Battletech's Pack Hunter, Potent Sniper and Hunter!

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The Pack Hunter is the antithesis of the regular Clan 'mech. It is meant to hunt down enemies in group, overwhelming them with speed and firepower. Clearly a very "wolf-like" design, even though it is not "clan-like". Clan Wolf-In-Exile's leader, Phelan Kell-Ward, decided to make this the first 'mech they were going to build while in exile on Arc-Royal.
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[@BazztheBazz]

I'm a big fan of the Pack Hunter. It's like if someone took a Panther, injected it with Clan tech goodies, and made a fun jump-sniper

[@ProfessorHeyTeeEn]

"But it doesn't have the SRM 4", I hear the Draconis Combine officer say. Yeah, it also doesn't overheat by looking at it wrong.

[@Sturm01]

Its like a clan Hollander

[@brothersgt.grauwolff6716]

the Pack Hunter has always had a spot in Hunter/Killer Stars especially when I backed it up with a Coytal it's mix of weapons help cover the Pack Hunter at close ranges btw I had mine painted as Lockdown from Bayformers

[@MrDecelles]

This was supposed to be a wolfhound companion with same engine and complementary weapon (PPC for positional sniping). and they transformed it into a ppc jumping 'mech in the other variants! The wolfhound and the Pack Hunter have an excellent staying power (all energy), good armor, they probably share alot of parts for interoperability. 'mechs like the Fenris, Puma, crimson hawk, artic wolf, wolfhound all produced on Ark Royal seems to have the same build philosophy, light line combat and harrassers able to fight without a big suply line. People who did the lore really thought it through. The original is probably the best .

[@eezaak21]

Phelan Ward had a bit of a thing for light mechs and harassing the enemy. His original mech was a Wolfhound.

[@Mr._Anderpson]

Surprising the wolves didn't make a variant with a capacitor for the ER-PPC. If you're capable of slipping in & out of combat and landing a shot with the force of an AC-20 from long range, why not do that?

[@ProfessorHeyTeeEn]

@@Mr._Anderpson I'd take the Mark 3, remove the Micro lasers and put on the PPC Cap. With a MASC and Jump Jets, you get where you want and need to be for it to count.

[@Mr._Anderpson]

@@ProfessorHeyTeeEn That's what I'm talking about! A little gnome of a mech dipping and weaving, kneecapping other mechs as needed and disappearing around the corner.

[@franksmedley8619]

Greetings Professor HeyTeeEn The Hellsport Mek Werks got their hands on a couple of Pack Hunter Clan Mechs. A 'Standard' Pack Hunter, and a Pack Hunter II. The basic Pack Hunter is a fine Mech and operates as a fast sniper Mech. The PH II was altered a bit from its basic configuration. Both B-Pods were removed and the weight invested into a Clan AMS, a ton of ammo, and a half ton of additional Clan FFA. The Mech still moves at 7-11-7, and has its 10 Clan DSHS. It has Clan FFA and Endo, and the ER PPC and pair of ER Medium Lasers. The reason for the change was that no pilot should allow Infantry, or especially Battle Armor, to get in range of the Mech due to its ability to 'run and gun' at its fulll flank speed of 118 KPH. Other than increasing FFA armoring by half a ton, and the addition of a Clan AMS and its ammo, the Mech remains a Pack Hunter II. The Astechs want the Legions to send another example of the Pack Hunter to the Mek Werks, so that they can play around with a design with ridiculous numbers of ER Small Lasers, or even ER Micro Lasers. I overheard something about 'Death of a Thousand Cuts' in passing a discussion group. Other than dealing with my rather insane astechs, things are going well here, and I wanted to wish you and your team a Happy New Year. Jason Andrews Chief Tech Hellsport Mek Werks Hel, Sheol III Stygia System Stygian Compact

[@NemFX]

The Pack Hunter, aka upgraded Piranha. Both mechs are built to run in swarms, but don't, because Clan Honour. If the Clans ever let themselves fight dirty, you'd see those two mechs stacking bodies and making war crimes.

