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1d4chan>A Walrus: /* Kearny-Fuchida Drive */

2023-05-22T17:39:30Z

Kearny-Fuchida Drive

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	Occasionally things go wrong: a ship missjumps and ends up far off course, arrives badly damaged, blows up or simply disappears. The risk goes up if you don't calculate things right and there is less fudge factor with Pirate Points. Even so while it is kind of clunky, it's a generally safe way to get from Point A to Point B across interstellar distances (at least in comparison to the inherent risks of Space Travel), the mechanisms can last for centuries and of course [[FTL (Warhammer 40,000)\|you are not literally taking a detour through Fucking Hell]].		Occasionally things go wrong: a ship missjumps and ends up far off course, arrives badly damaged, blows up or simply disappears. The risk goes up if you don't calculate things right and there is less fudge factor with Pirate Points. Even so while it is kind of clunky, it's a generally safe way to get from Point A to Point B across interstellar distances (at least in comparison to the inherent risks of Space Travel), the mechanisms can last for centuries and of course [[FTL (Warhammer 40,000)\|you are not literally taking a detour through Fucking Hell]].

	<small><sup>1</sup> ''This means that for practical purposes interstellar travel is often reckoned in Jumps. If Star ~~System~~ A is 40 ~~light years away~~, ~~Star System B b is~~ 50 ly and ~~Star System C is~~ 65 ly, a ship would need to jump twice to reach A or B and three times to reach C.''</small>		<small><sup>1</sup> ''This means that for practical purposes interstellar travel is often reckoned in Jumps. If Star Systems A, B and C are respectively 40, 50 and 65 light years away, a ship would need to jump twice to reach A or B and three times to reach C.''</small>

	=== Artificial Gravity ===		=== Artificial Gravity ===

1d4chan>A Walrus: /* JumpShips */

2023-02-02T16:06:55Z

JumpShips

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	A Ship with a Jump Drive is called a JumpShip. Typically the Ship is built around the Jump Drive, with up to 95% of the total volume of a typical JumpShip being dedicated to that specific mechanism and it's ancillary systems. They are also typically large. The smallest JumpShip was the Bug-Eye, a 129 meter long 6,100 tonne specialized surveillance craft and it's rare to find one under 100,000 tonnes. The highest limit a conventional JumpShip’s size is theorized to be 500,000 tonnes.		A Ship with a Jump Drive is called a JumpShip. Typically the Ship is built around the Jump Drive, with up to 95% of the total volume of a typical JumpShip being dedicated to that specific mechanism and it's ancillary systems. They are also typically large. The smallest JumpShip was the Bug-Eye, a 129 meter long 6,100 tonne specialized surveillance craft and it's rare to find one under 100,000 tonnes. The highest limit a conventional JumpShip’s size is theorized to be 500,000 tonnes.

	Civilian JumpShips as a rule can't do much more than Jump, having only minimal STL fusion drives they spend most of their days skipping from point to point ferrying STL ships which latch onto their Jump Points and using a big array of solar panels to recharge. Only occasionally coming into port at space docks for maintenance and so their crews don't die of boredom. By 3055, there were something to the effect of 30,000 JumpShips in operation in the Inner Sphere at a minimum. In the early 31st century, production of new civilian JumpShips had been reduced to a trickle compared to what it had been under the [[Star League]].		Civilian JumpShips as a rule can't do much more than Jump, having only minimal STL fusion drives they spend most of their days skipping from point to point ferrying STL ships which latch onto their Jump Points and using a big array of solar panels to recharge. Only occasionally coming into port at space docks for maintenance and so their crews don't die of boredom. These were either owned by government bodies for their logistical needs or are privately owned and operated, offering their service to whoever has the C-Bills. By 3055, there were something to the effect of 30,000 JumpShips in operation in the Inner Sphere at a minimum. In the early 31st century, production of new civilian JumpShips had been reduced to a trickle compared to what it had been under the [[Star League]]. Fortunately JumpShips are built to last.

