Shadow Hawk SHD-9D

The SHD-9D is a 55-ton skirmisher that fights at stand-off to medium range, a 3070 rebuild of the 2467 SHD-1R that adds five tons to the chassis. Where the SHD-1R carries a Medium Laser in the right arm, the SHD-9D mounts a Medium Pulse Laser there instead, and an MML 5 in the left torso replaces the original AC/5. A Light AC/5 in the right torso rounds out the weapons fit, a weapon the SHD-1R never carried. A 275 light fusion engine and endo steel structure replace the SHD-1R's 240 fusion engine and standard frame, lifting cruising speed from 43 to 54 km/h and top speed from 65 to 86 km/h, while jump range grows from 90 to 150 metres. Light ferro-fibrous armor replaces the primitive plating of the original, and ten double heat sinks stand in place of the earlier ten singles. The reinforced battle fists on both arms and the rugged, field-serviceable frame carry over from the SHD-1R. Kallon Weapon Industries builds the SHD-9D at its Nanking plant.