Mass: 80 tons
Chassis: Kallon Type Kataga
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: Durallex Light 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 an Assault class scout ‘Mech is often belittled by rival Inner Sphere analysts. Thus initial reports of the Rattenfanger were ignored as erroneous intelligence: an eighty ton BattleMech with dedicated long-range sensors, 86 kph ground speed, and a stable 180 meter jump distance were too fanciful to accept at face value. Despite the lack of visual evidence, reality became irrefutable when Locust, Stinger, and Wasp scout units were consistently lost to an unidentified Lyran reconnaissance contact. Mounting an Extended Range Particle Projector Cannon and a Gauss Rifle, the Rattenfanger outran whatever it could not outgun and outgun whatever it could not outrun. At an eye watering 27.8 million C-Bills per unit, only the overwhelming industrial might of the Lyran Commonwealth could afford large scale procurement. Perhaps more disturbing are rumors of a Chameleon Light Polarization Shield variant in existence, presumably substituting the Extended Range Particle Projector Cannon with an ordinary Particle Projector Cannon to mitigate increased thermal generation.

Tech Base: Inner Sphere [E/X-X-F-F]
Role: Scout
Battle Value: 2,135
Cost: 27,802,200 C-Bills

Equipment                                                                 Mass
Internal Structure:                                                         8
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 (Light Ferro):           203                                  12
                                   Internal             Armor
                                   Structure            Value
    Head                               3                  9
    Center Torso                      25                 30
    Center Torso (rear)                                  12
    L/R Torso                         17                 20
    L/R Torso (rear)                                      8
    L/R Arm                           13                 20
    L/R Leg                           17                 28

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