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How are you guys getting AMS to add BV? It REDUCES BV when I add it, because the 1 heat it generates reduces the weapon heat/heat sink ratio.
RL-10's, on the other hand, are a godsend.
We were rear mounting them so their heat is not included in the BV calcs. RL's are good for the BV, though I tend not to use them beacuse I do not like OS weapons and tend to ignore them out of habit
Well, that's a shame. Feels like cheating to me; it's adding BV without REALLY adding to the combat effectiveness of the unit.
Since we've all apparently settled on the same design, let me see if I can throw us all in a new direction:
BattleMech Technical Readout
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Type/Model: Protector PTR-0H
Tech: Inner Sphere / 3025
Config: Biped BattleMech
Rules: Level 3, Standard design
Mass: 100 tons
Chassis: Corean Model 101AA Standard
Power Plant: 200 Luxar I.C.E.
Walking Speed: 21.6 km/h
Maximum Speed: 32.4 [54.0] km/h
Jump Jets: None
Jump Capacity: 0 meters
Armor Type: Starshield A with CASE Standard
Armament:
2 Heavy Gauss Rifles
1 Guardian ECM
Manufacturer: Corean Enterprises
Location: Terra
Communications System: Ceres Metals Model 686 w. Guardian ECM
Targeting & Tracking System: Beagle Active Probe
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==Overview:==
The Protector Battlemech originated in the years after the formation of the
Republic of the Sphere, utilizing a loophole in the Battlemech construction
laws.
By providing the Protector with an ICE engine and designating its weapon
systems as 'defensive', the Protector was able to acquire a private sales
permit for over 200 units. Without the power supplied by a fusion engine, it
was believed the Protector would be ill-equipped for any agressive tactics,
and would only be useful in its stated role as a peacekeeping unit in heavy
urban environments.
==Capabilities:==
Nevertheless, the Protector is first and foremost a Battlemech. Twin Zeus
Slingshot Gauss Rifles were chosen as the primary armanent, underslung on each
arm to provide maximum field of fire. The hand actuators and overall arm
design were lifted wholesale from the Grand Titan, a proven melee-capable
design, in order to capitalize on the Triple Strength Myomer used to augment
the Protector's weak powerplant.
Supplementing its primary firepower are eleven Doombud Economy Light Rocket
Launcher arrays, each capable of unleashing a single volley of 10 missiles on
command. At the engine's full combat output, firing both Gauss Rifles and
three RL-10 arrays will spike the Protector's heat output precisely into the
myomer's optimal operating temperature, giving it the speed profile of a
typical Assault Battlemech.
An advanced array of electronic equipment rounds out the Protector's arsenal -
the primary production model mounts a Guardian ECM and Beagle Active Probe on
either side of its chest, validating its claimed urban defense role.
Even with such advanced components, the Protector's lack of a fusion power
source leads to a surpisingly low sticker price - at under 10 million C-bills,
the Protector costs less than most modern medium Battlemechs, and less even
than an antique assault 'Mech.
==Variants:==
A single variant of the Protector was produced, removing all RL-10 launchers
and the ECM and Active Probe in favor of a Targeting Computer and C3 slave.
This unit was never authorized for production, as the obvious front-line
military applications of such a design deeply disturbed the young Republic. It
is unknown if any prototypes of the PTR-1 were ever assembled.
It is rumored that a 'Field Variant' was developed by Baron Darius Hasek,
which removed all RL-10 pods and moved the Gauss Rifles to the torsos,
upgrading them to Heavy Gauss Rifles in the process. The result would have
roughly fit the profile of his much-loved and much-missed Fafnir, the 'Robert
Paulson'.
==Deployment==
With its potent firepower and low price, the Protector became a favorite of
private lords and urban defense forces alike. Over 200 of the machines were
produced, with 12 units known to guard the starport of Pacifica in near-Lyran
space. Most, however, went to private collectors and nobles, to guard their
estates from rabble who could not afford anything approaching its firepower.
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Type/Model: Protector PTR-0H
Mass: 100 tons
Equipment: Crits Mass
Int. Struct.: 152 pts Standard 0 10.00
Engine: 200 I.C.E. 6 17.00
Walking MP: 2 [3]
Running MP: 3 [5]
Jumping MP: 0
Heat Sinks: 3 Double [6] 9 3.00
(Heat Sink Loc: 2 LA, 1 RA)
Gyro: 4 2.00
Cockpit, Life Supt., Sensors: 5 3.00
Triple Strength Myomer: 6 .00
Actuators: L: Sh+UA+LA R: Sh+UA+LA 14 .00
Armor Factor: 307 pts Standard 0 19.50
Internal Armor
Structure Value
Head: 3 9
Center Torso: 31 46
Center Torso (Rear): 16
L/R Side Torso: 21 32/32
L/R Side Torso (Rear): 10/10
L/R Arm: 17 34/34
L/R Leg: 21 42/42
Weapons and Equipment Loc Heat Ammo Crits Mass
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1 Heavy Gauss Rifle RT 2 28 18 25.00
(Ammo Locations: 3 LA, 4 RA)
1 Heavy Gauss Rifle LT 2 11 18.00
1 Guardian ECM CT 0 2 1.50
CASE Equipment: LT RT 2 1.00
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TOTALS: 4 77 100.00
Crits & Tons Left: 1 .00
Calculated Factors:
Total Cost: 9,552,666 C-Bills
Battle Value: 2,077
Cost per BV: 4,599.26
Weapon Value: 2,221 / 2,221 (Ratio = 1.07 / 1.07)
Damage Factors: SRDmg = 25; MRDmg = 26; LRDmg = 7
BattleForce2: MP: 2, Armor/Structure: 8/8
Damage PB/M/L: 5/4/2, Overheat: 0
Class: MA; Point Value: 21
Specials: ecm