Karagin
04/15/16 05:41 AM
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Code: BattleTech Vehicle Technical Readout VALIDATED
Type/Model: Whale WH-3 Tech: Inner Sphere / 3060 Config: Hovercraft Rules: Level 3, Standard design
Mass: 50 tons Power Plant: 215 SC5-HO Fusion Cruise Speed: 97.2 km/h Maximum Speed: 151.2 km/h Armor Type: Ceramic Light Ferro-Fibrous Armament: 3 Exostar Small Pulse Lasers 1 Exostar Medium Pulse Laser 1 Holly SRM 2 Manufacturer: Bell Aerospace Industries Location: New Earth, Terra Communications System: Carlisle Mark VII LRC Targeting & Tracking System: Carlisle True Fire Tracker
------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ==Overview:== Built to be a fast mover from the assault ships to the beachheads or for use in swamps and delta regions the WH-3 Whale has seen service on many worlds and continues to provide the needed firepower in both it's domestic weapons as well as the organic marine or special troops it can carry.
A short range fighting vehicle, the primary missions is that of a battle taxi, get the troops to the hot spot fast and and give support as it can and return for reinforcements.
Many smugglers and pirates among others have nicknamed WH-3 the Quai Vat meaning monster in an old Terran dialect. The Whale does indeed live up to this name.
-------------------------------------------------------- Type/Model: Whale WH-3 Mass: 50 tons
Equipment: Items Mass Int. Struct.: 20 pts Standard 0 5.00 Engine: 215 Fusion 0 9.50 Shielding & Transmission Equipment: 0 5.00 Cruise MP: 9 Flank MP: 14 Heat Sinks: 10 Single 0 .00 Cockpit & Controls: 0 2.50 Crew: 4 Members 0 .00 Lift Equipment: 0 5.00 Armor Factor: 108 pts Ferro-Fibrous 2 6.00
Internal Armor Structure Value Front: 5 33 Left / Right Sides: 5 25/25 Rear: 5 25
Weapons and Equipment Loc Heat Ammo Items Mass -------------------------------------------------------- 3 Small Pulse Lasers Front 6 3 3.00 1 Medium Pulse Laser Front 4 1 2.00 1 SRM 2 Front 0 50 2 2.00 Infantry Bay Body 1 10.00 -------------------------------------------------------- TOTALS: 10 9 50.00 Items & Tons Left: 6 .00
Calculated Factors: Total Cost: 2,313,333 C-Bills Battle Value 2: 581 (old BV = 332) Cost per BV: 3,981.64 Weapon Value: 172 / 172 (Ratio = .30 / .30) Damage Factors: SRDmg = 10; MRDmg = 0; LRDmg = 0 BattleForce2: MP: 9H, Armor/Structure: 0 / 4 Damage PB/M/L: 2/1/-, Overheat: 0 Class: GM; Point Value: 6 Specials: tran10
Karagin
Given time and plenty of paper, a philosopher can prove anything.
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ghostrider
04/15/16 01:06 PM
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Well technically, the engine is .5 tons under the 20% rule. But overlooking that.
I know you don't have the tonnage for a turret or sponsons, but would it be worth it to move a small pulse laser to each side? More of a cover the troops as they load or unload from the unit?
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Karagin
04/15/16 11:45 PM
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The engine is correct, add it all up again Ghostrider it is correct.
I have a far more expensive version that has a turret and other weapons.
Karagin
Given time and plenty of paper, a philosopher can prove anything.
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ghostrider
04/16/16 02:25 AM
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Ok. So they fixed the issue of fusion engines, and allowed the shielding to be included. I was still under the impression the engine alone was to be 20%. That was my error.
I would figure the more expensive version doesn't have the large infantry bay.
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Karagin
04/16/16 03:02 AM
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No
Karagin
Given time and plenty of paper, a philosopher can prove anything.
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Cray
04/17/16 06:27 PM
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Quote: Karagin writes:
The engine is correct, add it all up again Ghostrider it is correct.
Okay. You've got a 50-ton hover tank that requires at least 10 tons of engine.
9.5 tons engines plus the obligatory 5 tons of shielding (fusion engines on vehicles: shielding and transmission gear is 50% of engine weight, round up) equals 14.5 tons.
14.5 tons is greater than the minimal 15 tons.
Design passes engine requirements. Maybe Ghostrider missed the separated shielding line.
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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ghostrider
04/17/16 09:07 PM
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No. I missed them adding the shielding into the weight of the engine. I, erroneously, thought it was engine alone. I freely admit this.
Been a long while since looked into designing a hover craft with a fusion engine. Just always used one the engine itself was more then the 20'%.
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