BattleTech - The Board Game of Armored Combat
BattleTech Player Boards => Fan Designs and Rules => Combat Vehicles => Topic started by: Col Toda on 12 January 2017, 11:40:50
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When designing my own vehicles I like the idea of using a Fuel Cell Engine instead of ICE or Fusion . It has the same motive power per ton than a light fusion engine . Some fusion Tanks do not use more than the 1 HS that a Fuel Cell Engine provides ( Patten ; Rommel ) for example . Upgrade the weapon to advanced levels and you get a nice tank for not that more than the old Fusion on may be less . What stock vehicle do you think a Fuel Cell Conversion would be good ?
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Fuel cell engines make designing vehicles easy. There is no compromise as far as Speed, Firepower and Protection; everything gets better. The only issue is cost as far as BV balancing, from a more strategic perspective, you also have issues of supply ( P.O.L), manufacturing capacity, and sustainability issues in the field.
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Yup works a treat. IMO makes perfect sense as well.
If BT were the future of today instead of the future of the 80s I think Fuel Cells would be the norm and ICE only found on backward periphery worlds
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FCE is a bit of a no brainer in many cases. In general
ICE - low tech
FCE - best for no energy weapons
SFE - take advantage of free heatsinks or switch to FCE
LFE/XLFE - expensive, top of the line, free heatsinks
So upgrading a scorpion, LRM carrier or vedette is easily done with an FCE as it's a straight upgrade that frees up weight to improve performance at minimal cost but a Myrmidon would not see it as an upgrade as the 10 free heatsinks is hugely important