BattleTech Vehicle Technical Readout
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Type/Model:    Stormfall X 
Tech:          Inner Sphere / 3067
Config:        Hovercraft
Rules:         Level 2, Custom design

Mass:          50 tons
Power Plant:   165 VOX Fusion
Cruise Speed:  86.4 km/h
Maximum Speed: 129.6 km/h
Armor Type:    Johnston Duraweave 6000 Ferro-Fibrous
Armament:      
  1 Johnston Parti-Cannon PPC 
  2 Harpoon 4-S Streak SRM 4s
  2 Machine Guns
  1 Guardian ECM 
Manufacturer:  Johnston Industries
  Location:    Salem
Communications System:  Johnston Q-Band
Targeting & Tracking System:  Federated Stalker

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==Overview:==
In 3060, with the technological renaissance brought on by the Clan invasion,
Johnston Industries and the AFFC decided to once again explore the notion of a
jump capable hovertank.

The Star League's jump-capable Kanga hovertank was highly effective in combat.
While  a hovertank's speed brings it about as close to a BattleMech's mobility
as a ground vehicle can come, jump jets would significantly enhance that
capability.

A jumping hovertank, however, had been designed only once before - that
process was neither cheap nor easy, and few records have survived the
Succession Wars. Nor could Johnston study an example of the Kanga - none are
known to serve beyond ComStar or the Word of Blake. The result is that
Johnston had not only to design a new armored vehicle, but an entirely new
technology.

Getting the bugs out of a new tank design in the first place can be a trying
process - needless to say, this process becomes much worse when one adds in
the development of a new technology. In an effort to ease this process,
Johnston split the development project - designated Stormfall - into three
parts: Phase I, the hovertank; Phase II, the jump jets; and Phase III,
integrating the two.

The FedCom Civil War, however, brought the development process to a near
stand-still while Johnston focused on producing as many current vehicles as
possible. As a result, the new AFFS has quickly become impatient with the time
and money already consumed by the Stormfall project.

Luckily for Johnston, Phase I of this project has just recently been
completed. Designated the Stormfall X, this new hovertank is now undergoing
trials on Salem. A platoon is slated for test deployment to the First
Federated Suns Armored Cavalry, a unit which makes heavy use of hovertanks,
and which can be expected to use them in combat.

==Capabilities:==
Though incapable of jumping, the Stormfall X remains a powerful hovertank.The
Stormfall X combines a speed of nearly 130 kph with a long-ranged energy
weapon - a Johnston built particle projector cannon. The PPC provides a heavy
punch, while its range ensures that no target can escape unless it is allowed
to do so. The PPC also avoids the possibility of ammunition depletion
rendering the tank helpless. The PPC is linked to an advanced targeting
computer, which should aid the tank at long range - and, in the future, when
it jumps. The Stormfall X also mounts a pair of Streak SRM 4 launchers, chosen
for their accuracy and ability to exploit armor breaches. These launchers also
serve to minimize the weakness of the PPC's minimum range. Supplementing the
primary weapons is a pair of machineguns, which serve primarily in the
anti-infantry role. Lastly is a Guardian ECM Suite, which protects the
Stormfall X from advanced targeting systems, and allows it to slip between the
elements of a C3 lance and break their targeting links.

The Stormfall X mounts six-and-a-half tons of ferro fibrous armor, double the
Knaga's protection. Of current weapons on the battlefield, only the heavy
gauss rifle can breach the Stormfall's armor with a single shot, and even then
it can only be done from the side. This heavy armor is supplemented by CASE
protection on the ammo bins, ensuring that the crew can survive an ammuntion
explosion.

==Deployment==
Despite its status as a testbed, the Stormfall X has itself proven to be quite
an effective combat machine. Plans are under way to rename the Stormfall X and
market it as a separate cavalry tank. The Stormfall X will likely be deployed
only to high profile, front-line units, where maintainance of its advanced
technology will pose minimal problems.

Sale of this interim vehicle will help defray the costs of the Stormfall
project and reassure the AFFS that the project is progressing and nearing
success. It will also, hopefully, make the project look successful enough to
keep the AFFS from canceling it and pulling their funding.

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Type/Model:    Stormfall X 
Mass:          50 tons

Equipment:                                 Items    Mass
Int. Struct.:  25 pts Standard               0      5.00
Engine:        165 Fusion                    0      6.67
Shielding & Transmission Equipment:          0      3.33
    Cruise MP:   8
     Flank MP:  12
Heat Sinks:     10 Single                    0       .00
Cockpit & Controls:                          0      2.50
Crew: 4 Members                              0       .00
Lift Equipment:                              0      5.00
Turret Equipment:                            0      1.50
Armor Factor:  116 pts Ferro-Fibrous         2      6.50

                          Internal    Armor
                          Structure   Value
   Front:                     5         31 
   Left / Right Sides:        5      22/22 
   Rear:                      5         12 
   Turret:                    5         29 

Weapons and Equipment    Loc  Heat  Ammo   Items    Mass
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1 PPC                    Turret  10          1      7.00
2 Streak SRM 4s          Turret   0   25     3      7.00
2 Machine Guns           Turret   0  100     3      1.50
1 Guardian ECM           Body     0          1      1.50
1 Targeting Computer                         1      2.00
1 C.A.S.E. Equipment     Body                1       .50
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TOTALS:                          10         12     50.00
Items & Tons Left:                           3       .00

Calculated Factors:
Total Cost:        3,154,000 C-Bills
Battle Value:      814
Cost per BV:       3,874.69
Weapon Value:      697 / 597 (Ratio = .86 / .73)
Damage Factors:    SRDmg = 22;  MRDmg = 10;  LRDmg = 3
BattleForce2:      MP: 8H,  Armor/Structure: 0 / 5
                   Damage PB/M/L: 3/3/1,  Overheat: 0
                   Class: GM;  Point Value: 8
                   Specials: ecm

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