Malcontent Mecha
Various Parties Contributed to This Report.
Stinger Background:
Stingers were rebuilt and modified mecha created by the Malcontents. Among the most powerful were those created by the Scavengers and made from Female Power Armor. The first Stingers were created in response to three
| Stinger: | ||
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| Mechanical Information: | ||
| Machine Type: | Battloid. | |
| Purpose: | Improvised Combat Vehicle. | |
| Crew: | Varies, but usually 1. | |
| Height: | Varies. | |
| Length: | Varies. | |
| Width: | Varies. | |
| Weight: | Varies. | |
| Speed: | Variable ground speed; Most examples are flight-capable. | |
| Weapons: | Varies. | |
| Equipment: | Varies. | |
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| Faction(s): | Various T'sentraedi Malcontent bands. | |
| Notable Pilot(s): |
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Secondly without a full-sized pilot, the Power Armours could not be used at all. Several Malcontent Groups, such as the Khyron's Fist band, had tried to use Battle Pods piloted by Micronised crews in combat but the results were unwieldy at best. Combined with that was the acceptance that the T'sentraedi's standard tactics were no longer viable, given the small size and limited resources of many Malcontent bands. Traditionally, most T'sentraedi forces had relied on overwhelming their enemies with sheer numbers of Battle Pods, with the understanding that they had functionally limitless resources and an endless supply of warriors at their disposal. But now that they were reduced to isolated bands that had no easy ability to resupply themselves, the Malcontents could not longer afford to simply absorb losses and keep fighting. With a lone Tactical Battle Pod being no match for a Veritech or Destroid, it was clear that the Malcontents needed a more powerful weapon.
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| Stinger Attacking. |
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| Stinger Rear View. Note the obvious Female Power Armor components. |
The Stinger was the creation of the Scavengers Malcontent Group, based in the South American T'sentraedi Control Zone and lead by Seloy Deparra (a former member of the Quadrano Batallion). The very first Stingers were intended to be simply crude reconstructions of T'sentraedi Mecha with crew compartments suited for human-sized crews. This included adapting the Power Armours with new motive systems to overcome the lack of a full-sized operator. Due to the background of Deparra and her associates such as Marla Stennik, an emphasis was placed on airborne mobility in an effort to recreate the capabilities of the Female Power Armor.
While it is not clear when Stingers were first deployed, the first confirmed sighting was in 2016, when a lone Stinger was fielded by a member of the Khyron's Fist against a convoy outside of Curibas. The Stinger was able to destroy the convoy along with two VF-1 Veritechs and inflicted over two hundred casualties before withdrawing without any damage. The presence of the Mecha caught the RDF entirely by surprise, who were simply unprepared for the machine and the capabilities it offered.
Following this initial success, the Scavengers began large-scale assembly of new Stingers from their various workshops across the T'sentraedi Control Zone. Rather than sticking to a single formula, the Scavengers constructed Stingers with a wide variety of weapons, features and capabilities, based as much on their own ideas as making the most use of the parts they could get their hands on. While their chief source of parts would come from scavenging in ruins and crashed T'sentraedi ships, the Scavengers turned to other sources for their supplies as well. While some of those came from black market sources, it is now accepted that the Scavengers were able to smuggle parts from the Robotech Factory satellite.
Within a few months the Scavengers were supplying Stingers to Malcontent bands worldwide. The Mecha saw action all across the surface of the Earth, as well as in orbit with groups scavenging from wrecked ships in the debris forces. The RDF and Southern Cross soon came to accept that Stingers would be a part of any engagement with Malcontent forces, and that it was impossible to fully predict a Stinger's capabilities, as no two examples were identical. Furthermore, badly damaged Stingers were as likely to be cannibalized for parts as they were to be rebuilt with parts from other Mecha, which meant that a single example could vary wildly in its abilities across different battles.
While the Scavengers had achieved considerable success with their designs, it is believed that by early 2018 they were beginning to exhaust many of their parts supplies. Their supply line to the Factory Satellite had been cut off, and the RDF were now cracking down hard on many black-market sources. The result was that the quality of the Stingers being produced became sharply divided between high-performance refined examples and far cruder machines that were little more than deathtraps. None the less, they were still widely accepted by Malcontent bands who needed the weapons.
