Difference between revisions of "Barrier Armor Rating"
(→Support Vehicle Armor: Added a chart to show BAR comparisons as shown in A Time Of War.) Tags: mobile edit mobile web edit |
|||
Line 13: | Line 13: | ||
== Support Vehicle Armor == | == Support Vehicle Armor == | ||
Due to the wide variety of vehicle chassis, armor types, and industrial capacity, [[support vehicle]]s have a variable BAR that depends on the designer's choices.<ref name"TMp134">''TechManual'', p. 134, "Support Vehicle Armor Table"</ref> | Due to the wide variety of vehicle chassis, armor types, and industrial capacity, [[support vehicle]]s have a variable BAR that depends on the designer's choices.<ref name"TMp134">''TechManual'', p. 134, "Support Vehicle Armor Table"</ref> | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==BAR Analouges== | ||
+ | {| border="1" frame="box" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="5" | ||
+ | ! BAR Rating | ||
+ | ! Material Analouge | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | 0 | ||
+ | | Paper/Cloth Banner, Paperback Book, Keycard | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | 1 | ||
+ | | Window, Standard Glass, Hardcover Book, Compad | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | 2 | ||
+ | | Window, Safety Glass, Interior Wall/Door, Residential/Commercial, Personal Computer | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | 3 | ||
+ | | Interior Wall/Door, Industrial/Military/Shipboard; Particleboard Table | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | 4 | ||
+ | | Exterior Wall/Door, Wood/Sheet Metal; Solid Wood Desk | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | 5 | ||
+ | | Window, Ship Viewport; Concrete Patio Furniture | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | 6 | ||
+ | | Armored Window, Industrial/Military; Commercial Power Generators | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | 7 | ||
+ | | Exterior Wall, Industrial/Military; Industrial Power Generators | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | 8 | ||
+ | | Reinforced Exterior Wall, Industrial/Military; Military Power Generators | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | 9 | ||
+ | | Armored Wall, Vault Door/Wall, BattleMech Canopy Armor | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | 10 | ||
+ | | Ship External Bulkhead, Solid Rock, BattleMech Armor | ||
+ | |} | ||
+ | <ref>A Time Of War</ref> | ||
== References == | == References == |
Revision as of 02:55, 21 December 2018
Contents
Description
A unit's Barrier Armor Rating (or BAR) is a statistic used to indicate how hardy a unit is on the battlefield. Armor types used on Combat units like BattleMechs, tanks, and AeroSpace Fighters are automatically assumed to have a BAR of 10 because they have been constructed specifically for combat. Support units and civilian vehicles pressed into military service however, are typically not as well armored as their combat-oriented counterparts. The "armor" used by civilian and support vehicles is designed to protect them from everyday wear and tear rather than incoming missiles. The BAR provides a means to reflect the increased fragility of non-combat units in a combat area.
Basically any unit that is not built on an Armored Chassis hit by a weapon that inflicts more damage than its BAR will need to check for a critical hit, even if the weapon did not damage internal structure.[1] So a Silverfin coastal cutter (BAR 7) hit by a PPC blast will have to check to see if it sustains a critical hit as the artificial lightning leaks through a small gap in the armor plating.
IndustrialMech Armor
IndustrialMech armor was introduced in 2439 by the Terran Hegemony.[2] Like their military cousins, IndustrialMechs mount armor in sheets weighing a full ton or half ton. Unlike BattleMechs, IndustrialMechs are not usually designed for combat, and may have been built with armor that has a Barrier Armor Rating of less than 10. IndustrialMechs can only mount a few armor types, none of them advanced.[3]
- Heavy Industrial armor is functionally the same as BattleMech armor, with a stated BAR of 10.
- Industrial armor also has a BAR of 10, but only offers 67% points per ton that Heavy Industrial armor does. Industrial armor is very similar to Primitive Armor used by the first BattleMechs.
- Commercial armor offers 50% more protection per ton of weight, but only has a BAR of 5.
Support Vehicle Armor
Due to the wide variety of vehicle chassis, armor types, and industrial capacity, support vehicles have a variable BAR that depends on the designer's choices.[4]
BAR Analouges
BAR Rating | Material Analouge |
---|---|
0 | Paper/Cloth Banner, Paperback Book, Keycard |
1 | Window, Standard Glass, Hardcover Book, Compad |
2 | Window, Safety Glass, Interior Wall/Door, Residential/Commercial, Personal Computer |
3 | Interior Wall/Door, Industrial/Military/Shipboard; Particleboard Table |
4 | Exterior Wall/Door, Wood/Sheet Metal; Solid Wood Desk |
5 | Window, Ship Viewport; Concrete Patio Furniture |
6 | Armored Window, Industrial/Military; Commercial Power Generators |
7 | Exterior Wall, Industrial/Military; Industrial Power Generators |
8 | Reinforced Exterior Wall, Industrial/Military; Military Power Generators |
9 | Armored Wall, Vault Door/Wall, BattleMech Canopy Armor |
10 | Ship External Bulkhead, Solid Rock, BattleMech Armor |