Mekton Technical System Build Sheet


Name:
 MS-47 Orion
Cost:
 452.375 cp
Weight:
 88.05 tons
Scale:
 x1

Mecha Movement Statistics:


Configuration
MV
Land MA
Flight MA
Humanoid
-6
3 Hexes
14 Hexes

Servos and Armor


Loc
Class
Kills
Space/Left
Cost
Class
Type
SP
DC
Cost
Head
AH
9
9/8
9
AH
B
9
4
13.5
Torso
AH
18
18/6
18
AH
B
9
4
13.5
R. Arm
AH
10
10/7
10
AH
B
9
4
13.5
L. Arm
AH
10
10/7
10
AH
B
9
4
13.5
R. Leg
AH
10
10/0
10
AH
B
9
4
13.5
L. Leg
AH
10
10/0
10
AH
B
9
4
13.5
Pod
AH
0
18/0
18
AH
B
9
4
13.5
Cost: 161.5 cp
Weight:65 t

Sensors:


Sensor
Type
Range
Comm
Kills
Loc
Cost
Space
Main
MS
7 km
1000 km
1
H
4
1
Backups
SL
1 km
300 km
0
T
0
1
Cost: 4
Weight: 0.5

Weapons:


Name
WA
Rng
Dmg
Sht
Kills
BV
CP
Space
Loc
 Notes
Hand
+0
Melee
2+1K
--
1
--
2
1
RA
 Quick, Handy
Hand
+0
Melee
2+1K
--
1
--
2
1
LA
 Quick, Handy
Weapon Mount
+0
--
--
--
1
--
2
1
T
  
Weapon Mount
+0
--
--
--
1
--
2
1
T
  
Beam Carbine
+1
8/64
6K
Inf.
6
--
9
9
1-H
  
Assault Cannon
+0
11/121
14K
20
14
--
15
15
WM
 Weapon Link
Assault Cannon
+0
11/121
14K
20
14
--
15
15
WM
 Weapon Link
Cost: 47
Weight: 19

Movement Systems:


System
MA
Location
Kills
Space
Cost
Thrusters
3.75
RL
0
10
10
Thrusters
3.75
LL
0
10
10
Thrusters
3.75
T
0
7
7
Thrusters
3.75
P
0
18
18
Total Thrusters
15
      
45
Cost:45

Powerplant


Source:
 Fusion
XS:
 1
MV:
 +1
MA:
 +1
M-Pool:
 +0%
Cost:
 x0.15

Control System


Type:
 Screen
M-Pool:
 +0%
Other:
 ---
Cost:
 x0.00

Hydraulics


Type:
 Standard
Space:
 +0
Melee Dmg:
 +0
Lift:
 +0
Cost:
 x0.0

P+C+H Cost Multiplier: x0.15

P+C+H M-Pool Bonus(+%): +0%

Cost Multiplier Systems:


System
Cost
Space
Special
Maneuver Verniers
x0.1
5
+1 MV
Targeting Computer
x0.3
0
+6 MV for targeting ranged weapons only
Environmental Protection
x0.2
0
Arctic, Desert, Underwater, Space
Total Multiplier: x0.75
M-Pool: +0%

Subassemblies:


System
Loc
Space
Cost
Notes
Cockpit
Torso
1
1
Ejection Seat, Armored, Screen controls
Cost: 1
Weight: 0

Final costs:


Base Weight:
 80.5 tons
Fuel Weight:
 8.05 tons
New Weight:
 88.05 tons
Base Cost:
 258.5 cp
Cost (after Multipliers):
 452.375
Efficiency ( -0 tons):
 0
Final Weight:
 88.05 tons
Scale:
 x1
Scaled Cost:
 452.375
Scaled Weight:
 88.05 tons

Name: Orion
Production Code: MS-47
Manufacturer: SBT Industries, Ltd.
Use: Heavy Attack Mekton Armor
Production Status: Early Production
Control System: Fourth-Generation Combat Interface Algorithm System
Height: 27.49 meters
Weight: 88.05 tons
Power Plant: 55,400 mW peak output, 42,000 mW sustained output
Main Thrusters: 10
Vernier Rating: 4
Armor: Advanced Chobham, with excellent resistance to small arms fire and very good resistance to all Mekton level firepower.  Armor is extremely resistant to ablation by energy melee weaponry.

Armament:
 
Number Armament Type
2
 AC445 Liquid-Fueled Assault Cannon
1
 E276 Beam Carbine

Equipment: Ejection Seat

Notes: A heavyweight mekton designed primarily for heavy combat and assault missions. The Orion skimps on other weaponry in favor of its main armament, a pair of heavy liquid-propellant cannon. Liquid propellant was chosen over the usual rail gun arrangement for better efficiency, power and intimidation (since the hypervelocity shells are propelled from the barrel on twin columns of flame). The twin cannon can also be replaced with mission specific armaments or completely omitted, reducing take-off mass in the latter case by seven to fourteen tons and in the former case by anything up to that. Because the MS-47’s armament is optimized for long-range fire, its short-range munitions are limited to a one-handed beam carbine (which can, if necessary, be replaced by a larger two-handed beam rifle or augmented with a one-handed energy melee weapon in the other hand). Because of the poor response time of a mekton this large, the EMW option is seldom utilized. The relatively low mass was achieved by removing the traditional secondary armaments and concentrating exclusively on the carbine and shoulder cannon.

The Orion won out over more the traditional heavy assault robots, YMS-46 Archer and the YMS-48 Phalanx, since its humanoid design allowed it to have a certain amount of weapons commonality with the units it would be working cooperatively with in the field. The second and greatest advantage for the Orion over its competitors was the fact that it was a single-pilot mekton, rather than a multi-crewed unit, allowing an Orion unit to operate on one-third the manpower of a conventional assault-mekton unit. The relatively low cost of the prototype allowed the unit to be the first New Generation Mekton to reach the battlefront.