Name:  Collapsible Command Module
Type (Category):  Equipment (Other)
Reference:  Tactical Operations: Advanced Units & Equipment (p. 113)

Description:
The Collapsible Command Module (CCM) is a detachable section that can be mounted on the torso of a BattleMech. Though used since the Star League era, this item is extremely rare, and most famously used by the HQ variant of the venerable Cyclops BattleMech. The CCM can be dismounted and set up in the field within 15 minutes, establishing a fully operational headquarters bunker, equipped with enough communications and control equipment to coordinate forces up to a full ’Mech regiment in size.

Game Rules:
When dismounted, the CCM is treated as a level 1 Heavy building with a CF of 60. It provides the benefits of a Mobile HQ with 7 tons of communications equipment.

While being transported by a BattleMech, the CCM cannot be manned or operational. Any damage that strikes the internal structure of the torso in which the CCM is located also applies to the CCM’s CF. Each critical hit on the CCM reduces the operational communications equipment by 1 ton (to a minimum of 0).

Detaching or attaching a CCM takes 5 minutes (30 turns in standard TW game play), during which time the transporting unit may not move or engage in combat. Setting up a detached CCM requires an additional 15 minutes (90 turns in TW game play) and a specialized crew (treated as a 7-man conventional foot “platoon” that must be brought in separately).

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Prototype Date:	~2700
Production Date:	2710
Extinction Date:	—
Recovery Date:	—

WEAPONS AND EQUIPMENT COMBAT AND CONSTRUCTION TABLE
RULES LEVEL PROGRESSION TABLE
MegaMek Output → Critical Slot:  ISCollapsibleCommandModule
Record Sheet Output → Critical Slot:  Collapsible Command Module

Prototype Date:	~2700
Production Date:	2710
Extinction Date:	—
Recovery Date:	—

WEAPONS AND EQUIPMENT COMBAT AND CONSTRUCTION TABLE
RULES LEVEL PROGRESSION TABLE
MegaMek Output → Critical Slot:  CLCollapsibleCommandModule
Record Sheet Output → Critical Slot:  Collapsible Command Module

Prototype Date:	~2700
Production Date:	2710
Extinction Date:	—
Recovery Date:	—

WEAPONS AND EQUIPMENT COMBAT AND CONSTRUCTION TABLE
RULES LEVEL PROGRESSION TABLE
MegaMek Output → Critical Slot:  ISCollapsibleCommandModule
Record Sheet Output → Critical Slot:  Collapsible Command Module

Prototype Date:	~2700
Production Date:	2710
Extinction Date:	—
Recovery Date:	—

WEAPONS AND EQUIPMENT COMBAT AND CONSTRUCTION TABLE
RULES LEVEL PROGRESSION TABLE
MegaMek Output → Critical Slot:  CLCollapsibleCommandModule
Record Sheet Output → Critical Slot:  Collapsible Command Module