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Thor

Type/Model: Thor
Tech: Inner Sphere / 2750
Config: Wheeled Vehicle
Rules: Level 2-FA, Standard design
   
Mass: 55 tons
Power Plant: 255 Strand Fusion
Cruise Speed: 54.0 km/h
Maximum Speed: 86.4 km/h
Armor Type: Ulston 105, CASE Ferro-Fibrous
Armament:
1 Thumper Artillery
2 Magna LT Medium Lasers
Manufacturer:    Ulston Armor
   Location:    (Unknown)
Communications System:    RedStar III
Targeting & Tracking System: TBR LaserTrac


Overview:
       To fill the need for quick artillery response on a fluid battlefield, the Star League Defense Forces commissioned a vehicle to carry the Thumper Artillery Piece at speeds of 80 kilometers per hour on flat terrain.
         The Quartermaster Command chose the Thor as the final design for two reasons. It was the fastest design submitted, and the only one that met the 80 kph specification. It also provided the most protection for its crew. Though its exterior armor is not exceptional, the Thor's CASE system for ammunition storage guards against internal shell explosions. Some members of the Quartermaster Command balked at a wheeled vehicle as too limited in some terrain, but the Thor's advantages outweighed this concern. Production began in 2680.


Capabilities:
       Though the Thor carries a respectable amount of Ferro-Fibrous armor, today's weapons are so powerful that the Thor often relies on its speed for defense. The vehicle cannot fire when on the move, but setting up the firing station requires less than one minute. The vehicle can move again in 30 seconds.
         Though the lightest artillery piece used by the Star League, the Thumper has excellent range and a good rate of fire. Employed in quantity, Thumper groups can level a city block in a matter of minutes. The trans-optical aiming system, which links the spotter to the artillery piece, contains some of the most advanced communications equipment in existence.
         The Thor carries twin medium lasers in its turret, allowing the vehicle to offer some resistance if the enemy gets close. The lasers are powerful enough to provide some defense, but not enough to giver the Thor crew any ideas of prolonging an engagement.
         The Cellular Ammunition Storage Equipment on the Thor provides excellent crew protection in the event of an ammunition explosion. The shell storage compartment is lined with slabs of Ferro-Fibrous plating on five sides. Should the compartment rupture, the heavier plating channels the explosion to the sixth side, which blows out the rear of the vehicle. Though the blast blows off the rear armor and cripples the vehicle, the crew normally survives.


Type/Model: Thor
Mass: 55 tons
Const. Options: Fractional Accounting
Equipment:   Items Mass
Internal Structure: 30 pts Standard 0 5.50
Engine: 255 Fusion 0 13.00
Shielding & Trans Equip:   0 6.50
   Cruise MP: 5    
   Flank MP: 8    
Heat Sinks: 10 Single 0 .00
Cockpit & Controls: 0 2.75
Crew: 4 Members 0 .00
Turret Equipment:   0 .20
Armor Factor: 134 pts Ferro-Fibrous 2 7.50
    Internal Armor
    Structure Value
  Front: 6 30
  Left / Right Sides: 6 25/25
  Rear: 6 24
  Turret: 6 30
Weapons & Equipment: Loc Heat Ammo Items Mass
1 Thumper Artillery Front 0 40 2 17.00
2 Medium Lasers Turret 6   2 2.00
CASE Equipment: Body     1 .50
TOTALS:   6   7 54.95
Items & Tons Left:       9 .05
Calculated Factors:
Total Cost: 1,906,125 C-Bills
Battle Value: 325
Cost per BV: 5,865.0
Weapon Value: 342 / 342 (Ratio = 1.05 / 1.05)
Damage Factors:    SRDmg = 12; MRDmg = 6; LRDmg = 5
BattleForce2: MP: 5,   Armor/Structure: 0 / 5
    Damage PB/M/L: 1/2/1,   Overheat: 0
    Class: GM,   Point Value: 3
    Specials: artT