Someone mentioned the idea of an assault 'Mech on treads, and that gave me the idea to take the combat profile of an assault 'Mech and transpose it to a tracked chassis. Hence the Dominator.
Dominator Assault Tank
Mass: 100 tons
Tech Base: Inner Sphere
Motive Type: Tracked
Rules Level: Tournament Legal
Era: Succession Wars
Tech Rating/Era Availability: D/X-E-D-A
Production Year: 0
Cost: 6,480,000 C-Bills
Battle Value: 1,567
Power Plant: Vlar 300 Fusion Engine
Cruise Speed: 32.4 km/h
Flanking Speed: 54.0 km/h
Armor: StarSlab/7 Standard Armor
Armament:
1 FarFire Maxi-Rack LRM-20
1 Defiance 'MechHunter Autocannon/20
1 TharHes Maxi SRM-6
2 Defiance B3M Medium Lasers
Manufacturer: Defiance Industries
Primary Factory: Hesperus II
Communications System: Neil 10X
Targeting and Tracking System: Angst Clear View 2A
Overview:
The Dominator Assault Tank was designed to be as much a mibile pillbox as a
mobile weapons platform on the battlefield. Hearkening back to the days
before 'Mechs where massive tanks bristling with weaponry dominated the
battlefield. the Dominator was intended to cover as much territory with its
weapons fire, enabling a crew to dominate the battlefield so thoroughly that
enemy forces would have to halt an assault or risk being annihilated.
Capabilities:
Some detractors have called the Dominator an Atlas with treads. The
Defiance engineering team responsible for the design and manufacturing of the
new tank took that as a compliment or badge of honor to be mentioned in the
same breath as the king of the battlefield. The Dominator has a weapon system
to cover nearly all ranges and can impose its will on the battlefield. The
core of this firepower is a turret-mounted Defiance 'Mech Hunter superheavy
autocannon and a hull-mounted FarFire Maxi-Rack LRM launcher.
The 'MechHunter makes it a serious threat close-in, and being turret-mounted
allows it to engage targets from any direction. Though it only has two tons
of ammunition, a Dominator is often found close to ammunition supplies. The
weapon is well-understood, accurate, and reliable. The LRM launcher allows a
Dominator to be emplaced and provide long-range support for other defensive
units. While the missile launcher can fire while on the move, it does not
have the flexibility of being in a turret.
For additional close-range firepower, the tank also mounts a TharHes Maxi
SRM launcher and a couple of Defiance medium lasers. The launcher provides
excellent anti-vehicle firepower with the added flexibility to launch Inferno
rounds. The two medium lasers allow the Dominator to have some firepower if
it needs to pull back to reload ammunition for the rest of its weapons.
Unusual for such a large tank, the Dominator does not have a very high
profile. While it is not a low profile vehicle by any stretch, it is lower
than other auusault tanks and especially compared with similar Star League or
pre-'Mech tanks. The turret in particular has a somewhat low profile given
the mass of the autocannon and the SRM launcher in it.
Deployment:
The Dominator Assault Tank has so far only been seen in Steiner armored
units assigned to units with the Donegal Guards. Given the weight and cost of
the tanks, production rates for it are not high and as a result the Dominator
has not been seen outside of the LCAF. The fusion powerplant in particular
puts the cost of the massive armored combat vehicle out of the reach of most
'Merc units.
Variants:
One variant that is being considered removes the single LRM l;auncher and
replaces it with two sponsons with a single SRM-2 and 2 MGs on each side, using
the layout of similar design as found on the Behemoth assault tank. The gives
the Dominator a better defense against infantry swarms at the expense of a
heavier anti-vehicle punch.
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Equipment Type Rating Mass
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Internal Structure: Standard 50 points 10.00
Engine: Fusion Engine 300 28.50
Cruise MP: 3
Flank MP: 5
Heat Sinks: Single Heat Sink 10 0.00
Control Equipment: 5.00
Lift Equipment: 0.00
Turret: 2.00
Armor: Standard Armor AV - 296 18.50
Armor
Factor
Front 72
Left/Right 59/59
Turret 59
Rear 47
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Equipment Location Heat Spaces Mass
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LRM-20 FR 6 1 10.00
Autocannon/20 T 7 1 14.00
SRM-6 T 4 1 3.00
2 Medium Lasers T 6 2 2.00
@AC/20 (10) BD - 0 2.00
@LRM-20 (18) BD - 0 3.00
@SRM-6 (30) BD - 0 2.00
BattleForce Statistics
MV S (+0) M (+2) L (+4) E (+6) Wt. Ov Armor: 10 Points: 16
3t 5 5 2 0 4 0 Structure: 5
Special Abilities: TUR(4/4/0, AC 2/2/0), AC 2/2/0, LRM 1/1/1, IF 1
