The Nova CEWS generates heat when in use, but vehicles only have to sink heat from energy weapons. Heat from movement, ballistic weapons, and missiles are not tracked on vehicles. I assume Nova CEWS falls into the same category.
Sadly, no.Units with this system that do not track heat must have enough heat sink capacity to deal with this.
This is particularly annoying with the Royal Nightshade, since the Nova CEWS slots perfectly in place of the Guardian ECM, but the LPL uses up all heat capacity, so you'd still need two more tonnes free for HS.
[EDIT]
Damn, ninja'd.
[EDIT2] Might as well add some more entries.
Bandit (C) Hovercraft
Mass: 50 tons
Tech Base: Clan
Motive Type: Hovercraft OmniVehicle
Rules Level: Tournament Legal
Era: Clan Invasion
Tech Rating/Era Availability: X/X-X-X-A
Production Year: 3072
Cost: 2,816,667 C-Bills
Battle Value: 512
Power Plant: VOX 215 Fusion Engine
Cruise Speed: 97.2 km/h
Flanking Speed: 151.2 km/h
Armor: ProTech 5 Ferro-Fibrous
Armament:
8.0 tons of pod space.
Manufacturer: Blackwell Corporation
Primary Factory: Outreach
Communications System: Dalban StarLink II
Targeting and Tracking System: Garret E5a
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Equipment Type Rating Mass
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Internal Structure: Standard 25 points 5.00
Engine: Fusion Engine 215 14.50
Cruise MP: 9
Flank MP: 14
Heat Sinks: Single Heat Sink 10 0.00
Control Equipment: 2.50
Lift Equipment: 5.00
Turret: 1.00
Armor: Ferro-Fibrous AV - 172 9.00
Armor
Factor
Front 40
Left/Right 40/40
Turret 32
Rear 20
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Loadout Name: Z Cost: 3,916,667
Tech Rating/Era Availability: X/X-X-X-A BV2: 1,374
Rules Level: Experimental Tech
Equipment Type Rating Mass
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Equipment Location Heat Spaces Mass
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iATM-6 T 4 1 3.50
ER Medium Pulse Laser T 6 1 2.00
Light TAG T 0 1 0.50
Infantry Compartment (5.0 tons) BD 0 1 5.00
CASE BD - 0 0.00
@iATM-6 (10) BD - 0 1.00
@IMP-6 (10) BD - 0 1.00
BattleForce Statistics
MV S (+0) M (+2) L (+4) E (+6) Wt. Ov Armor: 6 Points: 14
9h 3 2 1 0 2 0 Structure: 3
Special Abilities: OMNI, LTAG, CASE, TUR(3/2/1)
No Nova on this one, same as the Badger. Nova would have increased BV, and it's just supposed to be a transport for your infantry. From an in-universe perspective, the Nova is a pretty damn expensive piece of kit, so it's not going to be slapped on just anything. The ERPL is suboptimal, but I'm not trying to make this completely optimal.
Ares Medium Tank (Nova)
Mass: 40 tons
Tech Base: Clan
Motive Type: Tracked
Rules Level: Experimental Tech
Era: Clan Invasion
Tech Rating/Era Availability: X/X-X-X-A
Production Year: 3074
Cost: 5,561,267 C-Bills
Battle Value: 1,329
Power Plant: 200 Fusion XL Engine
Cruise Speed: 54.0 km/h
Flanking Speed: 86.4 km/h
Armor: Compound G5 Ferro-Fibrous
Armament:
1 ER PPC
1 Light TAG
1 Anti-Missile System
1 Nova CEWS
1 Unknown CASE
1 Unknown Targeting Computer
Manufacturer: Various
Primary Factory: Various
Communications System: 2SH C3
Targeting and Tracking System: Build 4 JVJ TTS
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Equipment Type Rating Mass
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Internal Structure: Standard 20 points 4.00
Engine: XL Fusion Engine 200 7.00
Cruise MP: 5
Flank MP: 8
Heat Sinks: Single Heat Sink 17 7.00
Control Equipment: 2.00
Lift Equipment: 0.00
Turret: 1.00
Armor: Ferro-Fibrous AV - 143 7.50
Armor
Factor
Front 29
Left/Right 28/28
Turret 29
Rear 29
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Equipment Location Heat Spaces Mass
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Light TAG T 0 1 0.50
Anti-Missile System T 1 1 0.50
ER PPC T 15 1 6.00
Nova CEWS BD 2 1 1.50
CASE BD - 0 0.00
Targeting Computer BD - 1 2.00
@Anti-Missile System (24) BD - 0 1.00
BattleForce Statistics
MV S (+0) M (+2) L (+4) E (+6) Wt. Ov Armor: 5 Points: 13
5t 2 2 2 0 2 0 Structure: 2
Special Abilities: LTAG, AMS, CASE, ENE, TUR(2/2/2)
The Ares is given a rather expensive XL engine, and it now fuels an ERPPC linked to a TC to help mitigate the poor performance of Society crews. Front and rear armor is the same so that it can turn around and retreat from the enemy. A Nova system also helps the unit provide accurate fire at range.
