The "Rage-Quit" option that every Task Force should have.

[HeavyArmorMecha]

Inspired by @Valiran 's idea: https://bg.battletech.com/forums/aerospace/avenger-assault-dropshipgunship-designs/

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Leopard-MT Dropship
Type: Military Aerodyne
Mass: 1,900 tons
Technology Base: Inner Sphere (Advanced)
Introduced: 3053
Mass: 1,900
Battle Value: 12,160
Tech Rating/Availability: E/X-X-E-E
Cost: 2,498,398,128 C-bills

Fuel: 137 tons (5,480)
Safe Thrust: 4
Maximum Thrust: 6
Heat Sinks: 124 (248)
Structural Integrity: 7

Armor
    Nose: 140
    Sides: 131/131
    Aft: 130

Cargo
    Bay 1:  Cargo (202.5 tons)      1 Door   

Ammunition:
    144 rounds of Anti-Missile System [IS] ammunition (12 tons),
    560 rounds of Arrow IV ammunition (112 tons)

Escape Pods: 4
Life Boats: 0
Crew:  4 officers, 7 enlisted/non-rated, 6 gunners

Notes: Mounts 31.5 tons of standard aerospace armor.

Weapons:                                      Capital Attack Values (Standard)
Arc (Heat)                                Heat  SRV     MRV     LRV     ERV   Class       
Nose (230 Heat)
2 ER PPC                                  30   2(20)   2(20)   2(20)    0(0)  PPC         
4 Arrow IV                                40    0(0)    0(0)    0(0)    0(0)  Artillery   
    Arrow IV Ammo (80 shots)
4 Arrow IV                                40    0(0)    0(0)    0(0)    0(0)  Artillery   
    Arrow IV Ammo (80 shots)
4 Arrow IV                                40    0(0)    0(0)    0(0)    0(0)  Artillery   
    Arrow IV Ammo (80 shots)
4 Arrow IV                                40    0(0)    0(0)    0(0)    0(0)  Artillery   
    Arrow IV Ammo (80 shots)
4 Arrow IV                                40    0(0)    0(0)    0(0)    0(0)  Artillery   
    Arrow IV Ammo (80 shots)
RW/LW (74 Heat)
2 ER PPC                                  30   2(20)   2(20)   2(20)    0(0)  PPC         
4 Arrow IV                                40    0(0)    0(0)    0(0)    0(0)  Artillery   
    Arrow IV Ammo (80 shots)
2 Anti-Missile System                      2    1(6)    0(0)    0(0)    0(0)  AMS         
    Anti-Missile System Ammo [IS] (24 shots)
2 Anti-Missile System                      2    1(6)    0(0)    0(0)    0(0)  AMS         
    Anti-Missile System Ammo [IS] (24 shots)
Aft (34 Heat)
2 ER PPC                                  30   2(20)   2(20)   2(20)    0(0)  PPC         
2 Anti-Missile System                      2    1(6)    0(0)    0(0)    0(0)  AMS         
    Anti-Missile System Ammo [IS] (24 shots)
2 Anti-Missile System                      2    1(6)    0(0)    0(0)    0(0)  AMS         
    Anti-Missile System Ammo [IS] (24 shots)

When you just want a rage-quit option without getting yelled at for using Nuclear/Biological/Chemical options.

The Leopard-MT "Map Terminator" might just be the option you need. Either by loitering at the edge of operation theater or park at someplace less noticeable, the Leopard-MT can be mobilized at a moment's notice.

By her appearance, the Leopard-MT is basically a stock Leopard Dropship with comparable flight profile. But the internal is where the difference is.

After removing the 'Mech and ASF Cubicles, twenty-eight Arrow VI artillery missile launchers are installed, with twenty of them focused on the nose, and four each on left and right sections.

Just by pointing the Leopard-MT at the right direction, you may unleash enough Arrow VI that will terminate everything within the targeted map.

8 ERPPCs and 12 AMSs for protection "just in case".

I should add that the Leopard-MT also had a small Naval Comm Scanner Suite installed by not listed on the TRO.

[Valiran]

God-******-damnit man, did you HAVE to upstage me so soon after I’d just posted my first design?! 

Seriously though, well done, and I’m damn well going to upstage you right back once I get up tomorrow morning.

[HeavyArmorMecha]

God-******-damnit man, did you HAVE to upstage me so soon after I’d just posted my first design?! 

Seriously though, well done, and I’m damn well going to upstage you right back once I get up tomorrow morning.

To be fair, there is doctrinal differences between your Avenger and this Leopard-MT. Your Avenger is meant as a loitering support, mine is the rage-quit card to "flip the table" and leave as fast as possible.

