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’Mech weighs in at 9.5 tons, leaving 85.5 tons for other systems. No slots need be fi lled in on the Critical Hits Table for standard structure, and Brent need only black out a few circles on the Internal Structure Diagram, leaving 30 in the center torso, 20 in each side torso, 20 in each leg and 16 in each arm. Chas also decides on standard internal structure for his Barghest, knowing that the big guns he plans to install down the road will be bulky in the extreme. He fi nds that at 70 tons, the Barghest’s internal structure will weigh 7 tons, and provides 22 points of internal structure in the center torso, 15 each in the left and right torsos, and 15 in each of the ’Mech’s four legs. On the record sheet’s Internal Structure Diagram, Chas blacks out all the excess circles in those locations. STEP 2: INSTALL ENGINES AND CONTROL SYSTEMS The second step in BattleMech design is the installation of the ’Mech’s engines and control systems. This step establishes the key factors in the BattleMech’s mobility, including the size and performance of its engine, the mass of the gyroscopes that keep it upright, and whether or not the design is capable of jumping movement. Also determined in this step is the weight and nature of the BattleMech’s cockpit systems, where the MechWarrior resides during battle. INSTALL ENGINE Every BattleMech constructed under these rules may carry one fusion engine to power its movement, weapon systems and other integral components. The relative output of this power plant is measured by the BattleMech’s Engine Rating, which is directly determined by the ’Mech’s total weight and desired speed. To compute the Engine Rating, the designer simply multiplies the BattleMech’s tonnage by its desired Walking MP. The ’Mech’s Running MP is also calculated at this time by multiplying its Walking MP by 1.5 and rounding up to the nearest whole number. Note that under these rules, no BattleMech may be constructed with an Engine Rating below 10 or above 400. The Master Engine Table, p. 49, lists the tonnage taken up by engines of various types and ratings. BattleMechs may only use fusion engine types from this table (Compact, Standard, Light and XL engines are available). The non-fusion engines on this table are ENGINE RATING AND MOBILITY FORMULAS Engine Rating = ’Mech Tonnage x Desired Walking MP Running MP = Desired Walking MP x 1.5 (round up) provided for the benefi t of IndustrialMech and Combat Vehicle construction (which begin on pp. 64 and 94, respectively). Tech Base: Standard fusion engines are equally available to BattleMechs of Clan or Inner Sphere tech bases. Compact, Light and Inner Sphere XL fusion engines are available only to BattleMechs with an Inner Sphere Tech Base. Clan XL engines are available only to BattleMechs with a Clan Tech Base. Space: In addition to varying in weight based on their rating, fusion engines can also vary in size based on their engine type. A 220-rated Compact Fusion engine, for example, weighs 50 percent more than a Standard Fusion plant of the same rating, but occupies only 3 slots in the ’Mech’s center torso, rather than the traditional 6. The blank ’Mech Record Sheet presumes that a design is using a Standard Fusion engine type. To determine the placement (or removal) of critical slots for non-standard fusion engines, consult the ’Mech Engine Critical Space Table below. Any additional engine critical slots (beyond those in the ’Mech’s center torso) should be placed contiguously in their locations, to minimize confusion on the Critical Hit Table. The placement of engine critical spaces must also be determined at this time. OmniMechs: The engine type, rating and placement of its critical slots must be established when designing an OmniMech’s base confi guration, and may not be altered in that OmniMech’s completed primary or alternate confi gurations. Because his Mongoose is intended primarily as a scout, high speed is Andrew’s goal here. He decides to give the ’Mech a Walking MP of 8 (thus attaining a Running MP of 12; 8 MP x 1.5 = 12 MP). This means that the Mongoose’s Engine Rating will be 200 (25 tons x 8 MP = 200). Looking at the Master Engine Table, a standard 200-rated engine weighs 8.5 tons. Though an XL engine is tempting, Andrew goes with the standard engine mass and subtracts 8.5 tons from his 23.5 tons of unspent weight (for a remainder of 15 tons). Because it carries a standard engine, the Mongoose uses the standard engine slots on the Critical Hits Table, neither adding more nor reducing the number shown. Brent wants his Gladiator to have decent mobility for its size, and so chooses a Walking MP of 4, yielding an Engine Rating of 380 (95 tons x 4 MP = 380). To save tonnage for weapons, he opts for an XL engine to lighten the load. The Master Engine Table shows that a 380-rated XL engine weighs 20.5 tons, leaving the Gladiator with 65 tons remaining (85.5 tons – 20.5 tons = 65 tons). The Running MP for the Gladiator is 6 (4 Walking MP x 1.5 = 6 MP). The Gladiator must also assign two engine critical slots to each side torso location on the ’Mech’s Critical Hits Table, to refl ect the larger physical size of the Clan XL engine.
