This is the companion thread to the Vehicle of the Week: Manta and Moray Attack Submarines article.A few notional ideas of stripped-down Succession Wars variants of the Manta and Moray.
First up is a very direct conversion of the Manta itself:
BattleTech Vehicle Technical Readout
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Type/Model: Manta (SW)
Tech: Inner Sphere / 3025
Config: Submarine
Rules: Level 1, Modified design
Mass: 50 tons
Power Plant: 270 GM Fusion
Cruise Speed: 64.8 km/h
Maximum Speed: 97.2 km/h
Armor Type: Standard
Armament:
1 Large Laser
1 SR Torpedo 2
Manufacturer: (Unknown)
Location: (Unknown)
Communications System: (Unknown)
Targeting & Tracking System: (Unknown)
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Type/Model: Manta (SW)
Mass: 50 tons
Equipment: Items Mass
Int. Struct.: 20 pts Standard 0 5.00
Engine: 270 Fusion 0 14.50
Shielding & Transmission Equipment: 0 7.50
Cruise MP: 6
Flank MP: 9
Heat Sinks: 10 Single 0 .00
Cockpit & Controls: 0 2.50
Crew: 4 Members 0 .00
Diving Equipment: 0 5.00
Armor Factor: 136 pts Standard 0 8.50
Internal Armor
Structure Value
Front: 5 45
Left / Right Sides: 5 33/33
Rear: 5 25
Weapons and Equipment Loc Heat Ammo Items Mass
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1 Large Laser Front 8 1 5.00
1 SR Torpedo 2 Front 0 50 2 2.00
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TOTALS: 8 3 50.00
Items & Tons Left: 12 .00
Calculated Factors:
Total Cost: 2,594,000 C-Bills
Battle Value 2: 547 (old BV = 315)
Cost per BV: 4,742.23
Weapon Value: 280 / 280 (Ratio = .51 / .51)
Damage Factors: SRDmg = 9; MRDmg = 5; LRDmg = 0
BattleForce2: MP: 6S, Armor/Structure: 0 / 5
Damage PB/M/L: 1/1/-, Overheat: 0
Class: NS; Point Value: 5
Next, a support variant based on the same idea as the Republic's chosen variant:
BattleTech Vehicle Technical Readout
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Type/Model: Manta (SW Support)
Tech: Inner Sphere / 3025
Config: Submarine
Rules: Level 1, Modified design
Mass: 50 tons
Power Plant: 270 GM Fusion
Cruise Speed: 64.8 km/h
Maximum Speed: 97.2 km/h
Armor Type: Standard
Armament:
1 Medium Laser
1 LR Torpedo 10
Manufacturer: (Unknown)
Location: (Unknown)
Communications System: (Unknown)
Targeting & Tracking System: (Unknown)
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Type/Model: Manta (SW Support)
Mass: 50 tons
Equipment: Items Mass
Int. Struct.: 20 pts Standard 0 5.00
Engine: 270 Fusion 0 14.50
Shielding & Transmission Equipment: 0 7.50
Cruise MP: 6
Flank MP: 9
Heat Sinks: 10 Single 0 .00
Cockpit & Controls: 0 2.50
Crew: 4 Members 0 .00
Diving Equipment: 0 5.00
Armor Factor: 136 pts Standard 0 8.50
Internal Armor
Structure Value
Front: 5 45
Left / Right Sides: 5 33/33
Rear: 5 25
Weapons and Equipment Loc Heat Ammo Items Mass
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1 Medium Laser Front 3 1 1.00
1 LR Torpedo 10 Front 0 12 2 6.00
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TOTALS: 3 3 50.00
Items & Tons Left: 12 .00
Calculated Factors:
Total Cost: 2,660,000 C-Bills
Battle Value 2: 547 (old BV = 315)
Cost per BV: 4,862.89
Weapon Value: 283 / 283 (Ratio = .52 / .52)
Damage Factors: SRDmg = 7; MRDmg = 5; LRDmg = 3
BattleForce2: MP: 6S, Armor/Structure: 0 / 5
Damage PB/M/L: 1/1/1, Overheat: 0
Class: NS; Point Value: 5
And finally, a slower, ICE-powered Moray:
BattleTech Vehicle Technical Readout
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Type/Model: Moray (SW)
Tech: Inner Sphere / 3025
Config: Submarine
Rules: Level 1, Modified design
Mass: 140 tons
Power Plant: 250 I.C.E.
Cruise Speed: 21.6 km/h
Maximum Speed: 32.4 km/h
Armor Type: Standard
Armament:
2 LR Torpedo 10s
3 SR Torpedo 6s
2 Medium Lasers
2 LR Torpedo 20s
Manufacturer: (Unknown)
Location: (Unknown)
Communications System: (Unknown)
Targeting & Tracking System: (Unknown)
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Type/Model: Moray (SW)
Mass: 140 tons
Equipment: Items Mass
Int. Struct.: 70 pts Standard 0 14.00
Engine: 250 I.C.E. 0 25.00
Power Amplifiers: 0 .20
Cruise MP: 2
Flank MP: 3
Heat Sinks: 6 Single 0 6.00
Cockpit & Controls: 0 7.00
Crew: 10 Members 0 .00
Diving Equipment: 0 14.00
Turret Equipment: 0 1.00
Armor Factor: 320 pts Standard 0 20.00
Internal Armor
Structure Value
Front: 14 75
Left / Right Sides: 14 65/65
Rear: 14 60
Turret: 14 55
Weapons and Equipment Loc Heat Ammo Items Mass
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1 LR Torpedo 10 Turret 0 1 5.00
1 SR Torpedo 6 Turret 0 1 3.00
2 Medium Lasers Front 6 2 2.00
2 LR Torpedo 20s Front 0 24 3 24.00
1 SR Torpedo 6 Front 0 1 3.00
1 LR Torpedo 10 Rear 0 36 2 8.00
1 SR Torpedo 6 Rear 0 60 2 7.00
Cargo Body 1 .50
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TOTALS: 6 13 139.70
Items & Tons Left: 20 .30
Calculated Factors:
Total Cost: 10,002,867 C-Bills
Battle Value 2: 1,336 (old BV = 880)
Cost per BV: 7,487.18
Weapon Value: 1,874 / 1,874 (Ratio = 1.40 / 1.40)
Damage Factors: SRDmg = 47; MRDmg = 31; LRDmg = 16
BattleForce2: MP: 2S, Armor/Structure: 0 / 13
Damage PB/M/L: 5/7/4, Overheat: 0
Class: NS; Point Value: 13
Specials: tran0