Hephaestus Scout Tank
Mass: 30 tons
Tech Base: Clan
Motive Type: Hovercraft OmniVehicle
Rules Level: Tournament Legal
Era: Clan Invasion
Tech Rating/Era Availability: E/X-X-E-A
Production Year: 3073
Cost: 1,255,000 C-Bills
Battle Value: 297
Power Plant: 110 Fusion Engine
Cruise Speed: 86.4 km/h
Flanking Speed: 129.6 km/h
Armor: Ferro-Fibrous
Armament:
6.0 tons of pod space.
Manufacturer:
Primary Factory:
Communications System:
Targeting and Tracking System:
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Equipment Type Rating Mass
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Internal Structure: Standard 15 points 3.00
Engine: Fusion Engine 110 5.50
Cruise MP: 8
Flank MP: 12
Heat Sinks: Single Heat Sink 10 0.00
Control Equipment: 1.50
Lift Equipment: 3.00
Turret: 0.50
Armor: Ferro-Fibrous AV - 96 5.00
Armor
Factor
Front 20
Left/Right 20/20
Turret 18
Rear 18
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Loadout Name: Z Cost: 3,675,000
Tech Rating/Era Availability: X/X-X-X-A BV2: 618
Rules Level: Experimental Tech
Equipment Type Rating Mass
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Equipment Location Heat Spaces Mass
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5 AP Gauss Rifles T 5 5 2.50
Infantry Compartment (4.0 tons) BD 0 1 4.00
Active Probe BD 0 1 1.00
Nova CEWS BD 2 1 1.50
CASE BD - 0 0.00
Targeting Computer BD - 1 1.00
@AP Gauss Rifle (40) BD - 0 1.00
BattleForce Statistics
MV S (+0) M (+2) L (+4) E (+6) Wt. Ov Armor: 3 Points: 6
8h 2 2 0 0 1 0 Structure: 2
Special Abilities: OMNI, PRB, RCN, CASE, TUR(2/2/0)
This Hephaestus version uses AP Gauss Rifles to make good use of the fixed Active probe--linked to a TC, of course--with the Nova there mostly so the unit can act as a spotter once it's dropped off its infantry. The BV remains fairly light as well.
Enyo Strike Tank (Nova)
Mass: 55 tons
Tech Base: Clan
Motive Type: Tracked
Rules Level: Experimental Tech
Era: Clan Invasion
Tech Rating/Era Availability: X/X-X-X-A
Production Year: 3072
Cost: 11,022,825 C-Bills
Battle Value: 1,726
Power Plant: Type 330 Extralight 330 Fusion XL Engine
Cruise Speed: 64.8 km/h
Flanking Speed: 97.2 km/h
Armor: Compound VM20 Ferro-Fibrous Ferro-Fibrous
Armament:
1 iATM-12
1 Large Pulse Laser
1 Unknown CASE
1 Nova CEWS
Manufacturer: Kirin Armory Plant 4
Primary Factory: Kirin
Communications System: Build 2083 Micro
Targeting and Tracking System: Series XLII TLS
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Equipment Type Rating Mass
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Internal Structure: Standard 30 points 5.50
Engine: XL Fusion Engine 330 19.00
Cruise MP: 6
Flank MP: 9
Heat Sinks: Single Heat Sink 12 2.00
Control Equipment: 3.00
Lift Equipment: 0.00
Turret: 1.50
Armor: Ferro-Fibrous AV - 144 7.50
Armor
Factor
Front 30
Left/Right 29/29
Turret 27
Rear 29
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Equipment Location Heat Spaces Mass
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iATM-12 T 8 1 7.00
Large Pulse Laser T 10 1 6.00
CASE BD - 0 0.00
Nova CEWS BD 2 1 1.50
@iATM-12 (5) BD - 0 1.00
@iATM-12 (HE) (5) BD - 0 1.00
BattleForce Statistics
MV S (+0) M (+2) L (+4) E (+6) Wt. Ov Armor: 5 Points: 17
6t 5 4 3 0 2 0 Structure: 3
Special Abilities: CASE, TUR(5/4/3)
While the laser remains the same, all the Streak SRM-6s are replaced with a single iATM-12 on the turret. I could only fit two tonnes of ammo, but given the streak nature of the single iATM launcher, I don't think this is that big of an issue.
