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Well, I thought I'd play with the new VSP Lasers, and the SLDF Royal Rifleman (upped to 80 tons) from the 3075 TRO seemed like a place to start. So, here it is, suitably upgraded for nefarious Wobbie purposes.

               BattleMech Technical Readout
                     Custom* Weapons

Type/Model:    Rifleman RFL-11W
Tech:          Inner Sphere / 3075
Config:        Biped BattleMech
Rules:         Level 3, Modified design

Mass:          80 tons
Chassis:       Kallon Type IV Standard
Power Plant:   320 Pitban XL Fusion
Walking Speed: 43.2 km/h
Maximum Speed: 64.8 km/h
Jump Jets:     None
Jump Capacity: 0 meters
Armor Type:    Kallon Royalstar Heavy Ferro-Fibrous 
Armament:      
  2 LB 5-X ACs
  2 Large VSP Lasers*
  1 ER Small Laser
  1 Improved C³ CPU
Manufacturer:  Kallon Industries
  Location:    (Unknown)
Communications System:  Garret T-11A
Targeting & Tracking System:  Garret D2j

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Type/Model:    Rifleman RFL-11W
Mass:          80 tons

Equipment:                                 Crits    Mass
Int. Struct.:  122 pts Standard              0      8.00
Engine:        320 XL Fusion                12     11.50
   Walking MP:   4
   Running MP:   6
   Jumping MP:   0
Heat Sinks:     12 Double [24]               0      2.00
Gyro:                                        4      4.00
Cockpit, Life Supt., Sensors:                5      3.00
Actuators: L: Sh+UA    R: Sh+UA             12       .00
Armor Factor:  238 pts Heavy Ferro-Fibrous  21     12.00
 (Armor Crit Loc: 1 HD, 1 LA, 1 RA, 9 LT, 5 RT, 2 LL, 2 RL)

                          Internal    Armor
                          Structure   Value
   Head:                      3          9      
   Center Torso:             25         38      
   Center Torso (Rear):                 11      
   L/R Side Torso:           17      25/25      
   L/R Side Torso (Rear):              8/8      
   L/R Arm:                  13      25/25      
   L/R Leg:                  17      32/32      

Weapons and Equipment    Loc  Heat  Ammo   Crits    Mass
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1 LB 5-X AC              RA      1   40      7     10.00
  (Ammo Locations: 2 RT)
1 Large VSP Laser*       RA     10           4      9.00
1 LB 5-X AC              LA      1           5      8.00
1 Large VSP Laser*       LA     10           4      9.00
1 ER Small Laser         RT      2           1       .50
1 Improved C³ CPU        CT      0           2      2.50
CASE Equipment:          RT                  1       .50
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TOTALS:                         24          78     80.00
Crits & Tons Left:                           0       .00

Calculated Factors:
Total Cost:        19,668,451 C-Bills
Battle Value 2:    1,578 (old BV = 1,345)  (+197 for C³)
Cost per BV2:      12,464.16
Weapon Value:      2,242 / 2,242 (Ratio = 1.42 / 1.42)
Damage Factors:    SRDmg = 27;  MRDmg = 21;  LRDmg = 6
BattleForce2:      MP: 4,  Armor/Structure: 6/3
                   Damage PB/M/L: 5/3/1,  Overheat: 0
                   Class: MA;  Point Value: 16
                   Specials: c3i

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What are the basic stats for the new variable lasers? If the exact stats can't be posted how about a general description?

Large VSP Lasers are interesting, aren't they

BTW, good twist on the Rifleman

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Okay, basically VSP Lasers do variable damage and have bonuses to hit depending on the range bracket:

Short Range: +2 damage (+1 for small), -3 to hit bonus
Medium Range: Same, -2 to hit bonus
Long Range: -2 damage (-1 for small), -1 to hit bonus

That's the basics of it.

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Thanks for the heads up.

Actually, slight edits, since the Rifleman II had endosteel.

