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General Details
Name: Flail
Type (Category): Weapon (Melee)
Reference: Tactical Operations: Advanced Units & Equipment (p. 101)
Description:
Inspired by the classic and familiar wrecking ball, the BattleMech-scale flail is nothing more than a ball of spiked tungsten alloy attached to a ‘Mech via a short, reinforced myomer tether. Though balanced for swinging, it is still somewhat difficult to use effectively. A missed attack can have grave consequences for the Attacker, as the free-swinging flail can double back on its own user
Game Rules:
The Flail attacks like a hatchet, with an additional +1 to-hit modifier to all attacks. If successful, the Flail delivers 9 points of damage that is not modified by actuator damage or the use of special myomers.
On a Flail attack roll result of 2, the Attacker automatically misses the intended target, and instead strikes its own unit. Such a self-inflicted strike delivers only 5 points of damage, resolved using the Front Hit Location Table. Additionally, the Attacker must make a Piloting Skill roll to avoid falling from being thrown off-balance by the shock of such a critical miss (with all normal Piloting Skill modifiers applied).
Unit Type Availability
BattleMechsIndustrialMechs
Inner Sphere Data (BattleMechs)
| Prototype Date: | 3057 |
| Production Date: | 3079 |
| Extinction Date: | — |
| Recovery Date: | — |
BattleMech Specific Construction Rules
May be mounted on Inner Sphere units in accordance with the following construction rules:
 May only be mounted in the Arms May only be mounted if a Lower Arm Actuator is present in the same location Not allowed if Chain Whip, Claws, Hatchet, Lance, Mace, Retractable Blade, Sword, Small Vibroblade, Medium Vibroblade, or Large Vibroblade is mounted in the same location Not allowed if Hand Actuator is mounted in the same location May mount up to one per location WEAPONS AND EQUIPMENT COMBAT AND CONSTRUCTION TABLE
Heat
Damage (Aero)
Range (Aero)
Rating
Availability
Cost (C-bills)
Weight (Tons)
Criticals
Battle Value
Direct-Fire
Explosive
0
9 (–)
–/1/–/– (–)
B
X-X-E-E
110,000
5
4
11.000
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RULES LEVEL PROGRESSION TABLE
Start Year
End Year
Rules Level
ALPHA STRIKE WEAPON CONVERSION TABLE
Heat
Short Medium Long Extreme Special Abilities
Special Unit Abilities
The special unit abilities described here are intended for use with the Alpha Strike rule system:
Melee (MEL)
This special ability indicates that the ’Mech is equipped with a physical attack weapon, and adds 1 additional point of physical attack damage on a successful Melee-type physical attack.
MegaMek Output → Critical Slot: IS Flail
Record Sheet Output → Critical Slot: Flail
Inner Sphere Data (IndustrialMechs)
| Prototype Date: | 3057 |
| Production Date: | 3079 |
| Extinction Date: | — |
| Recovery Date: | — |
IndustrialMech Specific Construction Rules
May be mounted on Inner Sphere units in accordance with the following construction rules:
May only be mounted in the Arms May only be mounted if a Lower Arm Actuator is present in the same location Not allowed if Chain Whip, Claws, Hatchet, Lance, Mace, Retractable Blade, Sword, Small Vibroblade, Medium Vibroblade, or Large Vibroblade is mounted in the same location Not allowed if Hand Actuator is mounted in the same location May mount up to one per location WEAPONS AND EQUIPMENT COMBAT AND CONSTRUCTION TABLE
Heat
Damage
Range
Rating
Availability
Cost (C-bills)
Weight (Tons)
Criticals
Battle Value
Direct-Fire
Explosive
0
9
–/1/–/–
B
X-X-E-E
110,000
5
4
11.000
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RULES LEVEL PROGRESSION TABLE
Start Year
End Year
Rules Level
ALPHA STRIKE WEAPON CONVERSION TABLE
Heat
Short Medium Long Extreme Special Abilities
Special Unit Abilities
The special unit abilities described here are intended for use with the Alpha Strike rule system:
Melee (MEL)
This special ability indicates that the ’Mech is equipped with a physical attack weapon, and adds 1 additional point of physical attack damage on a successful Melee-type physical attack.
MegaMek Output → Critical Slot: IS Flail
Record Sheet Output → Critical Slot: Flail
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