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Name/Model: Dragonfly Attack Helicopter
Designer: Rudel Gurken
Source(s): Custom Mordel.Net Units
Technology: Inner Sphere
Technology Rating: D
Tonnage: 30
Configuration: Combat Vehicle
Era/Year: Star League / 2560
Rules (Current): Standard
Rules (Era): Standard
Rules (Year): Standard
Total Cost: 1,564,000 C-Bills
Battle Value: 663
Movement Type: VTOL
Power Plant: GM 190
Cruising Speed: 118.8 kph
Maximum Speed: 183.6 kph
Armor: FiberTech Medium
Armament:
1 Magna Hellstar PPC
Manufacturer: Yelm Weapons
Primary Factory: Fletcher
Communications: Johnston Wide Band
Targeting & Tracking: NIRAD 210
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Overview:
Yelm Weapons of Fletcher, then producer of the Nightshade ECM VTOL for the SLDF, was asked
to design a series of Helicopters for use in militias and standard line regiments.
One would have to be a heavy weight attack helicopter bringing the Magna Hellstar PPC into
the air. It should use a standard fusion engine and standard weapons and equipment (to save
cost and, as VTOLs tend to get lost over enemy territory, to reduce the risk of high tech
falling into the enemies hands).
Yelm answered with the Dragonfly.
Capabilities:
The Dragonfly carries a formidable PPC into battle. More heavily armored than most other
VTOLs of its time and with a speed rivaling even VTOLs half its size this attack helicopter
(that had better been classified as gunship) gives even mech-jocks a headache. Mostly
piloted by experienced VTOL crews it lingers at the edge of the battle rapidly switching
positions and delivering precize heavy hits.
Its armored searchlight illuminates enemy units from afar to aid its own fire but also that
of friendly units.
Deployment:
Several hundred were produced for the SLDF and well liked by their crews. Its star began to
sink as new weapons made their way onto the battlefields: The ER large laser and later the
ER PPC made it difficult for the Drangonflies to stay out of effectiv counterfire range.
At the end of the 3rd Succession War only a handfull survives destuction and salvaging
mostly around the Draconis Combine / Outworld Alliance border for whatever reason.
Variants:
In its lifetime some field modification were done to individual machines: Swapping the PPC
for an ER large laser and two more heat sinks and/or replacing the standard armor with ferro
fibrous or ferro aluminium armor.
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Equipment Mass
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Internal Structure: Standard 3.00
Engine: 190 Fusion 11.50
Cruising MP: 11
Flanking MP: 17
Heat Sinks (Single): 10 0.00
Control Equipment: 1.50
Lift Equipment: 3.00
Power Amplifier: 0.00
Turret: 0.00
Armor Factor: 56 3.50
Type: Standard
Armor
Value
Front: 18
R/L Side: 13
Rear: 10
Rotor: 2
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Weapons and Ammo Location Tonnage
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PPC Front 7.00
Searchlight, Mounted Front 0.50
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Alpha Strike Statistics
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Point Value (PV): 21
TP: CV, SZ: 1, TMM: 4, MV: 22"v
Damage: (S) 1 / (M) 1 / (L) 1
Armor (A): 2, Structure (S): 2
Specials: ATMO, ENE, SRCH
Distribution
Name/Model: Dragonfly Attack Helicopter
Technology: Inner Sphere
Tonnage: 30
Configuration: VTOL Combat Vehicle
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Front
1. PPC
2. Searchlight, Mounted
3. Empty
Left SideBodyRight Side
1. Empty 1. Empty 1. Empty
Rear
1. Empty
Battle Value Breakdown
Name/Model: Dragonfly Attack Helicopter
Technology: Inner Sphere
Tonnage: 30
Configuration: VTOL Combat Vehicle
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Defensive Battle Rating
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Armor (Standard): 54 x 2.5 x 1 135.000
Internal Structure (Standard): 15 x 1.5 x 1 (+) 22.500 = 157.500
Unit Type Modifier: VTOL (*) 0.70 = 110.250
Defensive Movement Factor: +4 (VTOL ) (*) 1.50 = 165.375
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Final Defensive Battle Rating: 165.375
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Offensive Battle Rating
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Offensive Equipment:
PPC 176.000
Total Vehicle Tonnage: 30 / 2 (+) 15.000 = 191.000
Speed Factor: 17 (Flank) (*) 2.580 = 492.780
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Final Offensive Battle Rating: 492.780
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Combat Vehicle Battle Value
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Defensive Battle Rating: 165.375
Offensive Battle Rating: (+) 492.780 = 658.155
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Final BattleMech Battle Value: 658
Alpha Strike Conversion
Name/Model: Dragonfly Attack Helicopter
Technology: Inner Sphere
Tonnage: 30
Configuration: VTOL Combat Vehicle
