BattleMech Technical Readout
Name/Model: RainFire RN-FR-3X
Designer: Ruger
Source(s): Custom Mordel.Net Units
Technology: Inner Sphere (Mixed)
Technology Rating: F
Tonnage: 200
Role: Missile Boat
Configuration: Superheavy Tripod BattleMech
Era/Year: Dark Age / 3150
Rules (Current): Advanced
Rules (Era): Advanced
Rules (Year): Advanced
Total Cost: 106,348,000 C-Bills
Battle Value: 3,391
Chassis: Royalstar ATE with CASE Endo Steel
Power Plant: Fusion 400 Mk. VII, Mod 5 400 XL
Walking Speed: 21.6 kph
Maximum Speed: 32.4 kph
Jump Jets: None
Jump Capacity: None
Armor: Kallon Royalstar Heavy Type K with CASE II
Armament:
2 Skobel Earthquake Long Toms
2 Katyusha Arrow IV Systems (C)
Manufacturer: Rhodes Foundry/Centaur Industries
Primary Factory: Devil's Rock
Communications: Imperial Royal Type DCXVVl
Targeting & Tracking: Royal Integrated MultiTrac HiLink II
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Overview:
One of the little know secrets birthed near the end of the Republic of the Sphere was the
experimental tripod design that was codenamed “RainFire”. This machine was designed to
create an artillery battery in as few machines as possible, and be as indestructible as
possible at the same time.
Capabilities:
Massing a total of 200 tons, with more than 35 tons of that being utilized for standard
armor plate, the RainFire takes a lot to kill. Which is good because even with an extralight
type 400 fusion core, normally the largest engine one can mount in a BattleMech without
delving into truly massive fusion cores, it can only move a little above 30 kph at a lope.
However, between the XL engine and the endo-steel internal structure, the design has nearly
120 tons with which it could be equipped with a weapons payload. The RainFire uses this to
mount a massive Long Tom artillery piece in each arm, as well as a clan-grade Arrow IV
artillery missile system in each side torso. Each of these weapons is supplied from a three
ton ammunition store in the machine’s center torso, providing the ability to fire each
system for a total of 15 times before reloads are required. These munitions bays are
protected by an advanced CASE system in addition to the extremely thick armored skin of the
design.
The one failing of the design as an artillery unit is the relative lack of heat sinks. Even
with 16 double heat sinks mounted in the fusion core, the pilots of the RainFire must follow
judicious protocols when engaging their weapons. Multiple repeat firings of both Long Tom
artillery pieces at the same time can quickly overwhelm the heat dissipation system of this
design, and inclusion of the Arrow IV artillery missile systems at the same time can cause
further complications. For this reason, the proposed firing pattern was both Long Tom’s
followed by a singular Long Tom to allow excess heat to dissipate, and when range to target
has been sufficiently reduced, the singular along atom can be switched to the dual Arrow IV
systems.
Deployment:
Although the RainFire showed much promise, the Republican did not quite manage to complete
the first prototype before the Clan Wolf invasion. No one is certain if the new IlClan will
pursue finishing this prototype at any time in the future.
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Equipment Mass
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Internal Structure: Endo Steel 22.00
Engine: 400 XL (C) 26.50
Walking MP: 2
Running MP: 3
Jumping MP: 0
Heat Sinks (Double): 16 [32] (C) 6.00
Gyro: Superheavy 8.00
Cockpit: Superheavy Tripod 5.00
Armor Factor: 568 35.50
Type: Standard
Internal Armor
Structure Value
Head: 4 12
Center Torso: 60 75
Center Torso (rear): 45
R/L Torso: 42 60
R/L Torso (rear): 24
R/L Arm: 33 50
R/C/L Leg: 42 56
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Weapons and Ammo Location Critical Mass
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Arrow IV System (Ammo 10) [Cluster] (C) CT 2 2.00
Arrow IV System (Ammo 10) [FASCAM] (C) CT 2 2.00
Arrow IV System (Ammo 10) [Homing] (C) CT 2 2.00
CASE II CT 1 1.00
Long Tom (Ammo 30) CT 6 6.00
Arrow IV System (C) RT 6 12.00
Arrow IV System (C) LT 6 12.00
Long Tom RA/RT 15 30.00
Long Tom LA/LT 15 30.00
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Alpha Strike Statistics
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Point Value (PV): 124
TP: BM, SZ: 4, TMM: 0, MV: 4"
Damage: (S) 0 / (M) 0 / (L) 0, OV: 0
Armor (A): 19, Structure (S): 10
Specials: ARTAC-2, ARTLT-2, CASEII, LG, TUR(ARTAC-2, ARTLT-2) |