The destruction of the Scavengers in 2018 shut down the supply of new Stingers. Most existing examples were destroyed in combat or captured within the next two years as the RDF and Southern Cross eliminated the last of the major Malcontent bands. Furthermore, due to their scratch-built nature, most Stingers were difficult to maintain at best, and simply had not been expected to last more than a few years. Sporadic encounters with Stingers would continue into the 2020s, but these were usually lone, isolated examples that were often in poor repair. Combat losses and attrition likely took care of those remaining examples before the start of the Second Robotech War.
Capabilities
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| Two Stingers Built From Mismatched Components. |
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| Stingers Used By JINAS Treng and MARLA Stennik for the Kara-Thun ritual, 2018. Both Stingers sported custom body panels to further conceal their origins. |
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| Stinger In Combat. |
A Stinger could be built from the parts of any Mecha. While usually the Scavengers used T'sentraedi Mecha as their start point, they would also use VF-1 Veritechs or Destroids for parts as well, especially for cockpit fit-outs. Stingers have even been observed with parts from conventional combat vehicles and aircraft. Where possible, the Scavengers would try to emulate the control configurations of familiar T'sentaedi mecha to help pilots acclimatize to new machines; the result was that the best Stinger pilots were usually those that had prior experience operating Power Armor. Typically the Scavengers tried to outfit Stingers with electronics taken from T'sentraedi mecha that their pilots would be more familiar with, but they would also use other materials where needed. Most Stingers were equipped with a short-range battlefield radar and various optical systems including infra-red, low-light.
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| Stinger In Flight From Behind. |
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| A Quadrupedal Stinger. The reasoning behind this construction is unclear. |
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| Stinger Firing Weapons. |
Due to their scratch-built nature and relying on salvaged and recycled parts, Stingers were hard to maintain and prone to breakdowns. Repairs were often makeshift and in many cases would result in rebuilding the Mecha with whatever parts were available. This meant that most Stingers ended up having short service lives before being claimed by mechanical failure. The total number of Stingers built is hard to determine; not only did the Scavengers deliberately not keep records, but it is possible that damaged or disabled Stingers were recycled to build new examples.
As with everything else, the quality of protection offered by a Stinger could vary wildly depending on the materials used in their construction. Furthermore, due to their scratch-built nature, the overall level of protection could vary across different components of the same machine. Stingers with exposed systems were not unknown either. However, all Stingers offered a fully pressurized cockpit with full life support systems. With that being said, Stinger Crews would often wear additional life-support systems such as spacesuits or, in one incident, SCUBA gear.
Weapons and Equipment
As with everything else, the weapons fit of a Stinger could vary wildly between examples. It was not uncommon to encounter Stingers with a mixture of human and T'sentraedi-built weapons systems. Most Stingers were armed with a mixture of laser or projectile weapons and missiles, with the latter often preferred as a way to break up formations and engage in area-saturation attacks. Some Stingers were even encountered mounting improvised melee weapons.
Aside from their conventional weapons, Stingers were also used as a delivery platform for the Scavengers' planned bioweapon attacks. The origin of this weapon has never been confirmed (although it is suspected to have come from the first iteration of the Central African Union), but exposure caused psychosis leading to acts of extreme violence in humans. T'sentraedi were not affected by the weapon. A trio of Stingers were used by the Scavengers to infect Cavern City as a trial run, which was clearly deemed to be a success. Before their destruction, the Scavengers had planned to move on to a second stage, which would have involved bioweapon attacks on major population centers including Monument City, Brasilia, New Detroit, Albuquerque and others.
Stinger V. Zarian Mecha.
One should not confuse Scavenger type Stingers for the Meach created by ZARIA. Superficially they would seem to be the same, but Lt ZARIA was particular about uniformity in her constructs, choosing on occasion to leave potential equipment off rather than swap it out for whatever was available, as the Scavengers had done.
