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Delta
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 Posted: 02-Oct-2005 00:25 Post subject: Pocket Dropships |
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Tiny little things to hot-drop a single mech where-ever, whenever.
AeroTech 2 Vessel Technical Readout
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Class/Model/Name: Pocket Dropship
Tech: Inner Sphere / 3050
Vessel Type: Aerodyne DropShip
Rules: Level 2, Custom design
Rules Set: AeroTech2
Mass: 800 tons
Length: 51 meters
Power Plant: Standard
Safe Thrust: 7
Maximum Thrust: 11
Armor Type: Standard
Armament:
18 Medium Laser
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==Overview:==
This little aerodyne is a tiny mech-carrier. Its frame is so small that it is
often ignored.
==Capabilities:==
Weighing a puny 800 tons, the Pocket Dropship is no toe-to-toe fighter. It
carries 18 Medium Lasers to merely defend itself and perhaps soften up the LZ
for the single mech contained inside. Its rather fast, at a maximum of a
bonecrushing 5.5 Gees, meaning that the ship has some modifications so the
crew doesn't black out.
It has a good amount of armor to ensure it doesn't get blow out of the sky.
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Class/Model/Name: Pocket Dropship
Mass: 800 tons
Equipment: Mass
Power Plant, Drive & Control: 364.00
Thrust: Safe Thrust: 7
Maximum Thrust: 11
Structural Integrity: 11 44.00
Total Heat Sinks: 27 Double 9.00
Fuel & Fuel Pumps: 94.00
Bridge, Controls, Radar, Computer & Attitude Thrusters: 6.00
Fire Control Computers: .00
Food & Water: (50 days supply) 2.25
Armor Type: Standard (600 total armor pts) 35.00
Standard Scale Armor Pts
Location: L / R
Fore: 180
Left/Right Wings: 150/150
Aft: 120
Cargo:
Bay 1: BattleMechs (1) with 1 door 150.00
Life Boats: 2 (7 tons each) 14.00
Crew and Passengers:
1 Officers (1 minimum) 10.00
3 Crew (3 minimum) 21.00
3 Gunners (3 minimum) 21.00
2 Bay Personnel .00
Weapons and Equipment Loc SRV MRV LRV ERV Heat Mass
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2 Medium Laser Nose 1(10) -- -- -- 6 2.00
2 Medium Laser Nose 1(10) -- -- -- 6 2.00
2 Medium Laser Nose 1(10) -- -- -- 6 2.00
2 Medium Laser Nose 1(10) -- -- -- 6 2.00
2 Medium Laser L/RW 1(10) -- -- -- 12 4.00
2 Medium Laser L/RW(A) 1(10) -- -- -- 12 4.00
2 Medium Laser Aft 1(10) -- -- -- 6 2.00
1 Lot Spare Parts (1.47%) 11.75
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TOTALS: Heat: 54 800.00
Tons Left: .00
Calculated Factors:
Total Cost: 126,387,648 C-Bills
Battle Value: 2,330
Cost per BV: 54,243.63
Weapon Value: 4,189 (Ratio = 1.80)
Damage Factors: SRV = 83; MRV = 0; LRV = 0; ERV = 0
Maintenance: Maintenance Point Value (MPV) = 9,563
(4,645 Structure, 4,090 Life Support, 828 Weapons)
Support Points (SP) = 7,653 (80% of MPV)
BattleForce2: MP: 7, Armor/Structure: 10 / 10
Damage PB/M/L: 6/-/-, Overheat: 0
Class: DS; Point Value: 23
[ This Message was edited by: Delta on 2005-10-02 00:26 ]
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ralgith
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| Posted: 02-Oct-2005 00:55 Post subject: RE: Pocket Dropships |
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Interesting idea, but I personally wouldn't use it. Gimmie a leopard any day. If I need anything in a place, I want at least a lance there.
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Sleeping Dragon
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| Posted: 02-Oct-2005 07:10 Post subject: RE: Pocket Dropships |
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What is it good for? It blocks one hardpoint and does the same work that can be left to standard shuttles. Using it as stealthy transport for infantry commando would be another thing, but even then...
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Vagabond
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| Posted: 02-Oct-2005 14:13 Post subject: RE: Pocket Dropships |
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its cute
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Sleeping Dragon
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| Posted: 02-Oct-2005 14:19 Post subject: RE: Pocket Dropships |
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Yup, it is, but I usually don't carry kittens to combat 
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Delta
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| Posted: 02-Oct-2005 16:20 Post subject: RE: Pocket Dropships |
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On 2005-10-02 07:10, Sleeping Dragon wrote:
...using it as stealthy transport for infantry commando would be another thing, but even then...
