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Sleeping Dragon
Draconis Combine
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 Posted: 07-Apr-2008 04:06 Post subject: Raubritter |
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'From pirates for pirates.' The Raubritter started to appear on Lyran-Periphery border shortly after the 2nd succession war and quickly spread around. Woefully underpowered for a 50t combat vehicle, the tank rarely tries to engage anything that can defend itself. Most common configuration is a 10 wheel chassis with an insane profile (for a combat vehicle), which is most probably taken from some kind of civilian transport. The basic chassis is wrapped in a respectable amount of armour and equipped with a turret. A 180 rated I.C.E. engine allows the Raubritter to keep up with most medium 'Mechs, provided that there is some kind of road available, but the cross-country ability is limited. For weapons the tank is equipped with a single AC/2, which is barely enough to deal with improvised defenses that a typical farm can muster. The range of the gun prevents the target from being able to respond. The low caliber gun also prevents serious damage to anything the pirates may want to take. The ten-tube LRM launcher, however, is a different matter. With a few crude incendiary warheads an entire farm can be turned to a bonfire in the matter of seconds, which makes the farmers much more willing to pay anything the pirates ask for. The main asset of the tank is not in it's armament, but in it's spacious cargo bay. The Raubritter can easily load eight tons of supplies without any loss of mobility. This not only means that the pirates can get away with with the loot before locals manage to do anything about it, but it also means the a single Raubritter is often accompanied with over forty fully armed cutthroats. More than enough to overwhelm a typical agricultural community.
Raubritter
50t wheeled
Engine 180 I.C.E.
Armour standard 6.5t
front 25
sides 25/25
rear 14
turret 15
AC/2 turret
LRM 10 front
AC/2 (45)
LRM 10 (12)
Cargo 8t
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Rudel Gurken
Allisters Light Thunder
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Joined: 15-Jun-2005 00:00
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Location: Germany
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| Posted: 07-Apr-2008 13:21 Post subject: Raubritter |
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Nice idea! I think pirates will be glad to have this for "low-risk-missions" 
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VALIDATED
Type/Model: Raubritter Attack Vehicle
Tech: Inner Sphere / 3025
Config: Wheeled Vehicle
Rules: Level 1, Standard design
Mass: 50 tons
Power Plant: 180 I.C.E.
Cruise Speed: 43,2 km/h
Maximum Speed: 64,8 km/h
Armor Type: Standard
Armament:
1 Autocannon/2
1 LRM 10
Manufacturer: (Unknown)
Location: (Unknown)
Communications System: (Unknown)
Targeting & Tracking System: (Unknown)
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==Overview:==
'From pirates for pirates.' The Raubritter started to appear on
Lyran-Periphery border shortly after the 2nd succession war and quickly spread
around. Woefully underpowered for a 50t combat vehicle, the tank rarely tries
to engage anything that can defend itself. Most common configuration is a 10
wheel chassis with an insane profile (for a combat vehicle), which is most
probably taken from some kind of civilian transport. The basic chassis is
wrapped in a respectable amount of armour and equipped with a turret. A 180
rated I.C.E. engine allows the Raubritter to keep up with most medium 'Mechs,
provided that there is some kind of road available, but the cross-country
ability is limited. For weapons the tank is equipped with a single AC/2, which
is barely enough to deal with improvised defenses that a typical farm can
muster. The range of the gun prevents the target from being able to respond.
The low caliber gun also prevents serious damage to anything the pirates may
want to take. The ten-tube LRM launcher, however, is a different matter. With
a few crude incendiary warheads an entire farm can be turned to a bonfire in
the matter of seconds, which makes the farmers much more willing to pay
anything the pirates ask for. The main asset of the tank is not in it's
armament, but in it's spacious cargo bay. The Raubritter can easily load eight
tons of supplies without any loss of mobility. This not only means that the
pirates can get away with with the loot before locals manage to do anything
about it, but it also means the a single Raubritter is often accompanied with
over forty fully armed cutthroats. More than enough to overwhelm a typical
agricultural community.
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Type/Model: Raubritter Attack Vehicle
Mass: 50 tons
Equipment: Items Mass
Int. Struct.: 25 pts Standard 0 5,00
Engine: 180 I.C.E. 0 14,00
Cruise MP: 4
Flank MP: 6
Heat Sinks: 0 Single 0 ,00
Cockpit & Controls: 0 2,50
Crew: 4 Members 0 ,00
Turret Equipment: 0 1,00
Armor Factor: 104 pts Standard 0 6,50
Internal Armor
Structure Value
Front: 5 25
Left / Right Sides: 5 25/25
Rear: 5 15
Turret: 5 14
Weapons and Equipment Loc Heat Ammo Items Mass
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1 Autocannon/2 Turret 0 45 2 7,00
1 LRM 10 Front 0 12 2 6,00
Cargo Bay Capacity Body 1 8,00
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TOTALS: 0 5 50,00
Items & Tons Left: 10 ,00
Calculated Factors:
Total Cost: 626.250 C-Bills
Battle Value: 258
Cost per BV: 2.427,33
Weapon Value: 153 / 153 (Ratio = ,59 / ,59)
Damage Factors: SRDmg = 5; MRDmg = 6; LRDmg = 4
BattleForce2: MP: 4W, Armor/Structure: 0 / 4
Damage PB/M/L: -/1/1, Overheat: 0
Class: GM; Point Value: 3
Specials: tran8, if
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Sleeping Dragon
Draconis Combine
Tai-i
Joined: 06-Apr-2005 00:00
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Location: Czech Republic
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| Posted: 08-Apr-2008 12:58 Post subject: Raubritter |
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Glad that you like it. And thanks for the stats.
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Vagabond
Mercenary
Mr. Referee
Joined: 04-Feb-2002 00:00
Posts: 5792
Location: United States
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| Posted: 08-Apr-2008 18:19 Post subject: Raubritter |
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i'd rather see myself a 50t fighting vehicle with a J-27 to hual the loot. its not bad but its a 3.0 DnD Bard... does to much and isn't good at anything.
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Sleeping Dragon
Draconis Combine
Tai-i
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| Posted: 09-Apr-2008 03:03 Post subject: Raubritter |
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Yeah, I know. It was made as something a group of pirates could make with a transporter and a few guns. On the plus side it isn't much worse than a Vedette. I wanted an armoured and armed cargo carrier and I think that this isn't bad at this role. Sure, if I packed in a fusion engine I'd get some real firepower in the form of a PPC or large laser, more armour and possibly greater speed or tracked chassis (and, of course, greater carrying capacity). Heh, If I wanted something with real speed I'd make a hover thing, but I wanted to keep the cost low. The main asset of this cross-breed over tank / J27 solution is that the Raubritter takes only one small vehicle bay. Of course that you can cramp vehicles in cargo bays, but it's still a thing to consider on smaller ships like the Fury.
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