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Revision as of 02:58, 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 |