               BattleMech Technical Readout
                     Custom* Weapons

Type/Model:    Rifleman II RFL-11W
Tech:          Inner Sphere / 3075
Config:        Biped BattleMech
Rules:         Level 2, Modified design

Mass:          80 tons
Chassis:       Kallon Type IV Endo Steel
Power Plant:   320 Pitban XL Fusion
Walking Speed: 43.2 km/h
Maximum Speed: 64.8 km/h
Jump Jets:     None
Jump Capacity: 0 meters
Armor Type:    Kallon Royalstar Light Ferro-Fibrous 
Armament:      
  2 LB 5-X ACs
  2 Large VSP Lasers*
  1 Improved C³ CPU
  1 Medium Pulse Laser
Manufacturer:  Kallon Industries
  Location:    (Unknown)
Communications System:  Garret T-11A
Targeting & Tracking System:  Garret D2j

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Type/Model:    Rifleman II RFL-11W
Mass:          80 tons

Equipment:                                 Crits    Mass
Int. Struct.:  122 pts Endo Steel           14      4.00
 (Endo Steel Loc: 7 LT, 5 RT, 1 LL, 1 RL)
Engine:        320 XL Fusion                12     11.50
   Walking MP:   4
   Running MP:   6
   Jumping MP:   0
Heat Sinks:     12 Double [24]               0      2.00
Gyro:                                        4      4.00
Cockpit, Life Supt., Sensors:                5      3.00
Actuators: L: Sh+UA    R: Sh+UA             12       .00
Armor Factor:  245 pts Light Ferro-Fibrous   7     14.50
 (Armor Crit Loc: 1 LA, 1 RA, 2 LT, 1 RT, 1 LL, 1 RL)

                          Internal    Armor
                          Structure   Value
   Head:                      3          9      
   Center Torso:             25         38      
   Center Torso (Rear):                 12      
   L/R Side Torso:           17      26/26      
   L/R Side Torso (Rear):              8/8      
   L/R Arm:                  13      26/26      
   L/R Leg:                  17      33/33      

Weapons and Equipment    Loc  Heat  Ammo   Crits    Mass
--------------------------------------------------------
1 LB 5-X AC              RA      1   40      7     10.00
  (Ammo Locations: 2 RT)
1 Large VSP Laser*       RA     10           4      9.00
1 LB 5-X AC              LA      1           5      8.00
1 Large VSP Laser*       LA     10           4      9.00
1 Improved C³ CPU        CT      0           2      2.50
1 Medium Pulse Laser     HD      4           1      2.00
CASE Equipment:          RT                  1       .50
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TOTALS:                         26          78     80.00
Crits & Tons Left:                           0       .00

Calculated Factors:
Total Cost:        19,780,501 C-Bills
Battle Value 2:    1,634 (old BV = 1,360)  (+208 for C³)
Cost per BV2:      12,105.57
Weapon Value:      2,384 / 2,384 (Ratio = 1.46 / 1.46)
Damage Factors:    SRDmg = 28;  MRDmg = 21;  LRDmg = 6
BattleForce2:      MP: 4,  Armor/Structure: 6/3
                   Damage PB/M/L: 5/4/1,  Overheat: 0
                   Class: MA;  Point Value: 16
                   Specials: c3i

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Are these VSP Lasers a custom weapon of yours?

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Nope, they're level 2 tech from the Wolf and Blake Starterbook that's now out on PDF. Hype hype hype.

I'd post the full stats, but I don't want to be smacked around.

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You can get smacked around for not posting them

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Maybe you should just get the Starterbook PDF...

But I'll post the Large VSP stats, to avoid beatings.

Heat: 10
Damage: 11/9/7
Mass: 9 tons
Crits: 4
Ranges:
Short: 1-4 (-3 bonus)
Medium: 5-8 (-2 bonus)
Long: 9-15 (-1 bonus)
BV2: 190
Cost: 262,500 C-bills

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Actually, everything in W&B in L3....

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According to what I saw, most of the tech was Experimental (formerly L3), BUT the VSPs were Advanced (L2).

EDIT: Oops. Nevermind. But considering VSPs are on Blakist omnifighters in TRO 3075, I think they'd be around now.

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"Advanced" still doesn't equal L2, IIUT; It's just you have half a chance of seeing more then one, if you see them atoll . . .

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