Demolisher Heavy Tank (Nova)
Mass: 80 tons
Tech Base: Clan
Motive Type: Tracked
Rules Level: Experimental Tech
Era: Clan Invasion
Tech Rating/Era Availability: F/X-X-F-A
Production Year: 3072
Cost: 6,093,000 C-Bills
Battle Value: 2,022
Power Plant: 240 Fuel Cell Engine
Cruise Speed: 32.4 km/h
Flanking Speed: 54.0 km/h
Armor: Ferro-Fibrous
Armament:
2 HAG-30s
1 Nova CEWS
1 Unknown Targeting Computer
Manufacturer:
Primary Factory:
Communications System:
Targeting and Tracking System:
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Equipment Type Rating Mass
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Internal Structure: Standard 40 points 8.00
Engine: Fuel-Cell Engine 240 14.00
Cruise MP: 3
Flank MP: 5
Heat Sinks: Single Heat Sink 2 1.00
Control Equipment: 4.00
Lift Equipment: 0.00
Turret: 3.00
Armor: Ferro-Fibrous AV - 182 9.50
Armor
Factor
Front 48
Left/Right 40/40
Turret 30
Rear 24
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Equipment Location Heat Spaces Mass
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2 HAG-30s T 12 2 26.00
Nova CEWS BD 2 1 1.50
Targeting Computer BD - 1 6.00
@HAG-30 (28) BD - 0 7.00
BattleForce Statistics
MV S (+0) M (+2) L (+4) E (+6) Wt. Ov Armor: 6 Points: 20
3t 5 4 4 0 4 0 Structure: 4
Special Abilities: CASE, EE, TUR(5/4/4, FLK 4/4/4), FLK 4/4/4
All secondary armament is removed and a fuel cell engine is provided, which reduces overall weight
andcost. The two big LB-20Xs are replaced with a pair of HAG/30s linked to a TC, plus enough ammo for 16 rounds of fire. The lack of anti-infantry weapons would doctrinally be mitigated by protection from other members of the unit's Un. Heck, in a Trey there might even be an Un of Protomechs assigned to protection for a mostly slow-moving vehicle Un.
