Kodiak

FIELD NOTES: "In the Inner Sphere, little is known of the Kodiak. No complete chassis has ever been recovered from the battlefield. It is believed to be unique to Clan Ghost Bear and used almost exclusively as a command ’Mech. From what has been observed, it is a brutal and fast-moving assault ’Mech with more hardpoints than any other known ’Mech. It has devastating firepower, above average speed, and Jump Jets. Only another assault ’Mech should consider engaging a Kodiak."

Armament and Equipment
The Kodiak has a mixed load out focusing primarily on close quarters combat. It has 4 Clan ER Medium Lasers in pairs on both arms in a claw like pattern. The Cl ER Med Lasers reach up to 400 meters allowing combat to occur at medium ranges. Otherwise the only source of medium range combat is the pair of Clan Streak MRM 40's the Kodiak has equipped in each arm underneath the claws. Due to the low ammo of these weapons it should be reserved specifically for higher priority targets. The Clan LBX AC/20 provides a powerful close close quarters weapon that compliments the already short to medium ranges the Kodiak performs best at. Allowing the Kodiak to able to cripple even some heavy mechs with a single alpha strike.

Jump Jets were also added to the Kodiak to increase it's agility and urban warfare capabilities.

Missions
In MechWarrior 4: Mercenaries the Kodiak is a rare battlemech. It is only ever seen in the Collusion Grand Championship on the opposite side of the arena. Thus it may be possible that the Kodiak has been taken out before contacting you.

The rarity of the Kodiak is due to being an exclusive Clan Ghost Bear battlemech with only a very few examples existing outside of Clan Ghost Bear space, which does raise an interesting note on the sighting of the Kodiak in Solaris VII to an unnamed MechWarrior as someone who would be able to get their hands on a Kodiak would have been headline news unless it was a salvaged 'mech with improvised repairs and parts similar to how the Vulture in MechWarrior 4 is an inner sphere production version with a nose turret which is absent on the standard Vulture.

Expansion Pack Required
The Kodiak is an expansion pack 'mech from the Clan 'Mech Pak. Adding the Arctic Wolf, Couldron-Born, and the Massakari.

In this Package for MechWarrior 4: Vengence other additions is a new Solaris VII mission in the factory. The Clan Streak MRM missiles, and the component Enhanced Optics.