(Answered) Omni-Mechs & Cargo Space

[Hellraiser]

Okay, I know Omni-Vehicles can mount Cargo.
  (Bandit carries 2-3 squads of BA depending on space)

And Omni-Fighters can mount Cargo.
   (Kirghiz-C anyone)

Can Omni-Mechs mount Cargo space ?
I can't find an example & I'm wondering if they can mount cargo space or infantry space as a pod ?

[Moonsword]

Please provide page number references per the stickied rules thread.

[Xotl]

Having had no reply for three weeks, this question will be deleted Tues, December 4th.  Thank you.

[Hellraiser]

Sorry for the long response time,  I've had a lot of "house issues" lately that have made my books harder to access.

I think I found part of the answer on page 239/240 of Tech Manual.

Or at least that would be where its covered for basic battlemechs.

But what I was really wondering is can Omni's create a bay with their pod space ?

I'm not seeing anything that specifically covers omni's so other than the generic "mechs can't be built in with them" answer on 239/240.  Yet Industrial Mechs CAN carry cargo/infantry bays.
The fluff even comments on how its rumored the Horses looked into it & how its just illogical to use a mech as an APC.

So to get specific does the 239 chart cover Omnipods as well as basic chassis ?

[Xotl]

Per the TM errata:

"BattleMechs may only carry Standard, Liquid, or Insulated Cargo Bays; IndustrialMechs may only carry Standard, Liquid, Insulated, or Container Cargo Bays; ProtoMechs may not carry Transport Bays of any kind."

In short: Cargo can be pod-mounted per se, and per the Cargo rules (revised with errata) 'Mechs can pod-mount it.

Cheers.

[Hellraiser]

Thanks Xotl.   I really have to get that Errata,  maybe a reason to buy the PDF version in the future & save some wear on my DT one.


So to make sure I can understand this right.

1.  I can Pod Mount a Cargo Bay.  But, this is bulk cargo, not a dedicated APC type bay w/ seats.

2.  I "could", in theory, carry grunts/BA in this bay, BUT, it would be like storing them in a DS cargo bay & they would not be deployable under combat conditions ?

3.  So my Omnimech is still stuck deploying a max of 1 squad/point of BA in a game.  (Using hard points on the exterior)

[Xotl]

1. Yes.

2. No.  No infantry at all.  Not as bulk cargo, not as passengers.

3. Yes.

In addition, the errata file is freely downloadable from the following URL:http://bg.battletech.com/?page_id=25
TechManual has the most errata of all teh core rulebooks at present, as it has not had a ewn release in some time.  Therefore most of the errata won't be in the most recent pdf.