	Some of them might might have a few guns for defence and occasionally pirates might slap on some more for raids, but this is like slapping an M2 Browning and some Katyusha rocket launchers onto a river barge or a cruise ship. Yes, it works but it's far from optimal since you're under-armored and under-armed. You'd only really do it if you could not put together something proper, speaking of which...		Some of them might might have a few guns for defence and occasionally pirates might slap on some more for raids, but this is like slapping an M2 Browning and some Katyusha rocket launchers onto a river barge or a cruise ship. Yes, it works but it's far from optimal since you're under-armored and under-armed. You'd only really do it if you could not put together something proper, speaking of which...

1d4chan>A Walrus: /* JumpShips */

2023-02-02T16:03:34Z

JumpShips

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	== JumpShips ==		== JumpShips ==
	[[File:Invader with Argo.png\|400px\|right\|thumb\|topquote\|An Invader JumpShip with the Argo ~~docked in~~]]		[[File:Invader with Argo.png\|400px\|right\|thumb\|topquote\|An Invader JumpShip with the Argo latched onto one of it's hardpoints]]
	A Ship with a Jump Drive is called a JumpShip. Typically the Ship is built around the Jump Drive, with up to 95% of the total volume of a typical JumpShip being dedicated to that specific mechanism and it's ancillary systems. They are also typically large. The smallest JumpShip was the Bug-Eye, a 129 meter long 6,100 tonne specialized surveillance craft and it's rare to find one under 100,000 tonnes. The highest limit a conventional JumpShip’s size is theorized to be 500,000 tonnes.		A Ship with a Jump Drive is called a JumpShip. Typically the Ship is built around the Jump Drive, with up to 95% of the total volume of a typical JumpShip being dedicated to that specific mechanism and it's ancillary systems. They are also typically large. The smallest JumpShip was the Bug-Eye, a 129 meter long 6,100 tonne specialized surveillance craft and it's rare to find one under 100,000 tonnes. The highest limit a conventional JumpShip’s size is theorized to be 500,000 tonnes.

	Civilian JumpShips as a rule can't do much more than Jump, having only minimal STL fusion drives they spend most of their days skipping from point to point ferrying STL ships which latch onto their Jump Points and using big solar panels to recharge. Only occasionally coming into port at space docks for maintenance and so their crews don't die of boredom. By 3055, there were something to the effect of 30,000 JumpShips in operation in the Inner Sphere at a minimum. In the early 31st century, production of new civilian JumpShips had been reduced to a trickle compared to what it had been under the [[Star League]].		Civilian JumpShips as a rule can't do much more than Jump, having only minimal STL fusion drives they spend most of their days skipping from point to point ferrying STL ships which latch onto their Jump Points and using a big array of solar panels to recharge. Only occasionally coming into port at space docks for maintenance and so their crews don't die of boredom. By 3055, there were something to the effect of 30,000 JumpShips in operation in the Inner Sphere at a minimum. In the early 31st century, production of new civilian JumpShips had been reduced to a trickle compared to what it had been under the [[Star League]].

	Some of them might might have a few guns for defence and occasionally pirates might slap on some more for raids, but this is like slapping an M2 Browning and some Katyusha rocket launchers onto a river barge or a cruise ship. Yes, it works but it's far from optimal since you're under-armored and under-armed. You'd only really do it if you could not put together something proper, speaking of which...		Some of them might might have a few guns for defence and occasionally pirates might slap on some more for raids, but this is like slapping an M2 Browning and some Katyusha rocket launchers onto a river barge or a cruise ship. Yes, it works but it's far from optimal since you're under-armored and under-armed. You'd only really do it if you could not put together something proper, speaking of which...

1d4chan>A Walrus: /* JumpShips */

2023-02-02T16:02:50Z

JumpShips

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	== JumpShips ==		== JumpShips ==
			[[File:Invader with Argo.png\|400px\|right\|thumb\|topquote\|An Invader JumpShip with the Argo docked in]]
	A Ship with a Jump Drive is called a JumpShip. Typically the Ship is built around the Jump Drive, with up to 95% of the total volume of a typical JumpShip being dedicated to that specific mechanism and it's ancillary systems. They are also typically large. The smallest JumpShip was the Bug-Eye, a 129 meter long 6,100 tonne specialized surveillance craft and it's rare to find one under 100,000 tonnes. The highest limit a conventional JumpShip’s size is theorized to be 500,000 tonnes.		A Ship with a Jump Drive is called a JumpShip. Typically the Ship is built around the Jump Drive, with up to 95% of the total volume of a typical JumpShip being dedicated to that specific mechanism and it's ancillary systems. They are also typically large. The smallest JumpShip was the Bug-Eye, a 129 meter long 6,100 tonne specialized surveillance craft and it's rare to find one under 100,000 tonnes. The highest limit a conventional JumpShip’s size is theorized to be 500,000 tonnes.