Non-Fusion Engines Fusion Engines Engine Rating ICE Cell Fission Comp.* Std.* Light* XL* 10 1.0 1.0 5.0 1.0 0.5 0.5 0.5 15 1.0 1.0 5.0 1.0 0.5 0.5 0.5 20 1.0 1.0 5.0 1.0 0.5 0.5 0.5 25 1.0 1.0 5.0 1.0 0.5 0.5 0.5 30 2.0 1.5 5.0 1.5 1.0 1.0 0.5 35 2.0 1.5 5.0 1.5 1.0 1.0 0.5 40 2.0 1.5 5.0 1.5 1.0 1.0 0.5 45 2.0 1.5 5.0 1.5 1.0 1.0 0.5 50 3.0 2.0 5.0 2.5 1.5 1.5 1.0 55 3.0 2.0 5.0 2.5 1.5 1.5 1.0 60 3.0 2.0 5.0 2.5 1.5 1.5 1.0 65 4.0 2.5 5.0 3.0 2.0 1.5 1.0 70 4.0 2.5 5.0 3.0 2.0 1.5 1.0 75 4.0 2.5 5.0 3.0 2.0 1.5 1.0 80 5.0 3.0 5.0 4.0 2.5 2.0 1.5 85 5.0 3.0 5.0 4.0 2.5 2.0 1.5 90 6.0 4.0 5.5 4.5 3.0 2.5 1.5 95 6.0 4.0 5.5 4.5 3.0 2.5 1.5 100 6.0 4.0 5.5 4.5 3.0 2.5 1.5 105 7.0 4.5 6.5 5.5 3.5 3.0 2.0 110 7.0 4.5 6.5 5.5 3.5 3.0 2.0 115 8.0 5.0 7.0 6.0 4.0 3.0 2.0 120 8.0 5.0 7.0 6.0 4.0 3.0 2.0 125 8.0 5.0 7.0 6.0 4.0 3.0 2.0 130 9.0 5.5 8.0 7.0 4.5 3.5 2.5 135 9.0 5.5 8.0 7.0 4.5 3.5 2.5 140 10.0 6.0 9.0 7.5 5.0 4.0 2.5 145 10.0 6.0 9.0 7.5 5.0 4.0 2.5 150 11.0 7.0 10.0 8.5 5.5 4.5 3.0 155 11.0 7.0 10.0 8.5 5.5 4.5 3.0 160 12.0 7.5 10.5 9.0 6.0 4.5 3.0 165 12.0 7.5 10.5 9.0 6.0 4.5 3.0 170 12.0 7.5 10.5 9.0 6.0 4.5 3.0 175 14.0 8.5 12.5 10.5 7.0 5.5 3.5 180 14.0 8.5 12.5 10.5 7.0 5.5 3.5 185 15.0 9.0 13.5 11.5 7.5 6.0 4.0 190 15.0 9.0 13.5 11.5 7.5 6.0 4.0 195 16.0 10.0 14.0 12.0 8.0 6.0 4.0 200 17.0 10.5 15.0 13.0 8.5 6.5 4.5 205 17.0 10.5 15.0 13.0 8.5 6.5 4.5 MASTER ENGINE TABLE Non-Fusion Engines Fusion Engines Engine Rating ICE Cell Fission Comp.* Std.* Light* XL* 210 18.0 11.0 16.0 13.5 9.0 7.0 4.5 215 19.0 11.5 17.0 14.5 9.5 7.5 5.0 220 20.0 12.0 17.5 15.0 10.0 7.5 5.0 225 20.0 12.0 17.5 15.0 10.0 7.5 5.0 230 21.0 13.0 18.5 16.0 10.5 8.0 5.5 235 22.0 13.5 19.5 16.5 11.0 8.5 5.5 240 23.0 14.0 20.5 17.5 11.5 9.0 6.0 245 24.0 14.5 21.0 18.0 12.0 9.0 6.0 250 25.0 15.0 22.0 19.0 12.5 9.5 6.5 255 26.0 16.0 23.0 19.5 13.0 10.0 6.5 260 27.0 16.5 24.0 20.5 13.5 10.5 7.0 265 28.0 17.0 24.5 21.0 14.0 10.5 7.0 270 29.0 17.5 25.5 22.0 14.5 11.0 7.5 275 31.0 19.0 27.5 23.5 15.5 12.0 8.0 280 32.0 19.5 28.0 24.0 16.0 12.0 8.0 285 33.0 20.0 29.0 25.0 16.5 12.5 8.5 290 35.0 21.0 31.0 26.5 17.5 13.5 9.0 295 36.0 22.0 31.5 27.0 18.0 13.5 9.0 300 38.0 23.0 33.5 28.5 19.0 14.5 9.5 305 39.0 23.5 34.5 29.5 19.5 15.0 10.0 310 41.0 25.0 36.0 31.0 20.5 15.5 10.5 315 43.0 26.0 38.0 32.5 21.5 16.5 11.0 320 45.0 27.0 39.5 34.0 22.5 17.0 11.5 325 47.0 28.5 41.5 35.5 23.5 18.0 12.0 330 49.0 29.5 43.0 37.0 24.5 18.5 12.5 335 51.0 31.0 45.0 38.5 25.5 19.5 13.0 340 54.0 32.5 47.5 40.5 27.0 20.5 13.5 345 57.0 34.5 50.0 43.0 28.5 21.5 14.5 350 59.0 35.5 52.0 44.5 29.5 22.5 15.0 355 63.0 38.0 55.5 47.5 31.5 24.0 16.0 360 66.0 40.0 58.0 49.5 33.0 25.0 16.5 365 69.0 41.5 60.5 52.0 34.5 26.0 17.5 370 73.0 44.0 64.0 55.0 36.5 27.5 18.5 375 77.0 46.5 67.5 58.0 38.5 29.0 19.5 380 82.0 49.5 72.0 61.5 41.0 31.0 20.5 385 87.0 52.5 76.5 65.5 43.5 33.0 22.0 390 92.0 55.5 80.5 69.0 46.0 34.5 23.0 395 98.0 59.0 86.0 73.5 49.0 37.0 24.5 400 105.0 63.0 92.0 79.0 52.5 39.5 26.5 * Compact, Standard, Light and XL apply only to fusion engine types. 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 49
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Page 3 and 4: CLASSIC BATTLETECH BATTLETECHTM TEC
Page 5 and 6: Choose Technology Base 46 Choose We
Page 7 and 8: Nail/Rivet Gun 246 Refueling Drogue
Page 9 and 10: To David Stansel-Garner for being t
Page 11 and 12: The one exception is the Equipment
Page 13 and 14: Vertical Takeoff and Landing (VTOL)
Page 15 and 16: Battle Armor Aerospace Fighter Conv
Page 17 and 18: CLAN JADE FALCON OCCUPATION ZONE EC
Page 19 and 20: FREE RASALHAGUE REPUBLIC ECONOMY Ca
Page 21 and 22: BATTLE ARMOR Battle armor (battlesu
Page 23 and 24: each full four missiles (regardless
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Page 27 and 28: on the ’Mech, including the rear
Page 29 and 30: BATTLE ARMOR RECORD SHEET Each Batt
Page 31 and 32: AIRSHIP DATA Type: Name: Tonnage: T
Page 33 and 34: Distinguished members of the media,
Page 35 and 36: sible. The relatively recent develo
Page 37 and 38: cancels the gyroscopic problems. On
Page 39 and 40: vert a standard into an XL—such a
Page 41 and 42: orbit. But even when working for sh
Page 43 and 44: neurohelmets typical of the Success