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Theres plenty of aerodyne small craft willing to do that...
The main asset of the craft is speed. Lepoards usually better though.
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Sleeping Dragon
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| Posted: 02-Oct-2005 16:28 Post subject: RE: Pocket Dropships |
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Small crafts can execute flights from jump point to planet? No, you must send DropShip with it. This DS would allow stealthy delivery of diversionary force.
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Delta
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| Posted: 02-Oct-2005 16:32 Post subject: RE: Pocket Dropships |
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| You do have a point there...I could simply replace the mech bay with a small craft bay.
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Vagabond
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| Posted: 02-Oct-2005 17:29 Post subject: RE: Pocket Dropships |
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On 2005-10-02 16:28, Sleeping Dragon wrote:
Small crafts can execute flights from jump point to planet? No, you must send DropShip with it. This DS would allow stealthy delivery of diversionary force.
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Um, actually, they can. There are several small craft in AT2 that are designed as Long Range Shuttle craft that trasport crew and cargo to and from jump points.
example
AeroTech 2 Vessel Technical Readout
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Class/Model/Name: Long-Range Shuttlecraft KR-61
Tech: Inner Sphere / 2598
Vessel Type: Aerodyne Small Craft
Rules: Level 1, Standard design
Rules Set: AeroTech2
Mass: 100 tons
Length: 20 meters
Power Plant: Standard
Safe Thrust: 4
Maximum Thrust: 6
Armor Type: Standard
Armament: None
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==Overview:==
Long-range shuttlecraft are used to transport small amounts of goods and
passengers between planets and jump points. The KR-61 is the most common
aerodynamic long-range shuttle. It carries a drive system that is both larger
and more sophisticated than those found on most shuttles.
The drive system and fuel tankage together account for 60 percent of the
KR-61’s weight. Electronics, armor and the craft’s superstructure account for
another 20 percent. Cargo and passenger facilities account for the remainder
of the KR-61’s weight.
Because the KR-61 operates for longer durations than standard shuttles,
it contains more comprehensive accommodations for passengers than standard
shuttles. The KR-61’s passenger section contains sleeping, sanitary and food
preparation facilities for two crew members and two passengers. The vessel has
a small hold capable of storing eight tons of cargo. This hold also serves as
the vessel’s only airlock. A Clan version of the KR-61, the KR-61C, mounts
armor that is slightly superior to that of the KR-61.
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Class/Model/Name: Long-Range Shuttlecraft KR-61
Mass: 100 tons
Equipment: Mass
Power Plant, Drive & Control: 26.00
Thrust: Safe Thrust: 4
Maximum Thrust: 6
Structural Integrity: 6 3.00
Total Heat Sinks: 0 Single .00
Fuel & Fuel Pumps: 25.50
Bridge, Controls, Radar, Computer & Attitude Thrusters: 1.00
Fire Control Computers: .00
Food & Water: (40 days supply) 1.00
Armor Type: Standard (120 total armor pts) 6.00
Standard Scale Armor Pts
Location: L / R
Fore: 40
Left/Right Wings: 25/25
Aft: 30
Cargo:
Bay 1: Cargo (1) 2.50
Crew and Passengers:
1 Officers (0 minimum) 10.00
2 Crew (2 minimum) 14.00
2 Steerage Passengers 10.00
Weapons and Equipment Loc SRV MRV LRV ERV Heat Mass
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1 Lot Spare Parts (1.00%) 1.00
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TOTALS: Heat: 0 100.00
Tons Left: .00
Calculated Factors:
Total Cost: 3,678,300 C-Bills
Battle Value: 274
Cost per BV: 13,424.45
Weapon Value: 0 (Ratio = .00)
Damage Factors: SRV = 0; MRV = 0; LRV = 0; ERV = 0
Maintenance: Maintenance Point Value (MPV) = 826
(316 Structure, 510 Life Support, 0 Weapons)
Support Points (SP) = 4,501 (545% of MPV)
BattleForce2: MP: 4, Armor/Structure: 3 / 0
Damage PB/M/L: -/-/-, Overheat: 0
Class: DH; Point Value: 3
I have even designed an Insertion Shuttle...
http://mordel.net/barandgrill/viewtopic.php?topic=5640&forum=3&post=58162
My 2nd version only moves 8/12 and only has 1.5t armor but has 22 days of fuel instead of only 12.
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Sleeping Dragon
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| Posted: 03-Oct-2005 14:58 Post subject: RE: Pocket Dropships |
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Oops, I overlooked that
To those ships, they would use more fuel - 1.84 t of fuel per day and some 25 t of fuel that makes some 14 days, not much to maneuver, especially when target is some distant planet.
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