Morrigu Fire Support Vehicle (Nova)
Mass: 80 tons
Tech Base: Clan
Motive Type: Tracked
Rules Level: Experimental Tech
Era: Clan Invasion
Tech Rating/Era Availability: X/X-X-X-A
Production Year: 3072
Cost: 7,393,500 C-Bills
Battle Value: 2,285
Power Plant: Fusion 240 240 Fusion Engine
Cruise Speed: 32.4 km/h
Flanking Speed: 54.0 km/h
Armor: Compound JX4 Ferro-Fibrous
Armament:
1 HAG-40
1 iATM-9
1 Laser Anti-Missile System
1 Unknown CASE
1 Nova CEWS
1 Unknown Targeting Computer
Manufacturer: York Vehicle Y2 Facility
Primary Factory: York
Communications System: Consolidated Type 2M w/ECM Suite
Targeting and Tracking System: Consolidated Type V TTS
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Equipment Type Rating Mass
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Internal Structure: Standard 40 points 8.00
Engine: Fusion Engine 240 17.50
Cruise MP: 3
Flank MP: 5
Heat Sinks: Single Heat Sink 10 0.00
Control Equipment: 4.00
Lift Equipment: 0.00
Turret: 2.50
Armor: Ferro-Fibrous AV - 220 11.50
Armor
Factor
Front 64
Left/Right 43/43
Turret 42
Rear 28
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Equipment Location Heat Spaces Mass
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HAG-40 T 8 1 16.00
iATM-9 T 6 1 5.00
Laser Anti-Missile System T 5 1 1.00
CASE BD - 0 0.00
Nova CEWS BD 2 1 1.50
Targeting Computer BD - 1 4.00
@HAG-40 (18) BD - 0 6.00
@iATM-9 (7) BD - 0 1.00
@iATM-9 (HE) (7) BD - 0 1.00
@iATM-9 (ER) (7) BD - 0 1.00
BattleForce Statistics
MV S (+0) M (+2) L (+4) E (+6) Wt. Ov Armor: 7 Points: 23
3t 6 5 4 0 4 0 Structure: 4
Special Abilities: AMS, CASE, TUR(6/5/4, FLK 3/3/3), FLK 3/3/3
This strips out the LRM and its ammo, along with the SRMs, for an iATM-9 and three tonnes of ammo. The ECM suitee and armor are traded out for some FF, which makes room for another tonne of HAG/40 ammo, TC for the big gun, plus Nova CEWS. To cap it all off, Laser AMS is placed on the turret for protection. An extra half-tonne of armor is also plated on.
Mars Assault Vehicle (iATM)
Mass: 100 tons
Tech Base: Clan
Motive Type: Tracked
Rules Level: Experimental Tech
Era: Clan Invasion
Tech Rating/Era Availability: X/X-X-X-A
Production Year: 3072
Cost: 10,158,667 C-Bills
Battle Value: 2,256
Power Plant: 200 Fusion Engine
Cruise Speed: 21.6 km/h
Flanking Speed: 32.4 km/h
Armor: Compound Zeta Ferro-Fibrous
Armament:
1 CRG Gauss Rifle
1 Imp. Hvy Large Laser
3 iATM-9s
2 SRM-4s
2 AP Gauss Rifles
1 Nova CEWS
1 Unknown CASE
Manufacturer: Various
Primary Factory: Various
Communications System: Q2 Block 9
Targeting and Tracking System: Series XXXII Multitrack IWS
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Equipment Type Rating Mass
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Internal Structure: Standard 50 points 10.00
Engine: Fusion Engine 200 13.00
Cruise MP: 2
Flank MP: 3
Heat Sinks: Single Heat Sink 20 10.00
Control Equipment: 5.00
Lift Equipment: 0.00
Turret: 2.00
Armor: Ferro-Fibrous AV - 220 11.50
Armor
Factor
Front 50
Left/Right 43/43
Turret 47
Rear 37
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Equipment Location Heat Spaces Mass
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3 iATM-9s FR 18 3 15.00
SRM-4 LS 3 1 1.00
SRM-4 RS 3 1 1.00
Gauss Rifle T 1 1 12.00
Imp. Hvy Large Laser T 18 1 4.00
2 AP Gauss Rifles T 2 2 1.00
Nova CEWS BD 2 1 1.50
CASE BD - 0 0.00
@Gauss Rifle (24) BD - 0 3.00
@SRM-4 (Inferno) (25) BD - 0 1.00
@iATM-9 (21) BD - 0 3.00
@iATM-9 (ER) (21) BD - 0 3.00
@iATM-9 (HE) (14) BD - 0 2.00
@AP Gauss Rifle (40) BD - 0 1.00
BattleForce Statistics
MV S (+0) M (+2) L (+4) E (+6) Wt. Ov Armor: 7 Points: 23
2t 13 11 5 0 4 0 Structure: 5
Special Abilities: CASE, TUR(4/4/2), SRM 1/1/0
Based on the ATM version, replacing the HLL with an iHLL and the MGs get upgraded to APGRs. The Streaks were downgraded to regular SRMs, but this is actually pretty useful since it allows them to use inferno rounds to scare away infantry. One tonne of iATM ammo was also dropped in favor of another tonne of GR ammo. No TC, though.