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Line 38: ==Variants== ==Variants== − *;HEP-1H : The earliest version, designed by [[Gregory Kean]], used standard [[heat sink]]s and its [[primitive engine]] could only manage 30 km/h. This proved to be a challenge as the early ''Helepolis'' needed to completely stop to fire the Sniper artillery and then start moving again before counterbattery fire could destroy the unit. Twenty and a half tons of [[Primitive Armor]] protected the ''Helepolis'' from enemy fire.<ref name=XTRO/> The weight and bulk of the primitive systems prevented the designers from installing the long range missiles used on later models<ref name=TRO3075/>. BV (2.0) = 1055<ref name=XTRO/> + *;HEP-1H : The earliest version, designed by [[Gregory Kean]], used standard [[heat sink]]s and its [[Primitive Engine]] could only manage 30 km/h. This proved to be a challenge as the early ''Helepolis'' needed to completely stop to fire the Sniper artillery and then start moving again before counterbattery fire could destroy the unit. Twenty and a half tons of [[Primitive Armor]] protected the ''Helepolis'' from enemy fire.<ref name=XTRO/> The weight and bulk of the primitive systems prevented the designers from installing the long range missiles used on later models<ref name=TRO3075/>. BV (2.0) = 1055<ref name=XTRO/> *;HEP-2X : the original model of the HEP-2H, which debuted in 2488, identical to the later model in all respects except having 10 single heat sinks instead of 10 double heat sinks (See entry for Helepolis on the BattleTech Master Unit List, as only current source). *;HEP-2X : the original model of the HEP-2H, which debuted in 2488, identical to the later model in all respects except having 10 single heat sinks instead of 10 double heat sinks (See entry for Helepolis on the BattleTech Master Unit List, as only current source).
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| − | *;HEP-1H : The earliest version, designed by [[Gregory Kean]], used standard [[heat sink]]s and its [[ | + | *;HEP-1H : The earliest version, designed by [[Gregory Kean]], used standard [[heat sink]]s and its [[Primitive Engine]] could only manage 30 km/h. This proved to be a challenge as the early ''Helepolis'' needed to completely stop to fire the Sniper artillery and then start moving again before counterbattery fire could destroy the unit. Twenty and a half tons of [[Primitive Armor]] protected the ''Helepolis'' from enemy fire.<ref name=XTRO/> The weight and bulk of the primitive systems prevented the designers from installing the long range missiles used on later models<ref name=TRO3075/>. BV (2.0) = 1055<ref name=XTRO/> |
*;HEP-2X : the original model of the HEP-2H, which debuted in 2488, identical to the later model in all respects except having 10 single heat sinks instead of 10 double heat sinks (See entry for Helepolis on the BattleTech Master Unit List, as only current source). | *;HEP-2X : the original model of the HEP-2H, which debuted in 2488, identical to the later model in all respects except having 10 single heat sinks instead of 10 double heat sinks (See entry for Helepolis on the BattleTech Master Unit List, as only current source). | ||