	Civilian JumpShips as a rule can't do much more than Jump, having only minimal STL fusion drives they spend most of their days skipping from point to point ferrying STL ships which latch onto their Jump Points and using big solar panels to recharge. Only occasionally coming into port at space docks for maintenance and so their crews don't die of boredom. By 3055, there were something to the effect of 30,000 JumpShips in operation in the Inner Sphere at a ~~minumum~~. In the early 31st century, production of new civilian JumpShips had been reduced to a trickle compared to what it had been under the [[Star League]].		Civilian JumpShips as a rule can't do much more than Jump, having only minimal STL fusion drives they spend most of their days skipping from point to point ferrying STL ships which latch onto their Jump Points and using big solar panels to recharge. Only occasionally coming into port at space docks for maintenance and so their crews don't die of boredom. By 3055, there were something to the effect of 30,000 JumpShips in operation in the Inner Sphere at a minimum. In the early 31st century, production of new civilian JumpShips had been reduced to a trickle compared to what it had been under the [[Star League]].

	Some of them might might have a few guns for ~~defense~~ and occasionally pirates might slap on some more for raids, but this is like slapping an M2 Browning and some Katyusha rocket launchers onto a river barge or a cruise ship. Yes, it works but it's far from optimal since you're under-armored and under-armed. You'd only really do it if you could not put together something proper, speaking of which...		Some of them might might have a few guns for defence and occasionally pirates might slap on some more for raids, but this is like slapping an M2 Browning and some Katyusha rocket launchers onto a river barge or a cruise ship. Yes, it works but it's far from optimal since you're under-armored and under-armed. You'd only really do it if you could not put together something proper, speaking of which...

	=== WarShips ===		=== WarShips ===

1d4chan>Piroko: /* Monitors */

2023-02-02T13:19:31Z

Monitors

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	A failed experiment in designing an interplanetary WarShip without a Jump Drive and replacing the mass it would occupy with more engines, weapons, or armor. If all you do is strip out the Jump Drive from an existing WarShip design, you lose key structural supports that cause the monitor to tear itself apart when attempting maneuvers. Nobody ever got around to designing one that was structurally sound. After the catastrophic failure of the first Monitor prototype, nobody in the Battletech universe believes its possible to even conceive such a thing, much less attempt to build it; even while the Succession Wars were ranging and WarShips were becoming LosTech artifacts because nobody could replace the Compact K-F drives they used, everyone understood that monitors were as useless as a sword made out of gold. [[Skub\|Never mention them, ever]].		A failed experiment in designing an interplanetary WarShip without a Jump Drive and replacing the mass it would occupy with more engines, weapons, or armor. If all you do is strip out the Jump Drive from an existing WarShip design, you lose key structural supports that cause the monitor to tear itself apart when attempting maneuvers. Nobody ever got around to designing one that was structurally sound. After the catastrophic failure of the first Monitor prototype, nobody in the Battletech universe believes its possible to even conceive such a thing, much less attempt to build it; even while the Succession Wars were ranging and WarShips were becoming LosTech artifacts because nobody could replace the Compact K-F drives they used, everyone understood that monitors were as useless as a sword made out of gold. [[Skub\|Never mention them, ever]].

