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PostPosted: 21-Aug-2026 20:34    Post subject: Even Faster Reply to topic Reply with quote

TRO: Even Faster
                 Combat Vehicle Technical Readout

Name/Model:         Even Faster
Designer:           Thunder
Source(s):          Custom Mordel.Net Units
Technology:         Inner Sphere
Technology Rating:  F
Tonnage:            5
Configuration:      Combat Vehicle
Era/Year:           Dark Age / 3150
Rules (Current):    Advanced
Rules (Era):        Advanced
Rules (Year):       Advanced
Total Cost:         2,002,778 C-Bills
Battle Value:       54

Movement Type:        VTOL
Power Plant:          100 XXL
Cruising Speed:       324 kph   
Maximum Speed:        486 kph   [648 kph] 
Armor:                Standard
Armament:             
Manufacturer:         Unknown
    Primary Factory:  Unknown
Communications:       Unknown
Targeting & Tracking: Unknown

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Overview:
    So figuring out just how fast you can get a vehicle to go is a thing.  And traditionally a
    VTOL with a jet booster is the winner for the long haul.  IIRC a hydrofoil can technically
    go faster, but super chargers break.
    
    And then I had a stupid idea.
    Skidding allows you to move extra hexes dependent on how far you've already moved, and your
    margin of failure.
    
    Now normally you can't have a piloting worse then 8.  But if you are a drone then your
    piloting is one worse then your controlling unit.  So if you chain link a bunch of drone
    control units that are also drones to each other, and then use those to control this vtol...
    You can automatically max out the MOF on the "Oh no, I skidded" control roll.
    
    As such, this thing should be able to move like 118 hexes in one turn.  This is better then
    the 88 hexes you'd expect from the normal super charger route.
    
    I haven't figured out if this applies to the fractional accounting solutions to this problem
    or not.

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Equipment                                                             Mass                      
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Internal Structure:                          Standard                  0.50                     
Engine:                                      100 XXL                   1.50                     
    Cruising MP:                                30                                              
    Flanking MP:                             45 [60]                                            
Heat Sinks (Single):                            10                     0.00                     
Control Equipment:                                                     0.50                     
Lift Equipment:                                                        0.50                     
Power Amplifier:                                                       0.00                     
Turret:                                                                0.00                     
Armor Factor:                                   8                      0.50                     
    Type:                                    Standard                                           

                                              Armor                                             
                                              Value                                             
    Front:                                      2                                               
    R/L Side:                                   2                                               
    Rear:                                       1                                               
    Rotor:                                      1                                               

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Weapons and Ammo                                            Location              Tonnage       
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Drone Operating System                                        Body                 1.00         
VTOL Jet Booster                                              Body                 0.50         

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Alpha Strike Statistics                                                    
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Point Value (PV): 12
TP: CV,  SZ: 1,  TMM: 5,  MV: 76"v
Damage: (S) 0 / (M) 0 / (L) 0
Armor (A): 0,  Structure (S): 1
Specials: ATMO, DRO, ENE, SRCH
		
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