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Andras

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Tiny VTOL squad transport
« on: 13 January 2018, 22:27:07 »
So, err, it can carry 7 guys w jump packs or 10 guys on foot, three VTOLs per platoon.  The 0.5t cargo space actually represents pintle mounts on each side w up to 500kg of medium infantry support weapons and ammo.

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VTOL
Base Tech Level: Standard (IS)
Tech Rating: E/C-C-C-C
Weight: 5 tons
BV: 70
Cost: 49,097 C-bills 
Movement: 15/23 (VTOL)
Engine: 25 ICE 
Internal: 10
Armor: 16

  Internal/  Armor


Front
2/4

Right
2/4

Left
2/4

Rear
2/2

Rotor
2/2

Equipment
500kg Pintle mount weapons

Carrying Capacity:  Troops - 1.0 tons     

You can actually do this on 4 tons if you reduce armor to 0.5t, and only allocate 700kg to infantry, leaving 300kg for pintle mounted weapons. MPs go up to 18/27, cost to 40k c-bills, BV50.



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Re: Tiny VTOL squad transport
« Reply #1 on: 13 January 2018, 22:53:05 »
That looks a lot like a Ferret to me...

Andras

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Re: Tiny VTOL squad transport
« Reply #2 on: 13 January 2018, 23:34:42 »
That looks a lot like a Ferret to me...

Well, shit, it does. Too much stuff to remember.

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Re: Tiny VTOL squad transport
« Reply #3 on: 14 January 2018, 06:58:30 »
Eh, just call it a variant... there can never be too many Ferret variants!

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Re: Tiny VTOL squad transport
« Reply #4 on: 14 January 2018, 07:26:30 »
Speaking of variants... here's a fusion powered one that can provide decent protection to a single squad.  Granted, it needs fractional accounting to get there, but it's still quite cheap (just over 68,000 C-Bills).  SAW won't quite be able to reproduce it because it doesn't apply fractional accounting to the controls for some reason.

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Fusion Ferret

Mass: 5 tons
Tech Base: Inner Sphere
Motive Type: VTOL
Rules Level: Experimental Tech
Era: Succession Wars
Tech Rating/Era Availability: D/X-B-C-A
Production Year: 3025
Cost: 68,056 C-Bills
Battle Value: 118

Construction Options: Fractional Accounting

Power Plant:  25 Fusion Engine
Cruise Speed: 162.0 km/h
Flanking Speed: 248.4 km/h
Armor:  Standard Armor
Armament:
    None
Manufacturer:
    Primary Factory:
Communications System:
Targeting and Tracking System:

================================================================================
Equipment           Type                         Rating                   Mass 
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Internal Structure: Standard                       5 points                0.500
Engine:             Fusion Engine                 25                       0.750
    Cruise MP:  15
    Flank MP:   23
Heat Sinks:         Single Heat Sink             10                        0.000
Control Equipment:                                                         0.250
Lift Equipment:                                                            0.500
Armor:              Standard Armor               AV -  36                  2.250

                                                      Armor     
                                                      Factor     
                                               Front     10       
                                          Left/Right    8/8         
                                                Rear     8         
                                               Rotor     2         

================================================================================
Equipment                                 Location    Heat     Spaces     Mass 
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Infantry Compartment (0.75 tons)             BD        0         1         0.750

BattleForce Statistics
MV      S (+0)  M (+2)  L (+4)  E (+6)   Wt.   Ov   Armor:      1    Points: 1
15v        0       0       0       0      1     0   Structure:  1
Special Abilities: ENE