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Vagabond Mercenary Mr. Referee
Joined: 04-Feb-2002 00:00 Posts: 5801 Location: United States
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Posted: 18-Jul-2002 21:01 Post subject: Test Bed |
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BattleMech Technical Readout
Custom* Weapons
Type/Model: Test Bed
Tech: Inner Sphere / 3025
Config: Biped BattleMech
Rules: Level 3, Standard design
Mass: 100 tons
Chassis: Endo Steel
Power Plant: 300 Vlar Fusion
Walking Speed: 32.4 km/h
Maximum Speed: 54.0 km/h
Jump Jets: None
Jump Capacity: 0 meters
Armor Type: Standard
Armament:
2 Streak SRM 6s
4 ER Medium Lasers
1 Prototype Artillary Gauss*
1 LRM 15
1 C³ Slave Unit
Manufacturer: (Unknown)
Location: (Unknown)
Communications System: (Unknown)
Targeting & Tracking System: (Unknown)
==Overview:==
Designed for 1 pourpose, to test the newly design Federated Sun Guass
Artillery peice.
==Capabilities:==
The focus of the design is the Artillery Guass, which uses a long bar
to fire a round twice the weight of a standard guass shell extreme distance
These rounds unlike conventional guass rounds are not solid metal, instead
carry explosives so when the round reaches its target it can shower the are
with damaging projectiles.
Thou weighing as much and doing equal damage to a Sniper Artillery,
Guass peice takes up considerably less room. The back draw is limited ammo
vulnerability to damage. Like all guass when hit, it explodes with tremedou
force. In addition to this, its ammo is also vulnerable to explosion.
Over all its a grand idea, but it may just be a costly dream.
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Type/Model: Test Bed
Mass: 100 tons
Equipment: Crits Mass
Int. Struct.: 152 pts Endo Steel 14 5.00
(Endo Steel Loc: 4 LA, 4 RA, 2 LT, 2 LL, 2 RL)
Engine: 300 6 19.00
Walking MP: 3
Running MP: 5
Jumping MP: 0
Heat Sinks: 11 Double [22] 0 1.00
Gyro: 4 3.00
Cockpit, Life Supt., Sensors: 5 3.00
Actuators: L: Sh+UA+LA+H R: Sh+UA+LA+H 16 .00
Armor Factor: 304 pts Standard 0 19.00
Internal Armor
Structure Value
Head: 3 9
Center Torso: 31 44
Center Torso (Rear): 15
L/R Side Torso: 21 32/32
L/R Side Torso (Rear): 10/10
L/R Arm: 17 34/34
L/R Leg: 21 42/42
Weapons and Equipment Loc Heat Ammo Crits Mass
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1 Streak SRM 6 RA 4 30 4 6.50
(Ammo Locations: 1 LA, 1 RA)
1 ER Medium Laser RA 5 1 1.00
1 Streak SRM 6 LA 4 2 4.50
1 ER Medium Laser LA 5 1 1.00
1 Artillary Gauss* RT 5 16 15 24.00
(Ammo Locations: 4 LT)
1 LRM 15 LT 5 16 5 9.00
(Ammo Locations: 2 LT)
2 ER Medium Lasers CT 10 2 2.00
1 C³ Slave Unit HD 0 1 1.00
CASE Equipment: LT RT 2 1.00
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TOTALS: 38 78 100.00
Crits & Tons Left: 0 .00
Calculated Factors:
Total Cost: 12,870,000 C-Bills
Battle Value: 1,935 (+312 for C³)
Cost per BV: 6,651.16
Weapon Value: 2,014 / 1,786 (Ratio = 1.04 / .92)
Damage Factors: SRDmg = 30; MRDmg = 18; LRDmg = 13
BattleForce2: MP: 3, Armor/Structure: 8/8
Damage PB/M/L: 4/4/1, Overheat: 3
Class: MA; Point Value: 19
Specials: c3s
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Talen Capellan Confederation Sang-shao
Joined: 05-Feb-2002 00:00 Posts: 1269 Location: United States
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Posted: 18-Jul-2002 21:09 Post subject: Test Bed |
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But a gauss is a direct fire weapon...the way it works makes it so. It would only be as good as LOS...right?
