the shape of things to come

Simon’s Simca ambulance carries 4 items
of paramedic equipment worth 7,500 C-bills
each, plus four extra seats used to represent
stretcher and passenger space (each worth
100 C-bills), a 136-kilogram basic cargo
space (free), and a rear bay door worth
1,000 C-bills. Together, these items add 31,400 C-bills to the
Simca’s costs ([4 x 7,500] + [4 x 100] + 0 + 1,000 = 31,400). In
addition, the Simca’s three crew seats add 300 C-bills more
to the equipment costs for 31,700 C-bills in total equipment
(31,400 + [3 x 100] = 31,700).
Together with its 4,043.75-C-bill structure costs, the
Simca is currently worth 35,743.75 C-bills (4,043.75 +
31,700 = 35,743.75).
Christine’s Dixon carries 4 machine
guns (5,000 C-bills each) and 2 medium
lasers (40,000 C-bills each) for a total of
100,000 C-bills in weapons ([4 x 5,000] +
[2 x 40,000] = 100,000), for which she has also installed
basic fi re control worth 5,000 C-bills (5 percent of 100,000
C-bills = 5,000), giving a weapons and fi re control weight
of 105,000 C-bills.
The Airship also carries 4 sprayers (1,000 C-bills each),
which require 10 tons of liquid storage and pumps (1,000
C-bills; 100 C-bills x 10 C-bills per ton = 1,000 C-bills), 3 light
vehicle bays (10,000 C-bills each), 3 bay doors (1,000 C-bills
each) and an arresting lift hoist (50,000 C-bills). In addition,
the Dixon boasts 6 tons of communications equipment (at
10,000 C-bills per ton), 2 mounted searchlights (2,000 each)
and 6 tons of infantry compartments worth 0 C-bills per
ton (as they were added over and above the weight-free
crew and passenger facilities, the Dixon would invest in
these added facilities; but as because Christine chose the
minimalist compartments over dedicated infantry bays,
these compartments have a base cost of 0 C-bills per ton).
The remaining standard cargo space is free, so the various
added equipment comes to a total of 151,100 C-bills ([4 x
1,000] + 1,000 + [3 x 10,000] + [3 x 1,000] + 50,000 + [6 x
10,000] + [2 x 2,000] + [6 x 0] = 152,000). Combined with
the 105,000 C-bills for weapons and fi re control, the Dixon’s
total investment in weapons and equipment comes
to 257,000 C-bills.
With a structural cost of 529,125, the current total cost
for the Dixon comes to 786,125 C-bills (529,125 + 257,000 =
786,125).
Max’s Purifi er battle armor incorporates
a single modular weapon mount rather than
a dedicated weapon. This mount costs 1,000
C-bills, which combines with the battlesuit’s
425,000 C-bill structure cost for a running total
of 426,000 C-bills in its base confi guration.
Based on this price, Max also computes
that the Primary (ER small laser) confi guration of his suit
will add 11,250 C-bills to this cost, for a current Primary
Purifi er cost of 437,250 C-bills (426,000 + 11,250 = 437,250).
Robert’s ’Mechbuster (laser variant)
carries 3 medium lasers for armaments at
a cost of 40,000 per weapon. With no other
weapons components installed, the fi ghter’s
weapons add to its 337,633.333 C-bill
structure costs to produce a current total of
457,633.333 C-bills (337,633.333 + [3 x
40,000] = 457,633.333).
For weapons alone, Chris’ Nekohono’oclass
DropShip carries 3 Kraken-T capital
missile launchers (500,000 C-bills each),
2 screen launchers (250,000 each), 2
MRM 40s (350,000 each), 5 Streak SRM-
6s (120,000 each), 6 MRM-30s (225,000
each), 4 gauss rifles (300,000 each), 4 LRM-20s with
Artemis (350,000 each), 10 ER PPCs (300,000 each), 10 LB
10-X ACs (400,000 each), 6 Streak SRM-4s (90,000 each), 6
ER medium lasers (80,000 each) and 7 large pulse lasers
(at 175,000 each). The total for these weapons comes
to 16,495,000 C-bills ([3 x 500,000] + [2 x 250,000] + [2 x
350,000] + [5 x 120,000] + [6 x 225,000] + [4 x 300,000] + [4
x 350,000] + [10 x 300,000] + [10 + 400,000] + [6 x 90,000]
+ [6 x 80,000] + [7 x 175,000] = 16,495,000).
In addition, the DropShip has 6 fi ghter and 9 Small Craft
cubicles (all at 20,000 C-bills each), 27 battle armor squad
cubicles (considered free; counted toward quarters/life
support costs), 8 bay doors (at 1,000 C-bills each) and 6
escape pods (5,000 each). Quarters for the crew and passengers,
again, are not counted toward pricing, as they
are considered part of the life support costs and vessel
structure. Neither is the 1,548.5-ton capacity standard
cargo bay. This means that the various non-weapon items
add another 338,000 C-bills to the Nekohono’o’s cost ([6 x
20,000] + [9 x 20,000] + [27 x 0] + [8 x 1,000] + [6 x 5,000]
= 338,000).
Combined, the 12,491,600 C-bills of structural costs,
plus the 16,495,000 C-bills of weapons and the 338,000
of non-weapon items, bring the Nekohono’o to a current
(unloaded) price of 29,324,600 C-bills.
FINAL UNIT COSTS
Once a unit’s structural costs have been added to its weapons
and equipment costs, the unit’s fi nal total cost may be computed
by factoring in any Omni Conversion costs, unit cost multipliers
and such. These fi nal costs account for extra features that aff ect
the design overall, as well as the labor, support, resource processing
and other abstract minutiae that can go into unit design.
The Final Unit Cost Formulas Table (see p. 285) shows how each
unit sums up its appropriate structural and weapons costs, and
applies any Omni Conversion costs, as well as giving fi nal unit
computation values. Once applied, the unit’s fi nal cost may be
rounded as indicated under Basic Cost Calculations (see p. 284).