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General BattleTech => General Discussion => Vehicle Factory => Topic started by: JPArbiter on June 27, 2012, 10:40:48 AM
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I always thought an equivilent to the Huey or Black Hawk Helicopter was missing from the universe. when making a small TRO to suppliment our AU Book, we figured "Why not?"
Raven Helicopter
Mass: 30 tons
Movement Type: VTOL
Powerplant: DMC Verticell 160
Cruising Speed 108 kph
Maximum Speed 162 kph
Armor: Starshield VTOL Standard
Armament: 1 Springfield Model 2 Maghot Gauss Rifle
2 Springfield M2 Machine Guns
Manufactuer: Nevermind Industries
Primary Factory: Elysium, Very Nice, Finmark, Asuncion
Targeting and Tracking: RadCom TXX
Communications: Datcom 18
Overview
Replacing no fewer than three helicopters used by the SLDF and House Amaris (the Cyrano, Strike Falcon and Iroquois XVI) the Raven is a 30 ton Medium Lift Utility helicopter provided by DeLorean Motor Company whose primary purpose is to deliver and provide aerial support to infantry troops, be they battle armor or conventional.
Capabilities
Unlike the Centaur, which was initially a failed design, the Raven was instantly a success. Built around the principle of speed, the 160 Verticel Fusion Engine also provides the boon of running at half the decibel level of a flywheel powered helicopter, and at a nearly 40% reduction in thermal profile.
Despite these caps, the Raven can still travel at a speed of 160 KPH delivering troops more rapidly than land based APCs thanks to its VTOL nature, and extracting them just as quickly.
To fulfill its support role the Raven mounts an Magshot Gauss Rifle in the nose with a full ton of ammunition to feed it. Furthermore, each side boasts a heavy machine gun that can be fired either by the ravens targeting computer or overridden and fired manually by the passengers.
The final component in the Ravens arsenal is a lift hoist that can permit it to haul up to 15 tons of cargo with no loss in performance. In exercises as well as actual combat this has been used to haul portable bridges, Medical supplies, support vehicles for the infantry it hauls, and even at one point a Beagle Hovertank
Deployment
The Raven and its variants are found in every division and every militia, with only the Orbital Response Command not containing any, and that is merely because of the units charter. Mirroring the former Free Worlds states and DCMS Ravens are traditionally attached to Infantry Regiments rather than armor.
Variants
Aside from mission specific ambulance, cargo/salvage, and SAR variations which strip everything out for specialized equipment, there is also the Kasatka Gunship variant, which removes cargo capacity and lift hoists to mount a quartet of Rocket Launcher 10s, 3 Clan made AP gauss Rifles and two hard-points designed to deploy bombs, anti radiation missiles, or two additional rocket pods
Raven Helicopter
Mass: 30 tons
Tech Base: Inner Sphere
Motive Type: VTOL
Rules Level: Experimental Tech
Era: Dark Ages
Tech Rating/Era Availability: E/X-X-E
Production Year: 3132
Cost: 3,518,500 C-Bills
Battle Value: 367
Power Plant: 160 Fusion XL Engine
Cruise Speed: 108.0 km/h
Flanking Speed: 162.0 km/h
Armor: Standard Armor
Armament:
1 Magshot
2 Machine Guns
1 Lift Hoist
1 Infantry Compartment (6.0 tons)
1 Guardian ECM Suite
Manufacturer:
Primary Factory:
Communications System:
Targeting and Tracking System:
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Equipment Type Rating Mass
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Internal Structure: Standard 12 points 3.00
Engine: XL Fusion Engine 160 4.50
Cruise MP: 10
Flank MP: 15
Heat Sinks: Single Heat Sink 10 0.00
Control Equipment: 1.50
Lift Equipment: 3.00
Armor: Standard Armor AV - 71 4.50
Armor
Factor
Front 20
Left/Right 18/18
Rear 13
Rotor 2
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Equipment Location Heat Spaces Mass
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Magshot FR 1 1 0.50
Machine Gun LS 0 1 0.50
Machine Gun RS 0 1 0.50
Lift Hoist BD 0 1 3.00
Infantry Compartment (6.0 tons) BD 0 1 6.00
Guardian ECM Suite BD 0 1 1.50
@Magshot Gauss Rifle (50) BD - 0 1.00
@MG (1/2) (100) BD - 0 0.50
BattleForce Statistics
MV S (+0) M (+2) L (+4) E (+6) Wt. Ov Armor: 2 Points: 4
10 1 1 0 0 1 0 Structure: 1
Special Abilities: ECM
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I like it looks very nice
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Anything built by the Delorean Motor Company is going to look nice.
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Anything built by the Delorean Motor Company is going to look nice.
hahaha, I know the man who currently owns DeLorean and makes his living of of fixing the extant models (and occasionally hand building new ones), so this is sort of my tribute to him.
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Very nice.
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hmmm looks like fun
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the six ton infantry compartment was chose specifically to haul a large amount of the TRO 3085 infantry. in particular I am fond of the motorized Lyran Heavy Response Platoon and Rasalhauge Anti Mech Jump Infantry
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This works well