First apearing on the battlefield during the Word of Blakes's Jihad, the Arbalest was a light strike 'Mech conceived by the Nova Cats to beef up their second-line forces. Slow for its size, with only short bursts of speed made possile by a MASC systm, much the Arbalest's tonnage went into armor and weaponry.

Armament:
2 LRM 10 Launcher
2 ER Medium Lasers