Hatamoto Chi

{{InfoBoxBattleMech
|image=3050 HatamotoChi.jpg
|name=Hatamoto-Chi
|tech=Inner Sphere
|class=Assault
|mass=80 tons
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|Description=A melding of the popular Star League era Thug and the poorly regarded Charger, the samurai themed Hatamoto-Chi was the first post-Succession Wars DCMS BattleMech constructed utilizing recovered LosTech.

Tasked by Kanrei Theodore Kurita to reverse engineer examples of the advanced SLDF BattleMechs provided by ComStar in 3035 for future production, Luthien Armor Works secretly mated the weaponry of the Thug to the form of the maligned Charger. While initially unable to mass-produce the advanced Endo Steel chassis required to match the Thug, the appearance of the early Hatamoto-Chi and their endless variations bourne of the Chargers spacious torso sent the combined Armed Forces of the Federated Commonwealth into confusion during the War of 3039 and earned the design its place as the light assault 'Mech of choice in the Combine military. Originally manufactured on idle production lines for the Charger on the Combine capital under the cover name of the Maltex Corporation to throw off MIIO investigations, in an attempt to rebuild and upgrade after the Battle of Luthien, LAW sold the production rights to Independence Weaponry and Yori 'Mech Works located on the (then safer) FedCom border. [3][2]

Constructed with an Earthworks VOL Endo Steel chassis, fitted with CASE protected ammo bins and clad in fifteen and a half tons of Mitchell Argon armor, the Hatamoto-Chi shared the features which made its parent design an nearly indestructible zombie 'Mech. The main area that Combine was unable to replicate the Thug was the older design's advanced Double Heat Sinks, eighteen standard Heat Sinks giving the Hatamoto-Chi a high heat curve in heavy combat.<ref>[http://www.sarna.net/wiki/Hatamoto-Chi Hatamoto-Chi Article from Sarna.net]</ref>
|ECM=No
|BAP=No
|Jump Jets=No
|LAMS=No
|Enhanced Optics=No
|IFF Jammer=No
|Advanced Gyro=No
|Related Mechs=[[Thug]] - The venerable Star League assault 'Mech served as part of the inspiration for the Hatamoto-class of BattleMechs. Despite some differences in appearance, the Hatamoto-Chi is built on the same chassis as the Thug, and is armed very similarly. 
|Gallery1=IS Hatamoto Chi 80t .jpg
|Gallery1 Description=Model by Verybad, Textures by Cutterwolf 
|Categories=[[Category:Inner Sphere BattleMechs]] [[Category:Assault BattleMechs]][[Category:80 ton BattleMechs]]
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