the shape of things to come

Motive Type
design like Simon’s. Aaron notes from the Support
Vehicle Record Sheet Table that he will use a Ground
Vehicle Record Sheet for his design.
Brian thinks his Support Vehicle will
be something for the typical Inner
Sphere jet-setter: a fixed-wing luxury
aircraft that he has already named the
Jetta Coruna 4X. He prepares a Conventional
Fighter Record Sheet for the work
of designing it.
Christine has chosen to create a
paramilitary Airship, used to patrol the
skies over busy cityscapes, looking for
trouble and coordinating with groundbased
units. Naming this craft the Dixon, she prepares
an Airship Vehicle Record Sheet to plan out her design.
SUPPORT VEHICLE MOTIVE TYPES TABLE
Size Class
Limit*
Max. Weight
(Tons) Restricted Terrain**
Airship† Medium 300 Any Woods, Hills, or Structures at same altitude‡
Fixed-Wing† Large 200 Any Woods, Hills, or Structures at same altitude‡
Hover Large 100 Woods (Light and Heavy)
Naval (w/ Hydrofoil modifi cation) Medium 100 All except Water (Depth 1+)
Naval (w/ Submarine or no mod.) Medium 300 All except Water (Depth 1+)
Tracked Large 200 Woods (Heavy), Water (Depth 1+)
VTOL Large 60 Any Woods, Hills, or Structures at same altitude‡
Wheeled Large 160 Rough, Rubble, Woods (Light and Heavy), Water (Depth 1+)
Wing-in-Ground-Eff ect (WiGE) Large 240 Any Woods, Hills, or Structures at same altitude
*Large Airships and Naval Support Vehicles will be covered in Tactical Operations.
**Some Support Vehicle types may receive modifi cations that can alter their terrain restrictions.
†These Support Vehicle types use Aerospace Fighter movement and combat rules. (Airships may not operate on the High-Altitude Map; Fixed-Wing Support Vehicles may operate on the
Ground Row and Row 1 of the High-Altitude Map.)
‡These units may land only in Clear or Paved Terrain. (VTOL-capable units may also land atop buildings and on helipads, but may not operate on the High-Altitude Map.)
SUPPORT VEHICLE RECORD SHEET TABLE
Motive Type Record Street
Airship (Small or Medium Size) Airship
Fixed-Wing (Any Size) Conventional Fighter
Hover, Tracked, Wheeled or WiGE (Small or Medium Size) Ground Vehicle
Hover, Tracked, Wheeled or WiGE (Large) Large Ground Vehicle
Naval (All forms, Small or Medium Size) Naval Vehicle
VTOL (Any Size) VTOL
CHOOSE TECHNOLOGY BASE
Support Vehicles may be constructed using Clan or Inner
Sphere technology bases. Support Vehicles created using
either tech base may be built as Support OmniVehicles, but
must incorporate the Omni chassis modifi cation to do so (see
Allocate Weight for Internal Structure, p. 121).
For various reasons, all fi ve of our designers opt to use
an Inner Sphere Technology Base for their Support Vehicles.
Aaron, however, has decided to construct his Hesiod as a
Support OmniVehicle, hoping to maximize its fl exibility.
CHOOSE WEIGHT
Depending on the Support Vehicle’s desired motive type
(see p. 118) and size class (Small, Medium or Large), the maximum
weight may vary greatly.
For Small vehicles, designers may choose any weight under
5 tons, up to a maximum of 4,999 kilograms (in 1-kilogram
increments). Construction of such vehicles will be handled
using a kilogram standard, so the designer must fi rst convert
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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