happyguy49
01/15/19 03:31 PM
194.59.251.80
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HBS Highlander LRM boat
Mass: 90 tons
Tech Base: Inner Sphere
Chassis Config: Biped
Rules Level: Tournament Legal
Era: Succession Wars
Tech Rating/Era Availability: D/X-E-D-A
Production Year: 3025
Cost: 8,294,830 C-Bills
Battle Value: 1,597
Chassis: Unknown Standard
Power Plant: Unknown 270 Fusion Engine
Walking Speed: 32.4 km/h
Maximum Speed: 54.0 km/h
Jump Jets: None
Jump Capacity: 0 meters
Armor: Unknown Standard Armor
Armament:
4 LRM-20s
Manufacturer: Unknown
Primary Factory: Unknown
Communications System: Unknown
Targeting and Tracking System: Unknown
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Equipment Type Rating Mass
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Internal Structure: Standard 138 points 9.00
Engine: Fusion Engine 270 14.50
Walking MP: 3
Running MP: 5
Jumping MP: 0
Heat Sinks: Single Heat Sink 16 6.00
Heat Sink Locations: 2 CT, 2 LL, 2 RL
Gyro: Standard 3.00
Cockpit: Standard 3.00
Actuators: L: SH+UA+LA+H R: SH+UA
Armor: Standard Armor AV - 152 9.50
Internal Armor
Structure Factor
Head 3 9
Center Torso 29 23
Center Torso (rear) 6
L/R Torso 19 19
L/R Torso (rear) 5
L/R Arm 15 14
L/R Leg 19 19
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Equipment Location Heat Critical Mass
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2 LRM-20s RT 12 10 20.00
2 LRM-20s RA 12 10 20.00
@LRM-20 (6) RT - 1 1.00
@LRM-20 (12) LT - 2 2.00
@LRM-20 (12) LA - 2 2.00
Free Critical Slots: 18
BattleForce Statistics
MV S (+0) M (+2) L (+4) E (+6) Wt. Ov Armor: 5 Points: 16
3 2 3 3 0 4 0 Structure: 7
Special Abilities: SRCH, ES, SEAL, SOA, LRM 1/3/3, IF 3
(In the HBS game, this variant has three fewer heat sinks, but has a "Heat Bank" and an "Exchanger" instead.) Otherwise this design is a faithful re-creation of my most frequently used Highlander variant.
I realize the major problems this design would have in TT, however it is a fun experiment to put my HBS Battletech designs into SSW and see how silly they would usually be for a TT game.
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Karagin
01/16/19 12:01 AM
72.176.187.91
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Nice...another hey it works in the video game, so that must mean it works in the board game mech...
Karagin
Given time and plenty of paper, a philosopher can prove anything.
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Cray
01/16/19 05:34 PM
97.101.136.19
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Interesting. I've made some missile boats out of Highlanders, Stalkers, and King Crabs in HBS's "BattleTech." They tend to run out of crits and tonnage before I can get in 4 LRM 20s, though I've managed a triple LRM 15.
I gradually gave up intensive missile boats when I got a full roster of King Crabs, Atlases, and highly skilled MechWarriors. It's just too effective to apply twin AC/20s and "called shot" to a target to wait for missiles to grind them down. Typically, I'd send 2-3 King Crabs (4 flamers, 2 AC/20s) and 1-2 Atlases (AC/20, 2 medium lasers, 2 LRM 15s) on missions.
The video games do prompt different design approaches than the board game. You couldn't depend on hyper-accurate AC/20s in the board game, while LRM boats really benefit from secondary weapons in the way video game 'Mechs don't.
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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