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[RogueSpear]

Sound good to me.

[dal10]

yeah, most of the tanks I made for this one have searchlights. cause they seem... appropriate...

[ChaosGrinder]

Sooo, i do not require the use of SSW, you _can_ use it if you want to, but you won´t need it.

And yeah, Searchlights or lights in general would be a good feature for your vehicle

If you are using an Aerodyne, keep in mind that the atmospheric conditions are treacherous. It may change from calm to deadly storm in a matter of minutes. You can use one if you want to

[dal10]

I finished the Infantry transport. While a bit slower than I like, I did not feel like having a 12 million c-bill infantry transport, honestly 5 mil is still way too much



Hazardous Environment Infantry Transport HEIT-1A

Mass: 50 tons
Tech Base: Inner Sphere
Motive Type: Wheeled
Rules Level: Advanced Rules
Era: Dark Ages
Tech Rating/Era Availability: E/X-X-E
Production Year: 0
Cost: 5,014,719 C-Bills
Battle Value: 727

Power Plant: Magna 230 Light Fusion Engine
Cruise Speed: 54.0 km/h
Flanking Speed: 86.4 km/h
Armor: Starslab Ferro-Fibrous
Armament:
2 Bullpup Chaingun Machine Guns
1 Yori Flyswatter Anti-Missile System
1 Guardian ECM Suite
1 Infantry Bay (8.0 tons)
1 MASH (3.5 tons)
Manufacturer: Lord's Light Vehicles
Primary Factory: Terra
Communications System: Bisax 200
Targeting and Tracking System: Blindfire

================================================================================
Equipment Type Rating Mass
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Internal Structure: Standard 25 points 5.00
Engine: Light Fusion Engine 230 12.00
Cruise MP: 5
Flank MP: 8
Heat Sinks: Single Heat Sink 10 0.00
Control Equipment: 2.50
Lift Equipment: 0.00
Turret: 0.50
Armor: Ferro-Fibrous AV - 152 8.50

Armor
Factor
Front 41
Left/Right 28/28
Turret 32
Rear 23

================================================================================
Equipment Location Heat Spaces Mass
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Anti-Missile System T 1 1 0.50
2 Machine Guns T 0 2 1.00
Guardian ECM Suite BD 0 1 1.50
Infantry Bay (8.0 tons) BD 0 1 8.00
MASH (3.5 tons) BD 0 1 3.50
@Anti-Missile System (12) BD - 0 1.00
@MG (200) BD - 0 1.00

BattleForce Statistics
MV S (+0) M (+2) L (+4) E (+6) Wt. Ov Armor: 5 Points: 7
5 1 0 0 0 2 0 Structure: 2
Special Abilities: AMS, ECM

[RogueSpear]

AMS, Light fusion engines and ECM are all very expensive. If you downgrade them, it'll be a lot cheaper.

[dal10]

light fusion is cheaper than XL. which i downgraded this unit from. dropped the speed from 97 to 86. the rest was to give it does defensive options, which is necessary considering the enviroment...

[Listless Nomad]

Can I get aboard the battle armor train? I could play the combat medic or something?

[dal10]

go for it. considering that BA can weigh up to a ton, I would say we can fit a maximum of 6 in the transport. we have 3-4 right now.

course it is chaos's decision. but i personally don't see an issue with it.

Edited by dal10, 16 October 2012 - 10:19 AM.

[Listless Nomad]

I would be going for a light armor personally. Something like http://www.sarna.net/wiki/Nighthawk

I'm still looking around though.

[pinsndneedles]

OH HAI NOMAD

OT: That Nighthawk stuff is pretty cool though, I was going to go for a PA(L) when I was building the custom one but I couldn't have a flamer and an MG, so I had to upgrade.

[Listless Nomad]

OH HAI GRIM!

I liked the nighthawk because it's stealthy, and I figure it would be more discreet creeping around inside a deserted biodome.

I was thinking of either playing just myself, or a two man force recon team that could scout for the rest of the uber heavy equipment others are bringing.

Ps - does anyone else get a heavy horror movie vibe off this plot? A military team is sent alone to a hostile planet, to check on a research station that has suddenly gone dark, only to find it deserted. I'm going to be spouting aliens references the entire time :-P

[pinsndneedles]

Listless Nomad, on 16 October 2012 - 11:16 AM, said:

OH HAI GRIM!

I liked the nighthawk because it's stealthy, and I figure it would be more discreet creeping around inside a deserted biodome.

I was thinking of either playing just myself, or a two man force recon team that could scout for the rest of the uber heavy equipment others are bringing.

Ps - does anyone else get a heavy horror movie vibe off this plot? A military team is sent alone to a hostile planet, to check on a research station that has suddenly gone dark, only to find it deserted. I'm going to be spouting aliens references the entire time :-P

You know, I'd never realised that before you mentioned it. Damn we be screwed!

I think most of our BA guys are in light armor, maybe one in medium.

[ChaosGrinder]

That´s not a Prob Nomad And @dal, considering that i will most likely pilot an Omen, your car is really a bargain

Eh , i´m not saying the Base is deserted

[Listless Nomad]

ChaosGrinder, on 16 October 2012 - 11:25 AM, said:

Eh , i´m not saying the Base is deserted

Aliens!!!! Game over man game over!

I'm totally going to have a beeping motion tracker...

[G is for Gamma]

Brother Grim, on 16 October 2012 - 11:20 AM, said:

You know, I'd never realised that before you mentioned it. Damn we be screwed!

I think most of our BA guys are in light armor, maybe one in medium.

Mine is a medium, but pretty lightly armored. Crazy chameleon armor though, which is basically magic.

[ChaosGrinder]

nah, like i said, no aliens as chars -> no aliens as enemys !
You can have your motion tracker, just to calm you

[Listless Nomad]

Forgive me if I missed it, I tried to read the whole thread up to this point, but other than being on a hostile planet, what's the situation? Are we all mercs, or are we official soldiers? I want to start thinking about a bio and am curious whether I should go the professional soldier route or a hired gun.

[dal10]

she is just trying to lure us into a false sense of complacency...

Listless Nomad, on 16 October 2012 - 11:43 AM, said:

Forgive me if I missed it, I tried to read the whole thread up to this point, but other than being on a hostile planet, what's the situation? Are we all mercs, or are we official soldiers? I want to start thinking about a bio and am curious whether I should go the professional soldier route or a hired gun.

I think we are a mix, hired guns backing up professional soldiers.

[dal10]

Chaos, mind if I run all 3 of my vehicles, the lariot, the HSJ and the transport? I was going to make the transport crew kinda quiet as it is, and if we have enough tankers and mech pilots (cause i still think we should have a light or medium mech to back up your omen,) I can always drop either the lariot or the HSJ depending on what we have enough of.

[Thom Frankfurt]

I was thinking that we were defending the biodome... Are we? I was thinking about being an X Com* ROM agent who left the order because he couldn't keep his d**k in his pants. It's what led him to be posted in such a miserable place to begin with, but he still gave in to his lust and eventually started his own family on Planet _________.

He's trained in bunches of skills but no battlemech training. And he's kind of old so he won't be John Wooing it all kinds. But he's still highly trained and dangerous.