Cockpit Command Console

Description[edit]

A Command Console is a BattleMech component that adds a complete second set of controls for a second MechWarrior (pilot) with added command and control facilities. (It should not be confused with the much smaller Dual Cockpit, which can be installed on any 'Mech and splits 'Mech operation between two people, a pilot and a gunner, and therefore requires both to operate the 'Mech.)[1]

The enhanced command and control facilities turn the 'Mech carrying a Command Console into a moving command center typically used by high-level commanders. Star League-vintage Command Consoles are very rare by 3025 because 'Mechs equipped in this way were favored targets in battle. Most still existing were relegated to training duties.[2]

Availability[edit]

Cockpit Command Console is known to be used by following factions:[2]

Manufacturer[edit]

The Cockpit Command Console is manufactured on following planets:

Brand Planet Company Used by References
Unknown Hachiman Tanadi Computers Various [2]
Unknown Macintosh Apple Computers Interstellar Various [2]
Unknown Hesperus II
New Kyoto
Doering Electronics Various [2]
Unknown Dalton Garret SatComm Various [2]
Unknown Carbonis IMB Systems Various [2]
Unknown Indicass Ceres Metals Industries Various [2]

Notes[edit]

  • In game terms, the Command Console occupies the same section as the primary cockpit.[1]
  • Since it is a fully functional cockpit unto itself, it can take over if the regular cockpit is destroyed or the pilot is incapacitated, provided of course that the Command Console is manned.[1]

References[edit]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Tactical Operations, pp. 300-301, "Cockpit Systems"
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 Tactical Handbook, pp. 64-65, "Command Console"

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