CarcerKango
06/02/15 02:22 PM
64.251.51.246
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(not sure if the preferred design format applies to fighters, so...)
Code:
Bodyguard RF-20
Tonnage: 20
Chassis: Forward-Swept Wing, Standard chassis
Thrust/Overthrust: 6/9
Engine: VOX 80 Light
Fuel Points: 240 (3 tons)
Armor: 4 tons of Ferro-Aluminum armor
Armor configuration:
Nose: 20
Left/Right: 20/20
Aft: 12
Structural Integrity: 6
Heat Sinks: 10 (20) Double Heat Sinks
Weapons:
Light PPC (Left wing): 3 tons
Light PPC (Right wing): 3 tons
ER Medium Laser (Nose): 1 ton
ER Medium Laser (Nose): 1 ton
Blurb: Use as a recon/patrol fighter, may not be fast but has decent weapons and range. Maybe refit by dropping the ER Mediums to put capacitors on the PPC's.
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Cray
06/02/15 06:07 PM
67.8.171.23
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Interesting design. I wonder how forward-swept wings would handle during reentry. Hypersonic aerodynamics are weird.
Regarding the PPC capacitors, I think I'd stick with ER medium lasers. This isn't a design that can survive a slugging match, or more than a couple of turns of weapons fire. I'd want as many chances to hit in a brief exchange as possible and get a crit or control roll rather than trying to depend on a smaller number of heavier hits. Like vehicles, it's better for fighters to hit often rather than hard.
The formatting is clear enough.
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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CarcerKango
06/03/15 09:02 AM
64.251.51.246
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'kay, thanks for the feedback. If I made it faster it would be really nasty if I gave it a few arrays of ER Smalls.
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His_Most_Royal_Highass_Donkey
06/03/15 01:57 PM
172.56.7.26
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Not really you would just be a fast target. You would have little chance to be within an affective range enough to be useful.
I would say use ER Mediums. One medium does about the same damage as a small but at a far greater range.
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