Dream Ticket

Sample Mercenary Unit

• 30 MCr Budget

Tech 9-10 Dream Ticket Mechanized Striker Battalion

HHC

• Command
  • CO
  • XO
  • SNCO

• Medical Platoon
  • 17 medics w/kits
  • 6 nurses w/company clearing stations
  • 4 doctors w/battalion aid stations

• Mess Platoon
  • 10 cooks
  • 5 chefs w/field kitchens

• Supply Platoon
  • 20 men
  • 5 10 ton capacity cargo trucks

• Maintenance Platoon
  • 1 ARV
  • 3 Workshops (motor pool, armory and EW-signals)
  • 60 mechanics

2 Lift Rifle Companies

• 2 Scout Platoons
  • 39 men each
  • 3 squads, each w/3 crew grav carrier w/ tac missiles
  • 10 scouts combat armor, grav belts, laser rifles w/ 4cm ram GL

• 6 Infantry Platoons
  • 2/28 men each, PL, APL, SNCO,
  • three nine man squads, CES, ACR w/4cm RAM GL

• 3 Smart Missile Platoons 2/22 men each
  • three eight man squads, with tracked drone missile carriers

• 2 Heavy Slug Thrower Platoons
  • 6 SP VRF Gauss gun carriers/air rafts 3 crew each

2 Armor Company

• 22 Tanks (6,70)
• Command Platoon (2,14)
• 2 Command Tanks
• 1 ARV
• 1 Workshop
• 4 Platoons of 5 MBT each (4,56)

2 Artillery Batteries

• 1 SPGun Battery (2,66) w/ eight 14cm Titan SPA, 24 crew
  • 8 ammo carriers w/32 crew
  • 1 FDC w/6 crew
  • 1 EW sled w/6 crew
• 2 FO Scouts

1 CAS Troop

• 4 VTOL Gunships
• 6 VTOL Air Assault Carriers
• 2 VTOL Scouts one for CO
• Maintenance Van

Dream Ticket Mercenary Self Propelled Gun ACV (TECH LEVEL A)

The vehicle has a crew of 3 (driver, gunner, and commander). It mounts a stabilized turret with tech A direct and indirect fire control, on the chassis deck with a single barreled electric action 14cm hyper velocity autocannon with a coaxial TL 9 laser rifle.

Vehicle Dimensions:

• Height: 1.18m + 1 m turret. Width: 5 m. Length: 10 m.
• Total usable volume: 84 m³
• Total mass loaded: 337.2193 metric tons.
• Production Cost: Cr. 984,049.45
• Movement: Maximum road or cross country 80kph/67cm.
  Movement effect on fire: No Effect on Fire

Armor:

• Turret and Chassis all faces 49.
• Target Size DMs: +2 low and +1 high.

Equipment:

• Sealed environment with over pressure vs. CBR/NBC threats
• 30 Power Target Acquisition LADAR
• Basic ECM
• Thermal Image
• Image Enhancement
• Map Box/GPS
• 5,000 Power Radio
• 50 Power Maser Communicator
• Full weapons stabilization.

Power:

• 9.9 megawatt MHD turbine power plant consumes 2,970 liters of fuel/ hour
• Fuel capacity 7,397.4 liters, enough for 2.49 hours.
• Power to weight ratio is 29.35.

Weapons:

• 14cm hyper velocity, single barreled, electric action auto cannon able to engage 2 targets and has a +3 signature.
• Direct fire characteristics: 

Range	Normal Rounds	KEAP/KEAPER Rounds
Effective Range	2,500 m +2	3,000 m +2
Long Range	3,500 m +1	4,000 m +1
Extreme Range	5,000 m +0	5,500 m +0

It has the following indirect fire characteristics:

• ROF 20
• Range 36km (54km RAP)
• Accuracy +1 up to 1/2 range and -3 over 1/2 range
• Set-up time 11.5 turns
• Rounds mass 52kg each (104kg RAP).
• Variable ballistics can be added for +Cr. 60
• Laser guidance for +Cr. 600
• RAP cost +Cr. 260.
• Ammo storage for 400 rounds (200 RAP), enough for 20 fire phases, or 10 RAP.

Type	Cost/Round
HE 24/3/4	Cr. 260
HEAP 46	Cr. 390
KEAP 43/38/33	Cr. 520
KEAPER 41/36/31	Cr. 572
Illum 96cm	Cr. 520
Chaff 96cm	Cr. 520
Flechette (3) +6 20cm	Cr. 1,300
CBM 21/8cm/9/+2	Cr. 780
Smoke 2cmx2cm 2 turns	Cr. 260
Chemical Smoke 2cmx2cm 6 turns	Cr. 520
Chem. NP Lethal 2cmx2cm 6 turns	Cr. 520

• The coaxial TL 9 laser rifle has a battery for 100 shots and may engage 1 target.
  
