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StarRaven
Federated Suns
Leftenant General
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Location: United States
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 Posted: 02-Feb-2005 22:25 Post subject: Streak SRM Carrier |
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VEHICLE CONSTRUCTION REPORT
Vehicle: Streak SRM Carrier
Tech Base: Inner Sphere - Level 2
Chassis Design: Tracked
Vehicle Mass: 100 tons
Engine: 200 Avalon Heavy Fusion
Vehicle Movement:
Cruise Speed: 21.6 km/h
Flank Speed: 32.4 km/h
Armour Type: StarGuard CIV Ferro Fibrous
Armament:
9x Harpoon 6-S SRM 6 - Streak
Manufacturer: Avalon Heavy Vehicles
Location: New Avalon
Communications System: Achernar Electronics HID-21
Targeting & Tracking System: Federated Hunter Mark III
OVERVIEW:
This vehicle, simply called "Streak SRM Carrier," is the first military
offering from a New Avalon company called Avalon Heavy Fusion
Systems, a company known for producing durable and dependable
civilian and military grade fusion reactors. After nearly a century of
stable business, Joshua Fitzgerald, the company's new owner (who
took over from his father in 3066), decided to expand into producing
military equipment. BattleMechs were first considered, but this idea
was set aside due to the inherent complexity of BattleMechs. Instead,
the company set about designing a simple but heavy tracked vehicle.
The Streak SRM Carrier was the result.
CAPABILITITES:
The Streak SRM Carrier is based on the SRM Carrier which has
served throughout the Inner Sphere for centuries. However, the huge
tonnage of nine Streak SRM 6 launchers and their ammunition (almost
the same tonnage as a standard SRM Carrier) necessitated a much
heavier machine. AHFS (the vehicles division is Avalon Heavy
Vehicles) has never done things by halves, so a 100 ton chassis was
chosen from the start. Despite the tank's huge size, only a 200 rate
fusion engine was light enough to accomadate the desired
armament. The small engine makes the Streak SRM Carrier painfully
slow; this and the short range of its weapons mean it is best used in
close terrain, where the enemy can't outrun it. It is also best paired
with a vehicle equipped with significant long-range weapons, such as
the Alacorn.
In order to try to compensate for the Carrier's low speed, it mounts
eighteen tons of ferro-fibrous armor. This gives it more armor protection
than any BattleMech, something few tanks can boast. In addition to its
heavy armor, the Streak SRM Carrier mounts its launchers in a turret.
While this spreads armor thinner, it lets the tank turn its missiles in any
direction. The fusion engine, the efficiency of Streak SRMs, and the
high armor and ammo load mean that the Streak SRM carrier can be
depended upon to deliver devastating close-in fire to any enemy
which enters its reach.
DEPLOYMENT:
Although the Streak SRM Carrier is a rather expensive vehicle
(just over 4 million c-bills), it is much cheaper than a BattleMech of
comparable capabilities, and the AFFS immediately ordered two
platoon's worth for evaluation. The test deployment of the first Streak
SRM Carriers was decided by the nature of the vehicles' construction.
Every single component, from fusion engine and missile launchers to
seats and tracks, is made on New Avalon. Given this, it was almost a
foregone conclusion that the first vehicles would be deployed to the
First Davion Guards RCT. The AFFS is looking to units on the
Capellan or Chaos March borders to deploy the second platoon for
combat trials.
Type/Model: Streak SRM Carrier
Mass: 100 tons
Vehicle Details: Crits Mass
Internal Structure: 50 0 10
Engine: 200 Fusion 0 13
Engine Shielding: 0 4.5
Cruise: 2 MP
Flank: 3 MP
Heat Sinks: 10 0 0
Cockpit and Controls: 0 5
Vehicle Crew: 7 0 0
Turret Equipment: 0 4.5
Armor: 323 points Ferro Fibrous 2 18
I.S Armor
Front: 10 70
Left / Right: 10 / 10 66 / 66
Rear: 10 51
Turret 10 70
Weapons and Equipment: Loc Heat Shots Slots Mass
9 SRM 6 - Streak Turret 0 135 10 49.5
Crits and Tons Left: 15 0
Vehicle Cost: 4,079,668 C-Bills
Battle Value: 999
As for the company:
With a 'Mech, usually I can just take a company suitable to my fluff and have them produce the design (if the design is a production model.) But I can't find any good FedSuns vehicle producers, so I had to come up with my own.
[ This Message was edited by: StarRaven on 2005-02-02 22:26 ]
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Erenon
Blighted Sun Battalion
2nd Company
"Seraph's Slaughter"
Sergeant
Joined: 04-Jun-2004 00:00
Posts: 976
Location: Singapore
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| Posted: 02-Feb-2005 23:40 Post subject: RE: Streak SRM Carrier |
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That's not a SRM carrier!!!
That's an urban tech...
No carrier has armour that thick!
But it is a good design for what it does. Expensive.. but good.
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Blackhand
Draconis Combine
Chu-i
Joined: 05-Jul-2002 00:00
Posts: 334
Location: Canada
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| Posted: 03-Feb-2005 04:05 Post subject: RE: Streak SRM Carrier |
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I'd swear this was a wall, but it mounts waepons...
I'd take some for my units if it wasn't so high tech and limited to city combat.
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Warhammer: 3025
Freelance
Captain, AFFC (Ret.)
Joined: 29-Jan-2005 00:00
Posts: 1856
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| Posted: 03-Feb-2005 08:17 Post subject: RE: Streak SRM Carrier |
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Overall: 57%
Excellent at its one specific role, but weak at everything else.
The armor load and ammunition capacity help ensure battlefield survivability, but if it's caught in anything but a city, it's almost certainly screwed. It also seems pricey for such a limited-use vehicle. Why buy a 4 million C-Bill tank when you can buy a general-use medium 'mech for the same price?
[ This Message was edited by: Warhammer: 3025 on 2005-02-03 08:17 ]
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bladewind
Free Rasalhague Republic
Major General
Joined: 02-Oct-2004 00:00
Posts: 1054
Location: Singapore
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| Posted: 03-Feb-2005 20:51 Post subject: RE: Streak SRM Carrier |
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its good for beating stuff into scrap up close, not much else.
too specialized imo.
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Karagin
Imperial Karagin Army
Imperial General
Joined: 04-Feb-2002 00:00
Posts: 4120
Location: United States
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| Posted: 03-Feb-2005 21:23 Post subject: RE: Streak SRM Carrier |
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Wow! Now if I were to run into a lance of these things I wouldn't stick around to see the end results...some how I think they would give as good as they get.
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Seraph
Blighted Sun Battalion
2nd Company
"Seraph's Slaughter"
Major
Joined: 11-Mar-2004 00:00
Posts: 1744
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| Posted: 03-Feb-2005 21:53 Post subject: RE: Streak SRM Carrier |
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Use a lance of LRM or AC/2 carriers to counter these. hehe 
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