	Officially, CGL has declared that WarShip-sized Monitors will never be a thing in Battletech because their existence would fuck up the setting too much. Given the way tonnage works in the game, any WarShip would be outclassed by any Monitor of equal tonnage while their relative technical simplicity would make them far more common and thus a much more important part of the setting than WarShips, DropShips, and AeroSpace Fighters currently are. A similar problem exists in most ship-building combat systems (BFG, D20 Future, Rogue Trader RPG, etc), with the effect of making it much easier to defend than to attack (~~a problem that plagues even~~ Axis & Allies).		Officially, CGL has declared that WarShip-sized Monitors will never be a thing in Battletech because their existence would fuck up the setting too much. Given the way tonnage works in the game, any WarShip would be outclassed by any Monitor of equal tonnage while their relative technical simplicity would make them far more common and thus a much more important part of the setting than WarShips, DropShips, and AeroSpace Fighters currently are. A similar problem exists in most ship-building combat systems (BFG, D20 Future, Rogue Trader RPG, etc), with the effect of making it much easier to defend than to attack (much like Axis & Allies).

	The only technical Monitors that exist are Pocket WarShips, which are essentially DropShip-sized space torpedo boats designed to live long enough to fire anti-ship naval missiles and defend proper WarShips from fighters. Even the smallest WarShip is at least 10 times the mass of a common DropShip, though post-3150 TROs state that the Republic of the Sphere fielded examples of the Castrum Class Pocket WarShip at least 100,000 tons, nearly the size of the lightest Corvettes that range from 130,000 to 200,000 tons.		The only technical Monitors that exist are Pocket WarShips, which are essentially DropShip-sized space torpedo boats designed to live long enough to fire anti-ship naval missiles and defend proper WarShips from fighters. Even the smallest WarShip is at least 10 times the mass of a common DropShip, though post-3150 TROs state that the Republic of the Sphere fielded examples of the Castrum Class Pocket WarShip at least 100,000 tons, nearly the size of the lightest Corvettes that range from 130,000 to 200,000 tons.

1d4chan>Piroko: /* Monitors */

2023-02-02T13:18:59Z

Monitors

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	A failed experiment in designing an interplanetary WarShip without a Jump Drive and replacing the mass it would occupy with more engines, weapons, or armor. If all you do is strip out the Jump Drive from an existing WarShip design, you lose key structural supports that cause the monitor to tear itself apart when attempting maneuvers. Nobody ever got around to designing one that was structurally sound. After the catastrophic failure of the first Monitor prototype, nobody in the Battletech universe believes its possible to even conceive such a thing, much less attempt to build it; even while the Succession Wars were ranging and WarShips were becoming LosTech artifacts because nobody could replace the Compact K-F drives they used, everyone understood that monitors were as useless as a sword made out of gold. [[Skub\|Never mention them, ever]].		A failed experiment in designing an interplanetary WarShip without a Jump Drive and replacing the mass it would occupy with more engines, weapons, or armor. If all you do is strip out the Jump Drive from an existing WarShip design, you lose key structural supports that cause the monitor to tear itself apart when attempting maneuvers. Nobody ever got around to designing one that was structurally sound. After the catastrophic failure of the first Monitor prototype, nobody in the Battletech universe believes its possible to even conceive such a thing, much less attempt to build it; even while the Succession Wars were ranging and WarShips were becoming LosTech artifacts because nobody could replace the Compact K-F drives they used, everyone understood that monitors were as useless as a sword made out of gold. [[Skub\|Never mention them, ever]].

	Officially, CGL has declared that WarShip-sized Monitors will never be a thing in Battletech because their existence would fuck up the setting too much. Given the way tonnage works in the game, any WarShip would be outclassed by any Monitor of equal tonnage while their relative technical simplicity would make them far more common and thus a much more important part of the setting than WarShips, DropShips, and AeroSpace Fighters currently are. The only technical Monitors that exist are Pocket WarShips, which are essentially DropShip-sized space torpedo boats designed to live long enough to fire anti-ship naval missiles and defend proper WarShips from fighters. Even the smallest WarShip is at least 10 times the mass of a common DropShip, though post-3150 TROs state that the Republic of the Sphere fielded examples of the Castrum Class Pocket WarShip at least 100,000 tons, nearly the size of the lightest Corvettes that range from 130,000 to 200,000 tons.		Officially, CGL has declared that WarShip-sized Monitors will never be a thing in Battletech because their existence would fuck up the setting too much. Given the way tonnage works in the game, any WarShip would be outclassed by any Monitor of equal tonnage while their relative technical simplicity would make them far more common and thus a much more important part of the setting than WarShips, DropShips, and AeroSpace Fighters currently are. A similar problem exists in most ship-building combat systems (BFG, D20 Future, Rogue Trader RPG, etc), with the effect of making it much easier to defend than to attack (a problem that plagues even Axis & Allies).

