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Okay this was built to prove a mech can carry mulitiple launchers and feed them from one ammo bin...now comes the question of would this mech be used or does it need some improvements?

               BattleMech Technical Readout

Type/Model:    Scram 
Tech:          Inner Sphere / 3062
Config:        Biped BattleMech
Rules:         Level 2, Standard design

Mass:          35 tons
Chassis:       Endo Steel
Power Plant:   280 VOX XL Fusion
Walking Speed: 86.4 km/h
Maximum Speed: 129.6 km/h
Jump Jets:     None
Jump Capacity: 0 meters
Armor Type:    Ferro-Fibrous 
Armament:      
  3 ER Medium Lasers
  3 SRM 4s
  1 Anti-Missile System
Manufacturer:  (Unknown)
  Location:    (Unknown)
Communications System:  (Unknown)
Targeting & Tracking System:  (Unknown)

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Type/Model:    Scram 
Mass:          35 tons

Equipment:                                 Crits    Mass
Int. Struct.:  58 pts Endo Steel            14      2.00
 (Endo Steel Loc: 4 LA, 4 RA, 3 LT, 3 RT)
Engine:        280 XL Fusion                12      8.00
   Walking MP:   8
   Running MP:  12
   Jumping MP:   0
Heat Sinks:     10 Double [20]               0       .00
Gyro:                                        4      3.00
Cockpit, Life Supt., Sensors:                5      3.00
Actuators: L: Sh+UA+LA+H    R: Sh+UA+LA+H   16       .00
Armor Factor:  116 pts Ferro-Fibrous        14      6.50
 (Armor Crit Loc: 3 LA, 3 RA, 2 LT, 2 RT, 2 LL, 2 RL)

                          Internal    Armor
                          Structure   Value
   Head:                      3          9      
   Center Torso:             11         14      
   Center Torso (Rear):                  5      
   L/R Side Torso:            8      12/12      
   L/R Side Torso (Rear):              4/4      
   L/R Arm:                   6      12/12      
   L/R Leg:                   8      16/16      

Weapons and Equipment    Loc  Heat  Ammo   Crits    Mass
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1 ER Medium Laser        RA      5           1      1.00
1 ER Medium Laser        LA      5           1      1.00
1 SRM 4                  RT      3   25      2      3.00
  (Ammo Locations: 1 LT)
1 SRM 4                  LT      3           1      2.00
1 SRM 4                  CT      3           1      2.00
1 ER Medium Laser        CT      5           1      1.00
1 Anti-Missile System    HD      1   24      3      2.50
  (Ammo Locations: 2 RT)
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TOTALS:                         25          75     35.00
Crits & Tons Left:                           3       .00

Calculated Factors:
Total Cost:        6,400,260 C-Bills
Battle Value 2:    1,152 (old BV = 884)
Cost per BV2:      5,555.78
Weapon Value:      852 / 852 (Ratio = .74 / .74)
Damage Factors:    SRDmg = 21;  MRDmg = 6;  LRDmg = 0
BattleForce2:      MP: 8,  Armor/Structure: 3/1
                   Damage PB/M/L: 3/2/-,  Overheat: 1
                   Class: ML;  Point Value: 12
  

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Karagin,

Fast and simple. Reminds me (almost) of a Javelin. Eight loads per launcher with a spare for one. Good support weapons with range. This is more of a hit-and-run 'Mech or backstabber, as it still needs to get close to its target.

My failing with one bin units is I try to get as much utility out of that ton as I can. So I prefer 2 AC/5s for a 20-round bin or 2-4 SRM/2s for a 50-r0und bin.

The novelty of this design is you can throw 3 LRM/5s in where the SRM/4s are with 1-ton of ammo without a losing speed, armor or backup weapons. What you cannot do is substitute a single launcher for another without sacrificing one of those. But, in theory, you have a poor man's OmniMech.

John

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Kar, good design, a simple variant would be to swap out the SRM4's for LRM5's (as ViperXTC has already pointed out), though that would take out the short range punch, the LRM variant could be produced as 1 in 4 or 1 in 8 production wise (?).

Dave.

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Nice ideas for a variant using the LRM5. I will added it to my fluff. Thanks for the help and glad that you guys like the Scram.

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