[acksed]

*"Dies Iraes" intensifies to ear-bleeding volume*

This is how you say, "You see that battlefield? I don't want to any more."

Mechs? Arrow to hex.
Aircraft? Air-Defence Arrows.
Infantry/BA? Thunder FASCAM.
Structures? Fuel-Air Arrow.

[acksed]

Question: can aerodyne DropShips perform a Strafe?

[Daryk]

Hold on second... 22 weapons in the nose?  Did you pay for the extra Fire Control? 

[HeavyArmorMecha]

Hold on second... 22 weapons in the nose?  Did you pay for the extra Fire Control? 

Yes? Megamek automatically calculates the penalty weights, right?

[Daryk]

I don't know if it does... but you could avoid it pretty easily by shifting a few to the wings...

[HeavyArmorMecha]

I don't know if it does... but you could avoid it pretty easily by shifting a few to the wings...

But wouldn't that reduce the fire density of the front arc?

[Daryk]

Not dead ahead... 

[acksed]

Did someone say "fire density"?

Named after the massive Terran battleship, this heavily-modified Leopard leverages the ability of a DropShip to mount and power more mech-scale weaponry than is usually mounted. It has been given double or even triple the usual armament, point-defence bays forward and aft, a more powerful engine to allow it to keep up with ASF, extensive cooling to keep up a sustained barrage of fire, and a reinforced frame for as much ferro-aluminium armour as it can carry. Only the ASF bays have been retained. As for why this beast has been built, it operates as an anti-DropShip guard for JumpShips, as well as an equaliser and fire-support in ASF battles.

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Leopard "Yamato" Dropship
Type: Military Aerodyne
Mass: 1,900 tons
Technology Base: Inner Sphere (Standard)
Introduced: 2750
Mass: 1,900
Battle Value: 11,465
Tech Rating/Availability: E/E-F(F*)-D-D
Cost: 519,145,776 C-bills

Fuel: 104 tons (4,160)
Safe Thrust: 6
Maximum Thrust: 9
Heat Sinks: 264 (528) DHS
Structural Integrity: 12

Armor (54 tons of ferro-aluminum)
    Nose: 302
    Sides: 254/254
    Aft: 205

Cargo
    Bay 1:  Fighter (1)             1 Door
    Bay 2:  Fighter (1)             1 Door

Ammunition:
None

Escape Pods: 0, Life Boats: 0
Crew: 3 officers, 2 enlisted/non-rated, 9 gunners, 4 bay personnel

Notes: Mounts 54 tons of ferro-aluminum armor.

Weapons:               Capital Attack Values (Standard)
Arc (Heat)         Heat  SRV     MRV     LRV     ERV   Class
Nose (244 Heat)
20 ER Large Laser  240  16(160) 16(160) 16(160)  0(0)  Laser
4 Small Laser       4   1(12)    0(0)    0(0)    0(0)  Point Defense
RW (122 Heat)
10 ER Large Laser  120  8(80)   8(80)   8(80)    0(0)  Laser       
2 Small Laser       2    1(6)    0(0)    0(0)    0(0)  Point Defense
LW (122 Heat)
10 ER Large Laser  120  8(80)   8(80)   8(80)    0(0)  Laser       
2 Small Laser       2    1(6)    0(0)    0(0)    0(0)  Point Defense
Aft (50 Heat)
4 ER Large Laser   48   3(32)   3(32)   3(32)    0(0)  Laser       
2 Small Laser       2    1(6)    0(0)    0(0)    0(0)  Point Defense

[glitterboy2098]

*"Dies Iraes" intensifies to ear-bleeding volume*

This is how you say, "You see that battlefield? I don't want to any more."

Mechs? Arrow to hex.
Aircraft? Air-Defence Arrows.
Infantry/BA? Thunder FASCAM.
Structures? Fuel-Air Arrow.

wobbies? Davy Crocket-M

[SlightlyIrritatedCat]

wobbies? Davy Crocket-M

What do Wobbies, Clanners, and Spiders have in common?  They all die when you nuke them.  Especially the Spiders.. DIE DIE EIGHT LEGGED FREAKS BURN SPAWN OF UNGOLIANT!

[FastConcentrate8]

...BURN SPAWN OF UNGOLIANT!

A LotR reference, in my big stompy robit game?

[SlightlyIrritatedCat]

Hey I remember a reference in one of the books to their being a 'Church of Tolkien' in one of the inner sphere Houses.  So it's not like there isn't precedent

[Daryk]

Um... Luthien exists... 

[Alsadius]

To be fair, there is doctrinal differences between your Avenger and this Leopard-MT. Your Avenger is meant as a loitering support, mine is the rage-quit card to "flip the table" and leave as fast as possible.

Then why does it have 20 rounds per launcher?