Neither should they be considered "true" moddies; Moddies did tend to use whatever was available, but had a more fully thought out approach. The Scavengers did not have the option to pick and choose what they used, nor generally did those who emulated their accomplishments.
From a report by RDF investigators; "As you are aware, I was sent to Brazilia to investigate the sudden surgance in RDF hardware in the hands of non-aligned forces. I determined that much of it had been either stolen from unguarded militry bases or freely handed over by deserters from the various UEG aligned forces in this and surrounding sectors. In spite of claims the contrary, Col. LEONARD is not implicated in any of this matter, and in fact appears to be quite diligently attempting to neutralize said equipment. His methods leave something to be desired in terms of efficacy and brutality (he will level a village on a rumor that a Regult is in the area with an indifference to the civilian casualties, and an apparent indifference to the success or failure of neutralizing the battle pod), but he fundamentally is not guilty of handing over equipment; I am in the odd position to be able to prove a negative, as the various reports attached can prove out.
"There are however a great many bad actors here, and a lot of them wear the Uniform of the ROBOTECH DEFENSE FORCES. Just today I had to place a Col On Report for equipment that had been entrusted to him is now unaccountably missing. I sense there is a great deal of corruption in this sector, and would advice additional investigators to root out the fullness of it. "That isn't the full story however; Even now, I am attempting to determine the nature of a rumor I've heard about a hover tank built from T'sentraedi equipment. The tank is reputed to be in the hands of a mercenry in the employ of drug smugglers and possibly slave traders, and to ths end I have attempted to make contact with him posing as a possible client. "As to these "Scavengers" and their Mecha, I can say that I am not thoroughly impressed. They are clearly run down and rebuilt using whatever becomes available. Many of the constructs are very clever under the circumstances, but the circumstances are desperately poor. I noted that one unit brought in used a toaster as a firing toggle for the missile battery, and while effective it's far from what anyone should call a good design. I have included in report 2013-12156 detailed drawing of the system used to convert the Regult to a one-man system using a micronized T'sen or human pilot. I submit for consideration that this should be fully reverse engineered as soon as possible for further development on the MAC II and possibly other systems."
Stinger Mecha
Stan "Basara549" BUNDY
V 2.0 (01 Decemeber 1998)
After these operational modifications are done, further upgrades are made. Additional weapons are added, making most Stingers at least as well armed as the RDF Gladiator. Stingers made from T'sentraedi mecha have Micronian-style cockpits installed in their interior, with the leftover space being used for additional armor and recessed weaponry. Limbs that were from power armor are transformed into motor-driven ones by the incorporation of drive mechanisms manufactured and distributed illegally by the EBSIS. When Malcontents started attacking the EBSIS as well as the RDF, the Soviets stopped selling these parts; but by that time, the Scavengers had learned to build their own.
The final result of this chaotic construction method is a mecha that shouldn't even work, according to conventional theories of Robotechnology. But the Stingers do work, much to the dismay of the RDF and Southern Cross, not to mention the EBSIS. Note that while the first generation of Stingers were manufactured by a variety of sources, most of these sources came together by late 2016 to form the band known as the Scavengers. While the Scavengers were predominantly female, any male that had the needed technical skills were welcome as well; however, few males with the intelligence needed for these fields ever received such training. This is due to the males' greater violent tendencies as well as the females' greater patience in learning Terran skills.
Note: While these tables allow random generation of Stinger mecha, the process takes several minutes per Stinger. It is advisable to create Stingers well in advance of the encounter, perhaps many of them to choose from randomly when the time comes or as reinforcements, if possible. While these tables are set up for random rolls, the GM can feel free to pick and choose parts for special Stingers; just don't get carried away and create waves of death machines; these are supposed to be SALVAGED mechs, after all.
Section One-Creation Procedure:
Step One-Body: Roll on Table 1, then roll on indicated table of Section 2.
Step Two-Arms: Roll on Table 1, then roll on indicated table of Section 3.
Step Three-Legs: Roll on Table 1, then roll on indicated table of Section 4.
Step Four-Weapons: Calculate modifiers, then roll on Table 5.4. for number and type of additional weapons. Then, roll on appropriate sub-tables for each.
