BattleTech - The Board Game of Armored Combat
BattleTech Player Boards => Fan Designs and Rules => ProtoMechs => Topic started by: GnomesofZurich on 04 December 2013, 21:51:10
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I was looking at the errata from TechManual, and see that Protomechs can now (in theory) mount a Gauss Rifle. However, a Gauss Rifle weighs 12,000 kg, so what kind of machine could actually mount this beast?
Here is the closest I can come up with:
Gausszilla Junior
Mass: 15 tons
Chassis: ProtoMech Quad
Power Plant: 15 Fusion
Cruising Speed: 21.0 kph
Maximum Speed: 32.0 kph
Jump Jets: None
Jump Capacity: None
Armor: None(!)
Armament:
1 Gauss Rifle
Equipment Mass (kg)
Internals: Adv. Composite 1500
Engine: 15 Fusion 375
Walk MP: 2
Run MP: 3
Jump MP: 0
Gyro: n/a 0
Control Sys: Clan Heavy 750
Armor Factor: 0 pts Standard 0
Internal Armor
Structure Value
Head 4 0
Torso 15 0
Main Gun 2 0
Legs 16 0
Equipment Location Mass (kg)
Gauss Rifle MG 12000
Ammo (3) T 375
The Quad chassis allows it to get away with the lightest engine possible, although it is slow. Between the Gauss Rifle, which takes up 80% of the weight, the internal structure, cockpit and engine, only 375 kg is left over for ammo (or in theory, armour, but as is it only has 3 shots). By my calculations, this beast has a BV of 325. It also would, presumably, die if anyone sneezes at it.
Similar, but less ridiculous builds, could be put together for the various 10 tonne weapons available (Ultra AC/10, LB 10-X AC, HAG20) and the ERPPC (with HS, 9.75 tonnes). An extra 2,000 kg goes a long way towards armouring these massive weapons-with-legs up!
Thoughts welcome, and mistakes are very possible, I'm new to the game.
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You can reload the gauss by using the reloading rules.
As for the ERPPC though...
Noisy Cricket
Proto Quad 3/5/0
Structure: 1.5
Engine: 1.0 (Rating:45)
Control: 0.75
Armour: 2.0
CERPPC (Main Gun): 9.75
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(aside: I like the warning that this topic hasn't been active for 90 days ... I mean if the topic is still on the front page of a design board, it's still good O0)
Anyway ... as a proof of concept design we can actually get an Arrow IV on a protomech quad (b/c a 2/3 movement profile is much nicer than a 1/2).
you can have 6 points of armor (1 head, 2 torso, 2 legs, 1 main gun)
The Launcher only has 1 shot, so a cargo Veh. with 2-3 tons of cargo and 1.5 tons of PA(L) compartment (using advanced BA transport tonnage) would be super helpful. The PA(L) would be tasked as loader units, possibly with some Anti-infantry weapons.
3 of those to a point, with the other two units being the Gauss variant being the bodyguard
(go with 2 shots of ammo=.25t, and a whopping 2 points of armor!!! with .025t left over you could add the small BA sized searchlights. 2 would fit in the torso leaving .015t left over ... that's an extra 30 lbs or so for personal affects)
Or make a HAG-20 version w/10 shots and you can get 14 points of armor, that's a nice bodyguard.