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== Description == == Description ==
Compared to their [[Star League]] and [[BattleTech eras|Succession War]]-era counterparts, primitive engines are larger and less efficient; typically, modern engines are 80% the size of these early engines for the same amount of power.<ref name="JS:TBDp144">''Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents'', p. 144, "Primitive 'Mech Construction"</ref> The first ''[[Mackie]]'' for example, used a 33-ton, 360-rated engine to move at a top speed of 54 km/h.<ref name="XTRO:PV1p8">''Experimental Technical Readout: Primitives, Volume 1'', p. 8, "MSK-5S ''Mackie''"</ref> At the fall of the Star League, this engine had been replaced by a 19-ton model with a rating of 300.<ref name="TRO:3075p186">''Technical Readout: 3075'', p. 186, "MSK-9H ''Mackie''"</ref> Compared to their [[Star League]] and [[BattleTech eras|Succession War]]-era counterparts, primitive engines are larger and less efficient; typically, modern engines are 80% the size of these early engines for the same amount of power.<ref name="JS:TBDp144">''Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents'', p. 144, "Primitive 'Mech Construction"</ref> The first ''[[Mackie]]'' for example, used a 33-ton, 360-rated engine to move at a top speed of 54 km/h.<ref name="XTRO:PV1p8">''Experimental Technical Readout: Primitives, Volume 1'', p. 8, "MSK-5S ''Mackie''"</ref> At the fall of the Star League, this engine had been replaced by a 19-ton model with a rating of 300.<ref name="TRO:3075p186">''Technical Readout: 3075'', p. 186, "MSK-9H ''Mackie''"</ref>
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+ == Rules ==
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+ === Game Rules ===
+ The primitive engine is larger than its Succession Wars- or Star League-era equivalents. To reflect this, compute the engine rating as normal, then multiply that rating by 1.2 to get the Primitive Engine Rating (round up to nearest whole engine rating). Use the Primitive Engine Rating to get its weight.<ref name="JS:TBDp144"/>
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== References == == References ==
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[[Category:Engines|Engine, Primitive Engine]] [[Category:Engines|Engine, Primitive Engine]]
[[Category:Technology|Primitive Engine]] [[Category:Technology|Primitive Engine]]
+ [[Category:Primitive Technology|Primitive Engine]]
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Compared to their [[Star League]] and [[BattleTech eras|Succession War]]-era counterparts, primitive engines are larger and less efficient; typically, modern engines are 80% the size of these early engines for the same amount of power.<ref name="JS:TBDp144">''Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents'', p. 144, "Primitive 'Mech Construction"</ref> The first ''[[Mackie]]'' for example, used a 33-ton, 360-rated engine to move at a top speed of 54 km/h.<ref name="XTRO:PV1p8">''Experimental Technical Readout: Primitives, Volume 1'', p. 8, "MSK-5S ''Mackie''"</ref> At the fall of the Star League, this engine had been replaced by a 19-ton model with a rating of 300.<ref name="TRO:3075p186">''Technical Readout: 3075'', p. 186, "MSK-9H ''Mackie''"</ref> | Compared to their [[Star League]] and [[BattleTech eras|Succession War]]-era counterparts, primitive engines are larger and less efficient; typically, modern engines are 80% the size of these early engines for the same amount of power.<ref name="JS:TBDp144">''Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents'', p. 144, "Primitive 'Mech Construction"</ref> The first ''[[Mackie]]'' for example, used a 33-ton, 360-rated engine to move at a top speed of 54 km/h.<ref name="XTRO:PV1p8">''Experimental Technical Readout: Primitives, Volume 1'', p. 8, "MSK-5S ''Mackie''"</ref> At the fall of the Star League, this engine had been replaced by a 19-ton model with a rating of 300.<ref name="TRO:3075p186">''Technical Readout: 3075'', p. 186, "MSK-9H ''Mackie''"</ref> | ||
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+ | == Rules == | ||
+ | <div class="gamerules"> | ||
+ | === Game Rules === | ||
+ | The primitive engine is larger than its Succession Wars- or Star League-era equivalents. To reflect this, compute the engine rating as normal, then multiply that rating by 1.2 to get the Primitive Engine Rating (round up to nearest whole engine rating). Use the Primitive Engine Rating to get its weight.<ref name="JS:TBDp144"/> | ||
+ | </div> | ||
== References == | == References == | ||
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[[Category:Engines|Engine, Primitive Engine]] | [[Category:Engines|Engine, Primitive Engine]] | ||
[[Category:Technology|Primitive Engine]] | [[Category:Technology|Primitive Engine]] | ||
+ | [[Category:Primitive Technology|Primitive Engine]] |