Shahina Recovery Vehicle (Continuing to Fill Out Scarborough's Catalog)

[Daryk]

The limited success of the Shahin IFV and subsequent licensing of the Maxim slowed Scarborough Limited's development of additional vehicles in its line of hover combat tanks.  Just over a dozen years later, the Shahina debuted as a Shahin-derived Recovery Vehicle.  The four lift hoists mounted on its broad back enabled it to carry up to two of its sister vehicles, or even an Archer or Warhammer while losing only about 10 kph of top speed.  It retained the infantry compartment of the Shahin to provide room for up to four tech teams, or one tech team and four industrial exoskeletons to speed up recovery operations.  Recovery vehicles being something of niche market limited sales, though the Shahina's relatively high cost didn't help.  The double down on parts commonality is what keeps it in Scarborough's catalog even now.

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Shahina Recovery Vehicle

Mass: 35 tons
Tech Base: Inner Sphere
Motive Type: Hovercraft
Rules Level: Experimental Tech
Era: Age of War/Star League
Tech Rating/Era Availability: D/C-C-C-B
Production Year: 2961
Dry Cost: 724,625 C-Bills
Total Cost: 724,625 C-Bills
Battle Value: 213

Power Plant:  105 I.C.E.
Cruise Speed: 86.4 km/h
Flanking Speed: 129.6 km/h
Armor:  Standard Armor
Armament:
    None
Manufacturer:
    Primary Factory:
Communications System:
Targeting and Tracking System:

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Equipment           Type                         Rating                   Mass 
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Internal Structure: Standard                      16 points                3.50
Engine:             I.C.E. Engine                105                       7.00
    Cruise MP:  8
    Flank MP:   12
Heat Sinks:         Single Heat Sink             0                         0.00
Control Equipment:                                                         2.00
Lift Equipment:                                                            3.50
Armor:              Standard Armor               AV -  64                  4.00

                                                      Armor     
                                                      Factor     
                                               Front     18       
                                          Left/Right   17/17       
                                                Rear     12       

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Equipment                                 Location    Heat     Spaces     Mass 
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4 (R) Lift Hoists                            RR        0         4        12.00
Infantry Compartment (3.0 tons)              BD        0         1         3.00

BattleForce Statistics
MV      S (+0)  M (+2)  L (+4)  E (+6)   Wt.   Ov   Armor:      2    Points: 2
8h         0       0       0       0      1     0   Structure:  2
Special Abilities: ENE, EE

[ANS Kamas P81]

The mental image of one of these doing a buck-ten km/h with a Warhammer on its back is giving me gigglefits.  Talk about rapid recovery!

[Taron Storm]

or the idea of moving a warhammer to another fight at twice its speed is a bonus

[Daryk]

Yep, it could do that too! 

[Taron Storm]

no where in the rules does it state that what is being transported has to be broken 

[Daryk]

Exactly!   

[CVB]

The only thing that needs to be broken is the RAW Lift Hoist...
I mean regardless of how many hoists we put in a chopper or hover, in the end the total weight will have be carried by the same rotor blades or air cushions.

But still a nice design to complete the S line

[Daryk]

Just remove the governor on the engine... 

[DOC_Agren]

I will buy it..