Page 45 and 46: on blind, crushing feet to create g
Page 47 and 48: WEIGHT BattleMechs use the tonnage
Page 49: Total ’Mech Tonnage BATTLEMECH IN
Page 53 and 54: Andrew has chosen a standard gyro f
Page 55 and 56: The placement of these critical slo
Page 57 and 58: the Base Armor Multipliers shown fo
Page 59 and 60: Chas distributes his armor points a
Page 61 and 62: ight side torso and the adjacent ce
Page 63 and 64: In light of these events, this grou
Page 65 and 66: preliminary phases, we will still n
Page 67 and 68: Light IndustrialMechs weigh 35 tons
Page 69 and 70: structure circles in that location,
Page 71 and 72: ADD GYROSCOPE Like BattleMechs, Ind
Page 73 and 74: STEP 3: ADD HEAT SINKS Though not a
Page 75 and 76: Edward sees no great need to spend
Page 77 and 78: power amplifi ers to supply the nee
Page 79 and 80: MEETING AGENDA Project Details Proj
Page 81 and 82: loads. The lower- to medium-size Pr
Page 83 and 84: Light ProtoMechs weigh 3 tons (3,00
Page 85 and 86: John’s Siren-4 weighs 3 tons (3,0
Page 87 and 88: do not record internal space the sa
Page 89 and 90: At 6 tons (6,000 kilograms), Kevin
Page 91 and 92: With only 25 kilograms left (275 kg
Page 93 and 94: derstand the technologies employed
Page 95 and 96: able, accurate weapon. Given the Ch
Page 97 and 98: terrain other than heavy woods and
Page 99 and 100: Michael wants to design a fast and
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Units built as Trailers do not requ
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ing required, or consider the engin
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DETERMINE JUMP CAPABILITY Combat Ve
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STEP 4: ADD ARMOR Armor helps prote
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STEP 5: ADD WEAPONS, AMMUNITION AND
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the 23.5 tons he had after armoring
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PTI’S HOT PRODUCTS: 3067 (SUPPORT
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HOVERCRAFT Units in this category m
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WHEELED VEHICLE The wheeled support
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VTOL: VTOLs are one of the lightest
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Motive Type design like Simon’s.
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Base Chassis/Engine Values In addit
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Choose Chassis Modifi cations For m
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MD Sheet, Simon blacks out all of t
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SUPPORT VEHICLE ENGINE TABLE SUPPOR
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half-ton (32 tons [engine weight] x
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Christine’s Dixon is a 300-ton Ai
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total crew/passenger seat weight to
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chassis modifi cation, which enable
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tion is devoted to one or more of t
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Because these minimum crew needs ar
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13 August 3068 This is my diary. I
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the forming clouds. The recruits on
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Hovercraft-based mechanized infantr
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CONVENTIONAL INFANTRY FORMATIONS (B
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energy, “M” for Missile and “
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Secondary Weapon Limits The use of
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Oversized Platoons Even though over
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Motive Type CONVENTIONAL INFANTRY W
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ZM: Good morning, campers! They cal
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Weapons break down into your usual
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WEIGHT Battle armor, power armor an
