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Developer-Level ErrataIn case of any contradiction, developer-level errata takes precedence over the current errata document.* Special ErrataWhile we search for all mentions of these items in this book, please use the following ranges for Active Probes and Improved Sensors:
Clan Active Probe = 5
Inner Sphere Active Probe = 4
Clan and Inner Sphere Light Active and Battle Armor Active Probes = 3
Clan and Inner Sphere Improved Sensors = 2
* Battle Armor Weapons (p. 20)In the second paragraph, second and third lines, delete the phrase "complete with receiving the first bin of ammunition free, ".
* ProtoMech Ammunition Weight Table (p. 88)At the bottom of the table, insert a new entry that reads:
Plasma Cannon 100
* Power Amplifiers (p. 107)Change: "power amplifiers round up to the nearest 0.1-ton increment, rather than the nearest 0.5-ton increment."
To: "power amplifiers round up to the nearest 0.5-ton increment."
Note: This will result in a minor errata for four units in Record Sheets 3039, one unit in Record Sheets Operation Klondike, and one unit in TRX Primitives Vol 1.
* Infantry Weapon Classifications Table (p. 148)After the entry for the Special Feature "N" (Non-penetrating weapon) add three asterisks (***).
* Infantry Weapon Classifications Table (p. 148)Add a new footnote: "*** Platoon special feature only applies if weapon is used to determine Base Range"
* Infantry and Cargo Transportation (p. 155)At the end of the second paragraph in the first column, append the following line: "Round all weights up to the nearest half ton."
* Battle Armor Capabilities Table (p. 167)Replace the entire table with the table attached at the bottom of this post. This overrides previous errata.
* Structural Integrity Table (p. 187)Add a cross after the formulas for both Small Craft or DropShip SI Weight entries.
* Structural Integrity Table (p. 187)Add a new footnote with a cross: "Round up to the nearest whole ton."
* Crew Quarters (p. 195)Replace the paragraph:
"Fighters—conventional and aerospace—may not incorporate quarters under these rules."
With the following:
"Fighters—conventional and aerospace—may not incorporate quarters under these rules. They have a default life support endurance of 96 hours when operated in hostile environments that require life support (see p. 28, TO).
"External Consumables Pods: Fighters may add life support endurance in lieu of bombs, with each pod providing another 96 hours endurance per fighter occupant. Because of cockpit space and amenities limits, a fighter may only carry 1 pod per 25 tons (round up) of fighter mass, even though the pods only occupy 1 hard point each. Life support from these pods is consumed before any from internal reserves. If a fighter carrying external consumables pods sustains bomb critical damage, determine the damaged bomb randomly, including any external consumables pods. If an external consumables pod is damaged, the life support of that pod is lost.
"External consumables pods may be dropped using the rules for Dumping Bombs (see p. 247, TW) in the case of emergency bomb dumps, or Dumping Ammunition (see p. 104, TW) in non-emergencies. Dumped consumables pods-whether full or empty-do not inflict any damage when they land."
* Armor, Standard (or Heavy Industrial) Armor (p. 205)Delete "[Standard Military]), 3040 (Federated Commonwealth [Heavy Industrial])"
* Communications Equipment (p. 212)Insert the following new paragraph after the first paragraph under Construction Rules:
"Advanced units have the following basic communication equipment equivalency: satellites (1 ton), JumpShips (4 tons), WarShips and Space Stations (5 tons); rules for such units are found in Tactical Operations (satellites) and Strategic Operations (JumpShips, WarShips and Space Stations)."
* Fire Control (p. 217)1) Under “Basic Fire Control”, change Introduced from “Circa 2400 (Terran Hegemony)” to “Pre-spaceflight”
2) Under “Advanced Fire Control”, change Introduced from “Circa 2439 (Terran Hegemony)” to “Circa 2300 (Terran Hegemony)”
3) Change the title of the box from “Fire Control System” to “Fire Control Systems”
4) Under “Fire Control System”, change Tech Rating from “(Basic Fire Control—C; Advanced Fire Control–D)” to “(Basic Fire Control—B; Advanced Fire Control—C)”
* Missile box (p. 231)Under "Unit Restrictions" add "Single-Shot (OS) Missile Launchers" to the list of items ProtoMechs cannot mount.
* Plasma Cannon/Plasma Rifle (p. 235)- replace the line "Unit Restrictions: ProtoMechs may not carry plasma weapons." with "Unit Restrictions: No restrictions"
- replace "On Combat and Support Vehicles, plasma weapons..." with "On Protomechs, as well as Combat and Support Vehicles, plasma weapons..." (or similar)
* Sword (p. 237)Under "Construction Rules", change:
"A sword's weight (in tons) is equal to the Mech's tonnage, divided by 20 (rounded up to the nearest whole number)."
to:
"A sword's weight (in tons) is equal to the Mech's tonnage, divided by 20 (rounded up to the nearest half-ton)."
* Transport Bay box (p. 239)Change Unit Restrictions to the following: "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."
* Transport Bay box (p. 239)On line "Cargo, Container", change "Equipment Slot Space" to read "1 per container (IM or Vehicle)"
* Transport Bay box (p. 239)On all Infantry Bays and Battle Armor change "Equipment Slot Space" to read "NA ('Mech) / 1 (Vehicle)**"
* Modular Equipment Adaptor (p. 260)Remove the words "or adaptation-enhanced manipulator weighing up to three times as much" from the end of the last sentence in the overview text.
* Mine Dispenser (p. 260)The BA Mine Dispenser rules on page 260 are removed from TechManual and moved to Tactical Operations. Its construction data on page 297 and 347 is removed and superseded by Tactical Operations page 412/413.
