From: tfpayn01@ulkyvx.louisville.edu
Subject: Re: MECH: Heavy Hammer
Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1992 17:57:56 GMT
Organization: University of Louisville

In article <C03oy9.DvM@news.cso.uiuc.edu>, dv52151@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (RedSwordTarga) writes:
> One of my favorite 'Mechs since I started playing BattleTech has been
> the Warhammer. I took one look at the cover and decided I liked that
> 'Mech. Great profile, lots of guns, and it looks mean. Well, time 
> has marched on and now here we are in game time of 3050+. The Warhammer,
> once a dangerous opponent (if one removed the Small Lasers and spent the
> tonnage on leg armor), has been reduced to a second stringer by the 
> ill-design crews at FASA. I broke out my handy calculator and Mech
> Editor program  and after much thought and experimentation, here is
> what I feel is a Warhammer for our time. 
> 
> 
> Type: IS WHM-6X Heavy Hammer                Mass
> Tonnage:                                   70.00
> Internal Structure:                         7.00
> Engine:               280XL                 8.00
> Walking MP's:      4
> Running MP's:      6
> Jumping MP's:      0                     0.00
> Gyro & Cockpit                              6.00
> Heat Sinks:           18                    8.00
> Armor Factor:         216                  13.50
>                 Internal     Armor
>                 Structure    Value
> Head:              3          9
> Center Torso:      22        36/7
> Lt./Rt. Torso:     15        24/6
> Lt./Rt. Arm:       11         22
> Lt./Rt. Leg:       15         30
> Weapons and Ammo:
>  Type                 Loc.   Critical      Weight
> ER PPC                RA         3          7.00
> ER PPC                LA         3          7.00
> Med. Laser            RA         1          1.00
> Med. Laser            LA         1          1.00
> Med. Laser            LT         1          1.00

	What's with all these Med. Lasers?  Good lord, this thing's a moving
SUN when it tries to fire anything!  The ER PPCs are fine, though I'd move for
double-strength HS to alleviate some of their heat problems.  And why not Pulse
Lasers?  They're much more accurate, and do almost the same damage?  

	Just my .02.  Great job, though!  A friend and I did the same thing for
the same reasons.  We come from the Robotech sphere, and beside the Veritech,
the Excalibur (Warhammer) was our fav!
> 
> Known Variants
> 
> WHM-6XH  1) Remove the Center Torso Medium Lasers.
> 	 2) Make the Arm Mounted Medium Lasers Medium Pulse Lasers.
> 	 3) Install Triple Strenth Myomer.

	Well, that's a good start!  Save the Myomer for the Med's, which work
better since the sprint rules for Solaris have arrived.

> 
> 
> I expect someone will post commenting on how the XL Engine winds up nearly
> doubling the cost of the Mech. Well, victory costs and the pocketbook is the
> first place you start paying. The IS cannot afford to have Mechs which fall
> down with leg injuries in the 3rd round of firing as the current Warhammer
> has an annoying tendency to do. The Heavy Hammer's XL Engine lets it pack on
> the extra 3.5 tons of armor that have proven effective in extensive field
> trials. Two ER PPCs give effective long ranged combat with no reliance on
> resupply. An impressive array of 10 Medium Lasers gives the Heavy Hammer
> a respectable close range bite. The flamer allows for raising enemy heat
> scales if playing with that option, starting fires in woods, and eliminating
> those pesky infantry types. 
> 
> 
> Axly
> 
> *******************************************************************************
> *                         Star Captain Axly                                   *
> *                         Alpha Second Nova                                   *
> *                         Supernova  Second                                   *
> *                        341st Assault Cluster                                *
> *                            Clan Wolf                                        *
> *******************************************************************************
> 
> 

	Hail, brother! 

	Lieutenant Sable Reaver, Alpha Regiment, 1st Provisional Company, 
	Command Lance, Wolf's Dragoon's
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