Step Five-Other Equipment: Roll on tables in Section 7 for the number and types of these, after taking into consideration the info for each body type presented there.
Step Six-Speed: Calculate modifiers from results of Steps One through Five, then roll on Table 8, for land, sea, air and space capabilities.
Table 1.A.: Source of Part
The following is a simplified method for labeling M.D.C. ranges for individual parts. It applies only to bodies, arms and legs (Tables 2-4), and gives both a range for the altered part, or a fixed amount for speed/quick-roll generation (the ranges are recommended, because of battle damage, and to keep players guessing, even if they read this article):
Note: "Yes" or "Opt." in Head column means use the head sub-table in Table 2.C. for the head, if the mecha's original head (if any) not used. "Opt." (Optional) means that installation of a head is not required, and is up to the whim of the builder.
Table 2.A.: T'sentraedi Mecha
First roll 2D10; There is an 80% for each PBC (1-19), then roll again against this table:
TZ-IV gun clusters are considered one weapon system.
* The Raidar X Machineguns mentioned above are from the toy description, and are only found in the laser version of the Raidar X. They are mounted in the shoulder areas (either side of the cockpit) that hold the autocannon ammo in the projectile version of the mecha.
Table 2.C.: RDF & SC Active Duty Veritechs (prior to 2018)
*Head for Guardian mode Veritech bodies, if present, functions in the usual, pop-down turret, manner. The LRV usually has its head sensor replaced by a better model (see below).# The LRV-558 is fusion powered with Protoculture assist in Battloid mode, while the LRV-588 is Protoculture powered, with gasoline vehicle power backup.^ Veritech and VF-1X/2X bodies have a 5% chance of being the two seat model. Guardian mode bodies have a 40% chance of retaining their wings (important for weapon and flight considerations).
Head Selection: For the above, and mecha using new/replacement heads, roll 2D6 and consult the following list:
hereherehere 2-3: VF-1S
hereherehere 4-6: VF-1J
hereherehere 7-9: VF-1A
hereherehere 10: VT/F-1D
hereherehere 11: VF-1X/2X
hereherehere 12: Other (LRVs, other Veritechs, or any non-transforming Battloid that fits the needs of the maker. See Table 2.E. for the RDF and SC Battloids).
Table 2.D.: RDF/REF & SC Prototype Veritechs (entering service 2018-2022)
Guardian mode Alphas and Vindicators have a 40% chance of retaining their wings (important for arming and flight considerations).
Alpha Jet Lasers are seen in the animation for the credits. Vindicators have Jet lasers, but at this point do NOT have shadow devices (it appears from the series, not the RPG, the devices were developed much later).
Also note that the Beta is badly off in the RPG from its anime version. The "Medium Range Missiles" are actually the sensor head, while the "LRMs" are actually the ducts for routing the Alpha's thrust out the back of the Beta in Legios mode. The LRMs are actually carried in the Bomb Bay (the same rack that uses the bombs is also the LRM rack), and the MRMs are actually the flip-down launchers generally described as the SRMs. The SRMs, in turn, are actually in pop-up launchers behind the MRM launchers.
See my Revised REF Veritechs article for more accurate weapon descriptions, or just use the RPG's version, if you don't feel like changing.
Table 2.E.: RDF & Southern Cross Battloids and Destroids (Generation II)
Holographic system for the Crusader was destroyed in the process of the capture and modification of the body.
The Gladius' missile launchers will have been refitted to fire only normal missiles, with one minor exception. There is a 5% chance, if 3 or more missile launchers are present in the rebuilt body, that ONE launcher is still equipped to fire the Disruptor missiles, and have only 1D6-1 of these missiles.
* The "Light" Battloid is, in reality, identical to the Heavy, except for its head (the head difference was to differentiate between officers [and NCOs] and enlisted personnel). For that matter, none of the SC Battloids in the RPG match up to their real Southern Cross users, and some of them in fact are power armors. For simplicity's sake, I am retaining the RPG descriptions, other than eliminating the Light Battloid.