			The only technical Monitors that exist are Pocket WarShips, which are essentially DropShip-sized space torpedo boats designed to live long enough to fire anti-ship naval missiles and defend proper WarShips from fighters. Even the smallest WarShip is at least 10 times the mass of a common DropShip, though post-3150 TROs state that the Republic of the Sphere fielded examples of the Castrum Class Pocket WarShip at least 100,000 tons, nearly the size of the lightest Corvettes that range from 130,000 to 200,000 tons.

	=== DropShips ===		=== DropShips ===

1d4chan>A Walrus at 05:15, 2 February 2023

2023-02-02T05:15:47Z

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	This page is about '''Spacecraft in the [[BattleTech]] universe'''. In general BattleTech space travel is mostly fairly well grounded with little really exotic technology being employed. From a narrative perspective, Spacecraft in the BattleTech universe generally takes a secondary role to combat on the ground with [[BattleMech]]s, [[Clan Elemental\|Elementals]] and similar. Never the less, it is fairly well explored.		This page is about '''Spacecraft in the [[BattleTech]] universe'''. In general BattleTech space travel is mostly fairly well grounded with little really exotic technology being employed. From a narrative and most gameplay perspective, Spacecraft in the BattleTech universe generally takes a secondary role to combat on the ground with [[BattleMech]]s, [[Clan Elemental\|Elementals]] and similar. Never the less, it is fairly well explored.
	==Systems==		==Systems==
	=== Kearny-Fuchida Drive ===		=== Kearny-Fuchida Drive ===

96.46.1.241: /* Weapons */

2023-02-02T01:18:51Z

Weapons

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	Basically larger versions of BattleMech, Aerospace Vehicle, or Combat Vehicle armaments called Capital, Sub-Capital, or Naval weapons. The only difference is their scale to the point they’re the size of a BattleMech and (if big enough) possible capabilities in orbital bombardment. Smaller versions tend to be optimized for engaging Aerospace Fighters, Small Craft, and DropShips. Larger ones are for WarShip-to-WarShip while the biggest ones can be used for bombarding continents and planets into oblivion.		Basically larger versions of BattleMech, Aerospace Vehicle, or Combat Vehicle armaments called Capital, Sub-Capital, or Naval weapons. The only difference is their scale to the point they’re the size of a BattleMech and (if big enough) possible capabilities in orbital bombardment. Smaller versions tend to be optimized for engaging Aerospace Fighters, Small Craft, and DropShips. Larger ones are for WarShip-to-WarShip while the biggest ones can be used for bombarding continents and planets into oblivion.

	They have ~~there~~ own damage scale where 1 point of capital scale damage = 10 points of standard scale damage.		They have their own damage scale where 1 point of capital scale damage = 10 points of standard scale damage.

	* Lasers		* Lasers

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2023-02-02T01:18:31Z

Weapons

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	=== Weapons ===		=== Weapons ===
	Basically larger versions of BattleMech, Aerospace Vehicle, or Combat Vehicle armaments called Capital, Sub-Capital, or Naval weapons. The only difference is their scale to the point they’re the size of a BattleMech and (if big enough) possible capabilities in orbital bombardment. Smaller versions tend to be optimized for engaging Aerospace Fighters, Small Craft, and DropShips. Larger ones are for WarShip-to-WarShip while the biggest ones can be used for bombarding continents and planets into oblivion.		Basically larger versions of BattleMech, Aerospace Vehicle, or Combat Vehicle armaments called Capital, Sub-Capital, or Naval weapons. The only difference is their scale to the point they’re the size of a BattleMech and (if big enough) possible capabilities in orbital bombardment. Smaller versions tend to be optimized for engaging Aerospace Fighters, Small Craft, and DropShips. Larger ones are for WarShip-to-WarShip while the biggest ones can be used for bombarding continents and planets into oblivion.

			They have there own damage scale where 1 point of capital scale damage = 10 points of standard scale damage.

	* Lasers		* Lasers