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Determine Unit Type
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Ground Units: Combat Vehicle = CV
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Final Unit Type: CV
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Determine Weight/Size Class
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Tonnage: 30 (less than 40) = 1
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Final Weight/Size Class: 1
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Convert Movement and Movement Modes
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Ground Movement: 11 (Cruise) = 22"
VTOL Motive Type = 22"v
Ground Target Movement Modifier at 22" is 4
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Final Movement and Movement Modes: 22"v
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Determine Short Range Damage Value
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Offensive Equipment: = 0.000
PPC (+) 0.750 = 0.750
Heat-modified damage value:
Damage subtotal rounded up to the nearest tenth = 0.8
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Final Short Range Damage Value: 1
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Determine Medium Range Damage Value
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Offensive Equipment: = 0.000
PPC (+) 1.000 = 1.000
Heat-modified damage value:
Damage subtotal rounded up to the nearest tenth = 1.0
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Final Medium Range Damage Value: 1
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Determine Long Range Damage Value
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Offensive Equipment: = 0.000
PPC (+) 1.000 = 1.000
Heat-modified damage value:
Damage subtotal rounded up to the nearest tenth = 1.0
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Final Long Range Damage Value: 1
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Convert Armor
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Standard: 56 armor points x 1 56.000 = 56.000
Armor Factor Conversion (/) 30 = 1.867
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Final Armor Value: 2
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Convert Structure
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Standard: 15 structure points 15.000 = 15.000
Structure Conversion (/) 10 = 1.500
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Final Structure Value: 2
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Determine Special Abilities
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Unit is a VTOL vehicle type = ATMO
Unit contains no explosive components = ENE
Unit is a Combat Vehicle = SRCH
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Determine Point Value
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Unit's Offensive Value:
Attack Damage Factor 1 (Short) + 1 (Medium) + 1 (Medium) + 1 (Long) = 4.000
Blanket Offensive Modifier 1 (Base) (*) 1.000 = 4.000
Defensive Interaction Rating:
Armor Factor 2 (Armor) x 1.5 (VTOL) = 3.000
Structure Factor 2 (Structure) x 1.0 (Other Unit) (+) 2.000 = 5.000
Defense Factor 1 + {[4 (22" Move) + 1 (VTOL)] x 0.25} (*) 2.250 = 11.250
Final DIR Round to nearest half point = 11.500
Unit's Defensive Value:
Movement Factor 2.75 (0.25 per 2") = 2.750
Final DIR Defensive Interaction Rating (+) 11.500 = 14.250
Unit's Final Point Value:
Offensive Value = 4.000
Defensive Value (+) 14.250 = 18.250
Agile [4 (TMM) - 1] x 1 (Medium) (+) 3.000 = 21.250
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Final Point Value: 21
Cost Breakdown
Name/Model: Dragonfly Attack Helicopter
Technology: Inner Sphere
Tonnage: 30
Configuration: VTOL Combat Vehicle
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Structural Cost
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Armor (Standard) (56 pts) 3.5 x 10,000 35,000.00
Internal Structure (Standard) 3.0 x 10,000 (+) 30,000.00 = 65,000.00
Control Components 1.5 x 10,000 (+) 15,000.00 = 80,000.00
Rotors 3 x 40,000 (+) 120,000.00 = 200,000.00
Engine (Fusion) (5,000 x 190 x 30) / 75 (+) 380,000.00 = 580,000.00
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Total Structural Cost 580,000.00
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Weapons and Equipment Cost
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PPC 200,000 200,000.00
Searchlight, Mounted 2,000 (+) 2,000.00 = 202,000.00
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Total Weapons and Equipment Cost 202,000.00
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Combat Vehicle Cost
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Structural Cost 580,000.00
Weapons and Equipment Cost (+) 202,000.00 = 782,000.00
Combat Vehicle Cost Multiplier 1 + (30 / 30) (*) 2 = 1,564,000.00
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Final Combat Vehicle Cost 1,564,000.00
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