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PostPosted: 07-Nov-2002 02:31    Post subject: Pickup Truck Missile Carrier Reply to topic Reply with quote

BattleTech Vehicle Technical Readout

VALIDATED

Type/Model: Pickup Truck Missile Carrier
Tech: Inner Sphere / 3060
Config: Wheeled Vehicle
Rules: Level 1, Standard design

Mass: 20 tons
Power Plant: 140 Gasoline V6 I.C.E.
Cruise Speed: 86.4 km/h
Maximum Speed: 129.6 km/h
Armor Type: None Standard
Armament:
2 Various LRM 5s
2 Various Machine Guns
Manufacturer: Various
Location: Various
Communications System: None
Targeting & Tracking System: None

==Overview:==
Found on numerous worlds in the Periphery
and Chaos March, the coverted local pickup
or dump truck to a missile carring vehicle
is normally in the hands of the local
insurregants or rebel milita groups.

This type of conversion is perfect for the
low tech worlds, numerous versions have been
reported so the weapon load will vary from
place to place, but the most common one
reported is the one shown here.

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Type/Model: Pickup Truck Missile Carrier
Mass: 20 tons

Equipment: Items Mass
Int. Struct.: 10 pts Standard 0 2.00
Engine: 140 I.C.E. 0 10.00
Cruise MP: 8
Flank MP: 12
Heat Sinks: 0 Single 0 .00
Cockpit & Controls: 0 1.00
Crew: 2 Members 0 .00
Turret Equipment: 0 .50
Armor Factor: 0 pts Standard 0 .00

Internal Armor
Structure Value
Front: 2 0
Left / Right Sides: 2 0/0
Rear: 2 0
Turret: 2 0

Weapons and Equipment Loc Heat Ammo Items Mass
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2 LRM 5s Turret 0 24 3 5.00
2 Machine Guns Front 0 100 3 1.50
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TOTALS: 0 6 20.00
Items & Tons Left: 3 .00

Calculated Factors:
Total Cost: 197,633 C-Bills
Battle Value: 206
Cost per BV: 959.39
Weapon Value: 7 / 7 (Ratio = .03 / .03)
Damage Factors: SRDmg = 5; MRDmg = 5; LRDmg = 3
BattleForce2: MP: 8W, Armor/Structure: 0 / 0
Damage PB/M/L: 1/1/1, Overheat: 0
Class: GL; Point Value: 2
Specials: if


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edit- edited fluff so u could read it.

[ This Message was edited by: Vagabond on 2002-11-07 16:52 ]
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PostPosted: 07-Nov-2002 16:16    Post subject: RE: Pickup Truck Missile Carrier Reply to topic Reply with quote

20 tons? That's a lot closer in mass to a semi. My dad's 1965 all-metal Ford weighs only 2 tons.

My suggestion is to go take a look at the Transformers figure Onslaught (re-released last year as Mega-Octane for the Robots in Disguise Transformers line). His vehicle design is a lot closer to the vehicle mass you described- a semi truck with a flatbed trailer that has been partially converted into a weapons platform. Or, the 3025 mentions that some mobile command centers have had their electronics stripped out and have been refitted with drop-down sides; these are used as ambush vehicles.

(Note, however, that Onslaught isn't quite so good an example; his design originally called for some more stuff- most likely detatchable- that would have taken up a good chunk of the room. geocities.com/zobovor's page talking about Metroplex, metroplex.html, mentions more of this.)


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PostPosted: 07-Nov-2002 17:07    Post subject: RE: Pickup Truck Missile Carrier Reply to topic Reply with quote

While you have a good point, it's kind of hard to make a 2 ton vehicle that actually can carry much of anything use full and note the fluff said dump trucks as well...

The idea is a generic one that can be applied to a vehicle in one shape or fashion...

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PostPosted: 08-Nov-2002 11:14    Post subject: RE: Pickup Truck Missile Carrier Reply to topic Reply with quote

I just had a thought- there's some personal weapons that can do damage to mechs. Not much damage, but enough to harass.

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PostPosted: 01-Jan-2007 19:54    Post subject: RE: Pickup Truck Missile Carrier Reply to topic Reply with quote

I toyed around with this some more and so I was wondering has anyone else done anything similar?

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