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A '''Dual Cockpit''', also called '''Dual Cockpit Combat (DCC)''' System, is a non-standard cockpit layout for [[BattleMech]]s that splits 'Mech operation between two operators, a pilot and a gunner. (It should not be mixed up with the [[Command Console]], which provides two complete, independent sets of controls.) | A '''Dual Cockpit''', also called '''Dual Cockpit Combat (DCC)''' System, is a non-standard cockpit layout for [[BattleMech]]s that splits 'Mech operation between two operators, a pilot and a gunner. (It should not be mixed up with the [[Command Console]], which provides two complete, independent sets of controls.) | ||
| − | The Dual Cockpit | + | The Dual Cockpit weighs 4 tons (i.e. 1 ton more than a regular cockpit) and costs approximately 200,000 [[C-bill]]s. |
'Mechs known to mount a Dual Cockpit include the ''RVN-1XL DC [[Raven]]'' and the ''DRG-1GKDC [[Grand Dragon]]'' (''neither of which meets the criteria for [[Canon]], however, as they were never published in an English language source''); the ''[[Battlemaster]]'' operated by the [[Red Corsair]] (in the novel ''[[Natural Selection]]'') was also expressly described to feature a Dual Cockpit. | 'Mechs known to mount a Dual Cockpit include the ''RVN-1XL DC [[Raven]]'' and the ''DRG-1GKDC [[Grand Dragon]]'' (''neither of which meets the criteria for [[Canon]], however, as they were never published in an English language source''); the ''[[Battlemaster]]'' operated by the [[Red Corsair]] (in the novel ''[[Natural Selection]]'') was also expressly described to feature a Dual Cockpit. | ||
Revision as of 22:54, 3 February 2009
A Dual Cockpit, also called Dual Cockpit Combat (DCC) System, is a non-standard cockpit layout for BattleMechs that splits 'Mech operation between two operators, a pilot and a gunner. (It should not be mixed up with the Command Console, which provides two complete, independent sets of controls.)
The Dual Cockpit weighs 4 tons (i.e. 1 ton more than a regular cockpit) and costs approximately 200,000 C-bills.
'Mechs known to mount a Dual Cockpit include the RVN-1XL DC Raven and the DRG-1GKDC Grand Dragon (neither of which meets the criteria for Canon, however, as they were never published in an English language source); the Battlemaster operated by the Red Corsair (in the novel Natural Selection) was also expressly described to feature a Dual Cockpit.
Associated Rules
In game terms, the Dual Cockpit occupies two critical hit slots: Besides the standard cockpit slot (slot #3 in the head hit location), which houses the pilot, it also occupies slot #4 there to house the gunner.
A separate skill from the usual 'Mech pilot/Gunnery skills must be learned to operate a 'Mech from a Double Cockpit in conjunction with another pilot.
For the purpose of determining Battle Value, a Dual Cockpit counts for four times the tonnage of the 'Mech it is installed in.
References
- BattleTechnology#Issue 17
- Solaris VII: The Game World (German edition)