Editing Quaestor

{{InfoBoxCombatVehicle
| image = Praetorian.jpg|191px
| name = Quaestor Mobile Tactical Command HQ
| manufacturer = [[Duncan Enterprises]], Moore
| production year = 3095 
| year reference = 
| Mission = Scout, <br/> Mobile Headquarters (MHQ), <br/> Command Vehicle, <br/> Electronic Warfare Unit
| Type = Tracked
| cost = 
| Tech Base =Inner Sphere
| mass = 30
| armor = [[standard armor]]
| heat sinks = 10
| engine = [[Fusion engine|fusion]]
| comsys = Unspecified
| T&T = Unspecified
| speed = 90
| Crew = 
| armament = <span></span>
* 1x [[ER small laser]]
* 2x [[machine gun]]
| BV (1.0) = 
| BV (2.0) = 437<ref>''Experimental Technical Readout: Republic, Volume 1'', pp. 8, 22 Quaestor - Unit Stats and capacities.</ref><ref>[http://masterunitlist.info/Unit/Details/7297/quaestor-mobile-tactical-command-hq-standard MUL Profile for the Quaestor Mobile Tactical Command HQ - BV2 and Introduction Year.]</ref> 
}}

==Description==
The '''Quaestor''' mobile tactical command HQ was a [[thirty-second century]] [[combat vehicle]], which was originally an inexpensive command vehicle that could be exported to allies and second line troops. The Quaestor was designed by Duncan Enterprises, who managed to convince the [[Republic of the Sphere]] leadership to allow the company to create the vehicle. The business plan was to save costs of production and design by using existing components being used to build the more advanced [[Praetorian]] and [[Tribune]] Mobile HQ vehicles.

This hybrid of the two advanced vehicles proved to be a boon for [[RAF|Republic's]] Standing Guard units due to its ruggedness and the ease of maintaining it. While not a perfect command vehicle, it was proven to be a good seller and was sold across the Inner Sphere. However, one blight on its history would be that one of these vehicles was used by [[Capellan Confederation]] [[Death Commandos]] in the ambush that killed [[Kai Allard-Liao]] during the [[Capellan Crusades]].  

Due to its association with that ambush, it became clear that the vehicle had truly become widespread throughout the Inner Sphere, and the decision was made to sell the more advanced Praetorian and Tribune vehicles to nations friendly to the Republic.<ref>''Experimental Technical Readout: Republic, Volume 1'', p. 8 Quaestor - Unit background information.</ref>

==Weapons and Equipment==
Duncan Enterprises used the chassis of the Praetorian as the basis of the vehicle. Engineers would end up stripping out the heavier vehicle's more advanced gear and armor to reduce costs. This left the Quaestor sharing the same dimensions and general appearance of the larger vehicle, although thirty tons lighter and far roomier inside. Powered by a 180-rated fusion engine, the vehicle is able move up to 90 km/h, the same speed as the Tribune. For its role as a command vehicle, the Quaestor matches the Tribune's 5-tons of [[Communication Equipment]], giving the command staff the ability to jam enemy transmissions, provide advance intelligence allowing units tied into the vehicle to gain the initiative on enemy troops via satellite connections, remote relays and more. Additionally a [[Guardian ECM Suite]] is fitted giving it an additional boost in electronic warfare capacities. The vehicle's crew must use its swift speed to help improve its odds of surviving in battle; this is partially due to the vehicle being armored with only six tons of [[standard armor]], which gives it modest protection should it be cornered.

The vehicle's limited form of self-defense comes from an [[Extended-Range Small Laser]] mounted in the main turret, with a pair of [[Machine Gun|machine guns]] each mounted in one of the vehicle's two [[sponson turret]]s.<ref>''Experimental Technical Readout: Republic, Volume 1'', pp. 8, 22 Quaestor - Unit Stats and capacities.</ref>

==Design Quirks==
The Quaestor Mobile Tactical Command HQ vehicle has the following [[Design Quirk]]:
*[[Poor Performance]]

==Notes==
* The Quaestor is published only in ''[[Experimental Technical Readout: Republic, Volume 1]]'', with a record sheet. The image of the [[Praetorian]] was used as the official image of the vehicle.

* The vehicle  was first created for [[Wizkids]]' [[MechWarrior: Dark Age|MechWarrior Dark Age Collectable Miniatures]] game, as a part of its original release; the set was later renamed the ''Dark Age'' release. The vehicle was amongst the few which were given then-[[Classic BattleTech]] stats for use in the tabletop game, appearing in ''[[Record Sheets: MechWarrior Dark Age I]]'' as the "Mobile Tactical Command HQ".<ref>[http://bg.battletech.com/forums/ask-the-writers/old-mwda-record-sheet-book-question/?topicseen Official BattleTech (forums): "Old MWDA Record Sheet book Question"]</ref>

* Later, it was adapted and redefined by [[Catalyst Game Labs]], once the company had advanced the franchise's timeline to [[3095]]. There was very limited information regarding this vehicle until ''[[Experimental Technical Readout: Republic, Volume 2]]'' was published, including a lack of a formal name.

* The only advanced gear was the [[Sponson Turret|sponson turret]]; this would be regulated as Tournament Legal as of [[3079]].<ref>''Technical Readout: Prototypes'', p. 206, "Jihad Technology Advancement Table/Turrets"</ref>

==References==
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==Bibliography==
* ''[[Experimental Technical Readout: Republic, Volume 1]]''
* ''[[Master Unit List]]''
* ''[[Record Sheets: MechWarrior Dark Age I]]''
* ''[[Technical Readout: Prototypes]]''

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