BattleTech - The Board Game of Armored Combat
BattleTech Player Boards => Fan Designs and Rules => Combat Vehicles => Topic started by: Sartris on 06 October 2018, 10:27:19
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in the late 25th century, the FedSuns got the Tiger, and the Lyrans the Marsden. Where's the FWL standard tech successor to the Estevez/Kestrel?
The Harpy was born from a desire to field a fast tracked skirmisher. While respectably armed for an Age of War tank, the huge engine necessitated a smaller LRM rack and less armor than requested. The LCCC procurement department touts the latter deficiency as a feature rather than a bug as it "encourages tank crews to engage hostile targets in a manner consistent with the recommended envelope afforded by the vehicle's armament"
Harpy
Base Tech Level: Introductory (IS)
Level Era
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Experimental -
Advanced 2470-2504
Standard 2505+
Tech Rating: E/C-C-D-D
Weight: 45 tons
BV: 448
Cost: 694,188 C-bills
Movement: 5/8 (Tracked)
Engine: 225 ICE
Internal: 25
Armor: 64
Internal Armor
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Front 5 18
Right 5 12
Left 5 12
Rear 5 10
Turret 5 12
Weapons Loc Heat
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AC/5 TU 1
LRM 5 TU 2
Machine Gun FR 0
Ammo Loc Shots
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LRM 5 Ammo BD 24
AC/5 Ammo BD 20
Half Machine Gun Ammo BD 100
Still obsessed with speed over firepower, the LCCC commissioned a second design a few years later. The Great Kite was meant to "replicate the loadout of the Merkeva VIII while maintaining a top speed over 64 kph along the lines of the T-12 Tiger." Such a design necessitated a great deal of compromise, especially (again) in protection. The Great Kite offers over six fewer tons of armor than the Marsden- a deficiency not, as designers contend, mitigated by higher top speeds.
Great Kite
Base Tech Level: Introductory (IS)
Level Era
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Experimental -
Advanced 2475-2504
Standard 2505+
Tech Rating: E/C-C-D-D
Weight: 60 tons
BV: 703
Cost: 1,164,000 C-bills
Movement: 4/6 (Tracked)
Engine: 240 ICE
Internal: 30
Armor: 152
Internal Armor
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Front 6 38
Right 6 30
Left 6 30
Rear 6 24
Turret 6 30
Weapons Loc Heat
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LRM 10 TU 4
Machine Gun TU 0
AC/5 TU 1
Ammo Loc Shots
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LRM 10 Ammo BD 12
Half Machine Gun Ammo BD 100
LRM 10 Ammo BD 12