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Type/Model:    Alacorn Heavy Tank Mk. XXX
Tech:          Inner Sphere / 3067
Config:        Tracked Vehicle
Rules:         Level 3, Standard design

Mass:          90 tons
Power Plant:   270 Pitban XL Fusion
Cruise Speed:  32.4 km/h
Maximum Speed: 54.0 km/h
Armor Type:    StarGuard VH Hvy Ferro-Fibrous
Armament:      
  3 Gauss Rifles
  1 ER Medium Laser 
  1 Machine Gun 
  1 Anti-Missile System 
Manufacturer:  New Earth Trading Company
  Location:    New Earth
Communications System:  CeresCom Recon Model 21-RS
Targeting & Tracking System:  TharHes Digital Scanlok 347

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Type/Model:    Alacorn Heavy Tank Mk. XXX
Mass:          90 tons
Construction Options:  Fractional Accounting

Equipment:                                 Items    Mass
Int. Struct.:  45 pts Standard               0      9.00
Engine:        270 XL Fusion                 2      7.25
Shielding & Transmission Equipment:          0      3.63
    Cruise MP:   3
     Flank MP:   5
Heat Sinks:     10 Single                    0       .00
Cockpit & Controls:                          0      4.50
Crew: 6 Members                              0       .00
Turret Equipment:                            0      4.70
Armor Factor:  177 pts Hvy Ferro-Fibrous     3      8.92

                          Internal    Armor
                          Structure   Value
   Front:                     9         50 
   Left / Right Sides:        9      35/35 
   Rear:                      9         27 
   Turret:                    9         30 

Weapons and Equipment    Loc  Heat  Ammo   Items    Mass
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3 Gauss Rifles           Turret   0   24     4     48.00
1 ER Medium Laser        Turret   5          1      1.00
1 Machine Gun            Turret   0  100     2      1.00
1 Anti-Missile System    Turret   0   12     2      1.50
1 C.A.S.E. Equipment     Body                1       .50
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TOTALS:                           5         15     90.00
Items & Tons Left:                           8       .00

Calculated Factors:
Total Cost:        15,312,100 C-Bills
Battle Value 2:    1,790 (old BV = 1,380)
Cost per BV:       8,554.25
Weapon Value:      1,302 / 1,302 (Ratio = .73 / .73)
Damage Factors:    SRDmg = 44;  MRDmg = 34;  LRDmg = 21
BattleForce2:      MP: 3T,  Armor/Structure: 0 / 7
                   Damage PB/M/L: 4/4/3,  Overheat: 0
                   Class: GA;  Point Value: 18

I still don't like Alacorns, but may last attempt to "fix" them blew the point about being "recognizable" as an Alacorn. Oy.

So here we are: Three Gaussi, 90 tons (to fit on Heavy bridges), a full set of secondary- and thridary-guns (infantry are a threat to be countered), and . . . that hideous price tag, combined with only so-so armor.

What'cha'gon'a do?

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"He closes his eyes and remembers the night splattered with brightness, the sudden flare of erupting fuel, the mad chase as, supersonic, he bobbed and weaved among the hills and valleys of the Ozarks, the laws on his tail, burning for home …"

I seem to end up with 40 or 90 ton vehicles.

I was expecting a Small X-Pulse Laser instead of a Machine Gun, and I am not sure about the Gauss ammo supply, though with the amount of attention it would receive it may be enough The armor is not much below what I would normally mount on a 90 ton tank. Overall I would prefer to use this version over the original.

A small X-Pulse would have needed another HS; That, and I'd lose a point of armor to the bigger turret . . .

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[url=http://www.hitbox.tv/hmpgoose]Goose - The Egyptian God of Frustration[/url]

"He closes his eyes and remembers the night splattered with brightness, the sudden flare of erupting fuel, the mad chase as, supersonic, he bobbed and weaved among the hills and valleys of the Ozarks, the laws on his tail, burning for home …"

A fusion engine comes with 10 heat sinks.

You are using 5 of them for the one ERML.

How much heat does a small X-Pulse generate that you would need another heat sink?

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House Rule: Gaussi use energy to move their ammo; Ergo they need HSs to work, even in fusion tanks . . .

5 for the laser, 3 for the Gausseseses, 3 for the X-pulse . . .

That's right: Hawk Moths blow chunks at my table.

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[url=http://www.hitbox.tv/hmpgoose]Goose - The Egyptian God of Frustration[/url]

"He closes his eyes and remembers the night splattered with brightness, the sudden flare of erupting fuel, the mad chase as, supersonic, he bobbed and weaved among the hills and valleys of the Ozarks, the laws on his tail, burning for home …"

Mmmm....I always did wonder about the "no energy" gauss....

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That is why I picture part of the GR structure on a tank is a cooling fin, or something similar, the same reason that ACs and LRMs vent their heat. I figure leave the vehicle heat alone. They need all the help that they can get.

shouldn´t that be tertiary-guns ?

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typos and spelling-mistakes are property of the finder. english is not my mother-tongue.

Not a clue: Where would I look it up?

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[url=http://www.hitbox.tv/hmpgoose]Goose - The Egyptian God of Frustration[/url]

"He closes his eyes and remembers the night splattered with brightness, the sudden flare of erupting fuel, the mad chase as, supersonic, he bobbed and weaved among the hills and valleys of the Ozarks, the laws on his tail, burning for home …"

It is tertiary as in third, but we knew what you meant Goose.

Latinate Ordinals:

1 - Primary
2 - Secondary
3 - Tertiary
4 - Quaternary
5 - Quinary
6 - Senary
7 - Septenary
8 - Octonary
9 - Nonary
10 - Denary

:¬)

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I've always assumed that gauss rifles trickle-charged from the generator, never spiking power from it, which is the reason they don't generate a large amount of heat.

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Medron Pryde - The Great and Terrible
[img]http://faileas.greywolf.googlepages.com/WOTD.png[/img]
[url=http://www.pryderockindustries.com]P.R.I.[/url] - The home of BattleTech programs and files
"I'm gonna Tea Party like its 1776." - Medron Pryde
Who is John Galt?