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BATTLE ARMOR STRUCTURE WEIGHTS TABL
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BATTLE ARMOR NON-GROUND MOTIVE SYST
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must adhere to their basic rules wh
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Keith decides to provide his Tunnel
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The weight for these extra magazine
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MODULAR TECHNOLOGY When completing
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a squad of meat bags in the back, a
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laser-guided targeting system. All
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secondary control stick instead. On
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TECHNOLOGY BASE In Total Warfare st
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Unit Types The following unit types
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Base Engine Rating and Movement For
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True to Clan style, Scott sees his
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ays, ’Mech bays and so forth—ne
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(see p. 192). To determine the armo
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DropShip and not a fi ghter, it los
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combat. Unlike fi ghters, however,
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As neither quarters nor cargo bays
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fi ghter, aerodyne Small Craft, sph
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WEAPONS AND EQUIPMENT The modern ba
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• SMALL PULSE LASER • [PAGE 226
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Clan Wolf-in-Exile finally succeede
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Interestingly enough, the Clan vers
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Introduced: Pre-spacefl ight Bay do
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’MECH COCKPIT Introduced: circa 2
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Introduced: Pre-spacefl ight While
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AEROSPACE ENGINES (FUSION/TURBINE)
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Introduced: Pre-spacefl ight Seen a
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HYPER-ASSAULT GAUSS RIFLE [Introduc
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DOUBLE HEAT SINKS Introduced: 2567
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• AUTOCANNON • [PAGE 208] • U
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PROTOMECH STRUCTURE Introduced: 306
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STANDARD LASERS Introduced: circa 2
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Today’s vehicular-scale missile l
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Inferno SRMs: An enhancement of an
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and communications. This impairs th
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Capellan engineers soon realized, h
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Tech Base: Inner Sphere and Clan Un
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Introduced: Pre-spacefl ight Even b
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during the mid-3040s. Even thicker
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Introduced: Pre-spacefl ight Combin
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Introduced: Pre-spacefl ight Extend
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Introduced: Pre-spacefl ight Mid-ai
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Tech Base: Inner Sphere and Clan Un
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• MICRO GRENADE LAUNCHER • [PAG
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FIRE RESISTANT Introduced: 3058 (Cl
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Tech Base: Inner Sphere and Clan Ba
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Introduced: Circa 2890 (Clans), 305
