Dream Ticket

Sample Mercenary Unit

• 30 MCr Budget

Various Mercenary commanders are approached to complete the mercenary Dream Ticket on Aramanx/Aramis (Spinward Marches 3005). They must design and select forces to be built with money provided upfront by Sternmetal Horizons an interested megacorporation. Several Condotterie, Huscarls and Hessian units were designed this way. This includes: Tyler's Titans, Cathy's Crusaders, Pam's Peacekeepers, Owen's Onslaught, Mean Dean's Mob, the Menagerie, General Noah Papadopoulos' Advanced Recon Commandos and Princess Diane, 112th Baroness of Nu Yark's, Destroyers. Other examples include Shaun's Legion of Darkness, Cheryl's Champions, Stephen's Pampered Pets, Major Tom's Mega Force, the Jaguars and The Maelstrom.

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 Companies

• 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

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• Ronald B. Kline, Jr.