• It has the following direct fire characteristics:

Range	Distance
Effective Range	180m(9)
Long Range	360m(4)
Extreme Range	1,800m(1)

Maintenance:

• Vehicle: 6
• Electronics: 35
• Weapons: 2

Dream Ticket Mercenary Tracked Self Propelled Gun (TECH LEVEL A)

The vehicle has a crew of 3 (driver, gunner, and commander). It mounts a stabilized turret with tech A direct and indirect fire control, on the chassis deck with a 14cm medium velocity CPR gun with a coaxial TL 9 laser rifle and a HMG in a cupolas on the turret roof.

Vehicle Dimensions:

• Height: 1m + 1 m turret.
• Width: 4 m.
• Length: 10 m.
• Total usable volume: 39.2 m³
• Total mass loaded: 61.1669 metric tons.
• Production Cost: Cr. 397,679.95
• Maximum road 163.5kph/136cm, Cross country 98kph/82cm.
• Movement effect on fire: No Effect on Fire

Armor:

• Turret and Chassis front: 45
• Turret and Chassis sides: 38
• Turret and Chassis rear, belly, and deck: 13.
• Target Size DMs: +1 low and +1 high.

Equipment:

• Sealed environment with over pressure vs. CBR/NBC threats
• 20 bottles of prismatic aerosol
• Thermal Image
• Map Box/GPS
• 500 Power Radio
• 5 Power Maser Communicator
• Full weapons stabilization.

Power:

• 4.5 megawatt MHD turbine power plant consumes 1,350 liters of fuel/ hour
• Fuel capacity 6,834.2 liters, enough for 5 hours.
• Ground Pressure is 6.11669 tons/m².
• The power to weight ratio is 73.56920164.

Weapons:

• 14cm medium velocity cannon that may engage 1 target and has a +3 signature.
• It has the following direct fire characteristics:

Range	Normal Rounds	KEAP/KEAPER Rounds
Effective Range	1,500 m	2,000 m
Long Range	2,500 m	3,000 m
Extreme Range	4,000 m	4,500 m

• It has the following indirect fire characteristics:
  • With an autoloader, ROF 3, range 32km (48km RAP), accuracy +3 up to 1/2 range and +1 over 1/2 range, set-up time 11.5 turns.
  • Rounds mass 52kg each (104kg RAP).
  • Variable ballistics can be added for +Cr. 60, laser guidance for +Cr. 600, and RAP cost +Cr. 156.
  • There is ammo storage for 60 rounds (30 RAP), enough for 20 fire phases, or 10 RAP.

Type	Cost/Round
HE 24/3/4	Cr. 156
HEAP 44	Cr. 234
KEAP 37/33/29	Cr. 156
KEAPER 35/31/27	Cr. 171.6
Illum 96cm	Cr. 312
Chaff 96cm	Cr. 312
Flechette (3) +6 20cm	Cr. 780
CBM 21/8cm/9/+2	Cr. 468
Smoke 2cmx2cm 2 turns	Cr. 156
Chemical Smoke 2cmx2cm 6 turns	Cr. 312
Chem. NP Lethal 2cmx2cm 6 turns	Cr. 312

• The coaxial TL 9 laser rifle has a battery for 100 shots and may engage 1 target.
• It has the following direct fire characteristics:

Range	Distance
Effective Range	180m(9)
Long Range	360m(4)
Extreme Range	1,800m(1)

• The heavy machine gun on the turret can engage 4 targets in direct fire.
• Direct fire characteristics are: 

Range	Distance
Effective Range	500 m (6)+3
Long Range	1,000 m (5)+2
Extreme Range	1,500 m (3)+1

• Carries 800 Rounds of ammo included in price, enough for 20 fire phases, +2 signature.

• There is a pod of 10 TAC missiles on the turret exterior.
  • The missiles mass 40kg each.
  • The missiles have a 26.7km range with a +10 DM for high performance, or a 36.7km range.

Type:	Guidance	Cost
HE 28/4/5	Homing	Cr. 357
HE 28/4/5	Target Designated	Cr. 657
HEAP 50	Homing	Cr. 361.5
HEAP 50	Target Designated	Cr. 661.5

• A load of 10 HEAP homers is included in the purchase price.

Maintenance:

• Vehicle: 8
• Electronics: 24  
• Weapons: 5

This article was copied or excerpted from the following copyrighted sources and used under license from Far Future Enterprises or by permission of the author.

• Ronald B. Kline, Jr.