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Introduced: 3062 (Capellan Confeder
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The “big gun” of most battle ar
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the standard modular weapon mount,
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• SINGLE-SHOT SRM LAUNCHER • [P
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Introduced: 2436 (Draconis Combine)
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Introduced: Pre-spacefl ight Battle
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Introduced: 3060 (Clan Cloud Cobra)
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hunters, or as a desperate “backu
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Conventional Infantry Conventional
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Robert wants to fi nd the costs for
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PROTOMECH STRUCTURAL COSTS AND AVAI
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BATTLE ARMOR STRUCTURAL COSTS AND A
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AEROSPACE UNIT STRUCTURAL COSTS AND
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The combined structural and weapons
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AVAILABILITY CODES TABLE Code Avail
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Michael determines that his Hephaes
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HEAVY WEAPONS AND EQUIPMENT (CONT)
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Weapon / Item Cost Availability IND
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Weapon / Item Cost Availability HEA
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ADDITIONAL BATTLE ARMOR WEAPONS AND
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Weapon / Item Cost CONVENTIONAL INF
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Weapon / Item Cost CONVENTIONAL INF
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15 points per critical space of exp
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CALCULATING THE BV OF: A TOYAMA TYM
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Add 1 to the result if the ProtoMec
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CALCULATING THE BV OF: A HEPHAESTUS
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Squad Support Weapon: The BV of a S
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CALCULATING THE BV OF: A MECHBUSTER
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DEFENSIVE FACTORS TABLE Target Modi
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WEAPONS AND EQUIPMENT BATTLE VALUE
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Weapon BV Archaic Weapons* Bow (Com
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DropShips, 175-76 fi ghters, 178-79
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Quarters, 236 • R • Range base,
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CLASSiC FOUR-LEGGED ’MECH RECORD
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CLASSiC VEHICLE DATA Type: Movement
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CLASSiC VEHICLE DATA Type: Movement
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LARGE GROUND SUPPORT VEHICLE RECORD
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CLASSiC CONVENTIONAL INFANTRY: PLAT
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CLASSiC FIGHTER DATA Type: Cost: NO
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CLASSiC CRAFT DATA Type: Thrust: Sa
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CLASSiC DROPSHIP DATA Type: NOTES A
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Space Column Unit Type M BattleMech
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clan HEaVY WEaPOnS anD EQUIPMEnT Ta
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INDUSTRIAL EQUIPMENT TABLE (CONT) H
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Weapon / Item Damage Range Min/sht/
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CONVENTIONAL INFANTRY WEAPONS Weapo
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CONVENTIONAL INFANTRY WEAPONS (CONT
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