Communications Equipment

Description

Communications Equipment - This is the most common used communication device used by both military and civil authorities. Used as principly as rearguard battlefield command centers. In civilian authorities employ these devices from media news vehicles, industrial "com equipment" various vehicles to air traffic control airships.

More complex communication equipment can uplink to satellites. Allowing for communications with orbiting spacecraft and even HPG uplinks for interstellar communication. Military and Civilian equipment differ with ablities.

Larger Combat & Support Vehicles have tonnage set aside to handle the more sophicated communication suites.

Tech Levels

Available for both Standard Inner Sphere & Clan technology.

Introduction

Pre-spaceflight

Tech Ratings

D

Range

50 Kilometers in point-to-point ground. (Not including uplinks to other equipment.)

Restricted Units

ProtoMechs are not allowed to mount communication equipment.

Rules

Game Rules

Communication Equipment does not effect regular Tournment Legal games or Total Warfare rules. However, Communication Equipment gains ablities when using the Advanced Tactical Operations rules.

Communication Equipment remains active only active; Equipment itself remains undamaged, sensors & cockpit are undamaged, engine remains active. The equipment will remain active even if the pilot is unable to act.

Construction Rules

BattleMechs, Combat Vehicles, all types of Aerospace & Standard fighters are automaticly equipt with a basic communication equal to 1 ton which included in cockpit and life support equipment. Small Craft & DropShips incorporating additional communication gear (Not counting standard communication equipment already intrigated.) adds equivalent to 3 tons of such equipment as part of the ship's cockpit and control system. IndustrialMechs & Support Vehicles do not carry communication no more sophicated than basic a radio unless additional tonnage is added for such equipment.

All units most alot equipment by full tons with maximum tonnage up to 15 tons. BattleMechs & IndustrialMechs communication equipment requires 1 critical spot per ton and must be added to the Critical Hit Table within same body location. Note that multiple body sections are considered to be seperate communication units. This requires manned by 1 crewmember.

Combat Vehicles & Support Vehicles only need 1 critical regardless of tonnage allotted to the additional communication suite. Aerospace units treat communication equipment as if it were cargo. It maybe allocated to body/fuselage location without taking up a weapon slots. All these units, all additional communication equipment add 1 crewmember per ton of gear.

References

• Tech Manual, pp. 344-345

Bibliography

• Tactical Operations
• TechManual