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Kraken
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BattleTech Vehicle Technical Readout
VALIDATED
Type/Model: ambush truck
Tech: Inner Sphere / 3025
Config: Wheeled Vehicle
Rules: Level 2-FA, Standard design
Mass: 5 tons
Power Plant: 25 I.C.E.
Cruise Speed: 97.2 km/h
Maximum Speed: 151.2 km/h
Armor Type: Standard
Armament:
2 Rocket Launcher 10 (OS)s
Manufacturer: (Unknown)
Location: (Unknown)
Communications System: (Unknown)
Targeting & Tracking System: (Unknown)
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==Overview:==
On the surface, this appears to be a normal, heavy cargo vehicle that an
almost unlimited number of civilian and military customers may have use for.
In reality, this vehicle is an ambush item. In a battle, the cargo area opens
up to reveal a turret capable of carrying one ton of weaponry. Twin RL-10
mounts are most common, but from time to time twin machine guns or an SRM 2
(or whatever item is locally available) will be used as there is a built-in
ammo bay.
The operator of this vehicle should be advised however. As this is by design
still a cargo vehicle, the armor is very light and even small arms fire poses
a threat.
[GM note: for this model of vehicle, if you are using a standard version that
doesn't have the weapons and turret you'll have 2.25 tons of either cargo or
miscellanious equipment to deal with)
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Type/Model: ambush truck
Mass: 5 tons
Construction Options: Fractional Accounting
Equipment: Items Mass
Int. Struct.: 5 pts Standard 0 .50
Engine: 25 I.C.E. 0 1.00
Cruise MP: 9
Flank MP: 14
Heat Sinks: 0 Single 0 .00
Cockpit & Controls: 0 .25
Crew: 1 Members 0 .00
Turret Equipment: 0 .10
Armor Factor: 16 pts Standard 0 1.00
Internal Armor
Structure Value
Front: 1 5
Left / Right Sides: 1 3/3
Rear: 1 2
Turret: 1 3
Weapons and Equipment Loc Heat Ammo Items Mass
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2 Rocket Launcher 10 (OS)Turret 0 2 1.00
Cargo Bay Capacity Body 1 1.00
Miscellaneous Equipment Body 1 .15
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TOTALS: 0 4 5.00
Items & Tons Left: 2 .00
Calculated Factors:
Total Cost: 51,335 C-Bills
Battle Value: 96
Cost per BV: 534.74
Weapon Value: 15 / 15 (Ratio = .16 / .16)
Damage Factors: SRDmg = 15; MRDmg = 9; LRDmg = 3
BattleForce2: MP: 9W, Armor/Structure: 0 / 1
Damage PB/M/L: -/-/-, Overheat: 0
Class: GL; Point Value: 1
Specials: tran1
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Erenon
Blighted Sun Battalion
2nd Company
"Seraph's Slaughter"
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| Posted: 20-Jul-2005 20:41 Post subject: RE: Ambush Truck |
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NIce.. i like. THe versatility is a plus too.
Cheap means that one can fill a city with these things..
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Kraken
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| Posted: 20-Jul-2005 22:54 Post subject: RE: Ambush Truck |
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I had the idea for this a few months back while I was toying with a scenario. The idea for the scenario would be the players ambushing a unit waiting to ambush a convoy - all the trucks would be done up in a similar fashion to this.
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Karagin
Imperial Karagin Army
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| Posted: 21-Jul-2005 00:15 Post subject: RE: Ambush Truck |
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Interesting idea...too bad we can't use things like this in Iraq...
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Kraken
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| Posted: 21-Jul-2005 02:15 Post subject: RE: Ambush Truck |
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Thing is, the way I had it planned out it would actually be the other convoy getting ambushed. 
The set-up was that what appeared to be a comparitively large OPFOR unit would encamp along the main route between the player's main base and an outpost that was running critically short on supplies. While the players and these ambush vehicles are sent out to keep the OPFOR busy, the real convoy will be taking an alternate route to the outpost.
Problem is, it's actually a trap. The OPFOR encampment is made up mostly of mannequins and remote-controlled utility vehicles / mechs armed and armored to look like the real thing. The real OPFOR unit snuck off to the alternate route and will ambush the convoy as soon as the players engage the dummy encampment. This will force the players into a hard decision as to what they're going to do.
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Warhammer: 3025
Freelance
Captain, AFFC (Ret.)
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| Posted: 21-Jul-2005 02:42 Post subject: RE: Ambush Truck |
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Hard decision?
Striker 1: "Why does that Scorpion look like a Loggermech?"
Striker 2: "Hey! Those are mannequins! They don't register on thermal OR motion at all!"
Transport 1: "Tran**ort 1 to Striker 1! Heavy c***act! Re*eat: We *re taking heavy fi**! Req**st assi**ance!"
Striker 1: "Dammit! It's a trick!"
What's so hard?
[ This Message was edited by: Warhammer: 3025 on 2005-07-21 02:47 ]
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Kraken
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| Posted: 21-Jul-2005 10:21 Post subject: RE: Ambush Truck |
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If the players have mechs, then there's a good chance they'll outdistance their own dummy vehicles trying to run and help the other convoy. These are all fairly weak vehicles by themselves, so said vehicles and their drivers would be easy pickings for the OPFOR unit at that encampment.
Not only that, although the OPFOR unit is largely fake they still hold the main route to that outpost and the region it's guarding; if the players don't take that unit out now then someone will have to take it out later or else cede that route.
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Sleeping Dragon
Draconis Combine
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| Posted: 21-Jul-2005 11:42 Post subject: RE: Ambush Truck |
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In TRO 3060 is standard flatbed truck (10t) and the fluff mentions armed variants, just another option for your mission.
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Delta
Lyran Alliance
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| Posted: 22-Jul-2005 08:54 Post subject: RE: Ambush Truck |
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| Are you sure this isn't a modified civilian fireworks truck?
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Sleeping Dragon
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| Posted: 22-Jul-2005 09:15 Post subject: RE: Ambush Truck |
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Actually I constructed Fireworks mech (needs approval to TRO)
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bladewind
Free Rasalhague Republic
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| Posted: 23-Jul-2005 02:47 Post subject: RE: Ambush Truck |
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Strangely enough, i did this design a few years back.
Its the perfect companion for Periphery games. You can strips those RLs off the mechs (well in my rules  ) and put them on the trucks !
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Sleeping Dragon
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| Posted: 23-Jul-2005 05:05 Post subject: RE: Ambush Truck |
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First read the fluff, when it appears, and then strip the RLs
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