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Kraken
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 Posted: 27-Feb-2013 18:08 Post subject: VND-6L Vindicator |
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BattleMech Technical Readout
Type/Model: Vindicator VND-6L
Tech: Inner Sphere / 3075
Config: Biped BattleMech
Rules: Level 2, Standard design
Mass: 45 tons
Chassis: Ceresplex IV Endo Steel
Power Plant: 180 GM Fusion
Walking Speed: 43.2 km/h
Maximum Speed: 64.8 km/h
Jump Jets: 4 Anderson Propulsion 30 Standard Jump Jets
Jump Capacity: 120 meters
Armor Type: Starshield Standard
Armament:
1 ER PPC
2 ER Small Lasers
2 ER Medium Lasers
1 SRM 2
1 LRM 5
1 SRM 4
Manufacturer: Ceres Metals Industries
Location: Capella
Communications System: CeresCom Model 21-RS
Targeting & Tracking System: C-Apple Churchill
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Type/Model: Vindicator VND-6L
Mass: 45 tons
Equipment: Crits Mass
Int. Struct.: 75 pts Endo Steel 14 2.50
(Endo Steel Loc: 3 LA, 3 RA, 3 LT, 3 RT, 1 LL, 1 RL)
Engine: 180 Fusion 6 7.00
Walking MP: 4
Running MP: 6
Jumping MP: 4
Heat Sinks: 11 Double [22] 12 1.00
(Heat Sink Loc: 1 LT, 3 RT)
Gyro: 4 2.00
Cockpit, Life Supt., Sensors: 5 3.00
Actuators: L: Sh+UA+LA+H R: Sh+UA+LA 15 .00
Armor Factor: 144 pts Standard 0 9.00
Internal Armor
Structure Value
Head: 3 9
Center Torso: 14 18
Center Torso (Rear): 9
L/R Side Torso: 11 16/16
L/R Side Torso (Rear): 6/6
L/R Arm: 7 14/14
L/R Leg: 11 18/18
Weapons and Equipment Loc Heat Ammo Crits Mass
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1 ER PPC RA 15 3 7.00
1 ER Small Laser RA 2 1 .50
1 ER Medium Laser LA 5 1 1.00
1 ER Small Laser LA 2 1 .50
1 SRM 2 LA 2 50 2 2.00
(Ammo Locations: 1 LT)
1 LRM 5 LT 2 24 2 3.00
(Ammo Locations: 1 LT)
1 SRM 4 LT 3 25 2 3.00
(Ammo Locations: 1 LT)
1 ER Medium Laser HD 5 1 1.00
CASE Equipment: LT 1 .50
4 Standard Jump Jets: 4 2.00
(Jump Jet Loc: 2 CT, 1 LL, 1 RL)
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TOTALS: 36 74 45.00
Crits & Tons Left: 4 .00
Calculated Factors:
Total Cost: 3,925,295 C-Bills
Battle Value: 1,066
Cost per BV: 3,682.27
Weapon Value: 833 / 833 (Ratio = .78 / .78)
Damage Factors: SRDmg = 19; MRDmg = 11; LRDmg = 5
BattleForce2: MP: 4J, Armor/Structure: 4/4
Damage PB/M/L: 3/2/1, Overheat: 1
Class: MM; Point Value: 11
For this one, the main things I was looking at were the large number of single heat sinks and the lack of Endo.
If I was to do any sort of fluff concerning this, I'd say that it was designed by the Cappellan Confederation in the wake of the Jihad. Embarrassed by being taken over, the government (like with the Draconis Combine) went "Never again" and so did what they could to try and develop a powerhouse using an already-existing machine. The Vindicator was already in common service and so the average Cappellan pilot would have known how to operate one, so it was just a matter of figuring out how to make it even more lethal. Once some "inefficient" elements of the design were worked out, a lot of tonnage was left over for upgrades. This included doubling the number of lasers and installing an array of SRMs, making the mech even that much more brutally potent in close-quarters combat.
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Sleeping Dragon
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| Posted: 28-Feb-2013 00:27 Post subject: VND-6L Vindicator |
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I'd suggest small pulse laser instead of ER smalls to mow down Blakist fanatics and droping that SRM nonsense (2 different launchers? Logistics will love you) along with LRMs and install MMLs. For designs combining smaller launchers these are great solution.
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Kraken
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| Posted: 28-Feb-2013 10:46 Post subject: VND-6L Vindicator |
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Thing is, having the 2 and the 4 gives the option of multiple ammo types, such as standard munitions in the 4 & inferno in the 2.
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Sleeping Dragon
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| Posted: 28-Feb-2013 18:41 Post subject: VND-6L Vindicator |
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MMLs can do that too, just take three tons of ammo, no? Single SRM-2 is otherwise a safety hazard more than a viable weapon, as it kind of can't go through all ammo. If the standard SRMs are really necessary, you can always pack three SRM-2s rather than two different launchers, so that they can share ammo. Since infernos now do 3 heat per missile hit, then it's imperative that you lunch more than just two. Multi-hex smoke screen also works better than one-hex and so on...
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