WCGW Chpt 125

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==Chapter 125 - What Could Go Wrong==
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5 June 3043
Wokha (Former Outworlds System)
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Until the overall situation here on Wokha was resolved, Colonel David Mitchell had decided to keep access restricted to the SLDF Base to only the senior personnel of the unit but had added the senior technicians and Professor Hiram Igram to the access roster. At least they could begin checking out all the equipment recovered inside the complex. For Professor Igram, it was as though he had died and went to heaven when he stepped into the Mech complex for the First Battalion, 200th Royal Light Horse. The feeling of only intensified as he explored each of the other Mech complexes. While he ran around like a kid hopped up on pure sugar, Chief Warrant Officer Penelope Rodgers entered an office labeled Maintenance Chief, First Battalion and sat down at a desk. She located the small slot and inserted her new security "key".
First Lieutenant Nathan Davis knew he could not handle all the information himself and had spent several days giving a class to all the senior staff on how to navigate the Star League computer system and issuing each of them a security "key". While each computer could be accessed without a key, it vastly limited the user's access. With the key, they could access any database stored in the central computer from any terminal in the base. Without the key, a user was restricted to only the information stored on that particular computer. 
When the computer finished booting up, she started studying information on the Battlemechs they had recovered. While the Crab, Dervish, Hermes, and Mongoose were different versions than those she was familiar with, she mainly concerned herself with those she was not familiar with. She pulled up the information on the TLN-5W Talon and began reading everything the system had on it. Armed with a ER PPC and two medium lasers, it was nicely armed. Equipped with eleven double heat sinks, General Motors 280 XL engine gave it a top speed of 129 km/h and max armor of 7.5 tons of standard plate. Fast as a Locust but much heavier armed was how her brain absorbed the information.
She meant to pull up information on the LNX-9Q Lynx, but selected the wrong menu option. The monitor display changed and a large list was displayed instead of what she was looking for. Her eyes were wide and she stood and walked to the door and yelled "Professor, you need to come see this!!!"
She sat back down and stared at the screen, it was a long list, she recognized most of the names displayed and even the variants, but there were so many she did not recognize. Not just variants but actual Battlemechs she did not recognize names of. The list contained 119 different Battlemech types, not counting the different variants of each type. Tired of waiting she selected one that she did not recognize that only had a single variant listed. The monitor displayed a brief summary of the selected Battlemech. Down at the bottom of the screen, she finally saw a little message: Updated 3 March 2765.
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Atlas II AS7-D-H
Top Speed - 54 km/h
Engine - Vlar 300 Fusion
Armor - 17 tons StarSlab/2 Ferro-fibrous with CASE
Coolant System - 14 Double Heat Sinks
Weapons
-(2) ER Large Laser Left Arm
-(1) LBX-10 Right Arm
-(1) SRM-6 Left Torso
-(2) Medium Pulse Laser Left Torso
-(1) LRM-20 Right Torso
-(1) SRM-6 Ammo Left Torso w/CASE
-(2) LBX-10 Ammo Right Torso w/CASE
-(2) LRM-20 Ammo Right Torso w/CASE
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She exited back to the previous master list but before she could select another to look at, Professor Hiram Igram entered the office. "What have you found, Chief Rodgers?"
She pushed herself back from the monitor to allow Professor Igram enough room to get a good view. After a few seconds looking at the monitor, Professor Igram fainted. Chief Warrant Officer picked up her radio "Need medical to Tunnel One complex."
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