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PostPosted: 07-Nov-2005 10:28    Post subject: DCS-4G Damocles Reply to topic Reply with quote

Type/Model:    Damocles DCS-4G
Tech:          Inner Sphere / 2750
Config:        Biped BattleMech
Rules:         Level 2, Custom design

Mass:          75 tons
Chassis:       StarCorp 100 Standard
Power Plant:   300 FireHeart Fusion
Walking Speed: 43.2 km/h
Maximum Speed: 64.8 km/h
Jump Jets:     None
Jump Capacity: 0 meters
Armor Type:    Leviathon Plus Ferro-Fibrous 
Armament:      
  1 Tri-Axe Machine Gun
  7 Omicron 4000 Medium Lasers
  1 Donal Technologies PPC
  1 Holly LRM 10
  1 Hovertec Hex SRM 6
Manufacturer:  StarCorps Industries
  Location:    No longer Produced
Communications System:  O/P 9000AT
Targeting & Tracking System:  O/P PulseTrack III

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==Overview:==
First introduced in 2610, the Damocles has earned one of the most illustrious,
yet tragic, reputations of any battlemech. 

==Capabilities:==
The defining feature, and most legendary attribute, of the Damacles is its'
durability. Damocles 'mechs have been recorded taking damage that would push
even the mighty Atlas to the brink of destruction. Thick, composite armor
plates cover every inch of the 'mech, with special protrusions and overlaps
protecting the more vulnerable joints and head. The skeleton of the 'mech is
reinforced, allowing it to absorb tremendous impacts, such as those sustained
during hand-to-hand combat, repeatedly. Every piece of the 'mechs inner
workings are designed with ruggedness and redundancy in mind.

As able as the Damocles is at taking damage, it is equally as formidable on
the offense. A powerful Donal Technologies particle cannon forms the core of
its' long-range weaponry, supplemented at extreme range by a Holly LRM rack.
It is close in, however, where the Damacles truly shines. A full suite of
seven Omicron 4000 lasers can literally shred lighter 'mechs in a single
blast. A shoulder-mounted Hovertec Hex missile system rounds out the
close-range arsenal. 

==Notable 'Mechs & MechWarriors:==
During the Amaris coup, Lieutenant Ronald Anderson of the SLDF found himself
leading his company in a guerilla campaign against the Rim World forces on the
planet Ingress. In battle after battle, where his friends and comrades fell
around him, Anderson and his Damocles survived. At the site of a fierce
ambush, where what remained of Anderson's company was slaughtered, a Rim
Worlds patrol found Anderson, wandering the field in his barely mobile
Damocles, completely catatonic.

==Deployment==
While the Damocles has a well-deserved reputation for ferocity in combat, that
reputation often sees the 'mechs in the middle of the most horrific fighting.
Service in a Damocles brings with it both an honored status among fellow
mechwarriors, and a sense of impending doom for the pilot.

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Type/Model:    Damocles DCS-4G
Mass:          75 tons

Equipment:                                 Crits    Mass
Int. Struct.:  114 pts Standard              0      7.50
Engine:        300 Fusion                    6     19.00
   Walking MP:   4
   Running MP:   6
   Jumping MP:   0
Heat Sinks:     13 Double [26]               3      3.00
 (Heat Sink Loc: 1 LT)
Gyro:                                        4      3.00
Cockpit, Life Supt., Sensors:                5      3.00
Actuators: L: Sh+UA+LA    R: Sh+UA+LA+H     15       .00
Armor Factor:  231 pts Ferro-Fibrous        14     13.00
 (Armor Crit Loc: 3 LA, 2 RA, 4 LT, 5 RT)

                          Internal    Armor
                          Structure   Value
   Head:                      3          9      
   Center Torso:             23         32      
   Center Torso (Rear):                 14      
   L/R Side Torso:           16      22/22      
   L/R Side Torso (Rear):            10/10      
   L/R Arm:                  12      24/24      
   L/R Leg:                  16      32/32      

Weapons and Equipment    Loc  Heat  Ammo   Crits    Mass
--------------------------------------------------------
1 Machine Gun            RA      0  100      2      1.00
  (Ammo Locations: 1 RT)
2 Medium Lasers          RA      6           2      2.00
1 PPC                    LA     10           3      7.00
1 LRM 10                 RT      4   24      4      7.00
  (Ammo Locations: 2 RT)
1 SRM 6                  LT      4   15      3      4.00
  (Ammo Locations: 1 RT)
3 Medium Lasers          LT      9           3      3.00
2 Medium Lasers          CT      6           2      2.00
CASE Equipment:          RT                  1       .50
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TOTALS:                         39          67     75.00
Crits & Tons Left:                          11       .00

Calculated Factors:
Total Cost:        7,352,625 C-Bills
Battle Value:      1,383
Cost per BV:       5,316.43
Weapon Value:      2,261 / 2,261 (Ratio = 1.63 / 1.63)
Damage Factors:    SRDmg = 30;  MRDmg = 13;  LRDmg = 5
BattleForce2:      MP: 4,  Armor/Structure: 6/6
                   Damage PB/M/L: 5/4/1,  Overheat: 2
                   Class: MH;  Point Value: 14


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PostPosted: 07-Nov-2005 12:53    Post subject: RE: DCS-4G Damocles Reply to topic Reply with quote

It fits the era and the fluff is really good, excellent job!

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PostPosted: 08-Nov-2005 11:19    Post subject: RE: DCS-4G Damocles Reply to topic Reply with quote

I must agree with Karagin here, the mech is really good, as well as the fluff, but I can't get rid of the feeling that this is just TDR mod.

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PostPosted: 08-Nov-2005 11:42    Post subject: RE: DCS-4G Damocles Reply to topic Reply with quote

Hunh? It's closer to the Battlemaster than the Thunderbolt.

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PostPosted: 08-Nov-2005 12:08    Post subject: RE: DCS-4G Damocles Reply to topic Reply with quote

Weapons mix: Take TDR (old 5S), downgrade LRM and upgrade laser to PPC, remove two HSs, replace MGs with lasers and upgrade SRMs. The rest is just FF and added tonnage. With weight its just midway from TDR to BLR, but weapons mix (and types) and placement simply reminded me of TDR.


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