Venom
07/11/06 10:15 PM
64.12.116.134
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Tonnage: 85
Movement:
Walk: 4
Run: 6
Jump: -
Armor: Standard
Armament:
ER PPC
6 Heavy Medium Laser
2 Machine Gun
ATM-6
Communications: HartfordCo COM 4000
Targeting and Tracking: Targeting COmputer
In use by:Clan Cloud Cobra
Equipment
Component Tons
Internal Structure Standard 8.5
Engine 340 27
Double Heat Sinks 15 5
Gyro 4
Cockpit 3
Armor Factor 232 14.5
Armor
Section I.S. Armor
Head 3 9
Center Torso 27 40
Center Torso (R) 11
R/L Torso 18 28
R/L Torso (R) 8
R/L Arm 14 24
R/L Leg 18 26
Weapons & Equipment
Section Loc. Crit. Tons
ER PPC RA 2 6
2 Heavy Medium Laser RT 4 2
Heavy Medium Laser RT (R) 2 1
2 Heavy Medium Laser LT 4 2
Heavy Medium Laser LT (R) 2 1
2 Machine Gun LA 2 .5
Ammo (MG) 200 LA 1 1
ATM-6 LT 3 3.5
Ammo (ATM) 30 LT 3 3
Targeting Computer RT 3 3
BV:1812
Cost:10,221,744
In order to bolster his second line forces the Khan of Clan Cloud Cobra ordered Brian Caches to be opened, and old designs evaluated for use with new technology. After a year of testing and evaluating the ease of refit, the Clan decided upon the Battlemaster for the first assault class 'mech to be refit. The SRM-6 was replaced with an ATM-6, changing the role of the missile launcher in the design from an extra close-in punch to long-range support of the ER PPC. The Medium Lasers were upgraded with new heavy laser technology. To compensate for their inherant innaccuracy a targeting computer was installed, but even this marvel of technology strains to keep up if all four front facing lasers are fired. Finaly, the machineguns were retained, and the troublesome ammo feed from the left torso simplified, with the bins now in directly under the weapons they feed.
Intial reports of the design in combat are favorable, even though only five 'mechs have been refit. The Battlemaster IIC has seen action against both the Coyotes and the Steel Vipers. On Babylon, Star Commander James of the 441st Cobra Guards fought a battle against Star Colonel Dyson Clearwater, commander of the 98th Strike Cluster over a former Smoke Jaguar enclave. The battle raged for hours with Star Colonel Clearwater keeping James at bay with the large lasers on his Cannis. Eventualy Star Commander James used his Battlemaster's superior speed and manuverablity to close in and bring his HE ATM rounds and lasers to bear. One of James' lasers burrowed deep into Clearwater's ammo bins, gutting the torso and shutting down the already damaged reactor.
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coldwave
07/11/06 11:57 PM
66.230.87.134
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Mmmmmm. Tasty! A bit on the spendy side, but hey, that's what happens when you use higher-level techs. Overall, it's a very nice refit. Great work!
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Venom
07/12/06 03:20 AM
64.12.116.134
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Yeah, I did a just for fun version with an XL engine with more HS and some pulse lasers that topped out at over 20 mil. This seems a bargain. But that is FASAnomics for you.
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Cray
07/12/06 08:41 AM
147.160.136.10
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I'm not a fan of heavy medium lasers. They're so inaccurate that pulse mediums usually outperform them, except at very low target numbers.
And the Clan LRMs usually match ATMs for the same tonnage, but without requiring multiple ammo types to achieve the same performance, so I prefer CLRMs.
OTOH, it's a very 3067-ish Clan refit that shows normal military thinking: mount the coolest toys, not necessarily the best ones. A good 'mech design (from a player's stand point) isn't necessarily the one with the most firepower but the one that adheres to the setting, so "Good job!"
Mike Miller, Materials Engineer
Disclaimer: Anything stated in this post is unofficial and non-canon unless directly quoted from a published book. Random internet musings of a BattleTech writer are not canon.
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