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Getting a credit of any kind in a CBT book is pretty fun. Very Happy

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I think TRO3039 is worth the cost but some think otherwise since it is geared more toward the people just coming into the game.

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Wow. Sorry to hear that, but it is good to know your wife is doing well following something like that.

Congrats Dan!

Nice powerful design and good fluff Jimmy. I'm not a big fan of THB gear but the range of the ELRM has always made it the exception for me.

Unfortunately with the way the books are set up you will eventually want both, I'm sure. If all you want are the stats for construction TechManual is the book but Total Warfare has the combat stats: ...

Thanks for the comments Jimmy. Stats for the new equipment can be found in Total Warfare & TechManual.

The MML is basically an equivalent of the clan ATM although it fires standard IS missil ...

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Type/Model: Sherman Light Tank v2 Mk.I
Tech: Inner Sphere / 3067
Config: Tracked Veh ...

Different types of armor. Basic stealth masses 55 kg per point, standard and improved stealth goes for 60 kg per point. On the model with improved stealth I had 50 kg left so I put towards another v ...

This is about the best I can do without ditching the Magshot. I actually like it.

Classic BattleTech Battle Armor Technical Readout
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I like the Scalper name Jimmy.

I came up with another variant with basic stealth armor. A lot of people believe the stealth characteristics reduce vulnerability therefore surrendering armor is a ...

I've been tinkering around with TechManual and HMBA and came up with this sweet little number - the Peltist. The name's kind of lame IMO but the design isn't. Problem is I can't decide which version ...

The Vortigern Hover Tank has two updated variants that became available in about 3070, the Hengist and Horsa.

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I tend to build my CBT units from an in-character perspective and base a lot of it on real world stuff, particularly my infantry so the IPCR is one of the favorite construction rules sets for CBT.

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Thanks Medron. I'm slowly revising my initial "Rough Guide" for DCBTU and will post more eventually. And I haven't abandoned the Unit Roster spreadsheet either. It's just taking longer than I expec ...

I did a few corrections, I changed the name of the Lancer Corvette since I deleted the missile systems I had aboard it, and I adjusted the costs of the 1Gen JumpShips to reflect their actual in-univer ...

Civilian JumpShips and Interstellar Commerce: The original canon figures for DropShip and JumpShip numbers of about 2,000 JumpShips and 10,000 DropShips stand in DCBTU. All but the most important wo ...

I've been working on this for a long time.

DCBTU is my alternate universe for Battletech. It is set in 2866 shortly after the beginning of the Third Succession War. DCBTU follows the same basic t ...

As with the canon Heavy APCs, tracked as well as wheeled and hover models of this basic design will be available, if the plants are nuked first.

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By 3071 large scale production of the Heavy PPC was in full swing, where House Kurita could find the factories to manufacture it. Truth was DC military production had taken a pounding from WoB forces ...

Long time no post so...

The Thunderbolt, specifically the TDR-5S has long been my number 1 favorite mech, bar none. And I prefer the unseen art to the reseen art, although I think the reseen T-Bol ...

Thanks Jimmy. The Support Vehicle Construction Rules are in Combat Equipment and also will be in TechManual, along with some corrections and clarifications to the construction rules.

Doc pointed o ...

Another SV from me, this time a fixed wing aircraft. For those that might recognize it my Frog is based on the US DoD
Fire team leader Corporal André "le Buef" LeBeau glanced up when the cabin ligh ...

They certainly can be. Wink

When I picture this VTOL I see something like MD's Notar Falco 3 Observer: “Dispatch, Falco 3 in pursuit of robbery suspect, blue Freedom 900 hover jeep, west bound on Freeway 9, 25 kilometers east of ...

Outskirts of Avalon City
New Avalon, Federated Suns
15 April 3067

Infantry Captain Ross “Rosy” Richards crouched low against the wall, watching the video feed from the drone intently on his notep ...

Type: Billy Scott's Steamboat "Jenny"
Chassis Type: Naval Vessel (Small)
Mass: 4,000 kg
Equipment Rating: B/C-D-C/B

Equipment ...

Some of you may recognize this new equipment entry, I posting something very similar a while back but I adjusted things recently.

RV Style Accommodations

RV style accommodations are based on the ...

After discussing this with Cray I decided to adjust the stats for the Water Maker.

New stats for the Water Maker:

Water Maker with Water Storage
Equipment Rating: B/B-C-B/A
Mass:
Emp ...

So if you have an idea, post it here. But no weapons please. I think we've got enough of them.

First up the Water Maker.

Water Maker
Equipment Rating: C/C-D-C/A
Mass: 100kg
Water Storage C ...

Many people have commented about lack of light (Small Arms) and medium (RPG Support) weapons on medium & large class support vehicles and combat vehicles. Well here’s a fix for those that are wil ...

And it appears so is this place. Wow no posts on the design board in 2 plus weeks. Come on you slakers!!!

Yes I think conventional infantry is under appreciated around here.
Want to make somet ...

No fluff, just a design.

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Type/Model: Gray Death Light MkI Standard
Tech/Era: Inner Sphere / 3065 / CBT Rules ...

Doh! I should have known where you were going with that. Laughing

That is the perfect piece of evidence IMO to prove that the accommodations mass does not include life support systems for aerospac ...

In the case of SV rules, one can isolate the atmosphere within the rules, so how does it explain the unisolated accomodations weighing as much as for AT2? You can? Where do you see it?

Hit "here" above or the link below.
Sometimes I think you need to change the color scheme here Dan. Laughing

http://forums.classicbattletech.com/index.php/topic,4240.new.html#new

DSI Mk II Surveillance Aerostat

The First and Second Succession Wars saw a major depletion in the industrial and military capabilities of all the major houses of the Inner Sphere. This in turn l ...

I've been tinkering around with some alternative "combat" vehicles.

Sandia Vehicles Cow Series Paramilitary Armored Personnel Carriers

The Cow series of light armored personnel carriers built ...