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Nightmare
Lyran Alliance
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 Posted: 08-Mar-2005 16:41 Post subject: User Review: Sprinter SPR-1R |
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On 2005-02-11, Karagin wrote:
Not a big fan of the HGR, but this one tries well enough to use it. Nice fluff.
Three things:
Drop the HGR for a normal Gauss
Use the extra weight for more armor
Drop the ER Meds for Standards.
Beyond that not much could be changed. Nice fluff.
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The mech already mounts 95% armor, but going to a standard Gauss could help in other ways. Here's the new Karagin-inspired variant.
BattleMech Technical Readout
Type/Model: Sprinter SPR-2R
Tech: Inner Sphere / 3067
Config: Biped BattleMech
Rules: Level 2, Standard design
Mass: 55 tons
Chassis: Earthwerks PXH II Reinforced Endo Steel
Power Plant: 275 Hermes XL Fusion
Walking Speed: 54,0 km/h
Maximum Speed: 86,4 km/h
Jump Jets: 5 Rawlings 55 Standard Jump Jets
Jump Capacity: 150 meters
Armor Type: Starshield A Standard w. CASE
Armament:
6 Defiance B3M Medium Lasers
1 Poland Main Model C Gauss Rifle
2 Defiance B3S Small Lasers
Manufacturer: Defiance Industries, TharHes Industries
Location: Hesperus II, Tharkad
Communications System: TharHes Crystal Flower RG-2
Targeting & Tracking System: TharHes Star Shark
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==Overview:==
Some members of the Lyran High Command had long been worried about the lack of
fast scout mechs. The problem had only become worse with the Clan invasion and
the new technology available in the Inner Sphere. Voting for three new assault
mechs netted enough votes in exchange to design a new scout mech. The new
design, codenamed "Sprinter", was to have a top speed of at least 130 km/h and
the armor to survive encounters with light mechs. Somewhere along the way it
got caught in committee and mutated a bit.
==Capabilities:==
The original design was based on the Phoenix Hawk, only with increased speed
and jump capacity. The prototype looks nothing like that. It carries the three
ER Medium Lasers and two Small Lasers it was supposed to, but the speed has
been much reduced. Otherwise it couldn't carry the massive Hammerfist Heavy
Gauss for dealing with Clan scout mechs. The now seriously misnamed Sprinter
moves at a top speed of 82 km/h and is able to jump 120 meters.
==Battle History:==
The test lance deployed on a classified border world in early 3062 had a brief
encounter with raiders or something. A company of older mediums and lights
attacked, perhaps hoping for spare parts. Seven attackers were destroyed
within the first 40 seconds of the encounter. The rest fled as quickly as
possible, except for a poor Whitworth. Even faced with total annihilation the
pilot didn't surrender, instead choosing to Stackpole his machine. It was
later found that all downed pilots had committed suicide rather than being
captured. A destroyed mech recovery vehicle was found only one km away.
==Variants:==
The -2R variant has been proposed by observers less obsessed with having the
single heaviest weapon on every mech. It would mount a standard Gauss Rifle
instead of the unweildy HGR and exchange the ER Medium Lasers for standard
models. The number of MLs could also be doubled, the jump capacity increased
to max and CASE added to the armor. This would seem to be a superior variant,
but it does lack the Heavy Gauss...
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Type/Model: Sprinter SPR-2R
Mass: 55 tons
Equipment: Crits Mass
Int. Struct.: 91 pts Endo Steel 14 3,00
(Endo Steel Loc: 5 LA, 4 RA, 4 LT, 1 RT)
Engine: 275 XL Fusion 12 8,00
Walking MP: 5
Running MP: 8
Jumping MP: 5
Heat Sinks: 10 Double [20] 0 ,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: 176 pts Standard 0 11,00
Internal Armor
Structure Value
Head: 3 9
Center Torso: 18 25
Center Torso (Rear): 8
L/R Side Torso: 13 20/20
L/R Side Torso (Rear): 6/6
L/R Arm: 9 16/16
L/R Leg: 13 25/25
Weapons and Equipment Loc Heat Ammo Crits Mass
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2 Medium Lasers RA 6 2 2,00
2 Medium Lasers LA 6 2 2,00
1 Gauss Rifle RT 1 16 9 17,00
(Ammo Locations: 2 LT)
2 Small Lasers LT 2 2 1,00
1 Medium Laser CT 3 1 1,00
1 Medium Laser HD 3 1 1,00
CASE Equipment: RT 1 ,50
5 Standard Jump Jets: 5 2,50
(Jump Jet Loc: 1 CT, 2 LL, 2 RL)
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TOTALS: 21 74 55,00
Crits & Tons Left: 4 ,00
Calculated Factors:
Total Cost: 10 311 581 C-Bills
Battle Value: 1 784
Cost per BV: 5 780,03
Weapon Value: 1 662 / 1 662 (Ratio = ,93 / ,93)
Damage Factors: SRDmg = 35; MRDmg = 14; LRDmg = 7
BattleForce2: MP: 5J, Armor/Structure: 4/2
Damage PB/M/L: 5/4/1, Overheat: 1
Class: MM; Point Value: 18
edited: messed-up names
[ This Message was edited by: Nightmare on 2005-03-08 16:48 ]
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Oafman
Draconis Combine
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| Posted: 09-Mar-2005 09:10 Post subject: RE: User Review: Sprinter SPR-1R |
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I like the Medium laser boat with a long range punch. Snipe them when they are far away, then punish them with all those lasers if the try to close. I also like the speed. 5-8-5 is a good speed for this weight/power.
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