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Kraken
Federated Suns
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 Posted: 07-Oct-2004 18:22 Post subject: Porcupine Tank |
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BattleTech Vehicle Technical Readout
VALIDATED
Type/Model: Porcupine
Tech: Inner Sphere / 3025
Config: Tracked Vehicle
Rules: Level 1-FA, Standard design
Mass: 85 tons
Power Plant: 255 InterFus Fusion
Cruise Speed: 32.4 km/h
Maximum Speed: 54.0 km/h
Armor Type: ProtecTech 7 Standard
Armament:
12 Delta Dart LRM 5s
2 Martell Medium Lasers
1 Medium Laser
Manufacturer: Blackwell Corporation
Location: Outreach
Communications System: Angst 2100-b
Targeting & Tracking System: Xilex-2010
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==Overview:==
Like its namesake, the Porcupine moves ponderously along, stinging anyone
foolish enough to attempt to attack it. The main weapons on the Porcupine are
12 LRM-5 launchers, supported by 6 tons of ammo. Backing this array up is a
trio of medium lasers.
At least superficially, it appears to have a marked resemblance to the
LAAF's SturmFuer tank; however, representatives from Blackwell have assured us
that this is a mere coincidence. We're not completely sure we believe them.
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Type/Model: Porcupine
Mass: 85 tons
Construction Options: Fractional Accounting
Equipment: Items Mass
Int. Struct.: 45 pts Standard 0 8.50
Engine: 255 Fusion 0 13.00
Shielding & Transmission Equipment: 0 6.50
Cruise MP: 3
Flank MP: 5
Heat Sinks: 10 Single 0 .00
Cockpit & Controls: 0 4.25
Crew: 6 Members 0 .00
Turret Equipment: 0 .90
Armor Factor: 296 pts Standard 0 18.50
Internal Armor
Structure Value
Front: 9 89
Left / Right Sides: 9 59/59
Rear: 9 40
Turret: 9 49
Weapons and Equipment Loc Heat Ammo Items Mass
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4 LRM 5s Turret 0 48 5 10.00
4 LRM 5s Front 0 48 4 10.00
2 LRM 5s Left 0 24 2 5.00
2 LRM 5s Right 0 24 2 5.00
1 Medium Laser Turret 3 1 1.00
1 Medium Laser Front 3 1 1.00
1 Medium Laser Rear 3 1 1.00
Cargo Bay Capacity Body 1 .35
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TOTALS: 9 17 85.00
Items & Tons Left: 5 .00
Calculated Factors:
Total Cost: 4,480,700 C-Bills
Battle Value: 1,020
Cost per BV: 4,392.84
Weapon Value: 1,932 / 1,932 (Ratio = 1.89 / 1.89)
Damage Factors: SRDmg = 33; MRDmg = 29; LRDmg = 16
BattleForce2: MP: 3T, Armor/Structure: 0 / 11
Damage PB/M/L: 3/5/4, Overheat: 0
Class: GA; Point Value: 10
Specials: tran0, if
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Nightmare
Lyran Alliance
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| Posted: 08-Oct-2004 02:05 Post subject: RE: Porcupine Tank |
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Multiple weapon systems will be good once you start taking hits, but I'm not sure it's worth going this far. Imagine a lance of these shooting at something. You'll be rolling dice for a long time.
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Kraken
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| Posted: 08-Oct-2004 08:39 Post subject: RE: Porcupine Tank |
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On 2004-10-08 02:05, Nightmare wrote:
Multiple weapon systems will be good once you start taking hits, but I'm not sure it's worth going this far. Imagine a lance of these shooting at something. You'll be rolling dice for a long time.
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Something that I noticed in the weapons tonnages is that there's an oddity with the LRM racks.
Take the LRM 10 as an example. As it's just two LRM 5s slapped together, it should be 2 crits and 4 tons. Instead, it's 2 crits and 5 tons. The LRM 15 is 3 and 7, and the LRM 10 is 4 and 10.
Not only do you make the launchers harder to silence, but you also get a weight savings by breaking up the launchers. The trade-off is that, for some reason, the same number of LRM 5s puts out more heat; however, for ground vehicles they don't experience heat from missiles or ballistics.
As such, I took a SturmFuer chassis and decided to experiment.
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StarRaven
Federated Suns
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| Posted: 08-Oct-2004 12:09 Post subject: RE: Porcupine Tank |
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On the LRMs. It's always looked to me like it's one ton for every two missiles. 10 tons for an LRM 20, and 5 for a 10. The LRM 5 is 2 tons, and and you get the fifth missile free. The LRM 15 is 7 tons for the first 14 missiles, and again the last is free. It's the same with SRM racks: one ton per two missiles. IS Streak racks are a half ton extra (over standard SRMs) for every two missiles.
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Moonlapse Vertigo
Clan Goliath Scorpion
Star Captain
Joined: 02-Mar-2004 00:00
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| Posted: 08-Oct-2004 12:57 Post subject: RE: Porcupine Tank |
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| LRM 5s are the most effienct weight wise, but don't like to be rolling all those hit locations, plus using a bunch of LRM5s is never really something you see in canon designs.
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mud
Draconis Combine
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Joined: 23-Jul-2002 00:00
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| Posted: 08-Oct-2004 15:27 Post subject: RE: Porcupine Tank |
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It gives you a lot more chances to get a critical hit though.
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bladewind
Free Rasalhague Republic
Major General
Joined: 02-Oct-2004 00:00
Posts: 1054
Location: Singapore
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| Posted: 10-Oct-2004 08:58 Post subject: RE: Porcupine Tank |
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unless u intend to equip Artemis dozens of LRM5s cant go wrong....
(12x 2T) + Artemis = 24 + 12 :/
(3x 10T) + Artemis = 30+ 3
[ This Message was edited by: bladewind on 2004-10-10 09:04 ]
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