Base Tech Level: Standard (IS)
Level Era
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Experimental 3055-3061 (Clan Invasion)
Advanced 3062-3070 (Civil War to Jihad)
Standard 3071+ (Jihad -)
Tech Rating: E/X-X-E-D
Weight: 75 tons
BV: 2,157
Cost: 8,932,000 C-bills
Source: Katherine in Lyran Space
Role: Brawler
Movement: 3/5 (5/10)
Engine: 225 Fusion
Double Heat Sinks: 14 [28]
Cockpit: Standard Cockpit
Gyro: Standard Gyro
Internal: 114
Armor: 224/231 (Standard)
Internal Armor
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Head 3 9
Center Torso 23 34
Center Torso (rear) 11
Right Torso 16 25
Right Torso (rear) 7
Left Torso 16 25
Left Torso (rear) 7
Right Arm 12 23
Left Arm 12 23
Right Leg 16 30
Left Leg 16 30
Weapons Loc Heat
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Rotary AC/5 LT 1
Rotary AC/5 RT 1
Medium Laser LA 3
Medium Laser LA 3
Medium Laser LA 3
Medium Laser RA 3
Medium Laser RA 3
Medium Laser RA 3
TAG HD 0
Ammo Loc Shots
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Rotary AC/5 Ammo LT 20
Rotary AC/5 Ammo LT 20
Rotary AC/5 Ammo LT 20
Rotary AC/5 Ammo LT 20
Rotary AC/5 Ammo LT 20
Equipment Loc
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ECM Suite (Guardian) CT
CASE LT
MOVE LL
MOVE RT
MOVE RL
MOVE RT
MOVE LL
MOVE RL
Quirks
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Narrow/Low Profile
Command Mek
Hyper-Extending Actuators```
Ignore the MOVE, and the movement speed stuff, we're looking at the weapons here rn#Checking viability of someone else's design
zinc trout
steady current
So its important to remember that racs are subject to the cluster table
zealous zealot
Good luck not borking the RACs if you hold down the trigger, and medium lasers are the best weight/heat/damage weapons in the game
steady current
Don't expect more than 2-3 shots to hit per turn per gun on average
zinc trout
Apparently this is enough to melt an opponent in one turn, and that cluster doesn't matter
zealous zealot
A medium laser does 5 damage in exchange for 4 tons
steady current
4 tons?
zealous zealot
3 heat sinks
steady current
Not with doubles
zealous zealot
Oh, yeah. With doubles, you get 10 damage for 5 tons
steady current
Yea
ML spam is very efficient, as long as you can get in range
Id say this design can put out about 50-60 damage per turn if your pilot has a 100% hit rate and is in range
Until a rac jams, which it will, and often lol
zealous zealot
If the enemy has something like a single large laser, though, they can just kite you around and wait for the RACs to jam 😛
steady current
I'm not a fan of RAC's personally, but they're not bad weapons, just a matter of taste
zealous zealot
Phoenix Hawks are always a fun way to test if you can actually take on all the things you need to...
marble pulsar
I mean if is a standard large laser then it's got the same range as a rac/5
And on average, not looking at 7 roll but in total average, if you shoot 6 shots that's 4 shots hitting for 20 total damage, if shooting 5 it's 3.17 for 15.85, so with the lasers you can output 70 average damage assuming everything his and fire 6 for the RACs
steady current
yea but the jam chance on those RAC's is high enough that it's not reliable
16% jam chance if you fire 6's, per gun
only 8% if you fire 5's, but I've used enough RAC's to know that comes up often enough to be a problem
zinc trout
16% per shot?
steady current
16% for the burst
zinc trout
Ahhhhhh
steady current
they don't fire shots individually
zinc trout
Yeah, because it clusters
steady current
it rolls to hit for the RAC, then uses the cluster table to see how many of the shots in the burst land
hollow crane
they don't fire shots individually
Oh, WHAAAT? I thought RACs rolled per shot. I’ve even played that way, I think. This has utterly blown my mind.
zinc trout
All Rapid Fire weapons (UACs too) become clusters when you fire multiple shots
hollow crane
tough tinsel
A little history...
Your not firing "Shots" your firing Salvos per trigger... Ultras and RACs are emptying large quantities of Salvos at a time...
Think Gatling here, as long as the trigger is pulled, your on "rapid" fire mode.
Up to "barrels" per turn rate.