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Experimental Technical Readout: RetroTech
« on: 16 May 2011, 17:35:54 »
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Re: Experimental Technical Readout: RetroTech
« Reply #1 on: 17 May 2011, 05:39:50 »
XTRO: RetroTech: (pdf)
Page 6: NH-1B Rook-X
The model id NH-1B is already used by another mech, see HN1-B Rook on page 126 in Record Sheets 3085: Unabridged.

Suggested correction: Rename to NH-1C.


Errata Coordinator: The names are not the same.  The RS3085 volume has a Rook NH-1B, while Retrotech has a Rook-X NH-1B.  Thanks.
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Re: Experimental Technical Readout: RetroTech
« Reply #2 on: 11 July 2011, 13:50:53 »
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Page 9, HW1 Hwacha

Problem 1
The turret tonnage is wrong.  There are 21 tons in the turret, requiring a 2.5 ton turret, not a 1.5 ton turret as laid out.  The simplest place to pull a ton from is the ammo.  Doing this will require recalculating the BV.  Both a change to ammo and BV will also need to be noted on the record sheet on page 22.

Problem 2
Tech base is listed as Inner Sphere (Advanced).  There are no advanced construction options or equipment on the vehicle, so it should be Inner Sphere (Tournament Legal).

Problem 3
Overall tech rating is listed as TR D.  Per developer errata to TechManual modifying advanced fire control to be TR C, the overall tech rating should be TR C.  At that point, the note at the bottom about tech ratings for armor, chassis, and engine is redundant.



p. 14, S-2 Star Dagger:

Engine weight for a 220-rated engine should be 10 tons, not 11.5 tons.
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Re: Experimental Technical Readout: RetroTech
« Reply #3 on: 02 March 2012, 14:49:58 »
Page 12, second paragraph, third sentence:
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They were also difficult to kill; though four tons of armor is not a lot of protection, forty long-range and eight short-rang torpedo tubes

Replace short-rang with short-range.
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Re: Experimental Technical Readout: RetroTech
« Reply #4 on: 13 April 2012, 19:35:47 »
P.14
In the stat block the 220 rated engine should only mass 10 tons.


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Re: Experimental Technical Readout: RetroTech
« Reply #5 on: 13 April 2012, 19:39:06 »
p. 13, SPR-DH Sparrowhawk:

Armour should be referred to as "Primitive" in game stat block.
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Re: Experimental Technical Readout: RetroTech
« Reply #6 on: 20 September 2021, 10:07:26 »
Page 14, Star Dagger S-2. (2011 PDF)

The first two sentences of the first paragraph do not make sense unless "Sabre SB-27" is used rather than simply "Sabre":

"Originally a Terran Hegemony design, the Star Dagger was sold to the Draconis Combine in the early twenty-fourth century when the Hegemony upgraded its aerospace fleet. Despite the sub-optimal performance of the design, its inexpensive nature enabled it linger as the Combine’s premier light fighter until the introduction of the Sabre centuries later."

The first Sabre, SB-26, was introduced by the Alliance of Galedon in 2314, which is early twenty-fourth century. (TRO:3075 p212.) Even if the 2314 date is in dispute, it occurred prior to Shiro Kurita's death in 2348. Presumably, the cheaper and more versatile Star Dagger (model S-1?) enabled it to become the premier fighter, while the fuel-limited Sabre SB-26 was relegated to militias as stated in TRO:3075. If the above statement is taken literally, then sales of the Star Dagger could not have commenced until at least 2319, five years after the Sabre was introduced, not centuries before. Even interpreted loosely it could only have been first sold a few years prior to the Sabre's introduction, not centuries, and to the Draconis Combine's predecessor, not the Combine itself.

The Sabre SB-27 is introduced in the 26th century (2519), satisfying the centuries later comment above and making for a better explanation of Level 1 tech replacing Primitive-level tech. Now superior to the Star Dagger, it would become the main light fighter, pushing Star Daggers to militia (and older SB-26s to the scrap heap) until the Sholagar comes along.

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Re: Experimental Technical Readout: RetroTech
« Reply #7 on: 30 December 2022, 22:03:19 »
Pg. 6 and Pg. 19: NH-1B Rook-X

As the NH-1B already existed, to avoid confusion this was renamed to Rook NH-1X "Rook-X". This should be reflected in the readout as well as record sheet accordingly.