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BattleTech Player Boards => Fan Designs and Rules => Combat Vehicles => Topic started by: Kartr_Kana on 22 May 2017, 17:12:48
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Currently playing a Dark Ages era campaign and I've got enough resources set aside that I can upgrade my two Von Luckner tanks. Here's what I was thinking:
Von Luckner Heavy Tank VNL-K70u
Mass: 75 tons
Tech Base: Inner Sphere
Motive Type: Tracked
Rules Level: Tournament Legal
Era: Dark Ages
Tech Rating/Era Availability: E/X-X-E-A
Production Year: 3134
Cost: 13,448,750 C-Bills
Battle Value: 1,444
Power Plant: VOX 300 Fusion XL Engine
Cruise Speed: 43.2 km/h
Flanking Speed: 64.8 km/h
Armor: StarSlab/4 Heavy Ferro-Fibrous
Armament:
1 Gauss Rifle
1 MML-9
1 Machine Gun
1 Improved C3 Computer
1 Unknown Targeting Computer
1 Unknown CASE
Manufacturer: HartfordCo Industries
Primary Factory: Bryant (destroyed 2840)
Communications System: O/P 300
Targeting and Tracking System: O/P GRNDSTAT 50A
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Equipment Type Rating Mass
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Internal Structure: Standard 40 points 7.50
Engine: XL Fusion Engine 300 14.50
Cruise MP: 4
Flank MP: 6
Heat Sinks: Single Heat Sink 10 0.00
Control Equipment: 4.00
Lift Equipment: 0.00
Turret: 2.50
Armor: Heavy Ferro-Fibrous AV - 228 11.50
Armor
Factor
Front 55
Left/Right 45/45
Turret 46
Rear 37
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Equipment Location Heat Spaces Mass
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Gauss Rifle T 1 1 15.00
Machine Gun T 0 1 0.50
MML-9 T 5 1 6.00
Improved C3 Computer BD 0 1 2.50
Targeting Computer BD - 1 4.00
CASE BD - 1 0.50
@MG (1/2) (100) BD - 0 0.50
@Gauss Rifle (24) BD - 0 3.00
@MML-9 (SRM) (11) BD - 0 1.00
@MML-9 (LRM Semi-G) (26) BD - 0 2.00
BattleForce Statistics
MV S (+0) M (+2) L (+4) E (+6) Wt. Ov Armor: 8 Points: 14
4t 3 3 3 0 3 0 Structure: 4
Special Abilities: C3I, CASE, MHQ2, TUR(3/3/3), IF 1
Thoughts?
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Energy weapons. Always energy weapons!
At the very minimum replace the MG with a SPL. I'd also downgrade the MML for an ERML.
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Energy weapons on combat vehicles seems largely wasted since the tonnage benefits go away quickly.
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2 tons give you a pair of 5-point hits out to 12 hexes. That's almost as much as 12 tons for a pair of LAC/5s. 10 free heat sinks with an XLFE, remember?
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We've been using Von Luckner's for a while in our game, and had a lot of success with them.
While I'm not at all familiar with the Dark Age, I might try a 225 XL, drop the electronics and see about adding an Armored Motive System.
If you have anything left over, then I might dump it into a light weapon or even more armor.
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My thought,
Lose the MG, it's wasted mass with the MML, load 1 ton of any type of SRM APERS (inferno or frag)
Without the armored motive system be prepared to get parked. You are too heavy to be mobile, the 300XL feels extravagant.
The MML-6 is the right choice to compliment the Gauss Rifle. You get the damage at range to bump the Gauss to 20+ and the SRMs crit seek the big holes the gauss left.
Now normally (for me at least) more, and cheaper beats high tech but the 2 ER Medim Lasers are excellent here as they cover the gap ranges so no matter the target is at the threat of catching 20 points of damage is ever present.
I'm concerned about the mass dedicated to the Targeting Computer. I may be more inclined to go with ECM and a pack of VGLs with smoke.
Again my thoughts here.