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Inner Sphere Force Deployment - 3025
The inverted triangles represent Air Wings and OA symbol represent AMC land units.
Alpheratz hosts the Avellar Guards and one Air Wing.
Wednesday, February 9, 2022
Military force deployment - OA 3025
Sunday, February 6, 2022
Planetary Garrison
Planetary Garrison is part of the Planetary Militia organization and the last ditch of defense of most worlds within the Outworlds Alliance.
Mainly formed by infantry formations with few attached combat vehicles it has limited mobility but it is able perform defensive roles very efficiently.
A Standard Planetary Militia Battalion makes extensive use of motorized infantry with towed autocannons:
1st company: 3 x Motorized infantry platoon with 3 AC/5s (28 men, 238 BV2 each)
2nd company: 3 x Motorized infantry platoon with 2 AC/20s (28 men, 338 BV2 each)
3rd company: 3 x Motorized infantry platoon with auto rifles only (28 men, 81 BV2 each)
The Battalion is usually supported by two LRM Carriers (816 BV2 each). In some cases, they can be replaced by SRM Carriers or reinforced by additional vehicles (up to a lance of four). Scorpions, Strikers, Hetzers and armed Heavy APCs are the more common choices.
With 2 LRM Carriers, the total BV2 is 3,603 and can be a serious treat to a lance size of Battlemechs. The infantry is trained to act as spotters for the LRM Carriers while in indirect fire.
A second formation is used to protect less important targets and it is called Light Garrison Battalion:
1st company: 2 x Motorized infantry platoon with 3 AC/5s (28 men, 238 BV2 each) plus 1 x Motorized infantry platoon with 2 AC/20s (28 men, 338 BV2 each)
2nd company: 3 x Foot infantry platoon with auto rifles only (28 men, 61 BV2 each), transported in unarmored trucks (5 tons with 3 ton cargo space, no armor, wheeled, 9/14 movement, 12 BV each)
3rd support lance: 2x Flatbed Trucks armed with LRMs (215 BV2 each) and 2x Flatbed Trucks armed with SRMs (217 BV2 each)
Total BV: 1,897
Total BV: 1,897
It is not uncommon to find these battalions missing field guns or Flatbed Trucks, which are replaced with whatever is available, including heavier combat vehicles.
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| Type/Model: | Flatbed Truck (OA LRM) |
| Mass: | 10 tons |
| Equipment | Mass | ||
| Int.Struct.: | 4 pts Standard | 1 | |
| Engine: | 20 I.C.E. | 1 |
| Cruise MP: | 4 | ||
| Flank MP: | 6 | ||
| Jumping MP: | 0 | ||
| Heat Sinks: | 0 Single | 0 |
| Cockpit & Controls: | 0 | |
| Crew: 1 members | 0 |
| Armor Factor: | 40 pts Standard | 2 |
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| Weapons & Equipment | Loc | Heat | Ammo | Crits | Mass | |
| 2 | LRM 5 | Rear | 4 | 24 | 3 | 5 |
| TOTALS: | 4 | 3 | 5 |
| Calculated Factors: | |
| Total Cost: | 108`500 C-Bills |
| Battle Value 2: | 215 |
| Cost/BV: | 505 C-Bill/BV |
The Flatbed Truck with SRMs has 3 forward firing SRM2s with one ton of ammo, same armor but with a heavier engine for 6/9 movement allowing it to perform recon and counterattack missions:
Flatbed truck SRM - record sheet
The 5ton truck is used to transport foot infantry platoons and actually represent a generic vehicle that can be found in different models which does not affect gameplay.
It is is fast (9/14) but totally unarmored and unarmed with a single point of internal structure (so any damage destroys it) but it is a cheap and fast transport for infantry. In case of combat, it will disembark the infantry as fast as possible and retreat or look for full cover.