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Vagabond Mercenary Mr. Referee
Joined: 04-Feb-2002 00:00 Posts: 5801 Location: United States
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Posted: 18-Jul-2002 21:09 Post subject: Test Bed |
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Artillary Guass:
Explodes when hit for 25 damage.
Can be tied into Target Comp.
Ammo explodes.
damage is 10/5. [maybe 10/10]
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Karagin Imperial Karagin Army Imperial General
Joined: 04-Feb-2002 00:00 Posts: 4120 Location: United States
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Posted: 18-Jul-2002 22:27 Post subject: Test Bed |
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In an Issue of Future Wars magazine they had a home tech ammo for the Gauss it was called VHE (Very High Expolsive) had a splash damage effect that would carry over to each corrasponding loction on the mech or vehicle...sounds like some that would work well with your Gauss Artillery weapon...seeing how the ammo would go boom if hit...
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CommieM Clan Nova Cat Point Commander
Joined: 13-Jul-2002 00:00 Posts: 23 Location: United States
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Posted: 18-Jul-2002 22:39 Post subject: Test Bed |
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Sounds more like a High Velocity Rail Gun to me
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Sarkkahn Draconis Combine Tai-i
Joined: 12-Jul-2002 00:00 Posts: 394
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Posted: 19-Jul-2002 00:01 Post subject: Test Bed |
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but wouldn't you still need line of sight? I mean it flies staight out and hits whats in its path unlike missles that kinda just go over stuff.
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Karagin Imperial Karagin Army Imperial General
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Posted: 19-Jul-2002 00:32 Post subject: Test Bed |
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Normal artillery fires up and over things as well as directly at things...the idea is plunging the fire on to the target...elavation of the weapon up and down adds or takes away from the range...too much elavation and the round comes right back down on your head...too little and you actually watch it hit the ground in front of you...you want some where in the middle with prefecence of it being far away when it hit something else...
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Gangrene Federated Suns Leftenant General
Joined: 04-Feb-2002 00:00 Posts: 939 Location: United States
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Posted: 22-Jul-2002 15:20 Post subject: Test Bed |
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On 2002-07-19 00:01, Sarkkahn wrote:
but wouldn't you still need line of sight? I mean it flies staight out and hits whats in its path unlike missles that kinda just go over stuff.
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Hence the name "artillery", which does not need LOS but isn't a highly accurate weapon.
Its looks pretty good, Vagabond. The only thing questionable is that you tie it to a TC. I think TC's are strictly for direct fire weapons, so an artillery piece would not gain any bonuses from being attached to one.
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Vagabond Mercenary Mr. Referee
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Posted: 22-Jul-2002 16:05 Post subject: Test Bed |
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On 2002-07-22 15:20, Gangrene wrote:
Its looks pretty good, Vagabond. The only thing questionable is that you tie it to a TC. I think TC's are strictly for direct fire weapons, so an artillery piece would not gain any bonuses from being attached to one.
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more a mistak on my part. i guass it could be used if using it as on-board artillery...... sighting the barrel. but its i mistake on my part.
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Rarich Federated Suns Leftenant General
Joined: 05-Feb-2002 00:00 Posts: 991 Location: United States
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Posted: 25-Jul-2002 07:50 Post subject: RE: Test Bed |
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In Traveller: Striker a gauss rifle/cannon was a direct fire weapon, a MD or Mass Driver was the field artillery equivalent using the same principle.
A magnetic case carrying what ever munitions payload would be lobbed in a ballistic trajectory, and followed standard artillery rules. they just had a bigger bang than regular artillery due to carrying a larger payload in the same size shell. (no casing to resist the push/ concussion of propellant)
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