the shape of things to come

the 23.5 tons he had after armoring the submarine, he has
spent all 23.5 tons ([10 tons for LRT-20] + [6 tons for 2 SRT-
6s] + [2 tons of ammunition] + [5 tons for the large laser] +
[0.5 tons for the power amplifi ers] = 23.5 tons). He is now
ready to complete the vessel’s record sheet.
STEP 6:
COMPLETE THE RECORD SHEET
By the time the designer has chosen all structure, engine
and controls for the Combat Vehicle, and added its armor,
weapons and equipment, all of these items must be allocated
to their proper places on the blank Vehicle Record Sheet. For
the completed record sheet, the designer must fi rst be sure to
have selected the appropriate sheet for the Combat Vehicle’s
type (by motive system). The sheet must have all data fi lled in
for the Vehicle Data block (including name, tonnage, engine
and movement types, and MPs). All equipment slots must be
allocated on the Weapons and Equipment Inventory (including
ammunition and number of shots per bin). All extraneous
armor and internal structure points must be blacked out on
the Armor Diagram.
Once all of the above is completed, the Combat Vehicle is
ready for Total Warfare game play.
OMNIVEHICLES
When completing the record sheet for a Combat Vehicle
built as an OmniVehicle, it is highly recommended that the
designer create one sheet specifi cally to serve as the base
configuration, with none of the weapons or equipment
installed that may appear on the primary and alternate confi
gurations. Copies of this Base Confi guration Record Sheet
(noting all unused tonnage as “pod space” for the body and
the turret separately) can then be used to quickly generate
the record sheets for the other confi gurations.
Michael verifi es that all of the valid
data blocks are completed for his Hephaestus,
including noting the vehicle’s
full name “Hephaestus” after Vehicle
Type, checking off that its tech base is Clan, and noting
its Cruising MP as 8 and its Flank MP as 12. He also lists
the weapons properly on the Weapons Inventory, noting
the quantity per location, heat per weapon and
statistics as shown on the appropriate Weapons and
Equipment Tables (for instance, the Hephaestus’ fi xed
Active Probe would list a “1” under QTY, “Body” under
Location, “Active Probe” under Type, “0” under Damage,
“0” under Heat and “5” under Long Range). After making
sure no extraneous circles for internal structure, armor
and heat sinks are present, that the heat sinks’ values
are correct, and that all weapon slots are assigned for
the vehicle’s fixed components, Mike makes a copy
of the record sheet to serve as his Base Confi guration
Record Sheet. He then uses it as the basis for his second
sheet, to record the primary confi guration. Once that
confi guration is completed, he is ready to compute its
Battle Value and Cost and bring it to play.
Repeating similar steps to Michael, Nathaniel,
Patrick and Rick complete the record sheets for their
vehicles as well. As none of them are Omnis, they need
not make copies of a Base Confi guration Record Sheet.
The Word of Blake makes extensive use of combined-arms, as demonstrated by this Level II formation.
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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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