Head Selection: For the above, roll 2D6 and consult the following list:
hereherehere 2-6: Roll on Table 2.C.'s head selection table.
hereherehere 7-9: Mecha's original head is intact and in place.
hereherehere 10-12: Roll 1D30 + 70 on table above to get replacement head.
Table 2.F.: REF Destroid Prototypes (Generation III), including Z-Series Pods
* The Malcontents always reinstall the original weaponry, though they find the MH pod's 3-man cockpit useful (used often as a command and control craft, especially if additional equipment added). A few have been turned into (lightly armored) heavy weapons platforms retaining all TBP features, plus as many large weapons as the body can bear (like MAC arms; shudder).
Table 2.H.: Other Mecha (and ultra-rare prototypes)
* Roll on Table 2.C. head table.
# As the Autocannon fit into the old arm mounts, they must be removed to mount new arms. If they are not removed, skip the Arm table roll.
The Z4's sensor package functions as its head in its Battloid mode, but is fixed in place in its Guardian Mode.
Section Three: Selecting Arms (Tables 3.A.-3.I.)
Note: 5% of the time, the arms will be mismatched (Roll separately for each arm). Also, consult Sub-table 3.I. for the presence or absence of hands (affects ability to use gun pods and melee weapons).
Table 3.A.: T'sentraedi Mecha
MAC II arms usable only with bodies whose original mecha height over 30 feet.
*Ammo takes up 2 points of weapon space (or two option points-your choice)inside the body (1 point per arm). See the weapons and options sections below.
Table 3.C.: RDF & SC Active Duty Veritechs (prior to 2018)
* Additional armor permanently attached. Note that while the RPG has the SuperVeritech arms with two missiles, the cut-away art of the launcher from Macross sources has a third missile in reserve, behind one of the two that are visible, that slides up into place when the one in font is ejected and fired. It is up to the GM to decide which version of the Super's arm launcher to use, but the ROF remains the same, for either payload.
Table 3.D.: RDF/REF & SC Prototype Veritechs (entering service 2018-2022)
* No arm shields; the Scavengers and other makers of Stingers usually remove this high-tech armor to use it to repair/augment other Stingers. 60% chance of each of the two weapons being in working order, and they CAN be used without penalty in their current state.
# The Beta has arm autocannon we see used in Episodes #82 & 83, but they are not described in the RPG. They can be treated as each being equal to the body GU-XX of the Beta (and can be volleyed together), or you can check out the different versions in my Revised REF Veritechs article.
Table 3.E.: RDF & Southern Cross Battloids and Destroids (Generation II)
MAC III arms usable only with bodies whose original mecha height over 40 feet.
Table 3.G.: EBSIS Mecha
There are three categories for Hands: None, Partial and Full. None is somewhat obvious; no gun pods or melee weapons may be used, though some of this sort (like the Defender) have the melee weapon built into the arm. Partial Hands can be used for picking things up, etc., but are unable to be positioned right to wield a weapon. Full Hands (which, despite the name, often don't even have five digits), are capable of using Gun Pods and/or melee weapons like the Gladiator Mace. Some enterprising Malcontents have even made mecha/T'sentraedi-sized versions of human melee weapons for this purpose. (See Weapons section)Mecha Arms Without Hands (by category):
hereherehere Category A: Officer's Pod (old)
hereherehere Category B: RDF Spartan, Excaliber, MAC II and Raidar X
hereherehere Category E: Mini-Monster, Defender Category F: MAC III, Raidar X
hereherehere Mecha Arms With Partial Hands (by category):
hereherehere Category D: Beta
hereherehere Category F: Spartan, OBP-Z2
Section 4: Selecting Legs (Tables 4.A.-4.H.)
Note: Since a number of Destroids share leg designs, tables 4.B. & 4.E. have been merged. Also, certain leg types have minimum or maximum body sizes (body size referring to the original, complete, size of the mecha the body came from) for their use. One does not put an Officer's Pod chassis on a pair of Logan legs, for example.
Table 4.A.: T'sentraedi Mecha
MAC II legs are too massive for use.
