the shape of things to come

Keith decides to provide his Tunnel
Rat with some armor protection. As an
exoskeleton, the battle armor may carry
a maximum of 2 armor points. Because
he is not expecting combat, however,
Keith decides on a minimal amount of
armor, and so chooses a single point of
standard armor. With a weight of 50 kilograms per
point, and no slot space requirement, Keith fi nds that
his Rat has 250 unused kilograms left without manipulators
(300 kg – 50 kg = 250 kg) or 220 kilograms, for the
industrial drill confi guration (270 – 50 = 220).
As a light battle armor design, Lou’s
Sylph can mount up to 6 points of
armor, according to the Maximum
Armor Levels shown on the Battle Armor
Protection Table. Deciding on standard
Clan armor, he elects to install 5 points
on his design for 125 kilograms (5 points x 25 kg per
point [Standard Armor, Clan] = 125 kg). The Sylph now
has up to 260 kilos of unspent weight remaining (385
kg – 125 kg = 260 kg).
BATTLE ARMOR PROTECTION TABLE
MAXIMUM ARMOR LEVELS
Battle Armor Weight Class Maximum Armor Points
PA(L) / Exoskeleton 2
Light 6
Medium 10
Heavy 14
Assault 18
BATTLE ARMOR ARMOR TYPES
Weight (per Point, in kg)
Armor Type Clan Inner Sphere Slots Used Special Abilities
Standard 25 50 0 None
Standard (Advanced) — 40 5 None
Standard (Prototype) — 100 4 None
Stealth (Basic) 30 55 3 Range Modifi ers (0/+1/+2); Invisible to Probes
Stealth (Improved) 35 60 5 Range Modifi ers (+1/+2/+3); Invisible to Probes
Stealth (Prototype) — 100 4 Range Modifi ers (0/+1/+2); Invisible to Probes
Stealth (Standard) 35 60 4 Range Modifi ers (+1/+1/+2); Invisible to Probes
Fire Resistant 30 – 5 Suit ignores damage by heat-causing weapons
Mimetic — 50 7 Movement Modifi ers (+3/+2/+1/0)
Max plans his for Purifier to epitomize
stealth and looks to the last word
in Inner Sphere stealth technology for
his battle armor: mimetic armor. As
medium battle armor, the Purifi er may
mount up to 10 points of armor, but
as doing so would cost 500 kilograms
(10 points x 50 kg per point of mimetic
armor), Max decides on a more modest
6 points of protection, which costs him 300 kilograms.
This leaves the Purifi er with 360 kilograms of unspent
weight (660 kg – 300 = 360 kg).
Because mimetic armor also takes up 7 weapon slots—
which can be distributed throughout the design—Max
must allocate slots accordingly. He decides to allocate 4
slots to the Purifi er’s Body location and 3 to its Right Arm,
leaving the 3 Left Arm slots open for additional equipment.
Meanwhile, he also notes that the Purifier’s mimetic
armor has a special ability of “Movement Modifiers
(+3/+2/+1/0).” This means that when the Purifi er stands still,
it imposes a +3 to-hit modifi er on weapon attacks against
it, a +2 modifi er if the battle armor moves 1 MP per turn, +1
if it moves 2 MP and no modifi er if it moves 3 or more MP.
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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