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General Details
Name: Heat-Dissipating
Type (Category): Armor (Core)
Reference: Interstellar Operations: Alternate Eras (p. 81)
Description:
Derived from the Clans’ fire-resistant armor tech, heat-dissipating armor staves off the system-taxing effects of incendiary weapons and fire against BattleMechs, but can only do so as long as the armor remains relatively intact. While otherwise effective against standard weapons as well, an unfortunate trade-off of this armor—which incorporates additional layers of insulation and modified sealants to achieve its thermal effectiveness—is that it provides less overall protection per ton than most other contemporary armor types.
Though the Capellan Confederation first put this new armor type into production, the Clans of the Inner Sphere followed suit. Interestingly enough, the Clan version is merely a copy of the Capellan formula, likely produced after the Hell’s Horses Clan procured some samples with aid of Sea Fox merchants.
Game Rules:
As long as the location struck still has at least 1 point of armor remaining, heat-dissipating armor reduces the external heat effects caused by flamers, plasma weapons, infernos, and other external sources (including fire) by half. Round this reduced heat effect down to the nearest point, to a minimum of 0 heat.
Unit Type Availability
BattleMechsIndustrialMechs
Inner Sphere Data (BattleMechs)
| Prototype Date: | 3111 |
| Production Date: | 3123 |
| Extinction Date: | — |
| Recovery Date: | — |
BattleMech Specific Construction Rules
May be mounted on Inner Sphere units in accordance with the following construction rules:
 Requires a total of six critical slots to be allocated across all locations If used as patchwork armor, one critical slot must be allocated in each location designated 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
–
– (–)
– (–)
E
X-X-X-E
25,000xAT
*
6*
x1.1
—
—
* See rules for this equipment AT = Armor Tonnage 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:
Fire Resistant (FR)
Units with this ability are not affected by infernos or other weapons that generate heat (HT). If the heat-causing weapon deals damage in addition to causing heat, that damage still applies.
MegaMek Output → Critical Slot: IS Heat-Dissipating
Record Sheet Output → Critical Slot: Heat-Dissipating Record Sheet Output → Armor Diagram: HD
Clan Data (BattleMechs)
| Prototype Date: | — |
| Production Date: | 3126 |
| Extinction Date: | — |
| Recovery Date: | — |
BattleMech Specific Construction Rules
May be mounted on Clan units in accordance with the following construction rules:
Requires a total of six critical slots to be allocated across all locations If used as patchwork armor, one critical slot must be allocated in each location designated 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
–
– (–)
– (–)
E
X-X-X-E
25,000xAT
*
6*
x1.1
—
—
* See rules for this equipment AT = Armor Tonnage 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:
Fire Resistant (FR)
Units with this ability are not affected by infernos or other weapons that generate heat (HT). If the heat-causing weapon deals damage in addition to causing heat, that damage still applies.
MegaMek Output → Critical Slot: Clan Heat-Dissipating
Record Sheet Output → Critical Slot: Heat-Dissipating Record Sheet Output → Armor Diagram: HD
Inner Sphere Data (IndustrialMechs)
| Prototype Date: | 3111 |
| Production Date: | — |
| Extinction Date: | — |
| Recovery Date: | — |
IndustrialMech Specific Construction Rules
May be mounted on Inner Sphere units in accordance with the following construction rules:
Requires a total of six critical slots to be allocated across all locations If used as patchwork armor, one critical slot must be allocated in each location designated WEAPONS AND EQUIPMENT COMBAT AND CONSTRUCTION TABLE
Heat
Damage
Range
Rating
Availability
Cost (C-bills)
Weight (Tons)
Criticals
Battle Value
Direct-Fire
Explosive
–
–
–
E
X-X-X-E
25,000xAT
*
6*
x1.1
—
—
* See rules for this equipment AT = Armor Tonnage 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:
Fire Resistant (FR)
Units with this ability are not affected by infernos or other weapons that generate heat (HT). If the heat-causing weapon deals damage in addition to causing heat, that damage still applies.
MegaMek Output → Critical Slot: IS Heat-Dissipating
Record Sheet Output → Critical Slot: Heat-Dissipating Record Sheet Output → Armor Diagram: HD
Clan Data (IndustrialMechs)
| Prototype Date: | 3126 |
| Production Date: | — |
| Extinction Date: | — |
| Recovery Date: | — |
IndustrialMech Specific Construction Rules
May be mounted on Clan units in accordance with the following construction rules:
Requires a total of six critical slots to be allocated across all locations If used as patchwork armor, one critical slot must be allocated in each location designated WEAPONS AND EQUIPMENT COMBAT AND CONSTRUCTION TABLE
Heat
Damage
Range
Rating
Availability
Cost (C-bills)
Weight (Tons)
Criticals
Battle Value
Direct-Fire
Explosive
–
–
–
E
X-X-X-E
25,000xAT
*
6*
x1.1
—
—
* See rules for this equipment AT = Armor Tonnage 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:
Fire Resistant (FR)
Units with this ability are not affected by infernos or other weapons that generate heat (HT). If the heat-causing weapon deals damage in addition to causing heat, that damage still applies.
MegaMek Output → Critical Slot: Clan Heat-Dissipating
Record Sheet Output → Critical Slot: Heat-Dissipating Record Sheet Output → Armor Diagram: HD
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