Minerva
Overview:
The Minerva is the most common Clan combat vehicle. A hard-hitting,
fairly fast-moving, well-protected medium tank, the Minerva can be
found in the garrison forces of any Clan, and is common in the combat
clusters of the Blood Spirits and Hell's Horses as well.
Capabilities:
Massing 50 tons in overall weight, the 4-Warrior Minerva (driver, systems
engineer, gunner, and commander) uses a powerful, yet lightweight
250-rate fusion engine for power. This allows the tracked Minerva to
reach cruising speeds of 54 kilometers per hour and flank speeds of 86.4
kph. This tank carries nine and a half tons of ferro-fibrous armor plating,
allowing the Minerva to sustain two AC-20 hits on the front and turret, as
well as an AC-20 and a Gauss Slug to the sides. The rear is able to resist
two Gauss Slugs without penetration.
Three weapons are mounted, all in the turret. The main gun is an ER
Large Laser, with a ten-tube LRM missile launcher (with Artemis IV) in a
box mount to the right side. A remote mount AP Gauss Rifle rides on the
commander's cupola. Three tons of ammunition are fitted, giving the
Minerva twenty-four salvoes for the LRMs and forty bursts for the APG.
Deployment:
The Minerva is perhaps the single most common Clan combat vehicle to
be encountered to date. With its heavy firepower, good turn of speed,
and all-terrain capability, it forms the core of Clan Garrison units. The
design also sees extensive service in Hell's Horses Clusters where it
screens the flanks of the BattleMechs in conjunction with Elementals.
Clan Blood Spirit also makes use of this vehicle, but not out of any love
for its design. Instead, they field a Vehicle Trinary in their combat
clusters because Nicolas Kerensky decreed that was how things
would be.
Variants:
The Minerva remains unchanged because the Clans recogonize a
winner when they see one. Finely tuned, any alterations would cost
this design either firepower, armor, or speed; none of which the
Clans are willing to part with.
Minerva Mk L-t
Mass: 50 tons
Tech Base: Clan
Motive Type: Tracked
Rules Level: Tournament Legal
Era: Clan Invasion
Tech Rating/Era Availability: F/X-X-E
Production Year: 3049
Cost: 2,399,000 C-Bills
Battle Value: 1,201
Power Plant: 250 Fusion Engine
Cruise Speed: 54.0 km/h
Flanking Speed: 86.4 km/h
Armor: Ferro-Fibrous
Armament:
1 ER Large Laser
1 LRM-10 w/ Artemis IV FCS
1 AP Gauss Rifle
Manufacturer:
Primary Factory:
Communications System:
Targeting and Tracking System:
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Equipment Type Rating Mass
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Internal Structure: Standard 25 points 5.00
Engine: Fusion Engine 250 19.00
Cruise MP: 5
Flank MP: 8
Heat Sinks: Single Heat Sink 12 2.00
Control Equipment: 2.50
Lift Equipment: 0.00
Turret: 1.00
Armor: Ferro-Fibrous AV - 182 9.50
Armor
Factor
Front 40
Left/Right 35/35
Turret 40
Rear 32
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Equipment Location Heat Spaces Mass
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ER Large Laser T 12 1 4.00
LRM-10 T 4 1 2.50
Artemis IV FCS T - 0 1.00
AP Gauss Rifle T 1 1 0.50
@LRM-10 (Artemis) (24) BD - 0 2.00
@AP Gauss Rifle (40) BD - 0 1.00
BattleForce Statistics
MV S (+0) M (+2) L (+4) E (+6) Wt. Ov Armor: 6 Points: 12
5 2 2 2 0 2 1 Structure: 2
Special Abilities: IF 1