All Southern Cross Battloids use the same basic frame design, with different levels of armor and accessories applied (some of it cosmetic). Other than the varying armor levels, the only other significant difference are the numbers and strengths of thrusters for flight steering on some models.
* As these legs are identical otherwise, it was not uncommon to have the leg missile launchers of the Excailber show up on the Raidar X or Defender. The Spartan also was known to use leg weapons-a rotary mini-missile launcher for anti-missile and close-in defense use, whose ports were covered by a plate until fired. It can be seen in the RPG drawing with the covers on, or the 3" toy with the covers off. Stats for the launcher will be in the weapons section later on.
Table 4.C.: RDF & SC Active Duty Veritechs (prior to 2018)
* Additional armor permanently attached. Note that the leg armor for Super VTs are mostly space steering thrusters, and additional reaction mass tanks for the thrusters and mains. As a result, they are not used on Stingers, except for the unlikely event of Stingers needed for space use, in which case they can be mounted (normally) on any regular Veritech-legged Stinger.
Table 4.D.: RDF/REF & SC Prototype Veritechs (entering service 2018-2022)
* The Beta "leg missile launchers" are actually the maintenance covers to the vehicle's Jet mode lasers/autocannon, whose firing ports can be seen at the top of the legs. One can use the RPG description, or say that since the weapons in the legs are useless in a non-transforming mecha, they were replaced by missile launchers functionally identical to those described in the RPG. For more information, you can check out the different versions of the Beta weaponry in my Revised REF Veritechs article.
Table 4.F.:
REF Destroid Prototypes (Generation III), including Z-Series Pods
With the exception of the MAC III legs, these legs are limited to use with mecha bodies from mecha 30 feet tall or less, Regult (TBP) bodies, or Guardian-mode aerial Veritech bodies.
Table 4.G.:
EBSIS Mecha
Other Mecha (and ultra-rare prototypes)
The following Tables (5.1, 5.2 & 5.3) are for determining modifiers for the roll on Table 5.4. Here begins the most complex part of this system.
Table 5.1: Modifier for existing weapons on the design so far:
First, take all the energy and cannon (non-missile) weapons on the mecha as-is, and figure their average damage from one shot. For weapons with different damage amounts, use the largest damage amount given for a single attack/action (I.E. don't count full melee bursts or bursts that count as two or more attacks). For ease of math, here are the averages for each type of die, before multipliers:
After totaling the cannon/energy numbers, add ten for each missile carried by the mecha so far. For example, a fully loaded Female Power Armor shoulder launcher holds 42 missiles, so it would add 420 to the total. Size of the missiles does not matter, as the size of the larger missiles (and resulting lowering of payload) generally offsets any advantage over smaller, less damaging, missiles. Using an intact, unaltered Female Power Armor to illustrate the methods above, we get the following:
hereherehere Chest Autocannon: 4D8=4(4.5)=18
hereherehere Arm Lasers: 3D6 per arm=2(3)3.5=6(3.5)=21
hereherehere Short Range Missiles (126!)=126(10)=1260
hereherehere Total: 1299!!
You can only fit so much into a Logan, after all.... Apply one of the modifiers below, and remember that some weapons might be better off arm (or even leg) mounted.
Stingers are also not created in a vacuum. While many are created haphazardly, there are others that were built with specific pilots or end-users in mind. The personal Stinger belonging to the leader of a fighting Malcontent group allied with the Scavengers will most definitely be better armed than the typical Stinger used by a (relative) peon from a male-only group that only does business with the Scavengers because they have to.
Total the modifiers above, roll Percentiles, and add.
Generally, you (as game master) choose which categories in which to spend the weapon points, then roll on the desired table. One should actually choose the weapons non-randomly ONLY for special mecha, such as the main villain or NPC's mecha. Everything else should be left to chance, in order to be fair to your victims/players.
Beam and Projectile Weapons:
Rate of Fire:
If you wish to look up a mecha with a launcher identical in size and payload, you can use its Rate of Fire. Example: the SRM launchers of the Female PA, as part of a set, can fire 1, 2, 4, 8 or 12. As 4 launchers are in the set (2 42s and 2 21s, and the larger ones only have 21 missiles ready at any given time), divide these numbers to get a ROF: of 1, 2 or 3.
