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General Details
Name: ProtoMech Quad Melee Weapon
Type (Category): Weapon (Melee)
Reference: Interstellar Operations: Alternate Eras (p. 61)
Description:
The ProtoMech quad melee weapon system is a combination of physical modifications to quadruped ProtoMechs designed to improve their damage potential in melee attacks. While the system looked like the same type of cosmetics introduced in the first generation of ProtoMechs, added reinforcements and articulation made it possible for quadruped ProtoMechs to use them as effective weapons in their own right. Developed in the Wars of Reaving, the technology eventually made its way to the Inner Sphere via the Hell’s Horses Clan, where it has appeared sporadically ever since.
Game Rules:
Quadruped ProtoMechs equipped with the quad melee weapon system add 2 points of damage to the ProtoMech’s base damage in a Frenzy attack for every 5 tons of ProtoMech weight (or fraction thereof). A critical hit to the ProtoMech’s quad melee weapon system slot destroys enough of these physical modifications to render the system useless.
Unit Type Availability
ProtoMechs
Clan Data (ProtoMechs)
| Prototype Date: | ~3066 |
| Production Date: | 3072 |
| Extinction Date: | — |
| Recovery Date: | — |
ProtoMech Specific Construction Rules
May be mounted on Clan units in accordance with the following construction rules:
 Requires one critical slot to be allocated in each of the Torso Not allowed if Biped, or Glider is selected for the unit's Chassis May mount up to one per unit WEAPONS AND EQUIPMENT COMBAT AND CONSTRUCTION TABLE
Heat
Damage
Range
Rating
Availability
Cost (C-bills)
Weight (Tons)
Criticals
Battle Value
Direct-Fire
Explosive
–
2/5T*
–/0/–/–
F
X-X-F-E
70,000
1
1
(Dmg x 1.25)*
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* See rules for this equipment 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: ProtoQuadMeleeSystem
Record Sheet Output → Critical Slot: ProtoMech Quad Melee Weapon
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