Nachtmaren VTOL

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Nachtmaren

Code: [Select]

Mass: 30 tons
Tech Base: Clan
Motive Type: VTOL
Rules Level: Tournament Legal
Era: Clan Invasion
Tech Rating/Era Availability: F/X-X-C
Production Year: 0
Cost: 2,210,000 C-Bills
Battle Value: 1,325

Power Plant:  40 Fusion Engine
Cruise Speed: 64.8 km/h
Flanking Speed: 97.2 km/h
Armor:  Ferro-Fibrous
Armament:
    2  LRM-15s
    2  ER Medium Lasers
    6  Light Machine Guns
Manufacturer:
    Primary Factory:
Communications System:
Targeting and Tracking System:

Overview:
The limited resources available to the Clans after the Jihad led to a swing in
the toumans towards vehicles. The Hells Horses, with a newly acquired
occupation zone to police and extensive experience of using combat vehicles,
produced the Nactmaren as a multi-role attack helicopter


Capabilities:
The Nactmaren doesn't win many races against other light vehicles or some older
'Mechs but against the improvised wargear of most resistance it's more than
sufficient and it can harass heavier units effectively.


Primary armament is a pair of extended range medium lasers supported at long
range with two LRM racks. At close quarters the Nactmaren is a nightmare for
unarmoured infantry with six miniguns mounted under the nose.


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Equipment           Type                         Rating                   Mass 
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Internal Structure: Standard                      15 points                3.00
Engine:             Fusion Engine                 40                       1.50
    Cruise MP:  6
    Flank MP:   9
Heat Sinks:         Single Heat Sink             10                        0.00
Control Equipment:                                                         1.50
Lift Equipment:                                                            3.00
Armor:              Ferro-Fibrous                AV - 145                  8.00

                                                      Armor     
                                                      Factor     
                                               Front     45       
                                          Left/Right   35/35       
                                                Rear     28       
                                               Rotor     2         

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Equipment                                 Location    Heat     Spaces     Mass 
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2 ER Medium Lasers                           FR        10        2         2.00
2 LRM-15s                                    FR        10        2         7.00
6 Light Machine Guns                         FR        0         6         1.50
@LRM-15 (16)                                 BD        -         0         2.00
@LMG (1/2) (100)                             BD        -         0         0.50

BattleForce Statistics
MV      S (+0)  M (+2)  L (+4)  E (+6)   Wt.   Ov   Armor:      5    Points: 13
6          2       2       0       0      1     0   Structure:  1
Special Abilities: CASE, LRM 1/1/1, IF 1

[Sabelkatten]

Really slow... And you don't want to get up close to enemy infantry unless you're forced too, so the LMG battery is of questionable usefulness. I'd drop the LMGs and some armor to get the speed up to 8/12 and add another ton of LRMs.

[Frabby]

Minor nitpick:
If you're naming this after the German word for night terror, the correct word would be "Nachtmahr", a rarely used word with faerytale connotations.
If it should be named after the German word for nightmare, that would be "Albtraum".

[blitzy]

if it's a nightmare for the enemy, why not go LRM-15's and stealth armor, and maybe an Angel ECM?