BattleMech Technical Readout
Name/Model: Thunderbolt II TDRII-1SC
Designer: Toxic_Toast
Source(s): Custom Mordel.Net Units
Technology: Inner Sphere (Mixed)
Technology Rating: F
Tonnage: 80
Role: Juggernaut
Configuration: Biped BattleMech
Era/Year: Dark Age / 3150
Rules (Current): Advanced
Rules (Era): Advanced
Rules (Year): Advanced
Total Cost: 26,324,040 C-Bills
Battle Value: 2,001
Chassis: Endo-Composite
Power Plant: 320 XL
Walking Speed: 43.2 kph
Maximum Speed: 64.8 kph
Jump Jets: None
Jump Capacity: None
Armor: Standard with CASE II
Armament:
1 Heavy PPC
1 LRM 20 w/ Artemis IV FCS (C)
3 Medium X-Pulse Lasers
1 Anti-Missile System
Manufacturer: Earthwerks-FWL, Inc
Primary Factory: Calloway VI
Communications: Irian Orator-5K with Angel ECM Suite
Targeting & Tracking: RCA Instatrac Mark X
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Overview:
During the course of development for the TDRII Earthwerks would receive an invitation to
demonstrate their product in front of senior members of the FWLM. At the trial,
representatives would inquire if the Thunderbolt II platform could support Command
operations. Hasan, present for the demonstration would assure the officials that the
Thunderbolt II design was as flexible a design as its forbear. Shortly following the
completion of the (successful) trial, a formal request would be delivered from the FWLM to
Earthworks for the development of a command variant of the TDRII. This would be done in the
hopes of finding a suitable replacement to the BLR BattleMaster series whose domestic
production line had also been lost with the fall of Keystone. While reluctant to get away
from the core concepts (reliability and affordability) of the Thunderbolt II, Hasan and his
team would set about to design and produce the TDR-1SC.
He would do this by freeing up tonnage through upgrading the light-fusion engine to an XL
engine and replacing the three medium-VSP-lasers with three medium x-pulse lasers, while
dropping a heatsink from the design. The er-small laser would be removed so the design team
could take advantage of the TDRII?s spacious cockpit to install a complete command console.
An advanced C3 boosted master computer system would be imported from the Draconis Combine
for the mech, while an Angel ECM would be added to give the TDRII-1SC an additional layer of
defense. Finally, there would be enough room left to upgrade the ER-PPC to a Heavy PPC. All
of this advanced equipment (a lot of it imported) would cause the TDRII-1SC cost to balloon
to double what the original TDRII-1S had cost, putting it out of reach of most customers.
However, for those who could afford the mech, it would prove to be capable advanced
electronics and command platform.
Capabilities:
Design Quirks:
Multi-trac
Battle Computer
Variants:
Two additional variants also exist of the TDRII-
TDRII-1S: The Base Production model
TDRII-1S2: A simplified version of the 1S
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Equipment Mass
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Internal Structure: Endo-Composite 6.00
Engine: 320 XL 11.50
Walking MP: 4
Running MP: 6
Jumping MP: 0
Heat Sinks (Double): 14 [28] 4.00
Gyro: Standard 4.00
Cockpit: Standard 3.00
Armor Factor: 224 14.00
Type: Standard
Internal Armor
Structure Value
Head: 3 9
Center Torso: 25 33
Center Torso (rear): 10
R/L Torso: 17 25
R/L Torso (rear): 8
R/L Arm: 13 23
R/L Leg: 17 30
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Weapons and Ammo Location Critical Tonnage
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Command Console H 1 3.00
Medium X-Pulse Laser CT 1 2.00
Anti-Missile System RT 1 0.50
C3 Boosted Master RT 6 6.00
2 Medium X-Pulse Lasers RT 2 4.00
Anti-Missile System (Ammo 12) LT 1 1.00
CASE II LT 1 1.00
LRM 20 w/ Artemis IV FCS (C) LT 4 5.00
LRM 20 (Ammo 12) [Artemis IV] (C) LT 2 2.00
Heavy PPC RA 4 10.00
Angel ECM Suite LL 2 2.00
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Alpha Strike Statistics
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Point Value (PV): 53
TP: BM, SZ: 4, TMM: 1, MV: 8"
Damage: (S) 4 / (M) 4 / (L) 4, OV: 2
Armor (A): 7, Structure (S): 4
Specials: AECM, AMS, C3BSM, CASEII, IF1, MHQ7, TAG
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