From: CS341A002@Husky1.StMarys.Ca (Loki)
Subject: Re: Centurion designs wanted.
Organization: Saint Mary's University, Halifax, N.S., Canada
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1992 00:24:12 GMT
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dshaffer@andromeda.rutgers.edu writes:
>
> 
>    Well, since btech designs have been popping up frequently, how about if you  Renegade Legion players start posting your creations.  Although I've only got 
> Centurion, I would like to see other design for the other systems to.  So come 
> on you Legion commanders, post your designs and lets get some reviewing done.
> Show your support for a great game.

Well, here's one...

Type: Heavy Grav Tank               Overview:
Cost: 3,180,700 talents
Mass: 544 tons                          The Goth is partially a response to
Engine: 2500                        field experience with the
Thrust: 2                           Eliminator/Cincinnatus Heavy Grav Tank.
Scenario Points: 32                 It is an attempt at correcting what
Infantry Squad: No                  some have held to be the Eliminator's
Digging Cannons: Yes                weaknesses.

Shields:                                It was introduced in 6828, in the
     Front:  100                    fighting on Caralis. The deployment of
     Right:   90                    this new unit surprised the 13379th TOG
     Left:    90                    Strike Legion (The Harbingers of
     Stern:  100                    Death), who had assumed that the
     Bottom:  80                    Renegade Infantry Legion still
                                    stationed on the planet had all but
Armor:                              given up. It appeared in the battle for
     Front:  100                    Fleece, stopping TOG forces in their
     Right:  100                    tracks. A heavy cohort full of Goths
     Left:   100                    was established outside the city,
     Stern:  100                    hiding. When TOG scouts approached,
     Bottom: 100                    they were attacked by infantry deployed
     Turret: 100                    from the Goths. The scouts reported a
                                    new Renegade APC; the TOG generals
Weapons:                            assumed a medium tank had been used for
Type        Location  Damage  Range its basis. Well, when TOG really
200mm        Turret      T      15  attacked, the Goths held their ground
200mm        Turret      T      15  and stopped the Harbingers dead in
7.5/6 Laser  Turret     10      20  their tracks.
7.5/6 Laser  Turret     10      20
7.5/6 Laser  Turret     10      20      It is meant to give infantry       
Vulcan IV    Turret      S     N/A  legions some punch, and this it does in
TLVG (12)    Hull 1      T       6  an exemplary fashion. When found in    
TLVG (12)    Hull 2      T       6  Strike Legions, it is often not        
                                    carrying infantry; in these cases      
though it will often "lend a hand" to nearby infantry, and offer to carry
them around/shelter them inside its armor.

Capabilities:

     Reports on the Eliminator stated a number of things...
One: The shielding was excessive. Nice, but really a little on the silly
     side.
Two: Not enough continuous firepower. Once its missiles run out (which
     happens extremely quickly with the SMLMs), it is often outgunned,
     especially considering the tasks it is usually given.
Three: It doesn't have any digging cannons, and it likes fighting from a
       grounded position more than most tanks. This is intolerable.
Four: It often winds up working with Infantry Legions on the defensive, and
      it can't even give them any cover. No infantry squads is OK for the
      strike-oriented Deliverer, but this thing is different.

     So, the SMLM systems were dropped in favour of two massive 200mm gauss
cannons, the biggest guns on the battlefield, and then to top it off...
they were placed in the turret.

     What's more, weapons were placed carefully, much like the Eliminator.
It can fire its missiles at a target in the forward arc, while firing its
(longer-ranged) direct fire weapons off its turret.

     The big trouble with it... It's expensive and very, very heavy. It has
forced an enlarged version of the Commonwealth and Renegade Navy's standard
tank carriers to be built, being over 100 tons heavier than the
Commonwealth's next heaviest tank, the Crusader. It costs a lot of money
but since it has a very good battlefield lifespan, it is considered worth
the investment. It had better be, considering it costs twice as much as a
Catapult medium tank. But these factors have been making both production
and distribution difficult.

Deployment:

     The Goth is currently deployed in a number of Renegade and
Commonwealth Infantry Legions, and a few Strike Legions. It is extensively
used by the 17775th Armored Renegade Strike Legion, still on Caralis
fighting the Harbingers of Death. The Second ACR has also managed to
acquire a few Goths.

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