Mass: 80 tons
Chassis: Foundation 128A
Power Plant: Pitban 320 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 Lyran notion of an 80-ton scout ‘Mech is often belittled as an unrealistic pipedream by Inner Sphere militaries. Thus initial reports of the Rattenfanger were ignored as erroneous intelligence. An assault BattleMech with a dedicated long-range sensor suite, 86 kph top speed, and 180 meter leap distance were too fanciful to accept at face value. The truth became irrefutable when opposition scout ‘Mechs were consistently lost to a Lyran reconnaissance design neigh invulnerable to other BattleMechs of the same role. Mounting an Extended Range Particle Projector Cannon and a Gauss Rifle with plentiful ammunition, the Rattenfanger outran whatever it could not outgun. At an eye watering 28 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: 2,332
Cost: 27,849,000 C-Bills

Equipment                                                                 Mass
Internal Structure:                Endo Steel                               4
Engine:                              320 XL                               11.5
    Walking MP:                        4
    Running MP:                        6 [8]
    Jumping MP:                        6
Heat Sinks:                         10 [20]                                 0
Gyro:                                                                       4
Cockpit (Torso-Mounted):                                                    4
Armor Factor:                         240                                  15
                                   Internal             Armor
                                   Structure            Value
    Head                               3                  9
    Center Torso                      23                 32
    Center Torso (rear)                                  15
    L/R Torso                         16                 22
    L/R Torso (rear)                                     12
    L/R Arm                           12                 26
    L/R Leg                           16                 32

Weapons and Ammo                   Location           Critical            Mass
ER PPC                                RA                  3                 7
Supercharger                          RT                  1                1.5
Ammo (Gauss Rifle) 8                  RT                  1                 1
3 Improved Jump Jets                  RT                  6                 6
Bloodhound Active Probe               HD                  3                 2
Ammo (Gauss Rifle) 16                 LT                  2                 2
3 Improved Jump Jets                  LT                  6                 6
Gauss Rifle                           LA                  7                15
CASE II                               LA                  1                 1