Leopard Dropship

    Leopard Dropship 1.19522.1

    Introducing the Leopard, the most famous Battletech dropship of all time. Production year: 2537

    "A simple and easy-to-maintain design, the Leopard quickly became the standard lance-sized 'Mech carrier for the original Star League and the Great Houses."
    Source: Leopard


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    Original canon dimensions: 50.6m x 22.4 x 66 m

    Original canon mass: 1720 tonnes

    Original canon thrust: 2g (safe); 3g (maximum)

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    Starmade dimensions: 51 x 22 x 66.
    Starmade dry mass: 1719.1 (17,024 blocks)
    Starmade thrust/mass ratio: 2.6/1 (2915 thruster blocks generating 4553.6 thrust)


    Original canon armament:
    2x PPCs
    3x LRM 20s
    5x LL
    7x ML

    Starmade armament:
    5 beams
    20 single-block target-lock missile system
    1 dual-cannon anti-missile dorsal turret

    2x multi-block beams with beam slave for farther reach as the PPCs

    1x dual barrel 7-block cannon turret with red color and 6-block cannon slave to make up for the lack of LRMs.
    No missiles (Battletech uses limited ammunition on missile systems; infinite ammunition would change the dynamic of even the smallest missile arrays.)

    Jammer installed for combat drops.


    4 9x13x9 internal docking ports as mech bays. 2 9x9x13 internal docking ports as aerospace bays.



    Single occupied 13x9x13 turret port on the dorsal hull between the cockpit raised cockpit bulge and the tail fins.

    Limited storage space for short-term sorties.


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    Battletech resource information link:
    Leopard

    StarMade image link (imgur):
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    1. Long Overdue Rail Update

      Since the dropship no longer relies on cubic storage spaces, I was able to form the hull a lot...
    2. Leopard Dropship - Now with Shields and Salavage beams for non-Battletech rules.

      The dropship has been given shields and some salvage beams for servers without Battletech rules...

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    Well ... this is certainly the last place I expected a 66AH link to pop up. Fun fact: I didn't know that particular page still existed, it's an old archived version....

    We appreciate your updates to this design, it's made our lives a lot easier in that we no longer have to come up with the design ourselves for the Pariahsis build (it holds 3). Unfortunately, as we speak Martinloki is performing a serious hack-job to make it fit our dimensions. He deserves praise and a punch in the face. I'll let you decide which you want to give him!

    Again, thanks for updating this.
    jayman38
    jayman38
    You are very welcome.
    It is very interesting that it is getting a further update from Pariahsis. Since the last update came out in Starmade version 0.19522, this ship is long overdue for an update again.
    Praises to Pariahsis.
    Enjoy.
    ~Mostly well constructed review follows~
    *Level up battle brick gained fins!*
    (+1) ship has a unique shape vaguely resembling a hover ship.
    (+1) cheap for it's size
    (+1/-1) ship lacks any aggressive effort towards detailing
    (-1) hangers lack any real detail
    (-1) Ship's shape is very cubed and doesn't seem like it ~would~ work as a drop ship.

    How to fix: add more extruding armor plates to breakup the white hull. Dont add so many lights to the inside of the hanger or detail the floor. Add wings to the side that change the shape a bit.
    jayman38
    jayman38
    Thank you for the great review!

    Regarding her shape, they don't call her "the Brick" for nuthin'!

    "In reference to its layout and allegedly also to its atmospheric handling, the Leopard is widely known by its nickname, "Brick". "
    - http://www.sarna.net/wiki/Leopard

    "The Leopard Class DropShip was introduced in the early days of the Star League as a support and transport vehicle for BattleMechs. The DropShip's slab-sided design and less-than-impressive in-atmosphere handling earned it the nickname "the Brick," but the ease of repairing the vessel gave the Leopard a longer life span than its designers'.
    "Like many of the early BattleMechs it was designed to transport, the Leopard has a blocky, angular silhouette because its aligned-crystal steel armor could initially be formed only in flat sheets. That problem was later solved, but the Leopard retained its boxlike shape."
    - http://www.pryderockindustries.com/thegateway/taurianconcordat/ships/leopard_obsolete.html

    I wanted to leave her mostly "plain", since I figured pilots will probably be in random mercenary companies and so will want to put on their own paintjob.

    Here's some further links discussing the Leopard's unatmospheric shape:
    http://www.starshipmodeler.org/gallery12/bh_022607_leopard.htm
    http://66thavalonhussars.com/roster.php
    http://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/an-entry-with-a-bang-jumpships-and-dropships-ii.228672/page-2
    http://www.romanorum.net/battletech/leopard.html
    http://mwomercs.com/forums/topic/4872-nothing-about-the-dropship/