JES III Tactical Battle Armor Transport

[Moonsword]

I was reading Field Report: AFFS today and it struck me that they don't really have a cheap, simple, domestically-built platform like the Maxim to move BA around.  So I made one, trying to maximize the use of proven parts.

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          BattleTech Vehicle Technical Readout
                      VALIDATED

Type/Model:    JES III Tactical Battle Armor Transport
Tech:          Inner Sphere / 3132
Config:        Hovercraft
Rules:         Level 2, Custom design

Mass:          50 tons
Power Plant:   165 JES Fusion
Cruise Speed:  86.4 km/h
Maximum Speed: 129.6 km/h
Armor Type:    Lexington Ltd. High Grade Standard
Armament:     
  1 Johnston Parti-Cannon PPC
  4 20mm Gatling Gun Machine Guns
Manufacturer:  Joint Equipment Systems
  Location:    Panpour
Communications System:  Communicator
Targeting & Tracking System:  FireScan with IndirecTrack

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==Overview:==
Mainly by virtue of being intact, the Federated Suns' battle armor production
is picking up a lot of the slack in rebuilding the AFFS.  But battle armor
does not exist in a vacuum and producing supporting assets is an important
part in integrating them into the force structure.  Sensing profit, Joint
Equipment Systems took the initiative in designing a new transport to exploit
the situation.

==Capabilities:==
The heart of the JES III is the power plant and most prospective customers
tend to recoil in horror when they hear that the engine is the same as that
used on the JES I until it penetrates that the sales representative is
referring to the updated, swifter model.  Much of the rest of the design is
different and most of it uses time-tested, proven technologies.  The main
armament is a Johnston Parti-Cannon, giving the JES III moderate concentrated
punch, and an assembly of 20mm Gatling guns adds anti-infantry power, two in
the turret, one forward, and one mounted aft over the bay door.  Able to move
eight Cavalier or Infiltrator II suits under the protection of 8.5 tons of
Lexington Ltd. armor, the JES III is intended as a cheap, effective solution
to the problem of moving battle armor.

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Type/Model:    JES III Tactical Battle Armor Transport
Mass:          50 tons

Equipment:                                 Items    Mass
Int. Struct.:  25 pts Standard               0      5.00
Engine:        165 Fusion                    0      6.67
Shielding & Transmission Equipment:          0      3.33
    Cruise MP:   8
     Flank MP:  12
Heat Sinks:     10 Single                    0       .00
Cockpit & Controls:                          0      2.50
Crew: 4 Members                              0       .00
Lift Equipment:                              0      5.00
Turret Equipment:                            0      1.00
Armor Factor:  136 pts Standard              0      8.50

                          Internal    Armor
                          Structure   Value
   Front:                     5         32
   Left / Right Sides:        5      24/24
   Rear:                      5         24
   Turret:                    5         32

Weapons and Equipment    Loc  Heat  Ammo   Items    Mass
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1 PPC                    Turret  10          1      7.00
2 Machine Guns           Turret   0  100     3      1.50
1 Machine Gun            Front    0          1       .50
1 Machine Gun            Rear     0          1       .50
1 C.A.S.E. Equipment     Body                1       .50
Infantry Bay             Body                1      8.00
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TOTALS:                          10          8     50.00
Items & Tons Left:                           7       .00

Calculated Factors:
Total Cost:        2,171,000 C-Bills
Battle Value 2:    784 (old BV = 491)
Cost per BV:       2,769.13
Weapon Value:      411 / 411 (Ratio = .52 / .52)
Damage Factors:    SRDmg = 10;  MRDmg = 6;  LRDmg = 2
BattleForce2:      MP: 8H,  Armor/Structure: 0 / 5
                   Damage PB/M/L: 2/1/1,  Overheat: 0
                   Class: GM;  Point Value: 8
                   Specials: tran8


[Davion_Boy_74]

What a simple but Great concept  [notworthy]  [rockon] ,

DAve.

[Moonsword]

That was the whole point.  One of the smaller reasons for doing this was to give them something capable of moving a full squad of assault suits under TacOps optional rules, something they'd ordinarily have to rely on Karnovs for which the FedSuns doesn't build.  The Pandion is a nice little WiGE but it doesn't have the cargo capacity you need sometimes.

The other realms could to some extent or another fall back on Maxim offshoots, the Fensalir, or the Giggins, but again, none of those are available to the FS internally.  In addition, Giggins acquisition would leave them in a shouting match with one of their largest suppliers, which is something to avoid if you can, especially given GM's connections in the Capellan March.

[lowrolling]

Nice work and thanks for sharing. Can I get my order with a TAG instead of the mgs?

[Moonsword]

Just remove the pair in the turret.  It's the sort of thing I might have considered adding if I wasn't trying to stick to SW hardware other than CASE.