Rotwang
08/03/04 10:19 AM
213.118.80.43
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BattleTech Vehicle Technical Readout
VALIDATED
Type/Model: Gouge G-1
Tech: Inner Sphere / 3062
Config: Hovercraft
Rules: Level 2, Standard design
Mass: 50 tons
Power Plant: 165 VOX Fusion
Cruise Speed: 86,4 km/h
Maximum Speed: 129,6 km/h
Armor Type: Ferro-Fibrous
Armament:
1 Heavy Gauss Rifle
Manufacturer: (Unknown)
Location: (Unknown)
Communications System: (Unknown)
Targeting & Tracking System: (Unknown)
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==Overview:==
As the Fed Com civil war raged, whole units were being fed into the
meatgrinder and replacements became increasingly harder to find. With mech
productin stretched, Steiner designers rushed the Gouge heavy destroyer into
service.
==Capabilities:==
The Gouge is a simple vehicle, a fast destroyer tank, mounting a Heavy Gauss
rifle.
Unfortunately this design hit upon a number of problems that were not solved
before the end of the Civil War.
Due to shortages of Heavy Gauss Rifles, many Gouges had to be armed with
regular Gauss rifles of AC20's, reducing their overall firepower.
And the few vehicles that did mount the Rifle found that the punishing recoil
had a tendency to damage the tank, especially as it moved at high speeds. The
original gun had been mounted in a gimball mount to give it limited elevation
and traverse, but the hover tank could spin out of control if it fired at too
wide an angle. Also when fired at elevation, the recoil would force the whole
tank to slam into the ground.
Later models mounted the gun directly onto the chassis, reducing the punishing
effects of the recoil, letting a fast-moving 50-ton mass absorb the shock, but
crews still comment that the vehicle shakes unpleasantly when firing.
Most Gouge crews adopted hit and run tactics, moving at top speed towards a
target, and shooting and veering off at the last moment, trying to shoot at
short range, to maximise damage. Crews who try to stand and shoot generally
are picked off from a distance.
==Variants:==
One variant mounts a Gauss Rifle, while the other mounts an AC20 Ultra. Most
have been modified, but a handful of crews have refused to let it be modified,
adding a number of extra weapons such as lasers, flamers and rocket launchers.
==Deployment==
Less than a hundred Gouges were available at the end of the FedCom civil war,
and only about 10 of them were properly equipped. Most were retooled after the
war and production is finally getting to acceptable levels.
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Type/Model: Gouge G-1
Mass: 50 tons
Equipment: Items Mass
Int. Struct.: 20 pts Standard 0 5,00
Engine: 165 Fusion 0 6,67
Shielding & Transmission Equipment: 0 3,33
Cruise MP: 8
Flank MP: 12
Heat Sinks: 10 Single 0 ,00
Cockpit & Controls: 0 2,50
Crew: 4 Members 0 ,00
Lift Equipment: 0 5,00
Armor Factor: 81 pts Ferro-Fibrous 2 4,50
Internal Armor
Structure Value
Front: 5 30
Left / Right Sides: 5 19/19
Rear: 5 13
Weapons and Equipment Loc Heat Ammo Items Mass
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1 Heavy Gauss Rifle Front 0 20 2 23,00
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TOTALS: 0 4 50,00
Items & Tons Left: 11 ,00
Calculated Factors:
Total Cost: 2.830.000 C-Bills
Battle Value: 1.137
Cost per BV: 2.489,01
Weapon Value: 259 / 259 (Ratio = ,23 / ,23)
Damage Factors: SRDmg = 18; MRDmg = 13; LRDmg = 4
BattleForce2: MP: 8H, Armor/Structure: 0 / 3
Damage PB/M/L: 1/2/1, Overheat: 0
Class: GM; Point Value: 11
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Greyslayer
08/03/04 04:45 PM
216.14.192.233
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Looks to me like someone 'fudged' the engine mass. Unfortunately I cannot for the life of me remember the mass of a 165 engine.... or whether it would be normal to mount a 165 fusion on a 50-ton chassis.
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Nightward
08/03/04 07:05 PM
203.214.144.131
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The engine mass is incorrect, as a 165 Fusion plant weighs 6 tons. Vehicles must add another 50% to the engine mass for shielding- bringing it up to a total of 9 tons.
Also, Hovercraft require 20% of their mass to be dedicated to their Engines...which means minimum Engine mass for a 50 ton Hovercraft is 10 tons.
Yea, verily. Let it be known far and wide that Nightward loathes MW: DA. Indeed, it is with the BURNING ANIMUS OF A THOUSAND SUNS that he doth rage against it with.
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Rotwang
08/04/04 07:20 AM
213.118.83.226
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It did get validated by the program ...
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Nightward
08/05/04 02:51 AM
203.214.144.153
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*Shrug*
The program is wrong, then. Have a look at the table for Vehicles in the BMR. The Lift Factor on a 50-tonner is 235, and Hovercraft must allocate 20% of their mass to their engines.
Yea, verily. Let it be known far and wide that Nightward loathes MW: DA. Indeed, it is with the BURNING ANIMUS OF A THOUSAND SUNS that he doth rage against it with.
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Gnome76
08/05/04 03:14 AM
68.12.242.212
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Minimum speeds for a 50 ton hovercraft: (I think)
Code:
165 ICE Engine -- 8/12 -- 12.0 tons
215 Fusion Eng -- 9/13 -- 14.5 tons
215 Light Eng -- 9/13 -- 11.5 tons
265 XL Engine -- 10/15 -- 10.5 tons
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