the shape of things to come

Tech Base: Inner Sphere and Clan
Battle Armor Unit Restrictions: No restrictions
Game Rules: Extended life support has no eff ect in Total Warfare game play. Its impact in campaign and role-playing settings will be
covered in future sources.
Construction Rules: A battle armor suit (including exoskeleton and power armor designs) may carry only one extended life support
system. Suits using an Inner Sphere exoskeleton chassis that are intended for work in hazardous environments require extended life support
and a minimum of 1 armor point (of any type) to do so.
Table Reference: Battle Armor Weapons and Equipment (Inner Sphere and Clan, pp. 346–348)
Introduced: 2868 (Clan Wolf), 3050 (Federated Commonwealth)
Though smaller in design, the battle armor fl amer is in function
the same deadly incendiary weapon typically used by non-fusion
EXTENDED LIFE SUPPORT
FLAMER
vehicles. Drawing on a reservoir of combustible fuel, the fl amer used
by battlesuits is capable of dishing out roughly the same raw damage
as its bigger cousins.
Tech Base: Inner Sphere and Clan
Battle Armor Unit Restrictions: No restrictions
Construction Rules: A battle armor suit (including exoskeleton and power armor designs) may mount more than one fl amer, if desired.
Table Reference: Battle Armor Weapons and Equipment (Inner Sphere and Clan, pp. 346–348) Game Rules: Total Warfare, p. 214
Introduced: 2868 (Clan Wolf), 3051 (Federated Commonwealth)
Any battlesuit capable of jumping or VTOL fl ight does so by draw-
FLAMER
FUEL TANK
ing on an integral supply of fuel. To expand this capacity, some suits
incorporate additional fuel tanks.
Tech Base: Inner Sphere and Clan
Battle Armor Unit Restrictions: Fuel tanks may be mounted only on battlesuits with Jump or VTOL MP greater than 0.
Game Rules: Fuel has no eff ect in Total Warfare game play. The impact of fuel tanks in campaign and role-playing settings will be covered
in future sources.
Construction Rules: Only a battle armor suit (including exoskeleton and power armor designs) with Jumping or VTOL MP may add fuel
tanks. Such units may mount multiple fuel tanks, if desired.
Table Reference: Battle Armor Weapons and Equipment (Inner Sphere and Clan, pp. 346–348)
Introduced: Various
A fairly new class of weapon system for us, having been largely a
lost technology since the collapse of the Star League, the gauss rifl e
took its time to enter infantry-scale development, but it was a defi nite
favorite when battlesuits began to emerge in the 3050s, both as a
favored battle armor weapon mount and as a weapon regular foot
troops could use to put a dent in armored troopers.
Interestingly enough, however, while gauss weaponry has proven
popular in the Inner Sphere—three main models now exist for battlesuit
use, with our own Magshot as the front-runner in terms of power and
range—the Clans have not demonstrated much interest in expanding
this weapon type to the battle armor venue. The fact that numerous samples
of Clan-made gauss weapons do appear among their conventional
FUEL TANK
GAUSS RIFLE
GAUSS RIFLE
infantry forces, however, may see the advent of such weapons once the
Clans become convinced enough by samples like the Magshot.
ANTI-PERSONNEL GAUSS RIFLE
[Introduced: 3069 (Clan Jade Falcon)
Once more, Habeas might have been surprised if he’d survived a few
more years to see the next wave of weapons design. As mentioned under
the heavy equipment section, Clan Jade Falcon fi rst fi elded their anti-personnel
gauss rifl e (AP gauss) as a battle armor-mounted weapon system in
3069, upgrading it quickly for ’Mech-scale usage. Like the heavier version,
the battlesuit model fi res a hail of metal fl echettes that can shred conventional
infantry and even damage heavier armor. –EB]
Tech Base: Inner Sphere (Grand Mauler, Tsunami, Magshot, David and King David) and Clan (AP gauss only)
Battle Armor Unit Restrictions: No restrictions
Construction Rules: A battle armor suit (including exoskeleton and power armor designs) may mount multiple gauss rifl es of varying
types, if desired.
Table Reference: Battle Armor Weapons and Equipment (Inner Sphere and Clan, pp. 346–348) Game Rules: Total Warfare, p. 214
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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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