* Modular/Turret Mounts box (p. 262)Replace the final paragraph, in its entirety, with the following:
"The weight and weapon slots of any items placed in any modular mount (including ammunition) may be found under their appropriate entries throughout this section. Only standard battle armor weapons may be mounted in standard modular weapon mounts. AP weapon mounts may only accommodate Standard-type conventional infantry weapons (see Weapons, Anti-Personnel, p. 271 and Conventional Infantry Weapons and Equipment Table, pp. 349-351)."
* Modular/Turret Mounts (p. 263)In the final paragraph, delete the last sentence entirely (that begins "Like the standard MWM...").
* Parafoil (p. 266)Add the sentence "The parafoil may only be mounted in the Body location."
* Squad Support Weapon, Construction Rules (p. 270)Change "This percentage is 50 for Inner Sphere squads, 40 for Clan Points." to "This amounts to 50 percent of weapon weight for battle armor with an Inner Sphere technology base, 40 for Clan."
* Weapons, Anti-Personnel box (p. 271)Replace the entire Construction Rules with the following:
"Construction Rules: Mounting any Standard type conventional infantry weapon requires the use of the anti-personnel weapon mount. Humanoid suits with armored glove manipulators may carry any non-melee conventional infantry weapon with crew requirements of less than 2 (see Conventional Infantry Weapons and Equipment Table, pp. 349-352).
Anti-personnel weapons placed in an AP mount take up no additional weapon slots beyond those of the mount itself (see Modular Weapon Mounts, p. 263)."
* Conventional Infantry Weapons box (p. 273)Under Construction Rules, replace the second paragraph, in its entirety, with the following:
"Under these construction rules conventional infantry weapon and ammunition weights need not be tracked. These values appear on the Conventional Infantry Weapons and Equipment Table as a means of tracking such weight values for infantry weapons mounted on Small Support Vehicles (see Light Weapons and Heavy Weapons, p. 271)."
* Battle Armor Structural Costs and Availability, Armor (p. 281)Stealth, Standard - change availability rating from (X-X-E) to (F-X-E).
* Heavy Weapons and Equipment table (p. 292)Change the "Reintroduced (Affiliation)" year for TAG to "3044 (FS) / NA".
* Industrial Equipment (p. 292)Ejection Seat (IndustrialMech): change Availability from "D-E-F" to "D-E-E"
* Industrial Equipment table (p. 293)Change the "Introduced (Affiliation)" year for Salvage Arm to "2415 (TH) / —".
* Heavy Weapon Ammunition, Autocannon/2 (p. 294)Change the Cost from “1000/25” to “1000/22”
* Heavy Weapon Ammunition table (p. 295)Change the "Introduced (Affiliation)" years for all LRM ammunition entries (LRM 5, 10, 15, 20 and MML 3, 5, 7, 9) to "2300 (TH) / —".
* Additional Battle Armor Weapons and Equipment (Cont) (p. 297)1) Under “Small Laser”, change Introduced (Affiliation) from “2400 (TH) / —“ to "2300 (TH) / —"
2) Under “Medium Laser”, change Introduced (Affiliation) from “2400 (TH) / —“ to "2300 (TH) / —"
3) Under “Medium Laser”, change Extinction from “— / 2820“ to "— / —"
4) Under “Cutting Torch”, change Availability from “(B-B-E)“ to "(B-B-B)"
* Additional Battle Armor Weapons and Equipment (Cont) (p. 297)Cutting Torch: change Availability from "B-B-E" to "B-B-B"
* Conventional Infantry Weapons table (p. 298)Under "Introduced (Affiliation)" for the Vibro-Axe, change "LA" to "LC".
* Step 1: Calculate Defensive Battle Rating (p. 306)Under Total BV of all Defensive Equipment, add the following between the two existing sentences: "Other Defensive Equipment are identified on the Weapon and Equipment Battle Value Tables by a dagger footnote (†)."
* Step 2: Calculate Offensive Battle Rating (p. 308)Under “Multiply the Weapon Battle Rating by the Vehicle’s Speed Factor”, second sentence
“Use the Flanking MP rating and consult the Speed Factor Table.”
Change to:
“Use the Flanking MP rating for all vehicles except unmotorized trailers (assume their Flanking MP is 1) and consult the Speed Factor Table.”
* Calculate Base Weapon Battle Rating (p. 312)Replace the fifth bullet point item with the following, rephrased for clarity: "If the running total is less than the unit's Heat Efficiency, repeat steps 3-4. Otherwise, continue to the next step. If Heat Efficiency is surpassed by this weapon, then the weapon is calculated at its full BV."
* BV Skill Multiplier Table (p. 314)Completely replace this table with the following:
Please note that this overrides all other errata regarding this table, including what is currently posted in the TechManual official errata on the CBT website.
* Clan Weapons and Heavy Equipment Table (p. 343)ProtoMechs may now mount Plasma Cannons
* Industrial Equipment Table (p. 344)Change the Heat rating for the Lifeboat (Atmospheric) from "NA (0)" to "0 (NA)"; change its SC and DS ratings from 0 to NA.
* Industrial Equipment Table (p. 344)Change the Heat rating for the Lifeboat (Maritime) from "NA (0)" to "0 (NA)".
* Industrial Equipment Table (p. 344)Change the M and CV ratings for the Arresting Hoist to NA.
* Inner Sphere Battle Armor Equipment Table (p. 346)Change the Weight (Item) rating for the Heavy Recoilless Rifle from 375 to 325 kg.
* Inner Sphere Battle Armor Equipment Table (Cont) (p. 347) and
* Clan Battle Armor Equipment Table (p. 348)Add an asterisk * next to the "Space Slots" requirement of the parafoil. ie change "1" to "1*"
* Clan Battle Armor Equipment Table (p. 348)Change the Weight (Item) rating for the Heavy Recoilless Rifle from 375 to 325 kg.