After the Reunifacation War, numerous pet projects, both large and small flodded the SLDF in an effort to eek out as much performance from equipment as possible. While many of these became semi standardized refit kits before the adoption off official Royal variations of war materiel, some ended up becoming the signature of units stationed on particular worlds. Such was the case of the 12th Hesperus Artillery Company attatched to the 3rd Infantry Division on Furillo. both Furillo and Hesperus, while pleasant in terms of Climate, also possessed rougher then "Standard" Terrain. when the 12th were assigned Vali Artillery Vehicles to replace the towed Thumpers that an Infantry Division normally carries, an effort was made to adapt them to their operating environment.
since the Vali's came "Flat Pack" like many cheap utility vehicles, the core suspension was not mounted to the chassis. this inspired engineers to remove the treaded suspension of obsolete Tiger medium tanks and bolt them onto the Vali's frame. by giving the vehicle a tracked suspension it could now traverse rough terrain. the treaded suspension had two unintended side effects. without the shock absorption inherent in a wheeled vehicle, there was a loss of about 25 % speed compared to the traditional Vali, however, as the treads were rated for a vehicle ten tons heavier, when it was thrown into reverse it could do so at flank speed, allowing for the vehicle to put distance from an engagement zone while still keeping up fire.
Since the Tracked Vali was based on the older Reunification War models, it lacked the Ferro Fibrous Armor and 25 missile magazine of later variations.
all 18 vehicles were eventually cast ff the 3rd ID and sold to the Lyran Commonwealth Armed forces who immediately mothballed them in favor of tube artillery. they were eventually found and refit during the Jihad by a small mercenary group who use them to this day.
Vali Tracked
Mass: 40 tons
Tech Base: Inner Sphere
Motive Type: Tracked
Rules Level: Advanced Rules
Era: Age of War/Star League
Tech Rating/Era Availability: E/E-F-E-A
Production Year: 0
Cost: 975,333 C-Bills
Battle Value: 591
Power Plant: 160 I.C.E.
Cruise Speed: 43.2 km/h
Flanking Speed: 64.8 km/h
Armor: Standard Armor
Armament:
1 Arrow IV Missile
Manufacturer:
Primary Factory:
Communications System:
Targeting and Tracking System:
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Equipment Type Rating Mass
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Internal Structure: Standard 16 points 4.00
Engine: I.C.E. Engine 160 12.00
Cruise MP: 4
Flank MP: 6
Heat Sinks: Single Heat Sink 0 0.00
Control Equipment: 2.00
Lift Equipment: 0.00
Armor: Standard Armor AV - 64 4.00
Armor
Factor
Front 20
Left/Right 15/15
Rear 14
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Equipment Location Heat Spaces Mass
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Arrow IV Missile FR 10 1 15.00
@Arrow IV (Homing) (15) BD - 0 3.00
BattleForce Statistics
MV S (+0) M (+2) L (+4) E (+6) Wt. Ov Armor: 2 Points: 6
4t 2 0 0 0 2 0 Structure: 2
Special Abilities: ARTAIS, EE
