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NUT-BUSTING TORQUE

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Experimental Succession Wars idea- the Starcraft 2 Thor
« on: 04 January 2025, 13:21:33 »
I came up with this idea quite awhile ago with the release of XTRO Succession wars, that slotted into the appearance and build of the Thor from Starcraft 2; my concept was that it was a nation building it as a sort of "poor replacement" or answer to the armies of the House Lords becoming more and more combined focus with the loss of battlemechs and technology. To wit, they went for medium ranged artillery cannons to strike fast hovertanks and shell infantry attempting pushes, with large amounts of munitions to also fire smoke or obscurants for it's lance. In it's arms, its creators insulated large lasers to a serious heat pump system so that (despite it's slow speed) it can constantly stay mobile while firing, which they saw was a necessity because the largest engine that could be spared was intended for much smaller medium 'mechs.

End result was an interesting Succession wars 'mech that I feel is actually somewhat unique for it's era of limited weapons and equipment; with over 30 IRL years of design this era of battletech looses out on "interesting" ideas thanks to the limits on what is actually available, so here I feel it actually has something of a niche in a heavier lance as a kind of "pocket assault" or a really big and overwrought answer to the question of combined arms, which if it had proper fluff would likely be what doomed it in the first place. Factions I thought would make use of it would include (in order) the Concordat, Outworlds Alliance, and great houses like the Mariks, Davions, and the Lyrans. Visually to have that "Thor" appearance I could see it being built from Marauder and other 75 tonner parts, but with the caveat that it's short and very wide to accommodate the over-shoulder artillery cannons.

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Succession Experemental idea 1

Mass: 75 tons
Tech Base: Inner Sphere
Chassis Config: Biped
Rules Level: Experimental Tech
Era: Succession Wars
Tech Rating/Era Availability: E/X-F-X-A
Production Year: 3025
Cost: 5,990,250 C-Bills
Battle Value: 1,227

Chassis: Unknown Standard
Power Plant: Unknown 225 Fusion Engine
Walking Speed: 32.4 km/h
Maximum Speed: 54.0 km/h
Jump Jets: None
    Jump Capacity: 0 meters
Armor: Unknown Standard Armor
Armament:
    2  Large Laser (Insulated)s
    2  Thumper Art. Cannons
Manufacturer: Unknown
    Primary Factory: Unknown
Communications System: Unknown
Targeting and Tracking System: Unknown

Overview:
Based off the Thor from Star Craft


================================================================================
Equipment           Type                         Rating                   Mass 
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Internal Structure: Standard                     114 points                7.50
Engine:             Fusion Engine                225                      10.00
    Walking MP: 3
    Running MP: 5
    Jumping MP: 0
Heat Sinks:         Single Heat Sink             16                        6.00
    Heat Sink Locations: 1 CT, 1 LT, 1 RT, 2 LL, 2 RL
Gyro:               Standard                                               3.00
Cockpit:            Standard                                               3.00
    Actuators:      L: SH+UA+LA    R: SH+UA+LA
Armor:              Standard Armor               AV - 200                 12.50

                                                      Internal       Armor     
                                                      Structure      Factor     
                                                Head     3            8         
                                        Center Torso     23           30       
                                 Center Torso (rear)                  8         
                                           L/R Torso     16           24       
                                    L/R Torso (rear)                  8         
                                             L/R Arm     12           20       
                                             L/R Leg     16           25       

================================================================================
Equipment                                 Location    Heat    Critical    Mass 
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Thumper Art. Cannon                          RT        5         7        10.00
Thumper Art. Cannon                          LT        5         7        10.00
Large Laser (Insulated)                      RA        7         2         5.50
Large Laser (Insulated)                      LA        7         2         5.50
@Thumper Cannon (20)                         RT        -         1         1.00
@Thumper Cannon (20)                         LT        -         1         1.00
                                            Free Critical Slots: 20

BattleForce Statistics
MV      S (+0)  M (+2)  L (+4)  E (+6)   Wt.   Ov   Armor:      7    Points: 12
3          2       2       0       0      3     1   Structure:  6
Special Abilities: ARTTC, SRCH, ES, SEAL, SOA



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Re: Experimental Succession Wars idea- the Starcraft 2 Thor
« Reply #1 on: 04 January 2025, 18:19:13 »
Give the SCII firing pattern, I think I'd have started with a Marauder II chassis... ;)
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THOR

Mass: 100 tons
Tech Base: Inner Sphere
Chassis Config: Biped
Rules Level: Experimental Tech
Era: Succession Wars
Tech Rating/Era Availability: D/X-F-E-D
Production Year: 3025
Dry Cost: 9,408,000 C-Bills
Total Cost: 9,428,000 C-Bills
Battle Value: 1,484

Chassis: Unknown Standard
Power Plant: Unknown 300 Fusion Engine
Walking Speed: 32.4 km/h
Maximum Speed: 54.0 km/h
Jump Jets: None
    Jump Capacity: 0 meters
Armor: Unknown Standard Armor
Armament:
    4  Thumper Art. Cannons
Manufacturer: Unknown
    Primary Factory: Unknown
Communications System: Unknown
Targeting and Tracking System: Unknown

================================================================================
Equipment           Type                         Rating                   Mass 
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Internal Structure: Standard                     152 points               10.00
Engine:             Fusion Engine                300                      19.00
    Walking MP: 3
    Running MP: 5
    Jumping MP: 0
Heat Sinks:         Single Heat Sink             14                        4.00
    Heat Sink Locations: 1 LL, 1 RL
Gyro:               Standard                                               3.00
Cockpit:            Standard                                               3.00
    Actuators:      L: SH+UA+LA+H    R: SH+UA+LA+H
Armor:              Standard Armor               AV - 304                 19.00

                                                      Internal       Armor     
                                                      Structure      Factor     
                                                Head     3            9         
                                        Center Torso     31           48       
                                 Center Torso (rear)                  13       
                                           L/R Torso     21           31       
                                    L/R Torso (rear)                  11       
                                             L/R Arm     17           33       
                                             L/R Leg     21           42       

================================================================================
Equipment                                 Location    Heat    Critical    Mass 
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Thumper Art. Cannon                          RT        5         7        10.00
Thumper Art. Cannon                          LT        5         7        10.00
Thumper Art. Cannon                          RA        5         7        10.00
Thumper Art. Cannon                          LA        5         7        10.00
@Thumper Cannon (40)                         CT        -         2         2.00
                                            Free Critical Slots: 15

BattleForce Statistics
MV      S (+0)  M (+2)  L (+4)  E (+6)   Wt.   Ov   Armor:     10    Points: 15
3          2       2       0       0      4     0   Structure:  8
Special Abilities: ARTTC, SRCH, ES, SEAL, SOA