Thursday, October 3, 2019

Boron - Div20 Sedan

Type: Sedan, Chassis: Xtra-Heavy, Suspension: Heavy, Engine: Large Electric (PC) (Pwr 2100, 10dp), Tires: 4 Solids(12dp), Crew: Driver (no equip), Weaponry 2 linked RL (10/incen.) front (2D+2 burst, 3/2 fire mod), Anti-Power Plant rocket (1D-1) on 1 sp. rocket platform, GS (2/smoke) rear, Weighted Accessories: IFE, Unwgt. Acces.: HRSWC (to RLs), HD-antilock brakes, 4 bumper triggers, Dischargers: 10 total: 4 oil (FBRL) 6 smoke (2T, 2U, 1R 1L), Wheel Armor: 40 total = 2x10 pt WG rear, 19 pts WH front (choose where), Component Armor 9 pts LRFP for (a) PP (5 sp), (b) Driver (2 sp), (c) RLs (4 sp) Cargo: 0 sp, 3.2 lbs.; Vehicle Armor: 53 pts Composite (32 Metal/21 Plastic): F(8/4) B(7/4) R(7/4) L(7/4) T(1/2) U(2/3); HC: 3, Acc. 5,  Top Speed 90, DM: 1, Hit Mod: 0, Weight: 6116.8 lbs. Max 6120, Cost: $19,430.50


  • SAM Option - Rocket platform is now UM, replace APPR with 1 SAM (normal, 6/11 to hit, 4D); remove Anti-lock brakes, Armor is 50 composite (30 Met/20 Plastic): F(7/3) B (6/4) L (7/4) R (7/4) T (1/2) U (2/3); 6119.8 lbs, $19,302.50 (for AP missile add $250



  • WGM Option - Same as SAM, but replace with 1 WGM on platform, add 1 pt metal armor, 1 pt WH, 6118.8 lbs, $20,857.50.



  • Radar Guided Missile Option - Well, it turns out that the good ol' RGM may be obsolete? Or just not in the MADHAT designer? Or is it disguised as one of the WGM? In any case, I'm not going to keep searching for what amounts to a specific use type weapon, at least for ground vehicles. 


  • Design Notes -  This is a series of 'Sedans plus Weird Weapon' cars and this may be the most useless of them all: the Anti-Power-Plant-Rocket. Because, I mean, if it hits an exposed PP, then 1 pt of damage will short it out. But, um, if your opponent has an armor breach that severe, just fire ANYTHING in the hole. Because if you fire the '9 to hit' rocket in a hole, you still need to roll a die as to what you hit. I guess they intend for you to have a Targeting Laser?

    Anyway, I also don't use gas-streamers that often, so I tossed one in here as well.

    As for the main, actually decent, weapon, I'm using my favorite high damage, low-weight punch in the face: twin RL with incendiary loads. And, since I don't have the money in div20, a HRSWC is better than a LGL (and we all know the HRSWC is a rule-breaker, but I may make a house-rule that you can only use one if you also employ an APPR)

    Quick Update: After publishing the post, I realized I should just use the same design for the other useless rockets/missiles, so I've added options for those as well.

    Name Notes - Who doesn't like the element name 'boron'? And, to pair with the APPR, I felt anything that sounds like moron would work. The element info from the Wiki:
    Boron is a chemical element with the symbol B and atomic number 5. Produced entirely by cosmic ray spallation and supernovae and not by stellar nucleosynthesis, it is a low-abundance element in the Solar system and in the Earth's crust. ... Elemental boron is a metalloid that is found in small amounts in meteoroids but chemically uncombined boron is not otherwise found naturally on Earth. ... The word boron was coined from borax, the mineral from which it was isolated, by analogy with carbon, which boron resembles chemically.
    So maybe Borax would be a better name, except for the 'oron' effect which, quite frankly, I think I need.

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