It is unnecessary to use a record sheet to play it but you can find it below:
Light truck 5 tons - record sheet
Note: due to the shortage of autocannons, you may find the above platoons replaced by small squads armed with one AC/5 or full platoons also armed with single AC/5 or AC/20s (see the record sheets in the Towed Autocannon post). A second possibility is the use of obsolete Rifle canon (Tactical Operations, page 338). The development of a Light AC/20 with only 9 tons is unconfirmed (see MegamekLab app for complete stats).
Sunday, October 10, 2021
Gulon - Mining and Security Mech
Gulon - Mining and Security Mech
Seen for the first time in the Technical Readout: Irregulars (Catalyst, 2021), the Gulon MiningMech is an IndustrialMech produced by Alliance Motors Limited since 3020.
Its most peculiar characteristic is the use of Fission Engines which are very dangerous in case of explosion causing radioactive contamination but allow for several years of endurance without refueling and can operate where ICEs cannot due to an inadequate or even absent atmosphere.
Its most peculiar characteristic is the use of Fission Engines which are very dangerous in case of explosion causing radioactive contamination but allow for several years of endurance without refueling and can operate where ICEs cannot due to an inadequate or even absent atmosphere.
This is not mentioned in the above source but the engines are most probably supplied from Valasha, the only world in OA still capable to produce Fission Engines.
The original Gulon is presented in two versions: one for mining (Mining Drill, Liquid Sprayer and 3 small lasers) and a second that removes the liquid sprayer and adds a Medium Laser. Clearly breaching the existing agreements for armed IndustrialMechs existing by 3025 both models offers an interesting option for mining "entrepreneurs" that may face issues with small groups of pirates in desolated words poorly defended within the Outworlds Alliance.
None of the canon versions includes Environmental Sealing and opt for expensive Heavy Industrial Armor (Gulon MiningMech), but here we have some other variants, one better suited for adverse environments with Environmental Sealing, a second with more conventional ICEs and a third for planetary security also without the dangerous Fission Engine.
These versions are all equipped with Commercial armor (BAR 5) which is cheaper, lighter and works fine for low armor values.
| Type/Model: | Gulon GLN-1ES |
| Mass: | 25 tons |
| Equipment | Mass | ||
| Int.Struct.: | 43 pts Industrial | 5 | |
| Engine: | 100 Fission | 5 | |
| Walking MP: | 4 | ||
| Running MP: | 6 | ||
| Jumping MP: | 0 | ||
| Heat Sinks: | 5 Single | 0 | |
| Heatsink Location: | 1 RT |
| Gyro: | 1 | |
| Industrimech Cockpit, Life Supt., Sensors: | 3 |
| Actuators: | L: Sh+UA+LA+H R: Sh+UA+LA | ||
| Armor Factor: | 48 pts Commercial | 2 |
| Critical Location | Internal Struture | Armor Value | |
| Head | 3 | 6 | |
| Center Torso | 8 | 6 | |
| Center Torso Rear | 2 | ||
| Left Torso | 6 | 5 | |
| Left Torso Rear | 2 | ||
| Right Torso | 6 | 5 | |
| Right Torso Rear | 2 | ||
| Left Arm | 4 | 5 | |
