the F-900, a Light engined Riever.

[glitterboy2098]

so musing on a question asked in the aerospace forum... i give you a light engined Reiver.

decided to have a little fun in how much i could push the concept of the Riever. the engine itself doesn't really give you much to work with.. but DHS did. in the end i decided to make the thing nastier at its dropship hunting, and just update the tech used..

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Riever F-900

Mass: 100 tons
Frame: Unknown
Power Plant: 300 Light
Armor: Ferro-Aluminum
Armament:
     4 MML 7
     2 Gauss Rifle
Manufacturer: Unknown
     Primary Factory: Unknown
Communication System: Unknown
Targeting & Tracking System: Unknown
Introduction Year: 3150
Tech Rating/Availability: E/X-X-X-D
Cost: 13,073,100 C-bills

Type: Riever
Technology Base: Inner Sphere (Standard)
Tonnage: 100
Battle Value: 2,379

Equipment                                          Mass
Engine                        300 Light            14.5
Safe Thrust: 5
Max Thrust: 8
Structural Integrity:         10                       
Heat Sinks:                   10 [20]                 0
Fuel:                         560                   7.0
Cockpit                                               3
Armor Factor (Ferro)          268                    15

                           Armor   
                           Value   
     Nose                    76   
     Wings                 68/68   
     Aft                     56   


Weapons
and Ammo                Location   Tonnage  Heat   SRV  MRV  LRV  ERV
2 Gauss Rifle             NOS       30.0     1     15   15   15    0 
2 MML 7                   RWG       9.0      4      4    4    4    0 
MML 7 LRM Ammo (68)       FSLG      4.0      -      -    -    -    - 
CASE                      FSLG      0.5      -      -    -    -    - 
MML 7 SRM Ammo (56)       FSLG      4.0      -      -    -    -    - 
Gauss Rifle Ammo (32)     FSLG      4.0      -      -    -    -    - 
2 MML 7                   LWG       9.0      4      4    4    4    0 




double gauss will do a number on dropships, and it can reach out a lot farther than the AC20's of the older models. and instead of an LRM and array of SRMS, its a quartet of MML7's with enough ammo to lay some hurt down at any range. and since all of those are low heat, it can still open up with everything. plus it got an armor upgrade and a few extra tons.

[monbvol]

Hmmm...

Honestly MMLs feel like a waste on ASF since Minimum Range really isn't a thing and you pay too much of a mass premium for a thus useless versatility.  But I don't know what to suggest to use in their place without going the boring optimized route.

[Hellraiser]

Agreed, 

MML's, SRMs, & Streak SRMs are all missile types I avoid on ASF when doing custom work.

[Daryk]

Shouldn't the SRV for the MMLs be higher than their LRV? ???

[glitterboy2098]

Shouldn't the SRV for the MMLs be higher than their LRV? ???

i'm not sure how MML calculates these things, to be honest.