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DETERMINE JUMP CAPABILITY
Combat Vehicles built under these rules may not possess
jump capability as BattleMechs do, and therefore may not
mount jump jets.
ADD CONTROL SYSTEMS
Every Combat Vehicle must have control systems, refl ecting
cockpits or crew stations from which the vehicle is operated.
These control systems provide sensors and basic life support,
but do not include ejection systems. The weight these systems
take up is equal to 5 percent of the Combat Vehicle’s weight,
rounded up to the nearest half-ton (regardless of motive
type).
Tractor/Trailers: Combat Vehicles built as Trailer units do
not require control systems unless they are also expected
to operate without a suitable Tractor unit or are expected to
employ heavy weapons and equipment while operating independently
of a unit with an engine.
Tech Base: Vehicular control systems are standardized and
equally available to vehicles of Clan or Inner Sphere tech bases.
Space: Combat Vehicle control systems do not aff ect the
amount of internal equipment space available.
OmniVehicles: As control systems are required for all Combat
Vehicle types, their tonnage—once established for the
OmniVehicle’s base confi guration—may not change between
its base, prime or alternate confi gurations.
Crew: Though not generally tracked in Total Warfare standard
rules play, larger Combat Vehicles typically have larger
crews. To refl ect this, Combat Vehicles are presumed to have
1 crewman for every 15 tons of vehicle weight (or fraction
thereof).
Trailer units without engines or heavy weapons and equipment
do not require crew.
A pair of Word of Blake Von Luckner Heavy Tanks patrol the edges of a thick forest.
The controls for Michael’s Hephaestus
weigh in at 1.5 tons (5 percent
of 30 tons = 0.05 x 30 tons = 1.5 tons),
leaving the vehicle with 16 unspent
tons remaining (17.5 tons – 1.5 tons =
16 tons). Michael further computes that his Hephaestus
operates on a 2-man crew (30 tons ÷ 15 tons per crewman
= 2 crewmen).
Nathaniel’s Yellow Jacket VTOL
requires 1.5 tons’ worth of control
equipment as well (5 percent of 30
tons = 0.05 x 30 tons = 1.5 tons), leaving
20.5 tons remaining (22 tons – 1.5
tons = 20.5 tons). The VTOL also requires a crew of 2 to
operate (30 tons ÷ 15 tons per crewman = 2 crewmen).
Patrick’s Zhukov, a significantly
heavier vehicle, requires 4 tons of
control systems to operate (5 percent
of 75 tons = 0.05 x 75 = 3.75, which
rounds up to 4 tons). This leaves the tank with 43.5 tons
remaining (47.5 tons – 4 tons = 43.5 tons). Based on the
crew formula, the Zhukov needs 5 crewmen to operate
it (75 tons ÷ 15 tons per crewman = 5 crewmen).
The controls for Rick’s 100-ton Neptune
come to 5 tons (5 percent of 100
tons = 5 tons), bringing the vessel’s
unspent weight down to 46 tons
(51 tons – 5 tons = 46 tons). To operate, the Neptune
requires a crew of 7 (100 tons ÷ 15 tons per crewman =
6.67, rounded up to 7 crewmen).
SPECIAL PHYSICAL ENHANCEMENTS
Under these rules, no special physical enhancements
pertaining to Combat Vehicles are widely available to either
the Inner Sphere or the Clans. Combat Vehicles may not use
equipment such as MASC or Triple-Strength Myomers.
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INTRODUCTION
CONSTRUCTION
BASICS
BATTLEMECH
CONSTRUCTION
INDUSTRIALMECH
CONSTRUCTION
PROTOMECH
CONSTRUCTION
COMBAT VEHICLE
CONSTRUCTION
SUPPORT VEHICLE
CONSTRUCTION
CONV. INFANTRY
CONSTRUCTION
BATTLE ARMOR
CONSTRUCTION
AEROSPACE UNIT
CONSTRUCTION
WEAPONS AND
HEAVY EQUIPMENT
INFANTRY WEAPONS
AND EQUIPMENT
COSTS AND
AVAILABILITY
BATTLE VALUE
INDEX
RECORD SHEETS
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