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Warhammer: 3025
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 Posted: 31-Jan-2005 10:17 Post subject: IMP-12 Imperium Main Battle Tank |
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One of my favorite methodologies for designing vehicles is to take a certain amount of firepower, and then create a vehicle to support it. For the Imperium, I wanted firepower equal to a 75 ton 'mech, and a vehicle which was considerably better protected than a 'mech of that size could be.
The Imperium does best, as most tanks tend to, when meeting its enemies head-on. Taking into account the mobility of 'mechs and lighter vehicles, I added protection from flanking maneuvers in the form of twin SRM-4s, one mounted on each side. The LRM-5 mounted on the rear is actually facing forward, pointing at an angle over the turret (the LRM-5 therefore has a "dead zone" in its fire arc, and cannot be fired at any height level one target if the target is within 6 hexes of the vehicle. Also, the backblast from missile launch will cause damage to any infantry or unarmored vehicles/structures in the hex immediately behind the vehicle, the equivalent of one Inferno SRM). For point defense there is, of course, the ever-present forward mounted Machine Gun.
Type/Model: Imperium IPM-12
Tech: Inner Sphere / 3012
Config: Tracked Vehicle
Rules: Level 2, Standard design
Mass: 100 tons
Power Plant: 200 General Motors Fusion
Cruise Speed: 21.6 km/h
Maximum Speed: 32.4 km/h
Armor Type: StarGuard III Standard
Armament:
1 Federated 10-shot LRM 10
2 Parti-Kill Heavy Cannon PPCs
2 Randall Hellbitch Medium Lasers
1 Federated 5-Shot LRM 5
2 Hovertec Quad SRM 4s
1 GM MiniGun Machine Gun
Manufacturer: General Motors of Kathil
Location: Kathil
Communications System: Tek BattleCom
Targeting & Tracking System: Tek Tru-Trak
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Type/Model: Imperium IPM-12
Mass: 100 tons
Equipment: Items Mass
Int. Struct.: 50 pts Standard 0 10.00
Engine: 200 Fusion 0 8.50
Shielding & Transmission Equipment: 0 4.50
Cruise MP: 2
Flank MP: 3
Heat Sinks: 26 Single 0 16.00
Cockpit & Controls: 0 5.00
Crew: 7 Members 0 .00
Turret Equipment: 0 2.50
Armor Factor: 312 pts Standard 0 19.50
Internal Armor
Structure Value
Front: 10 94
Left / Right Sides: 10 62/62
Rear: 10 42
Turret: 10 52
Weapons and Equipment Loc Heat Ammo Items Mass
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1 LRM 10 Turret 0 24 2 7.00
1 PPC Turret 10 1 7.00
1 PPC Turret 10 1 7.00
1 Medium Laser Turret 3 1 1.00
1 Medium Laser Turret 3 1 1.00
1 LRM 5 Rear 0 48 2 4.00
1 SRM 4 Left 0 25 2 3.00
1 SRM 4 Right 0 25 1 3.00
1 Machine Gun Front 0 100 2 1.00
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TOTALS: 26 13 100.00
Items & Tons Left: 12 .00
Calculated Factors:
Total Cost: 5,264,667 C-Bills
Battle Value: 841
Cost per BV: 6,260.01
Weapon Value: 1,574 / 1,574 (Ratio = 1.87 / 1.87)
Damage Factors: SRDmg = 38; MRDmg = 22; LRDmg = 9
BattleForce2: MP: 2T, Armor/Structure: 0 / 12
Damage PB/M/L: 4/5/3, Overheat: 0
Class: GA; Point Value: 8
[ This Message was edited by: Warhammer: 3025 on 2005-02-27 01:09 ]
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Seraph
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| Posted: 01-Feb-2005 16:12 Post subject: RE: IMP-12 Imperium Main Battle Tank |
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I kinda like this tank. It's like a grown-up version of the Manticore. Like any good tank design it has several weapon systems and a good coverage of all range groups. It's a tad slow for my tastes but what 100 ton tank isn't? 
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StarRaven
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Joined: 01-Jun-2004 00:00
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Location: United States
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| Posted: 01-Feb-2005 17:27 Post subject: RE: IMP-12 Imperium Main Battle Tank |
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I like it, but I'm not so sure about the medium lasers. I geuss it might be personal preference, but a medium laser which includes three tons of heat sinks doesn't seem as worth it. I'd've used those eight tons for upgrading the LRMs, and maybe the SRMs too. But it's still pretty good; espcially since no 'Mech can carry that much armor.
[ This Message was edited by: StarRaven on 2005-02-01 17:29 ]
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| Posted: 01-Feb-2005 17:56 Post subject: RE: IMP-12 Imperium Main Battle Tank |
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On 2005-02-01 17:27, StarRaven wrote:
I like it, but I'm not so sure about the medium lasers. I guess it might be personal preference, but a medium laser which includes three tons of heat sinks doesn't seem as worth it. I'd've used those eight tons for upgrading the LRMs, and maybe the SRMs too. But it's still pretty good; espcially since no 'Mech can carry that much armor.
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I've always had a place in my heart for weapons that don't need ammunition. After an extended campaign, or a particularly heated battle, ammo can be at a premium. I wanted a dependable fallback weapon that couldn't run out of ammunition in a long engagement. The Medium Laser seemed perfect.
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