor and 12 Clan double heat sinks round out the refit, built by Phoenix Heavy Industries at Ashkum.