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Ok, so Retro-Streak Warheads; a short-lived specialty ammo type that didn't really pan out. Hostile Streak missile attacks on a unit mounting a Retro-Streak system are treated as a standard (non-Streak) missile attack with a -2 modifier to their Cluster Hits Table roll. Heavier and less effective than standard Anti-Missile Systems, which are effective against a wider variety of missile types and provide a -4 Cluster Hits modifier. I struggled to think of a practical use-case, until I realized it worked best as a supplementary system to AMS. Stack on RISC APDS on top of that, and you're sitting at a whopping -10 Cluster Hits modifier vs Streak missiles (2 for RS + 4 for AMS + 4 for APDS). If the APDS rules that Streak attacks have a base Cluster Roll of 11 still applies, then that drops the Cluter Hits roll below 2 and is an automatic miss.
I just needed a platform which had tonnage to spare to mount Retro-Streaks, AMS, and APDS, and could still use alternate ammo types. The latter requirement ruled out DropShips, WarShips, etc... but not Large Naval Support Vehicles or Mobile Structures, which can honestly use all the defensive technologies they can get.
So, I designed a smallish (Template B) ship to make use of this revelation. I... may have gone a little overboard.
I just needed a platform which had tonnage to spare to mount Retro-Streaks, AMS, and APDS, and could still use alternate ammo types. The latter requirement ruled out DropShips, WarShips, etc... but not Large Naval Support Vehicles or Mobile Structures, which can honestly use all the defensive technologies they can get.
So, I designed a smallish (Template B) ship to make use of this revelation. I... may have gone a little overboard.
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Name: Torpedo Boat Destroyer Escort (Advanced)
Technology Base: Inner Sphere
Movement Type: Naval (Large, Template B)
Equipment Rating: E/X-X-X-X
Mass: 6,000 tons
Cost: 93,132,925 C-Bills
BV2: 8,661
Armament:
6 Arrow IV Missile Artillery
10 Long Range Torpedo-5
2 Laser Anti-Missile System
2 RISC Advanced Point Defense System
2 Retro-Streak Short Range Missile-2
Equipment:
7 tons Communications Equipment
3 Cellular Ammo Storage Equipment (CASE)
1 Docking Thrusters
1 ECM (Guardian)
1 Field Kitchen
3 HarJel Hull-Sealing Systems
1 Helipad
1 MASH with 2 Operating Theaters
1 Mobile Field Base
2 Searchlights
1 Remote Sensor Dispenser
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Equipment Type Rating Mass
Chassis: Naval TL D 2,754.00
Modifications: Armored, Submersible
Engine/Controls: Fusion TL D 1,080.00
Cruising MP: 4
Flanking MP: 6
Heat Sinks: Single 24 24.00
Fuel: Unlimited 0.00
Fire Control: Advanced 13.50
Sponson Equipment: 3.50
Turret Equipment: 9.00
Armor Factor: 389 points Stealth 24.50
Internal Armor
Structure Factor
Front: 33 60
Front Left/Right: 33/33 60/60
Rear Left/Right: 33/33 50/50
Rear: 33 50
Turret: 33 59
Equipment & Options:
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Cargo:
Bay 1: Cargo, Standard (740.5) with 2 doors 740.50
Bay 2: Cargo, Liquid (364) with 2 doors 400.00
Escape Pods: 8 (7 tons each) 56.00
Life Boats: 8 (1 ton each) 8.00
Crew:
11 Officers (11 minimum) 1st Class 0.00
5 Crew (5 minimum) 2nd Class 0.00
29 Gunners (29 minimum) Steerage 0.00
10 Medical Officers (10 minimum) 2nd Class 0.00
7 Comm. Officers (7 minimum) 2nd Class 0.00
3 Kitchen Crew (3 minimum) 2nd Class 0.00
5 Flight Crew (5 miniumum) 2nd Class 0.00
5 Technical Crew (5 minimum) 2nd Class 0.00
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Equipment Location Heat Slots Mass
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6 Arrow IV Artillery Turret (Hex 2) 0 42 90.00
@Arrow IV (180) Body (Hex 2) 1 36.00
@Air-Defense (180) Body (Hex 2) 1 36.00
5 LRT-5 Left Sponson (Hex 2) 0 5 10.00
@LRT-5 (240) Body (Hex 2) 1 10.00
1 Laser AMS Left Sponson (Hex 2) 7 2 1.50
1 RISC APDS Left Sponson (Hex 2) 0 2 3.00
@RISC APDS (48) Body (Hex 2) 4.00
1 Stream SRM-2 Left Sponson (Hex 2) 0 1 1.50
@Retro-Streak (50) Body (Hex 2) 1 1.00
1 Searchlight Left Sponson (Hex 2) 1 0.50
5 LRT-5 Right Sponson (Hex 2) 0 5 10.00
@LRT-5 (240) Body (Hex 2) 1 10.00
1 Laser AMS Right Sponson (Hex 2) 7 2 1.50
1 RISC APDS Right Sponson (Hex 2) 0 2 3.00
@RISC APDS (48) Body (Hex 2) 4.00
1 Stream SRM-2 Right Sponson (Hex 2) 0 1 1.50
@Retro-Streak (50) Body (Hex 2) 1 1.00
1 Searchlight Right Sponson (Hex 2) 1 0.50
Remote Sensor (30) Rear (Hex 3) 1 0.50
CASE Body (Hex 1) 1 0.50
CASE Body (Hex 2) 1 0.50
CASE Body (Hex 3) 1 0.50
Comm. Equipment Body (Hex 2) 1 7.00
Docking Thrusters Body (Hex 2) 3 120.00
ECM (Guardian) Body (Hex 2) 2 1.50
Field Kitchen (1) Body (Hex 2) 1 3.00
Helipad Body (Hex 3) 5 500.00
HarJel Body (Hex 1) 1 1.00
HarJel Body (Hex 2) 1 1.00
HarJel Body (Hex 3) 1 1.00
MASH (2 Theaters) Body (Hex 2) 1 5.50
Mobile Field Base Body (Hex 3) 1 20.00
**Vehicle Stealth Body 10 2 **.**
**Cargo, Standard Body (Hex 3) 1 **.**
**Cargo, Liquid Body (Hex 1) 1 **.**
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Totals: 24 95 6,000.00
Items & Tons Left: 0 0.00
Design Quirks: Accurate Weapon (Arrow IV) x3, Anti-Air Targeting,
Improved Targeting (Long), Improved Communications, Searchlight
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