[@eezaak21]

Cheap and effective....just how I like my mechs.

[@Colonel_Overkill]

A pack hunter with a hyper laser is truly terrifying.

[@ProfessorHeyTeeEn]

I'm never a huge fan of the Hyper Laser, I prefer a ER PPC with a PPC capacitor. Just less risky.

[@Colonel_Overkill]

I can't argue that. You gain more consistently higher damage and an extra couple hexes range for more heat and a chance to blow the gun off your mech. Its really situational, with "are you likely to fire every turn, and are you completely stuffed if your laser detonates?" Usually becoming the deciding factor of if its worth taking or not.

[@hermes7587]

I like the simple and effective design of the Pack Hunter Mark I. The only item I would like to add would be targeting computer to emphasize the the sniper role. Unfortunately the more recent BT Mech designs get more convoluted with more gadgets and less focus on a specific mission. Having several different weapon systems with different ranges and special rules attached to them on one unit does not add to the fun playing the game.

[@ProfessorHeyTeeEn]

@@hermes7587 A 2 ton TarComp would be hard to squeeze on the Pack Hunter without an XL engine, sadly. That's where things get rough.

[@hermes7587]

@@ProfessorHeyTeeEn I know. The TC would work with an ER-LL though. The spare ton could be used for two ER-SL on the arms for close-in work. If I would design this from scratch, I would have picked 35 or 40 ton chassis.

[@teehasheestower]

Never used one, but it seems like IS tech done right.

[@Based_Lord_Humongous]

Phelan Kell Try Not To Make or Drive Light Mech Challenge: IMPOSSIBLE

[@jasonscarborough94]

I have a Pack Hunter 4 in my Clan Wolf command Trinary, I painted it purple and named it Megatron. Also why don't variants of Clan standard mechs get a letter designations like the Omni-mechs? It feels like FASA dropped the ball on that one.

[@OmniMontel]

It's a quick way in a TRO to tell the difference between Omni and battlemech.

[@jasonscarborough94]

@@OmniMontel Granted, but, for a world building I'd still take having people asking "wait is the Kodiak an Omni-mech?" over the current "This is a Pack Hunter 2 and this is a Pack Hunter II" naming scheme.

[@OmniMontel]

@@jasonscarborough94 The II mechs have exploded in number in the last 5 years. A big part of that is product sales and patron placement. People like playing with new toys and having them be official, people like seeing their name and ideas in print so variants and customs get included into articles and tros. Over the course of 40 years and multiple companies you aren't going to have consistency. Add in half (actually its probably only about 20% now) of the clan units have multiple names. The publishing game company wants to make money and stay in business which means actually making new products.

[@jasonscarborough94]

@@OmniMontel No no I'm perfectly fine with seeing the influx of new mechs, I'm just saying from a world building perspective, I'd have rather seen all native clan mechs and the initial clan refits of the IS mechs like the Rifleman and the Warhammer use the "Prime, A, B ect" system and then the "II" mark can be added to mechs that are meant to be upgrades or reinterpretations of existing mechs. So the the Rifleman C and the Pack Hunter would be the "Rifleman Prime" and Pack Hunter Prime" respectively the Pack Hunter 2 would be the "Pack Hunter A" meanwhile The Rifleman IIC and Pack Hunter II would be the "Rifleman II Prime" and "Pack Hunter II Prime"

[@DIEGhostfish]

SPecifically to avoid confusion with Omnimechs. And omnimech configurations are fast swap.

[@Lastburn]

Conventry would to have a word about this blantant copyright infringements for its Hollander Patents

[@ProfessorHeyTeeEn]

@@Lastburn The Pack Hunter doesn't look as silly as the Hollander, at least.

[@DIEGhostfish]

The Pack Hunter redesign is such a downgrade. Sure it fixed the overly large upper arms but it made the rest of the mech so much worse.