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BASE CONVENTIONAL INFANTRY COSTS AND AVAILABILITY
Base Trooper Cost = 2,000 x √ (Weapon Cost)
Component
Motive Type
Cost (in C-bills) Tech Rating Availability
Foot x 1.0 A A-A-A
Motorized x 1.6 B A-A-A
Jump x 2.6 D B-B-B
Mechanized (Hover) x 3.2 C A-B-A
Mechanized (Wheeled) x 3.2 A A-A-A
Mechanized (Tracked)
Special
x 3.2 B B-C-B
Anti-’Mech Training x 5.0 D D-D-D
WEAPONS AND EQUIPMENT
The Weapons and Equipment Cost Tables in this section are
used to fi nd the additional cost—beyond that of the aforementioned
structural components—for any armaments and other
items mounted or carried by a given unit. As a general guide,
when using these fi gures to compute a unit’s fi nal cost, it is not
necessary to purchase ammunition for ammo-based weaponry.
(Combat units, after all, are generally assembled with weapons
and fuel tanks empty to avoid mishaps, and ammo purchases are
best left up to fi eld commanders.)
The cost of all weapons and equipment are added to the structural
costs for the unit.
Special Exemption:
Crew/Passenger Quarters and Infantry Bays/Compartments
Under certain circumstances, crew and passenger quarters on
select units—as well as infantry compartments and bays (including
Battle Armor bays)—are considered free when computing a
unit’s C-bill value.
For DropShips and Small Craft, any and all crew/passenger
quarters, infantry bays and infantry compartments are considered
cost-free, regardless of the quarters or infantry bay type (this cost
is considered to be incorporated into the structural and life support
costs already incurred by the vessel itself).
For Support Vehicles, only the quarters, seating, and infantry
compartments/bays the designer elects to pay for in weight (as
opposed to provided free with the chassis design), apply a C-bill
cost to the unit’s design.
For all other units, C-bill costs for quarters, seating, and infantry
bays or compartments apply only if the unit specifi cally invests
weight in such items. Otherwise, it is considered to be a part of
the unit’s structural and control systems.
Omni Units
Units built with modular technologies (OmniMechs, OmniVehicles,
Support OmniVehicles, OmniFighters and battle armor
with modular mounts) must compute at least the cost for their
base (unloaded) designs. These costs do not include any podmounted
weapons or items, but must include any weapons and
equipment that is “fi xed” on the design. Costs for each confi guration
may be computed when such confi gurations are fi nalized,
using the cost of the base confi guration’s structure and weapons
as a starting point.
Andrew’s MON-66 Mongoose is
equipped with a Beagle active probe,
3 medium lasers and a small laser. The
active probe costs 200,000 C-bills, the
medium lasers are 40,000 each and the
small laser is 11,250. The combined cost
for these weapons comes to 331,250
C-bills (200,000 + [3 x 40,000] + 11,250
= 331,250).
Combined with the structural costs determined earlier,
the Mongoose currently has a price tag of 1,783,583.333
C-bills (1,452,333.333 + 331,250 = 1,783,583.333).
Geoffrey’s 70-ton Uni CargoMech carries
2 lift hoists and devotes 17 tons to
basic cargo. The lift hoists cost 50,000
C-bills each, and the basic cargo space is
free. This means the Uni’s equipment costs
a grand total of 100,000 C-bills.
Combined with its fi nal structural costs of 2,277,750 Cbills,
the Uni is currently worth 2,377,750 C-bills (2,277,750
+ 100,000 = 2,377,750).
Lara’s Delphyne-2 ProtoMech carries
2 ER micro lasers and 2 SRM-3 launchers.
The ER micro lasers are worth 10,000 C-bills
each, while the SRM-3s—which ProtoMechs
purchase by the tube for “non-standard”
rack sizes—cost 30,000 C-bills apiece (3
[ProtoMech] SRM tubes x 10,000 C-bills
per tube = 30,000). The SRM ammunition
need not be purchased at this time, so the Delphyne-2’s
weapons load costs a total of 80,000 C-bills ([2 x 10,000]
+ [2 x 30,000] = 80,000).
With 741,700 C-bills in structural costs, the Delphyne’s
weapons bring its price tag to 821,700 C-bills thus far
(741,700 + 80,000 = 821,700).