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BATTLE ARMOR STRUCTURE WEIGHTS TABLE
Chassis Weight (kg) Weapon Slots
Battle Armor Weight Class Total Suit Weight (kg) Clan Inner Sphere Humanoid (Arms* / Body) Quad (Body)
PA(L) / Exoskeleton 80 – 400 130** 80 2 / 2 NA
Light 401 – 750 150 100 2 / 4 5
Medium 751 – 1000 250 175 3 / 4 7
Heavy 1001 – 1500 400 300 3 / 6 9
Assault 1501 – 2000 700 550 4 / 6 11
*Each Arm
**Clan-made industrial exoskeletons may use an Inner Sphere chassis weight at the designer’s option.
Space: The internal structure of battle armor does not
occupy any weapon slots in its design. Establishing the chassis
weight thus has no impact on the available slot space for
weapons and equipment. However, the weight class and body
type (humanoid or quad) of the battle armor does aff ect a
suit’s starting number of available weapon slots, along with
their respective locations.
Modular Technology: Battle armor internal structure is
never considered modular under these construction rules,
and so cannot be varied from mission to mission.
Keith’s Tunnel Rat is an exoskeleton
with an Inner Sphere Technology Base.
Thus, its chassis will weigh 80 kilograms.
Keith notes that the battle armor
receives 1 point of internal structure
to represent its pilot (the gray-shaded
circle on the armor line on the record
sheet). He also notes that the humanoid Tunnel Rat
will have 2 weapon slots each in its Left Arm, Right
Arm and Body locations. Of its potential 400 kilograms
in total weight, the Rat has 320 kilos left to work with
(400 kg – 80 kg = 320 kg).
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Lou’s Sylph is a light battle armor
design built with a Clan Tech Base. On
the Battle Armor Chassis Weights Table,
Lou fi nds that its chassis will weigh 150
kilograms. Lou notes the battle armor’s
default 1 point of internal structure as
the gray-shaded circle on the armor
line in the record sheet, and that the humanoid design
will have 2 weapon slots each in its Left Arm and Right
Arm, and 4 weapon slots in its Body. The Sylph has up
to 600 kg remaining of its original 750-kilogram maximum
(750 kg – 150 kg = 600 kg).
Max chose a medium weight class
for his Inner Sphere-made Purifi er. Thus,
its chassis will weigh 175 kilograms.
After noting the single gray-shaded
point of internal structure that represents
its trooper on his record sheet,
Max jots down the weapon slots available
to his humanoid design: 3 each in
the Left and Right arm locations and 4 in the Body
location. Of the 1,000-kilogram maximum available
to it, the Purifi er has used 175 kg, leaving 825 kilograms
to work with (1,000 kg – 175 kg = 825 kg).
For his assault-class, Inner Sphere
Fenrir battle armor, Peter chooses a
quad body type, rather than a humanoid
design. The chassis weight for the
Fenrir, according to the Battle Armor
Chassis Weights Table, will be 550 kilos,
and provides the battle armor with 11
weapon slots in its Body location. Pete also notes the
standard 1 gray-shaded point on the Fenrir’s armor
line on the record sheet, representing its controlling
trooper. The Fenrir’s maximum potential weight of
2,000 kilograms has 1,450 kilos left to spend (2,000 kg
– 550 kg = 1,450 kg).
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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