For launchers that can have more than one description (there are two 6-shot MRM launchers-the Excaliber's and the Mini-Monster's), either choose one that fits, or use the factors of the payload or ready number as a guide. Typical volley sizes are 1 or 2 missiles, then each number the payload is evenly divisible by, less than half the payload. A 12-shot launcher, then, could fire 1, 2, 3 or 4 missiles.
This includes "accidental" groups, from randomly rolling the same single launcher more than once. So, 2 minor launchers would cost 3 points, not 4.
Table 6.1. - Hand-held Weapons
All GUs and weapons with magazines will have 1D4-1 extra mags.
* RL-24 is "RL-2" from Strike Force. Breaux forgot there was already an RL-2 (an infantry disposable Plasma Mini-missile launcher) in the Sentinels RPG.
Table 6.2. - Missile Launchers
Table 6.2.a. - Single Minor Launchers
hereherehere 1. Both being present on the body during the body selection;
hereherehere 2. One being present on the body, the other rolled randomly as a launcher; or 3. Both rolled randomly as single launchers (in which case, you do get the -1 cost bonus).
Table 6.3. - Projectile and Energy Weapons
Table 6.3.a. - Minor Weapons
Weapons with "*" have higher damage burst selections, but may take extra attacks to do so.
Weapons with "up to" numbers count as one minor weapon, to the number given.
This is even if rolled over the course of multiple weapon selection rolls (like rolling between 01-18 4 times, and getting a 1 on the 1D4 each time).
Rolling more than this number makes the sum total count as 1 medium weapon. Two or three of one type of single minor weapon is treated as one medium.
Table 6.3.b. - Medium Weapons
A large Body is one of the following: Any T'sentraedi Pod from table 2.A., RDF Gladiator (mounts on top, across shoulders), Mini-Monster (as Gladiator), or the ABP-Z4 (Mounts under the body).
Section Seven: Standard and Optional Equipment
Table 7.a. Standard Equipment by Body Type
* Passenger and cargo space is as original mecha, or roll 1D4 for the T'sentraedi mecha for number, with each number/person equal to 500 lbs of cargo space, if chosen for that use.
Table 7.b. Additional Standard Equipment:
200 mile Radar, Laser Communications, Motion Detector, Radiation Detector, Active IR & UV sensors, using lasers or spotlights.
Table 7.c. Additional Optional Equipment
Note: Use the mecha's own body thrusters (if any, by the table below), unless the "additional thrusters" result is hit on the above table. If the mecha normally has no thrusters, roll normally. If it has thrusters, roll, and if the result is worse than the body's then treat is as a roll of 37-50.
Battloids, VT Battloids, Logan, REF Pods=+250 lbs.
Guardian Alpha & VF-1, REF Destroids=+500 lbs.
RDF Destroids, Beta, Old T'sentraedi Mecha=+750 lbs.
Bonuses: Add +4 to space speed roll, Multiply Pilots Compartment M.D.C. by 3, all others by 1.5.
Penalties: Remove 3-4 points of weapons to install verniers and propellant tanks. Gets free roll on thruster units table.
RDF, SCA, EBSIS or T'sentraedi.
Active IR, Active UV, Thermo-Imager, Telescopic Video, Targeting Computer(96 targets), Sonar(Active/Passive), Motion Detector, Radiation Detector, Seismic Sensor, Laser Communication System (choose Terran or T'sent.), Radar: 200 miles(air), Video Relay Camera (see Recon Scout Pod), Onboard Computer (See Raidar X).
17-18: Type 2: 3D6(10) MD to 50 ft radius.
19: Type 3: VX Nerve Gas from 203MM shell. Save vs. lethal poison EACH SECOND until injected with atropine, or die.
20: Type 4: 1 kt 203mm tactical nuclear shell! Treat as MAC-III Drum Bomb, + radiation.
Section Eight: Stinger Movement Modifiers
Table 8.a. Main Body Flight Speed Modifiers
("Flight Speed" includes the Air, Space and Water columns.)