BattleTech Vehicle Technical Readout
Type/Model: Rubix Cube RC-1A
Tech: Inner Sphere / 3067
Config: V.T.O.L.
Rules: Level 3, Custom design
Mass: 30 tons
Power Plant: 130 OSL ICE I.C.E.
Cruise Speed: 97.2 km/h
Maximum Speed: 151.2 km/h
Armor Type: OSL Heavy Ferro Fibrous Hvy Ferro-Fibrous
Armament:
6 Maxima One Shot Rocket Launcher 20 (OS)s
Manufacturer: Outersphere Industries
Location: Waterhole
Communications System: OSL VTOL COMM
Targeting & Tracking System: OSL VTOL TARG/TRACK
Overview:
After Rocket Launcher technology was captured from the Taurians in a raid on Argos and later replicated, the RC-1A Rubix Cube VTOL hit Outersphere Industries design board. Outersphere Industries envisioned the RC-1A Rubix Cube as being a one pass quick strike VTOL which would provide limited fire support on the battlefield, and in this role the Rubix Cube has already proven highly successful.
Capabilities:
Fast, heavily armored, and heavily armed, the RC-1A Rubix Cube is designed to provide single pass heavy fire support for allies on the battlefield and then evacuate the battlefield to rearm. Able to close in quickly and unleash rocket launcher hell, namely 6 rocket launcher 20 packs, the RC-1A is a excellent hit and run VTOL.
Battle History:
Recently a retaliatory strike was ordered against the Canopian mercenary unit Langers Lancers who had attacked a OLM jail on New Bedford, and freed a dangerous Canopian crime lord responsible for trafficking drugs to numerous Outersphere League planets. Langers Lancers were tracked down to the Canopian planet Luxen. The OLM wanted to make a example out of the Canopians and Langers Lancers and so the OLM sent two union dropships with 4 lances of mechs and one lance of Rubix Cube VTOLs. The union dropships landed immediately outside of the base that Langers Lancers was stationed at and then the OLM units attacked. Commencing the battle shortly before dawn were the lance of RC-1A Rubix Cube VTOLs which approached the base and unloaded rocket launcher hell on the Langers Lancers mechwarrior barracks. The rockets proved devastating, killing many of Langers Lancers mechwarriors before they could even get out of their barracks. The remaining Langers Lancers mechwarriors were stunned as their barracks had been completely reduced to rubble around them. The few Langers Lancers mechwarriors who did get into their mechs knew better than to attempt a fight and they fled immediately. Satisfied that a sufficient enough example had been made of the Canopians and Langers Lancers, the OLM units returned to their dropships and began the long journey home.
Deployment
The RC-1A is deployed thinly throughout the Outersphere League. Some OLM units have 1 or 2 RC-1A Rubix Cubes, but most OLM units don't have any Rubix Cube VTOLs. This is largely due to OLM units favoring the Decimator VTOL and Spark VTOL over the Rubix Cube VTOL.
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Type/Model: Rubix Cube RC-1A
Mass: 30 tons
Equipment: Items Mass
Internal Structure: 15 pts Standard 0 3.00
Engine: 130 I.C.E. 0 9.00
Cruise MP: 9
Flank MP: 14
Heat Sinks: 0 Single 0 .00
Cockpit & Controls: 0 1.50
Crew: 2 Members 0 .00
Rotor Equipment: Main/Tail Rotors 0 3.00
Armor Factor: 79 pts Hvy Ferro-Fibrous 3 4.00
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Internal Armor
Structure Value
Front: 3 20
Left / Right Sides: 3 19/19
Rear: 3 19
Rotor: 3 2
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Weapons & Equipment: Loc Heat Ammo Items Mass
2 Rocket Launcher 20 (OS)s Right 0 2 3.00
2 Rocket Launcher 20 (OS)s Left 0 2 3.00
2 Rocket Launcher 20 (OS)s Front 0 2 3.00
CASE Equipment: Body 1 .50
TOTALS: 0 10 30.00
Items & Tons Left: 1 .00
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Calculated Factors:
Total Cost: 1,300,000 C-Bills
Battle Value: 574
Cost per BV: 2,264.81
Weapon Value: 263 / 263 (Ratio = .46 / .46)
Damage Factors: SRDmg = 83; MRDmg = 24; LRDmg = 0
BattleForce2: MP: 9V, Armor/Structure: 0 / 3
Damage PB/M/L: -/-/-, Overheat: 0
Class: VA, Point Value: 6
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