| Right Arm | 4 | 5 | |
| Left Leg | 6 | 5 | |
| Right Leg | 6 | 5 |
| Weapons & Equipment | Loc | Heat | Ammo | Crits | Mass | |
| 3 | Small Laser | LA | 3 | 3 | 1.5 | |
| 1 | Medium Laser | LT | 3 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1 | Environmental Sealing | - | 0 | 8 | 3 | |
| 1 | Mining Drill | RA | 0 | 4 | 3 | |
| TOTALS: | 6 | 16 | 8.5 |
| Calculated Factors: | |
| Total Cost: | 1`277`969 C-Bills |
| Battle Value 1: | 251 |
| Battle Value 2: | 233 |
| Cost/BV: | 5485 C-Bill/BV |
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| Type/Model: | Gulon ICE |
| Mass: | 25 tons |
| Equipment | Mass | ||
| Int.Struct.: | 43 pts Industrial | 5 | |
| Engine: | 100 I.C.E. | 6 | |
| Power Amplifiers: | 1 | ||
| Walking MP: | 4 | ||
| Running MP: | 6 | ||
| Jumping MP: | 0 | ||
| Heat Sinks: | 1 Single | 1 |
| Gyro: | 1 | |
| Industrimech Cockpit, Life Supt., Sensors: | 3 |
| Actuators: | L: Sh+UA+LA+H R: Sh+UA+LA | ||
| Armor Factor: | 48 pts Commercial | 2 |
| Critical Location | Internal Struture | Armor Value | |
| Head | 3 | 6 | |
| Center Torso | 8 | 6 | |
| Center Torso Rear | 2 | ||
| Left Torso | 6 | 5 | |
| Left Torso Rear | 2 | ||
| Right Torso | 6 | 5 | |
| Right Torso Rear | 2 | ||
| Left Arm | 4 | 5 | |
| Right Arm | 4 | 5 | |
| Left Leg | 6 | 5 | |
| Right Leg | 6 | 5 |
| Weapons & Equipment | Loc | Heat | Ammo | Crits | Mass | |
| 1 | Machine Gun | LA | 0 | 100 | 2 | 1 |
| (Ammo Locations: 1 CT*) | ||||||
| 1 | SRM 2 | LT | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1 | SRM 2 | RT | 2 | 50 | 2 | 2 |
| (Ammo Locations: 1 CT) | ||||||
| 1 | Mining Drill | RA | 0 | 4 | 3 | |
| TOTALS: | 4 | 9 | 7 |
| Calculated Factors: | |
| Total Cost: | 939`583 C-Bills |
| Battle Value 1: | 208 |
| Battle Value 2: | 175 |
| Cost/BV: | 5369 C-Bill/BV |
| Type/Model: | Gulon ICE-city defender |
| Mass: | 25 tons |
| Equipment | Mass | ||
| Int.Struct.: | 43 pts Industrial | 5 | |
| Engine: | 100 I.C.E. | 6 | |
| Power Amplifiers: | 1 | ||
| Walking MP: | 4 | ||
| Running MP: | 6 | ||
| Jumping MP: | 0 | ||
| Heat Sinks: | 3 Single | 3 |
| Gyro: | 1 | |
| Industrimech Cockpit, Life Supt., Sensors: | 3 |
| Actuators: | L: Sh+UA+LA+H R: Sh+UA+LA+H | ||
| Armor Factor: | 48 pts Commercial | 2 |
| Critical Location | Internal Struture | Armor Value | |
| Head | 3 | 6 | |
| Center Torso | 8 | 6 | |
| Center Torso Rear | 2 | ||
| Left Torso | 6 | 5 | |
| Left Torso Rear | 2 | ||
| Right Torso | 6 | 5 | |
| Right Torso Rear | 2 | ||
| Left Arm | 4 | 5 | |
| Right Arm | 4 | 5 | |
| Left Leg | 6 | 5 | |
| Right Leg | 6 | 5 |
| Weapons & Equipment | Loc | Heat | Ammo | Crits | Mass | |
| 1 | Medium Laser | LA | 3 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1 | SRM 2 | LT | 2 | 50 | 2 | 2 |
| (Ammo Locations: 1 CT) | ||||||
| 1 | Machine Gun | RA | 0 | 1 | 0.5 | |
| 1 | Machine Gun | RT | 0 | 100 | 2 | 1 |
| (Ammo Locations: 1 CT*) | ||||||
| TOTALS: | 5 | 6 | 4.5 |
| Calculated Factors: | |
| Total Cost: | 878`333 C-Bills |
| Battle Value 1: | 247 |
| Battle Value 2: | 199 |
| Cost/BV: | 4414 C-Bill/BV |
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