Mass: 75 tons
Chassis: Foundation 128A
Power Plant: Pitban 300 Extralight Fusion Engine
Cruising Speed: 43 kph
Maximum Speed: 64 kph (86 kph with Supercharger)
Jump Jets: Dynamo Improved
    Jump Capacity: 180 meters
Armor: Valiant Lamellor with CASE II
Armament:
    1 Poland Main Model A Gauss Rifle
    1 Defiance 1001 Extended Range Particle Projector Cannon
Manufacturer: Defiance Industries
    Primary Factory: Hesperus II
Communications System: TharHes Crystal Flower RG-2
Targeting and Tracking System: TharHes Star Shark with Bloodhound Active Probe

The undying Lyran dream of standardizing scout ‘Mech in the Heavy and Assault weight class is often belittled by rival Inner Sphere analysts. Thus initial reports of the Rattenfanger were ignored as erroneous intelligence: a seventy-five ton BattleMech with dedicated long-range sensors, 86 kph ground speed, and 180 meter leap were too fanciful to accept at face value. The truth became irrefutable when scout ‘Mechs were consistently lost to a Lyran reconnaissance design neigh invulnerable to others of the same role. Mounting an Extended Range Particle Projector Cannon and a Gauss Rifle, the Rattenfanger outran whatever it could not outgun. At an eye watering 24.5 million C-Bills per unit, only the overwhelming industrial might of the Lyran Commonwealth would consider large scale procurement of such a design.

Tech Base: Inner Sphere [E/X-X-F-F]
Role: Scout
Battle Value: 2,098
Cost: 24,574,375 C-Bills

Equipment                                                                 Mass
Internal Structure:                                                        7.5
Engine:                              300 XL                                9.5
    Walking MP:                        4
    Running MP:                        6 [8]
    Jumping MP:                        6
Heat Sinks:                         10 [20]                                 0
Gyro:                                                                       3
Cockpit (Torso-Mounted):                                                    4
Armor Factor (Ferro-Fibrous):         197                                  11
                                   Internal             Armor
                                   Structure            Value
    Head                               3                  9
    Center Torso                      23                 30
    Center Torso (rear)                                  12
    L/R Torso                         16                 20
    L/R Torso (rear)                                      8
    L/R Arm                           12                 20
    L/R Leg                           16                 25

Weapons and Ammo                   Location           Critical            Mass
ER PPC                                RA                  3                 7
Supercharger                          RT                  1                1.5
3 Improved Jump Jets                  RT                  6                 6
Bloodhound Active Probe               HD                  3                 2
Ammo (Gauss Rifle) 8                  LT                  1                 1
3 Improved Jump Jets                  LT                  6                 6
Gauss Rifle                           LA                  7                15
Ammo (Gauss Rifle) 8                  LA                  1                 1
CASE II                               LA                  1                 1